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Measurement of persistent organic pollutants: Recent progress profiled

Envirotec Magazine

By Gauthier Eppe Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that pose a significant threat to human health and the environment. References [1] Lallas, Peter L., “The Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants.” ” American Journal of International Law 95.3 Accessed October 27, 2023.

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

Bespectacled, tall, and barrel-chested, with blonde hair and a beard punctuated by gray, Cole stood confidently before a classroom of conference attendees at a University of Oregon environmental law symposium in 2008, less than a year before his death. Abascal gave Cole a desk and a phone, and Cole got to work. Early Influences.

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Legal Action Against Shell Board Previews Wave of Lawsuits Against Company Directors

DeSmogBlog

The environmental law non-governmental organization, which has bought shares in Shell, claims the company’s 13 executive and non-executive directors failed to adopt and implement a climate strategy that truly aligns with the Paris Agreement and says this is a breach of their legal duties under the UK Companies Act.

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What Is B Corp? B Corp Certification Guide + Quick Assessment

Green Business Bureau

Creating better businesses with B Corp Certification and beyond B Corp Certification presents a set of guiding principles that support organizations to minimize their impact on the environment and society. B Analytics aggregates data from B Corps and other impact-focused organizations to provide comparative analysis and best practices.

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Why California is fighting fire with fire

Grist

Barbara got involved with the local Sierra Club chapter, and Don became executive director of the Forest Issues Group — a watchdog organization that tries to stop companies from logging and destroying habitat. But then California’s legislature passed a law to subsidize small biomass plants in 2012.

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Exxon’s models predicting climate change were spot on — 40 years ago

Grist

In 2001, an ExxonMobil press release argued that there was “no consensus about long-term climate trends and what causes them.” Between 1998 and 2019, Exxon gave more than $37 million to organizations that sought to sow confusion about the scientific consensus around climate change and obstruct efforts by governments to take action.

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1.5 and 2°C: A Journey Through the Temperature Target That Haunts the World

DeSmogBlog

Every policy, law, regulation, study, analysis, proposal or action that has the climate crisis in mind is built on the basis of those two figures: 1.5 ” Key to this were the IPCC’s Second (1995), Third (2001) and Fourth (2007) Assessment Reports. It remains in memory as one of the most disastrous summits ever organized.

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