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Belarus Chastised for Persecuting Environmental Defenders

DeSmogBlog

Since it came into force in 2001, the treaty has been ratified by 47 parties including the UK, Norway, Kazakhstan, Belarus, all members of the European Union, and the EU itself. But Ecohome was formally liquidated by a court in August on the grounds that it had broken the law.

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Webinar: What net zero means for Canadian energy jobs

Clean Energy Canada

Catharines, ON since 2001. Rachel brings nearly 20 years of experience in policy, politics and law to advance clean energy solutions for Canada’s sustainable economy. Matt is often the go to voice for the labour movement when it comes to “Just Transition.”

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Conservative Party Given £651k by Aviation Industry

DeSmogBlog

He is also the CEO of Sheriff Global Group, which trades private jets, according to Politics Home. Harborne has donated over £15 million to the Conservatives and Reform UK in total since 2001, with the majority made since 2018. In 2019, Harborne donated £9.7 Christopher Harborne and the Rigby Group were contacted for comment.

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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.

Law 99
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Tracing EthicalEvidence in Moral Obligation to Future Generations

The Environmental Blog

The substantial variability of climate change has contributed to detrimental effects in the economic, social, political and environmental sphere that will continue to persist long after we are gone. The London School Of Economics And Political Science, 2006, [link] Accessed 2 June 2019. 19, 22-23, Accessed 2 June 2019. 4, 2008, pp.

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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 Like a chicken and egg dilemma, who came up with these goals first, politics or science? Political Origins of 2°C. That paragraph, in article 2, paragraph 2.a.,

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With Billions in Fines, U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Ranks Are ‘Packed With Rogues’

DeSmogBlog

Chamber of Commerce , an ultra-powerful business lobby, does not disclose its members, but it represents the interests of America’s largest corporations — some of which have a long record of breaking state and federal laws. Chamber of Commerce and have been frequent violators of state and federal laws. The origin of U.S.

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