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Amnesty International: Dow’s failure to offer remedy for Bhopal disaster has created a “sacrifice zone”

Envirotec Magazine

The resilience and determination of the Bhopal disaster survivors and campaigners for justice over decades is truly remarkable and inspiring but human rights are still being abused and denied today.

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The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes Encourages Youth to Save the Planet

Green Living Guy

Established in 2001 by author T. Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes is a national award that celebrates inspiring, public-spirited young people from across the U.S. and Canada. Barron, the Barron Prize annually honors 25 outstanding young leaders ages 8 to 18 who have made a significant […].

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NYPA seeks to replace gas peaker plants with battery storage

Smart Energy International

The coalition and NYPA said further studies would be needed to assess resiliency and reliability impacts at the plant level, as well as capacity requirements required by the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) and Con Edison, the utility that provides direct energy services to New York City residents.

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The largest and most spectacular wind farms in the world

The Environmental Blog

The complex includes turbines from a range of manufacturers, each contributing to the diversity and resilience of the network. It helps China in its efforts to combat air pollution and curb its carbon footprint, aligning with global climate goals. MW as standard. This wind farm is the fourth largest onshore wind farm in the world.

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Is the mining sector ready and able to deliver net zero?

Business Green

Dhawan is speaking to BusinessGreen to mark the 20th anniversary of the ICMM, which was set up by more than two dozen major miners in 2001 to help establish best environmental practices for the mining sector. "And where there are resources, numbers two and three will help companies extract them well.".

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Learning how to garden a forest

Grist

Since then, Pepperwood has provided a model of how combining science with local Indigenous research , knowledge, and practices can restore forest health and resiliency while mitigating the growing frequency and severity of fires. Between 2001 and 2019, the U.S. The implications extend nationwide. But by how much?

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RBG left these 4 lessons for the climate fight

GreenBiz

Black and Hispanic Americans are exposed to 63 percent and 56 percent more pollution than they create. In 2001’s Whitman v. American Trucking Associations , the trucking industry argued that the EPA should consider implementation costs when setting pollution limits.

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