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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

When fierce storms appear on the horizon, the children get especially anxious and the elderly worry, which has impacts on their health. Increasingly hotter global temperatures mean the sea ice, which would have formed a barrier to protect the island from storms, forms much later in the storm season and melts much sooner.

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Tories Have Received £8.4 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Polluters, and Climate Deniers Since 2019 Election

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The construction industry is responsible for 18 percent of large particle pollution in the UK, a figure that rises to 30 percent in London, according to a report by Impact on Urban Health, and the Centre for Low Emission Construction. Aviation entrepreneur Christopher Harborne has given more than £1.6

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Tufton Street Linked Donors Have Given £630,000 to the Conservatives Since Sunak Became Prime Minister

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As revealed by DeSmog this week, a firm owned by a director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) – one of the UK’s principal climate science denial groups – also donated £20,000 in March to House of Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt and Conservative MP Liam Fox. million to the company during the year.

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The Transformation of Earth Day: What Has Changed and What To Expect – Part 2

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During this period, president Jimmy Carter supported the drive for new and improved environmental law which continued throughout his term up until 1981. It took another 7 years before our changing climate was defined as global warming – the phrase did not appear in a peer-reviewed journal until 1975.

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Earth Day History: Transformation of a Celebration – Part 2

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During this period, president Jimmy Carter supported the drive for new and improved environmental law which continued throughout his term up until 1981. It took another 7 years before our changing climate was defined as global warming – the phrase did not appear in a peer-reviewed journal until 1975.

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Decades of Lobbying Weakened Americans’ Gas Mileage and Turbocharged Pain at the Pump

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We absolutely should be moving to establishing independence from fossil fuels, both for geopolitical and for public health and climate reasons,” said Luke Tonachel, director of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC) clean vehicles and fuels group. “I That was a step in the wrong direction, efficiency advocates say. “We