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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?

GreenBiz

While California already has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 13 percent since their peak in 2004, many residents still suffer from high levels of air pollution — much of it produced by fossil fuels. As the U.S. Numerous studies show that polluting facilities and their emissions tend to concentrate in disadvantaged communities.

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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. He developed a form of environmental justice law focused on community empowerment and mobilization. Meanwhile, the island is rapidly eroding out from under the village.

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As EU Weans Itself From Russian Energy, U.S. Shale Gas Industry Pushes New LNG Export Plant in Pennsylvania

DeSmogBlog

While that blast was contained, a vapor cloud explosion at an LNG terminal in Algeria in 2004 killed 27 people. The Yale School of Public Health, however, released a study last year that found that Pennsylvania children living near fracking wells have a two to three times elevated risk of a form of childhood leukemia.

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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?

AGreenLiving

While California already has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 13 percent since their peak in 2004, many residents still suffer from high levels of air pollution — much of it produced by fossil fuels. As the U.S. Numerous studies show that polluting facilities and their emissions tend to concentrate in disadvantaged communities.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Gutierrez joined NRG from Dynegy in 2004 as an energy portfolio director. Vas" Narasimhan views this moment as the best to be alive, partly because science promises to advance health by unlocking genetic mysteries that have built up over 3.7 The engineer holds master’s degrees in mineral economics and petroleum economics.

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Want to prevent California’s looming flood disaster? Grow a marsh.

Grist

When Jones Tract, a delta island, flooded in 2004, the damage cost $90 million to fix. California does have a relatively new program, called the Healthy Soils Initiative, whereby state money goes to farmers who implement practices thought to benefit soil health. Nor is the flooding of delta islands unprecedented.

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ESG Reporting: Standards, Frameworks, Challenges and Benefits

Green Business Bureau

In 2004, the UN and International Corporate Finance worked together to develop a system that would integrate environmental, social, and governance concerns into capital markets. S includes labor relations, diversity, inclusion, philanthropy, and charity work, supplier support, and health and safety provision.

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