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Tracing EthicalEvidence in Moral Obligation to Future Generations

The Environmental Blog

Approximately twenty years after the publication of UNESCO’s Declaration on the Responsibilities of the Present Generations towards Future Generations, the need to protect the earth for the future generations has finally received a significant consideration in the field of ethics. 2. The Challenge of Climate Change.

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Why people still fall for fake news about climate change

Grist

Yet almost 30 years after that warning, during the hottest year on Earth in 125,000 years , people are still arguing that the science is unreliable, or that the threat is real but we shouldn’t do anything about climate change. climate conference in Dubai. Part of the problem is the genuine appeal of fake news.

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The Business Roundtable’s statement of purpose, one year on

GreenBiz

As I noted in a 2006 essay on the occasion of Friedman’s passing: We know better now. generate long-term value for shareholders, “who provide the capital that allows companies to invest, grow and innovate.”. For example, we understand that ignoring environmental and social issues can be bad for business.

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COP26 Hires Law Firm That Defended Fossil Fuel Giants Over Environmental Disasters

DeSmogBlog

In 2013, DLA Piper defended ExxonMobil over an alleged 2006 gas leak in Baltimore, Maryland, and in 1989 it defended Occidental Chemicals Corporation over the historic burying of toxic waste in Love Canal, Niagara Falls — considered one of the biggest corporate environmental disasters in history. billion ($2.16 billion ($1.65

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Cook Islands UN Negotiator Paid $700k by Shipping Industry Lobby Group

DeSmogBlog

Campaigners said the revelation was a “slap in the face” for those suffering the effects of climate change in the South Pacific, where the archipelago is located. ‘Full Confidence’ of Cook Islands.

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Sempra LNG Lobbyists Ghost Wrote Louisiana Officials’ Letters Supporting Gas Storage Project

DeSmogBlog

Sempra LNG has been trying to build the project in Cameron Parish since 2006 , when the company planned to store gas in the caverns from its liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility. Sempra is among the companies that the lobbying firm actively represents, according to the Louisiana Ethics Administration Program. “We

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

The implications and ingenuity of the suit gave the people of Kivalina an international media platform to raise awareness of their ongoing fight to survive the perils of climate change. That impact carries over directly into the climate change context,” he concluded. Fighting for Justice. When his son was born, Adams, Jr.

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