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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. Cole’s journey was tragically cut short in 2009 before he could see the full impact of his life’s work unfold. Exxon , Cole was unexpectedly killed on June 6, 2009, while on sabbatical in Uganda.

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The search for the Dr. Fauci of climate change

Grist

“In the mind of the public, health and climate change represent different and separate realms of knowledge and concern,” laments the latest annual report on health and climate change published by the leading medical journal The Lancet earlier this year. has no major money pot for developing a climate and health workforce.

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Chevron Owns This City’s News Site. Many Stories Aren’t Told.

DeSmogBlog

The city of Richmond exists in the shadow of the nearby Chevron refinery, which has been connected to poor air quality and health issues in the nearby community. It promised a huge investment in scholarships and public health programs. Since 2009, Singer has run The Amazon Post in Ecuador at Chevron’s direction.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

Ice that survives for at least one year is called multi-year ice, sometimes perennial ice, which gives an indication of the health of the ice at the end of the melt season. Back in 2009, for my minor in Space and Earth Observation on the TU Delft, I wrote an article about a virtual satellite constellation for Arctic ice changes.

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? Old nuclear, new-clear #161

Climate Tech VC

The details: The Plant Vogtle expansion project, which Southern Company subsidiary Georgia Power owns a majority stake in, has been under construction since 2009. Ocean 14 Capital , a London, UK-based investment firm, announced a further $33M in funding for their fund investing in ocean health. In the News The U.K.