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How Shell Is Selling the Petrochemical Buildout as ‘Sustainable’

DeSmogBlog

After generations of wildly elevated rates of childhood asthma and cancer in the community that many believe were a result of the toxic pollution overhead, a group of Diamond residents living within a few blocks campaigned for Shell to buy their contaminated properties.

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Connecticut losing ground on building emissions despite efficiency programs

Renewable Energy World

Continuing to subsidize polluting fossil fuels defies logic,” said Shannon Laun, a staff attorney for the Conservation Law Foundation, in a statement. “If Between 2014 and 2018, transportation emissions rose by 3%, the report said. Activists met the news with incredulity. metric tons. rise in emissions from natural gas.

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Laying Down Our Markers

Elemental Excelerator

While a North Star defines the way toward your destination, you need an array of instruments and maps to ever arrive there. Hawaii is acutely aware of pollution in our oceans and waterways, killing wildlife, decimating coral reefs, and entering the human food chain. Not gradually and one at a time — urgently and all at once.

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Fossil Fuel Companies Are Promoting ‘Lower Carbon,’ ‘Responsibly Sourced’ Oil and Gas

DeSmogBlog

Both EQT and Chesapeake will seek certification from outside providers, including a business called Project Canary, which touts its ability to collect data on methane emissions and pollutants from oil and gas wells and offers a certification it calls TrustWell. ESG’s influence isn’t just limited to investors or Wall Street.

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The Bitcoin Blockchain Helps Hold A Botnet From Being Taken Down

Mearth

The Law provides, amongst other issues, for the fee arrangements and payment establishments that comprise the Brazilian Payment System. Bitcoin has had the same old array of tailwinds in its sails throughout its latest bull run. authorities on 1 July 2014. And the U.S.