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Private Security Firm Accused of Working Illegally to Protect Oil and Gas Pipelines in Five States

DeSmogBlog

The Virginia allegations against Leighton highlight how inconsistently states regulate and monitor private security firms that cater to the fossil fuel industry. The lack of consistency between states can be confusing to firms, said Blache, but he contended that most companies do their best to adhere to the law. Credit: Karen Savage.

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Private Security Firm Accused of Working Illegally to Protect Oil and Gas Pipelines in Five States

DeSmogBlog

The Virginia allegations against Leighton highlight how inconsistently states regulate and monitor private security firms that cater to the fossil fuel industry. The lack of consistency between states can be confusing to firms, said Blache, but he contended that most companies do their best to adhere to the law. Credit: Karen Savage.

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Mapped: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets

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To identify the powerful actors most actively lobbying against these key EU regulations and policies, DeSmog analysed corporate reports, lobbying records, official position papers, responses to public EU consultations, media events, and meetings held with various EU bodies over the past two years. Meet the Industry Trade Groups.

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In Their Own Words: The Dirty Dozen Documents of Big Oil’s Secret Climate Knowledge

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These documents show how companies worked to erode public acceptance of climate science over the years — including Exxon corporate reports from the late 1970s, revealed by DeSmog in 2016, which stated “There is no doubt” that CO2 from the burning of fossil fuels was a growing “problem.”. View on DocumentCloud. FRANTA: Absolutely.

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‘Tiger King’ drama overshadows abuse of captive tigers in U.S.

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Photos of celebrities who’d visited the zoos were flooding the internet, Joe Exotic’s power-ballads were hitting it big on Spotify and even President Donald Trump was fielding questions about the gun-toting zookeeper during press briefings. Surprisingly, only an estimated 6% of the captive tiger population in the U.S.