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Fenceline Community Groups in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Celebrate Mounting Victories

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John at a protest the group held near the Fifth Ward Elementary School on October 18, 2017. The current push to expand the petrochemical industry and increase LNG exports would lock in an increased demand for natural gas at a time of worsening climate change. John putting up a protest sign in Reserve, Louisiana, on July 17, 2017.

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

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Such businesses better meet the demands of the regulatory environment while coming into alignment with investor, consumer, and employee preferences. With these political shifts comes heightened regulatory demand for businesses to measure, track and report their GHG emissions. Carbon accounting is a must for any becoming business today.

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As Alarm Over Plastic Grows, Saudis Ramp Up Production in the US

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The flares started last December, an event Errol Summerlin, a former legal-aid lawyer, and his neighbors had been bracing for since 2017. As climate concerns lead to a slow but steady decline in the demand for oil, the companies’ collaboration represents a shift by the fossil fuel industry. Credit: Julie Dermansky.