Charged

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Defeat devices consist of hardware and/or software that bypass pollution sensors, allowing vehicles to pass emissions inspections while still emitting high levels of smog-causing pollutants such as nitrogen oxide. Cummins said that it had “seen no evidence that anyone acted in bad faith and does not admit wrongdoing.”

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Front And Centered

MAY 15, 2019

To bring us closer to that future, we pursued four priorities in the 2019 legislative session. Once this task force issues its recommendations, we will return to the Legislature to implement recommendations, ensuring environmental justice is fully embedded in our laws. Clean and affordable electricity for all. This policy, which Gov.

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Charged

MAY 18, 2021

In 2019, Minnesota announced plans to join the 14 states that enforce their own strict vehicle emissions standards. Now an administrative law judge has given the proposed policy a green light, ruling that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) can move forward with plans to adopt the Clean Cars Minnesota program.

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2020

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday announced it was suspending its enforcement of environmental laws in response to the crisis, informing companies they would not be pursued for environmental infractions during the outbreak. The government said the policy was temporary, but provided no end date.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 30, 2021

oil refineries released the potent carcinogen benzene in 2020 at levels high enough to require action under federal law, the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) reported this week. These are exactly the places where people are already struggling with pre-existing health conditions that make them more vulnerable to pollutants like benzene.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

vii] Carpet made with PVC backing releases dioxin when burnt, which is a known carcinogen, while a recent report by the Center for International Environmental Law in the US stated that incinerating plastic waste ‘releases toxic substances including heavy metals such as lead and mercury, acid gases and particulate matter’.[viii]

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 4, 2024

The Carbon Majors research shows us exactly who is responsible for the lethal heat, extreme weather, and air pollution that is threatening lives and wreaking havoc on our oceans and forests,” said Tzeporah Berman, international program director at the grassroots environmental organization Stand.earth, in a press release.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Beyond the issue of pollution, the production of virgin hydrocarbon-based polymers is carbon-intensive due to the extraction and refining of crude oil. For the plastics that do not end up recycled or as pollution, the incineration process also emits a lot of carbon. The environmental impact of plastics is widely documented.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Latest report from the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee warns the UK's current strategy to combat air pollution needs to be beefed up. levels in line with World Health Organisation guidelines, before establishing long-term targets for other key pollutants, including NO2 and ammonia.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 21, 2023

James Parish Council steered polluting facilities into Black neighborhoods along the Mississippi River. As a result, Black residents there are forced to breathe in more pollution and face a higher risk of related health problems, according to the suit filed by Inclusive Louisiana, Mount Triumph Baptist Church, and RISE St.

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Front And Centered

MAY 17, 2019

It allowed the state to “remedy discrimination against, or under-representations of, disadvantaged groups as documented in a valid disparity study or proven court of law.” By respecting communities’ ability to thrive in place, and relationships to place, we can reduce pollution and build resilience. A Regenerative Economy.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2022

To top it all off, funding for the Canadian Energy Centre comes directly from the province’s tax on industrial polluters. The province earlier set aside a budget of $80 million for the Canadian Energy Centre in its 2019 Budget, paid for by climate taxes on the province’s biggest polluters.

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Front And Centered

JANUARY 21, 2021

Held between October 2019-September 2020, these conversations reflect the voice of communities most burdened by pollution as a result of their race, health, wealth, and where they live, among other key factors. The HEAL Act aims to make EJ the priority of state environmental laws and programs. Want to find out more?

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Green Living Guy

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

February 19, 2019 at 6AM ET, Washington, DC – A new report from the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) examines the health impacts associated with plastic pollution crisis. Press Statement, For Immediate Release. That’s at every stage of their supply chain and lifecycle.

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GreenBiz

JULY 1, 2020

The truck rule follows another California law ( passed in 2018 ) that says all new public transit buses sold must be zero-emission starting in 2029. CARB estimates that 2 million diesel trucks cause 70 percent of the smog-causing pollution in the state. By 2045, all new commercial trucks sold in California must be zero-emission. .

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 24, 2024

The GWPF’s director Benny Peiser has claimed that it would be “extraordinary anyone should think there is a climate crisis”, while the group has also expressed the view that carbon dioxide has been mis-characterised as pollution, when in fact it is a “benefit to the planet”. In total, the group has earned £2.8 million since September 2015.

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Grist

MARCH 8, 2024

One of the cases that’s furthest along, filed by Massachusetts against Exxon Mobil in 2019, is already in the process of “discovery,” the last major step before a trial. In this stage, both sides try to uncover evidence that could help their case in court. Last week, the companies asked the Supreme Court to toss that ruling.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The revelation came after years of fighting with officials to obtain data on water and air pollution levels. For years, the First Nation community suspected that the petrochemical companies were exposing them to dangerous pollutants. In 2019, the U.N.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2024

During the year ending March 2023, the IEA appeared in the media on 5,265 occasions, a figure 43 percent higher than its previous peak in 2019. The non-profit Good Law Project recently made a complaint to the Charity Commission about the IEA, claiming that the libertarian group had breached charity rules.

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Business Green

JULY 9, 2021

He added that the offences had been aggravated by Southern Water's "previous persistent pollution of the environment over very many years", which have led to 168 convictions and cautions, including "numerous offences of discharging untreated sewage". Southern Water was considering a request for comment at the time of going to press.

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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2021

Up to 600,000 cars sold to UK drivers over a 10-year period may have been installed with defeat devices, according to law firm fronting mass claim. A Vauxhall spokesperson rejected Vauxhall Pay Up's allegations and insisted its vehicles complied with the law. Our vehicles meet the applicable regulations.".

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 26, 2020

Despite its long-time leadership in wind and solar energy, Germany still had 44 gigawatts of coal plants running at the end of 2019, and parts of the country remain economically reliant on coal. The process will compensate shuttering lignite, or "brown coal," plants, which are the most heavily polluting, via a flat rate.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

And if these funders refuse to stop their polluting investments, the movement aims to hold them accountable through strategies such as direct action and litigation. The new lawsuit against BNP Paribas, filed February 23 in the Paris Judicial Court, claims that the French bank is in breach of France’s “duty of vigilance” law.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Guardian and the Good Law Project also revealed today that EnQuest Heather, a subsidiary of EnQuest, had been awarded a new oil and gas licence. Jolyon Maugham, executive director of the Good Law Project told DeSmog that: “The Electoral Commission records these contributions as donations to the Conservative Party.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Clutch of campaigning organisations seek judicial review of Defra's refusal to investigate reported links between pollution and Covid-19 health outcomes. Defra refused a request from the Good Law Project for a review of the strategy in June, citing a lack of "compelling reasons" for such a review at the time.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Sam also accompanied SEPA staff to a non-compliant site and on a site visit to a legitimate waste operator to see how businesses should be operating to stay within the law and discovers how criminals undercutting these types of businesses can impact on the industry. report, or call 0800 80 70 60.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

As it relates to energy, moving away from long transmission lines and centralized power plants burning extracted, polluting fuels and towards a distributed system that combines local energy storage with renewables improves resilience — consistent with the principles of biomimicry. That’s the vision. Do justice.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 5, 2021

Under the Emissions Trading System (ETS) all major polluters must submit an annual report declaring how much carbon dioxide they emitted that year. in 2019, and 76.2 Three years later, Bulgaria passed new laws restricting offshore ownership. In Brikel, which was burning lignite, the emissions factor was given as 90.5 and Cyprus.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

We expect to begin accepting bitcoin as a form of payment for our products in the near future, subject to applicable laws and initially on a limited basis, which we may or may not liquidate upon receipt,” the company said in its recent annual report. TWh as of 2019, equal to that of Belgium. Now Tesla has purchased $1.5

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Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2021

Television presenter Chris Packham, plastic campaigner Sian Sutherland, and more than 20 cross-party peers and MPs have today called on the government to emulate a new EU law and introduce an outright ban on the export of unsorted and contaminated plastic waste to non-OECD countries.

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Front And Centered

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In 2019, Front and Centered helped write and pass the Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA) to transition Washington state to 100% clean electricity over the next two decades. Electricity emissions reductions are vital to countering the harms of climate change and fostering a regenerative economy. So what’s the hold up?

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Low Impact

AUGUST 29, 2021

Launched in 2019, the deal embraces virtually every policy area. It proposes to make Europe the first continent to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and the first to deliver a climate law with binding emissions targets. 3) It’s funding big polluters. The fossil fuel industry spent nearly €60m in 2019 lobbying for hydrogen.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Initially filed in 2019 by 15 young Canadians, La Rose v. Canada is one of the world’s largest emitters of climate pollution, and ranks as the fourth biggest producer of oil and sixth biggest fossil gas extractor. She said the legal team plans to file the amended complaint early next year.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

But a public auction for offshore blocks off the coast of Buenos Aires, held in 2019, is viewed by the government and the handful of oil companies as a potential turning point. The 2019 auction was the first offshore offering in more than 20 years, and yielded $720 million in bids from 13 companies. “The The move was highly unpopular.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

James, with the help of Tulane’s law clinic, fought to protect their constitutional right to protest in Gramercy. The law is on our side,” Lavigne told me. Robert Taylor and Sharon Lavigne with Pat Bryant protesting in front of the Louisiana State Capitol on June 3, 2019. A few days later, RISE St. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 1, 2024

We call for robust legislation, an end to greenwashing, and strict accountability for these major polluters.” In 2019, the institute coordinated efforts to discredit the Eat-Lancet report – a landmark study from 37 nutrition, environmental and farming experts, which recommended halving meat and dairy production.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 5, 2021

As of 2019, FEJA generated 200 megawatts of community solar , further advancing the state’s success in renewable energy implementation. To direct funds toward communities with historical pollution and energy burdens, Illinois Solar for All has developed an EJScreen tool to evaluate local conditions. Increasing Access for All.

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