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

DeSmogBlog

James’ march was set to take place, Lavigne learned that the town required her organization to post a $10,000 bond to obtain a permit for the march, money the group didn’t have access to on short notice. James, with the help of Tulane’s law clinic, fought to protect their constitutional right to protest in Gramercy.

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Sustainable Event Planning: Getting Started Guide for Small Businesses

Green Business Bureau

Organizations that hold or manage large events such as conferences, business meetings, concerts, fairs, weddings, or any large get-together need to consider the impact these events have on the planet. If you’re an event planner, you should organize your events so that they impact the community, the environment, and the economy positively.

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Logging is destroying southern forests — and dividing US environmentalists

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Wood energy succored Homo sapiens and its ancestors for millions of years, the argument goes, and only during the last couple of centuries was it replaced with fossil fuels like coal. After they are cut they can be replanted, absorbing carbon once again as they mature. communities and destroyed U.S.

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Video Storytelling: 20 Best Climate Change and Sustainability Documentaries (Plus How To Tell Your Green Story)

Green Business Bureau

This period is marked by our industrial revolution with the discovery of fossil fuel gold and its sinister implications. This documentary was created in reaction to the Trump administration’s slashing of the laws protecting these public lands. Length: 2 hours. Where to watch: Available on Amazon Prime and Youtube. #2:

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

DeSmogBlog

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. pounds of volatile organic compounds may be released by the facility hourly. Exxon Mobil built its wealth on drilling for and refining oil, SABIC by making petrochemicals.

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Climate Change: Where Are We Now?

Unsustainable

A Few Relevant Data Points With the advent of the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century, humans began their dependence on the burning of fossil fuels?coal This economic catch-up game using fossil fuels is, of course, highly controversial. one that poses serious threats for both our near and long-term future.

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Why are governments failing to act on climate change?

Rinexii

Money from fossil fuels. It doesn’t help that politicians get much of their campaign contributions from the fossil fuel industry. spent by the fossil fuel industry on campaign contributions to make the signs you post in your yard. In order to run for government, they need that $42,373,561 6.