GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

As the United States reckons with its long legacy of racial injustice and the increasingly devastating consequences of climate change, questions about the efficacy and fairness of cap and trade have taken on greater urgency than ever. Bakersfield leads the country in particulate pollution, and Fresno ranks second. As the U.S.

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Grist

APRIL 5, 2021

Last year, as a global decline in demand sent oil prices plummeting, a large number of legacy wells were idled. Townsend-Small said that more research is required to understand the volume of particularly toxic chemicals, like benzene and toluene, that may be leaking from abandoned and idled wells alongside methane.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

This story was originally published by Southerly , in partnership with Scalawag and Environmental Health News for its Powerlines series, which looks at climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South. Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South. Danielle Purifoy.

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Defend Our Future

JULY 1, 2019

15-year old high school student Diego Guadalupe Loredo shares his story of living most of his life living next to an Exxon refinery in Baytown, Texas and breathing toxic air. Richard Moore: Environmental Justice Health Alliance ; Los Jardines Institute. Michele Roberts: National Co-Coordinator, Environmental Justice Health Alliance.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. Nearby in Flint, where at least 100,000 residents suffered exposure to lead-poisoned tap water, GM turned millions of water bottles into filler for coats for homeless people. Pure cotton and polyester can be downcycled into insulation and other things.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The move - which was informed by Russia's position as one of the world's leading nickel producers - has incurred the wrath of hedge fund managers who lost out on deals, with a number currently suing for hundreds of millions in damages. Clearly, the LME is aware it must adapt as it works to maintain its legacy into the 21st century.

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Grist

DECEMBER 14, 2022

But so far, there’s been limited empirical research linking the tribe’s public health woes to its environment. Clean scat means it’s safe to harvest wild edibles from this part of the river; toxic scat means it’s better to harvest somewhere else. All of a sudden, Frost stops running and starts sniffing around a beaver dam.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

When fierce storms appear on the horizon, the children get especially anxious and the elderly worry, which has impacts on their health. This philosophy led Cole to structure CRPE so that community organizers were in the lead and lawyers would be accountable to the organizers. Fighting for Justice. District Court.

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Front And Centered

JUNE 20, 2020

Advocacy by Front and Centered, our members, and allies helped create this Task Force during the 2019 Legislative Session in order to develop strategies that address environmental health disparities with guidance from the communities most impacted by pollution. leads to a large increase in the COVID-19 death rate.”

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

” As the United States reckons with its long legacy of racial injustice and the increasingly devastating consequences of climate change, questions about the efficacy and fairness of cap and trade have taken on greater urgency than ever. Bakersfield leads the country in particulate pollution, and Fresno ranks second. As the U.S.

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Defend Our Future

JULY 19, 2021

climate pollution comes from the power and transportation sectors, and they are also major sources of toxic air pollution. 9 million+ homes still receive their drinking water through a lead service line. If enacted, Biden’s full plan would : … Fight Climate Change. More than half of U.S. …And Create Jobs. Engineering.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South Danielle Purifoy Wed, 10/21/2020 – 00:45 This story was originally published by Southerly , in partnership with Scalawag and Environmental Health News for its Powerlines series, which looks at climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. Nearby in Flint, where at least 100,000 residents suffered exposure to lead-poisoned tap water, GM turned millions of water bottles into filler for coats for homeless people. Pure cotton and polyester can be downcycled into insulation and other things.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 14, 2022

The complex contains a circuit board of pipes and steel tanks that cough out steam, flames and toxic substances as it creates the building blocks for plastic from natural gas liquids. 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.

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Defend Our Future

JUNE 25, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, 39 diverse organizations ranging from environmental, to public health, to faith-based groups are launching the Coalition for Clean Energy and Healthy Communities (CCEHC). The time to dismantle white supremacy, eradicate environmental racism, establish lead free neighborhoods and #ActOnClimate is NOW.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

The environmental impacts of these facilities have contributed to negative health outcomes and lowered property values in the adjacent communities.”. “Energy and industrial infrastructure is disproportionately located in or near neighborhoods of lower-income households and with larger minority group populations,” the blueprint notes.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MAY 1, 2024

In the months leading up to EPA’s Final Rule, EPA announced its intention to undertake a separate, in-depth analysis of not only potential GHG emissions standards, but also hazardous and criteria air pollutant standards, for existing gas combustion turbines under Section 111(d).

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Even as our thirst for oil seems insatiable, it is becoming politically and environmentally toxic. A 5 per cent improvement in the average efficiency of new European internal combustion engine vehicles would lead to an annual reduction in carbon dioxide emissions of 1.8

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Grist

AUGUST 26, 2020

For instance, just a few years prior, he had argued that increasing smog levels might have health benefits — a view at odds with decades of research. Will Honeycutt’s legacy as an “honest broker” be undercut by the weaker ethylene oxide risk factor he helped develop? Mark Black / Chicago Tribune / Tribune News Service via Getty Images.

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Green Market Oracle

JUNE 1, 2020

Racial inequality is one of the most pernicious and enduring forms of injustice in the United States and the callous insensitivity of the GOP and the ruling administration leads many to believe that protest is the only way to make their voices heard. This includes measures designed to protect both the environment and human health.

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Green Market Oracle

MARCH 6, 2020

She also references work by Anshelm and Hultman suggesting that climate skeptics are linked to [toxic] masculinity. Here is a brief introduction to 50 young, mostly female activists that are fighting for the health of our planet and our communities. The core of Marjory's enduring legacy is her stalwart defense of the Everglades.

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