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Conflict & Climate Change: The Real Triple C

Vermont Law

Climate change causes sea-level rise, natural resource scarcity, and natural disasters. First, scarcity of natural resources can change the political economy of a state. The drought was ongoing between 2006-2009 . These external pressures pose a considerable threat, particularly to developing nations.

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Release: Nearly all COP27 sponsors are either major polluters or enablers of fossil fuel industry

Corp Watch

Elmore (2014) Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report by War on Want (2006) The Coke Machine by Michael Blanding (2010). Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list.

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UK: Coca-Cola Enterprises boss admits taking £1.5m in bribes

Corp Watch

Elmore (2014) Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report by War on Want (2006) The Coke Machine by Michael Blanding (2010). Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list.

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USA: “The Coke Side of Life”—More Sugar, Less Science

Corp Watch

Elmore (2014) Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report by War on Want (2006) The Coke Machine by Michael Blanding (2010). Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list.

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Is Agrochemical Contamination Killing Nebraska’s Children?

Circle of Blue

Politically powerful farm lobbies, preferring voluntary measures to curb nutrient pollution, have held off oversight under the Clean Water Act and other statutes. Sydnee Owens, who contracted non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2006, died six year later at age 14. Coulter has a particularly keen interest. He was 19 when he died.

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Lisa Baiton: Big Oil’s Climate Misinformation Maestro

Enviromental Defense

The fossil fuel lobby meddles with Canadian politics and inserts itself into international climate change politics and diplomacy. political and public support) for fossil fuels, but we can tell our elected officials not to fall for CAPP’s pro-oil propaganda and to instead prioritize climate action.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The plaintiffs in lawsuits challenging the cap-and-trade program had argued that it was not authorized by the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 and that the requirement to purchase emissions allowances constituted a tax that required approval by a two-thirds majority of the State legislature. Natural Resources Defense Council v.

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