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Murray Edwards: The Fossil Fuel Fanatic

Enviromental Defense

One of the people peddling this idea is the man behind Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL) – Murray Edwards, the Fossil Fuel Fanatic. As the chairman and co-founder of Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. Murray Edwards is the founder of CNRL and is one of the wealthiest people in Canada. Will you join the call?

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New Analysis Shows Truck Manufacturers’ Scare Tactic Just a Bunch of Hot Air

Union of Concerned Scientists

To tackle this topic head-on, UCS, together with the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club, commissioned a study of the impacts of truck regulations on employment from Environmental Resources Management (ERM), an independent consultant. Industry can’t even agree with itself about this effect. Source: ERM 2022 ).

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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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How we Conceptualize Security will Shape our Response to Environmental Challenges

HumanNature

As a scholar of political science, this provokes compelling questions about current relationships across states, their governments, and who offers protection. Guest Post by Julie Liebenguth , Ph.D. In short, how we conceptualize environmental security will shape our response to environmental challenges.

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Historical Perspectives on Food System Transformation

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

Towards the beginning of the 1960s, organizations such as the Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and community members in the South increasingly organized and held meetings to strategize around increasing Black political participation. Press of Kentucky, 2007. Hamer began volunteering as a field organizer. 4, 1962, pp.

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A premises owner can still be a statutory employer in Texas, at least for now

The Energy Law

The court’s original unanimous decision in August 2007 that a Texas premises owner can be a statutory employer for workers’ compensation purposes produced a great deal of political heat and a flurry of amicus briefs; so much so that the court departed from its normal practice and entertained oral argument on the motion for rehearing.

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Ontario Election Issues Guide: Endangered Species, Conservation Authorities, Aggregates & Water Pollution

Enviromental Defense

Environmental Defence joined other groups in the Priorities Working Group in asking all political parties for clear commitments to reverse these changes while also fixing gaps in Ontario’s natural heritage safety net that predate the past 4 years. In particular, they were asked’. Did not answer the question.