Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

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Legal Planet

MAY 29, 2024

This post was originally published on the Law & Political Economy Blog as “How Environmental Law Created a World Awash in Toxic Chemicals.” Even as we work to end the use of fossil fuels as an energy source, we cannot stand by and watch as these same companies shift their production to plastics and petrochemicals.

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JULY 6, 2017

The district court ruled that EPA was required to conduct such evaluations in October 2016 and set an expedited schedule for EPA’s compliance. 451962/2016 (N.Y. The standards and guidelines were published on August 29, 2016. The court indicated that the attorney general had broad power to propound the interrogatories.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

The company first attracted global attention when it was caught dumping 3,000 tons of toxic mercury-laden waste in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, that originated at a PVC plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It manufactures plastics, and is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). billion complex in St.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 27, 2023

million litres of toxic waste spilled into nearby lands and waters: areas used for hunting and harvesting by Indigenous communities. The refineries make millions of tonnes of polyethylene, a type of plastic that is used to produce wasteful single-use packaging. Leaks and Spills 2022 / 2023 (ongoing) — Kearl Lake, AB 5.3

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

UK: Liverpool in drive to name and shame fizzy drink brands Denis Campbell | The Guardian | May 7, 2016 Liverpool city council is to start naming and shaming heavily sugared drinks, such as Lucozade and Coca-Cola, in a hard-hitting drive to warn parents about the health dangers they pose to their children.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 22, 2022

Organisms in the soil drive the planet’s metabolism, breaking down waste, as well as helping to provide food, energy, clean air and water. A farmer in Changsha, Hunan takes part in a 2016 “soil restoration project” to treat arable land contaminated with heavy metals. It is home to over a quarter of our planet’s biodiversity.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

There are even indications that near-term cuts might be easier to achieve for methane than for CO 2 , for a mix of technical, economic, and political reasons. CO 2 is at about 410 parts per million by volume (ppm) in the air, about 50% higher than before the start of large-scale fossil-fuel use. Atmospheric concentrations.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

As the world ran almost entirely on coal power at that time (and later on petroleum fossil fuels), it was quite clear that coal was not an infinite resource, and some scientists pleaded in the countries of most heavy use to take steps to limit mining and burning. Conservation Economics. Conservation Movement. Energy Conservation.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Building more pipelines is simply baking in the use of fossil fuels into the future,” said Rep. So as of now, major pipelines have been penalized a total of over $70 million in Pennsylvania for environmental, health and safety violations and convicted of criminal charges related to their construction since 2016. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

All of my children have experienced health impacts such as rashes, chronic nosebleeds and Lyme disease due to the warming of our climate from the fossil-fuel industry. Right before an important election, Pennsylvania lawmakers made a last-minute closed-door deal to make the biggest fossil-fuel giveaway in the Commonwealth’s history.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2018

In September 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to loosen methane regulations over the oil and gas industry that would have otherwise harnessed $30 million dollars of wasted energy. promote growth in CO2. and other harmful emissions. CO2 has a GWP of 1). Going Backwards: Rollback of Carbon Pollution Regulations.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

Encina claims, none of the material would be sold as diesel fuel, synthetic oil or other forms of fossil fuel. The company has operated a small-scale demonstration plant since 2016 in San Antonio, TX. In order to divert political will from passing laws to reduce plastic use, they say chemical recycling is the solution.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The study “was done to reach an anti fossil-fuel outcome,” said Arthur Stewart, secretary of the Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil Coalition and owner of a family business that has 2,000 oil and gas wells. “I As a Penn State alum, I am dismissive of a study that is created in a vacuum for political purposes,” said Joe C.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The federal district court for the Northern District of California denied Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change public nuisance lawsuits against five major fossil fuel producers to state court. Public Citizen, Inc. Trump , No. 1:17 -cv-00253 (D.D.C.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Reaction PennFuture President & CEO Patrick McDonnell issued this statement on the Senate action-- "Today, the Pennsylvania Senate voted on $2 billion in new tax breaks for the fossil fuel industry. Rather, this is slapdash industrial policy at its worst that will perpetuate Pennsylvania’s addiction to fossil fuels.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Tom Wolf and the legislature having passed a giant tax break to incentivize massive chemical plants that will require more methane-producing gas wells to provide raw material, Pennsylvanians face the urgent need to defend our children from the harmful health impacts of legacy fossil fuel pollution as well as increased pollution to come.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2023

I think the one thing, regardless of how you feel about fracking or chemical manufacturing or any kind of fossil fuel energy extraction, is that the harm that happens to the public and the workers has to stop,” said Sen. We cannot have these conversations in good faith, because of the corrosive power of money in politics.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

innovation and manufacturing of critical new technologies, all while delivering significant economic benefits through increased recovery of wasted gas. Of these impacts, fossil fuels are the most serious threat to children’s health worldwide. million homes for the winter.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2023

And it’s not clear why the oil and gas industry and House Bill 604 would want a land surveyor or landscape architect or even just a geologist signing off on oil and gas, erosion control, dam safety and encroachment, hazardous waste, landfill or air quality permit applications ensuring they are true and correct. Read more here. Read more here.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit in 2016 signaled that the legal framework for the Clean Power Plan “hinges on important issues of federal that EPA then—and the court below now—got so wrong this Court was likely to grant review.” The court rejected other arguments related to noise impacts, waste storage and disposal, land alterations, wetlands, and procedure.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2024

This number is likely a vast undercount: About 86% of Pennsylvania’s smaller oil and gas drillers did not report how they disposed of their waste in 2023. Lawmakers first banned the use of wastewater from fracking wells as a dust suppressant in 2016. In total, they reported spraying nearly 2.4 No one is enforcing the moratorium."

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Pennsylvania must join the rest of the country in an all-out mobilization to confront the climate crisis, and billions in additional fossil fuel subsidies are simply unacceptable. Million In Revenue At Lowest Tax Rate On Record [PaEN] [Posted: November 3, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

Yaw noted the IEO would be modeled after Pennsylvania’s Independent Fiscal Office , which was created by Act 120 of 2010, and Act 100 of 2016. Yaw did not mention renewable energy in this announcement.] Click Here for a copy of Sen. Obviously, that doesn't add up quite, but there's a little bit of renewables included in that. “We

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

percent of peer-reviewed scientific papers agree that climate change is driven by human burning of fossil fuels, Johnson clings to the lie that there “are facts on both sides.” The IRA passed without a single Republican vote, with the GOP complaining about “wasteful” federal spending. Despite the fact that 99.9

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

But when Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election, two departing Obama officials were anxious for work. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Trump’s win had caught them by surprise. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list. How Raytheon turned a potentially hard year into a good one.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Panama: Tax evasion and weapon production Martin Broek | Transnational Institute | May 2016 The revelations of the leaked Panama Papers in April 2016 pushed the issue of tax and tax evasion high up the international political agenda.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Panama: Tax evasion and weapon production Martin Broek | Transnational Institute | May 2016 The revelations of the leaked Panama Papers in April 2016 pushed the issue of tax and tax evasion high up the international political agenda.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Panama: Tax evasion and weapon production Martin Broek | Transnational Institute | May 2016 The revelations of the leaked Panama Papers in April 2016 pushed the issue of tax and tax evasion high up the international political agenda.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Panama: Tax evasion and weapon production Martin Broek | Transnational Institute | May 2016 The revelations of the leaked Panama Papers in April 2016 pushed the issue of tax and tax evasion high up the international political agenda.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In September 2016, for instance, an airstrike killed 15 members of the same family, including 12 children. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Its weapons have been used in Afghanistan, Brazil , Iraq, Pakistan, Palestine and Yemen. The shrapnel was later identified as belonging to Raytheon.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In September 2016, for instance, an airstrike killed 15 members of the same family, including 12 children. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Its weapons have been used in Afghanistan, Brazil , Iraq, Pakistan, Palestine and Yemen. The shrapnel was later identified as belonging to Raytheon.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Panama: Tax evasion and weapon production Martin Broek | Transnational Institute | May 2016 The revelations of the leaked Panama Papers in April 2016 pushed the issue of tax and tax evasion high up the international political agenda.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Panama: Tax evasion and weapon production Martin Broek | Transnational Institute | May 2016 The revelations of the leaked Panama Papers in April 2016 pushed the issue of tax and tax evasion high up the international political agenda.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Trump ended with some quintessentially Trumpian free-association fear-mongering: “Oil will be dead, fossil fuels will be dead, we’ll go back to windmills and solar where they need a whole desert to get some energy to come out.” quadrupling and doubling.”

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