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Enviromental Defense
OCTOBER 31, 2024
The fossil fuel industry has long been the main driver of climate change, but Big Oil’s CEOs and profiteers would like you to believe that it is a part of the solution. One of the people peddling this idea is the man behind Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL) – Murray Edwards, the Fossil Fuel Fanatic.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 17, 2025
In Northern California, the Tubbs Fires effects on Santa Rosa in 2017 and the Camp Fire, which burned the entire town of Paradise only a year later, were among the first wildfires known to cause widespread drinking water contamination in cities. As fossil-fueled fires get worse, tap water contamination concern grows.
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Enviromental Defense
DECEMBER 2, 2024
Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat – We are disappointed to see the Ontario government make unsupported claims about the proposed federal clean electricity regulations. In 2017, our grid was 96 percent non-emitting.
Legal Planet
MAY 9, 2022
In California, we see this, among other places, in the Scoping Plan process, and through such oversight institutions as the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) and the Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee (IEMAC) – established in 2017 under AB 398. – Do no harm. Stay tuned. Download as PDF.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Elsewhere , I documented how these and subsequent US public policy actions set the stage for Puerto Rico’s contemporary social vulnerabilities that have come full circle in disastrous social, economic, and climatic consequences for the archipelago after Hurricane María in 2017. The risk of landslides is also high.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 19, 2024
Egregiously, even as climate-driven disasters leave communities reeling, private insurers are continuing to underwrite insurance for the expansion of massive new fossil fuel projects that are directly responsible for fueling the climate crisis—and show no sign of withdrawing from these markets!
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
The fossil fuel industry has systematically contaminated our environment with a wide range of toxic chemicals for over a century. Between 2017 and 2023 there were over 1500 injuries and seven deaths in 153 refineries across the US. Refining uses many risky industrial processes. A study has shown that PM2.5
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