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Progress Possible at COP 28 Despite Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

Union of Concerned Scientists

The fossil fuel industry has a long history of portraying itself as environmentally responsible while continuing to prioritize profit over the planet. Between 2010 and 2018, Chevron is analyzed to have dedicated only 0.2% Greenwashing is incredibly problematic because it works to slow and prevent climate action.

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Maine, Massachusetts, and Maryland Expand Utility Regulators’ Mandate to Include Climate Considerations, Marking an Emerging Trend by State Legislatures

Law and Environment

Despite the fact that utility regulators play a huge role in our energy sector–the sector primarily responsible for historical U.S. While several states have formally allowed regulators to work in an environmentally responsible manner, existing provisions have not specifically called out climate change.

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France is an Example of How Not to do Residential Greenhouse Gas Reduction

Greenbuilding Law

Many believe changing hundreds of years of building in a few short months is too much too fast and may well bring a similar result as the gilets jaunes , the yellow jacket wearing demonstrators, who protested in France in 2018 over a proposed carbon tax on petroleum.

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Montrose Environmental Group (MEG) Names Cory Davis Executive Vice President

Montrose

For more than two decades, Cory has spearheaded CTEH’s growth into one of the nation’s leading science-based environmental response and consulting firms,” said Josh LeMaire, COO of Montrose. In 2018, he received UA Little Rock’s Fribourgh Award for his significant contributions to the scientific field.

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State “Climate Superfund” Bills: What You Need to Know

Law Columbia

These state-level “Climate Superfund” bills are modeled on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, which imposes liability on multiple parties, including the generators of waste, for the cleanup of contaminated sites.

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California Lawmakers Put Fossil Fuel Companies in the Hot Seat

Union of Concerned Scientists

They engaged in large-scale, sophisticated advertising and public relations campaigns to promote pervasive fossil fuel usage and to portray fossil fuels as environmentally responsible and essential to human well-being.”.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act : Known as CERCLA, this 1980 Act set to handle a growing problem of abandoned areas of the built environment that held and handled hazardous waste. It became effective in 1975 and in 2018 has over 180 signatories.