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million for airpollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 TotalEnergies and Iraq agree to a $27bn deal The Economist | September 11, 2021 B EING AN OIL-INDUSTRY boss is an exercise in displeasing all sides. million in 2013. Total to pay $2.9
million for airpollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 TotalEnergies and Iraq agree to a $27bn deal The Economist | September 11, 2021 B EING AN OIL-INDUSTRY boss is an exercise in displeasing all sides. million in 2013. Total to pay $2.9
million for airpollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 TotalEnergies and Iraq agree to a $27bn deal The Economist | September 11, 2021 B EING AN OIL-INDUSTRY boss is an exercise in displeasing all sides. million in 2013. Total to pay $2.9
million for airpollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 TotalEnergies and Iraq agree to a $27bn deal The Economist | September 11, 2021 B EING AN OIL-INDUSTRY boss is an exercise in displeasing all sides. million in 2013. Total to pay $2.9
million for airpollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 TotalEnergies and Iraq agree to a $27bn deal The Economist | September 11, 2021 B EING AN OIL-INDUSTRY boss is an exercise in displeasing all sides. million in 2013. Total to pay $2.9
million for airpollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 TotalEnergies and Iraq agree to a $27bn deal The Economist | September 11, 2021 B EING AN OIL-INDUSTRY boss is an exercise in displeasing all sides. million in 2013. Total to pay $2.9
million for airpollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 TotalEnergies and Iraq agree to a $27bn deal The Economist | September 11, 2021 B EING AN OIL-INDUSTRY boss is an exercise in displeasing all sides. million in 2013. Total to pay $2.9
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EPA in defense of EPA’s authority to effectively regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the CleanAirAct. Our client is Tom Jorling, a former Senate staffer and EPA official who was directly involved in drafting the Act in 1970. (We As our brief details, the answer to both questions is plainly yes.
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