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Environmentalist accuses former Alaska AG of protecting Exxon from climate change lawsuits
2016-07-07 07:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KTUU: An Alaska environmentalist is accusing the Walker administration and a former Attorney General of trying to protect Exxon from lawsuits over climate change. Rick Steiner with the group Oasis Earth said he obtained a letter signed last month by the Attorneys General of 13 states, including previous Alaska Attorney General Craig Richards. The letter urges an end to lawsuits that claim Exxon committed fraud by concealing its scientific knowledge about the impacts of climate changes. "It is outrageous...
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George Mitchell, overlooked environmentalist, reflects on climate change
2015-12-20 10:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Herald: Twenty-five springs ago, U.S. Sen. George J. Mitchell of Maine put the finishing touches on a book called World on Fire, subtitled Saving an Endangered Earth. Mitchell had worked extensively on amendments to the Clean Air Act since he joined the Senate in 1980 and now, as majority leader hed just completed months of negotiating to get a reauthorized Clean Air Act through the Senate. The book, which addressed what Mitchell called the gathering environmental tragedy, sent out a clarion call...
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An environmentalist call to look past sustainable development
2015-04-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The average citizen of Nepal consumes about 100 kilowatt-hours of electricity in a year. Cambodians make do with 160. Bangladeshis are better off, consuming, on average, 260. Then there is the fridge in your kitchen. A typical 20-cubic-foot refrigerator Energy Star-certified, to fit our environmentally conscious times runs through 300 to 600 kilowatt-hours a year. American diplomats are upset that dozens of countries including Nepal, Cambodia and Bangladesh have flocked to join Chinas...
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Exxon Mobil wins environmentalist lawsuit over Baytown plant
2014-12-18 09:01:44| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A federal judge has ruled for Exxon Mobil in an environmentalist lawsuit that accused the company of ongoing clean air violations at its vast Baytown refinery. In an 80-page ruling filed Wednesday in Houston, U.S. District Judge David Hittner concluded that the environmentalist nonprofit groups Sierra Club and Environment Texas fell short of meeting their burdens of proof.
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Exxon Mobil wins environmentalist lawsuit over Baytown plant
2014-12-18 06:59:27| Energy - Topix.net
A federal judge has ruled for Exxon Mobil in an environmentalist lawsuit that accused the company of ongoing clean air violations at its vast Baytown refinery. In an 80-page ruling filed Wednesday in Houston, U.S. District Judge David Hittner concluded that the environmentalist nonprofit groups Sierra Club and Environment Texas fell short of meeting their burdens of proof.
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