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MarketWatch of April 23, 2004, says the
the novel has "some very funny moments," and that the
non-fiction mixes "global statistics and first-person
accounts." The Washington
Post
of March 15, 2004, calls Predatory Bender: America in
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aggressively exported to the rest of the globe," and opines that
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Finance may, in fact, be the first great American lending
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December
9, 2024
The
United
Nations’
Intergovernmental
Negotiating
Committee to
develop an
international
treaty on
plastic
pollution
wrapped up its
fifth session,
known as
INC-5, on 1
December
without
reaching
agreement.
Just another
UN failure...
December
2, 2024
In
Iran,
“according to
statistics,
about 40,000
people fall
victim each
year due to
air pollution
and $12
billion in
damage is
inflicted on
the country,"
Tasnim News
Agency
reported
Health
Minister
Mohammadreza
Zafarghandi
saying on
Friday.
Air pollution
was one of the
health
concerns
discussed at a
meeting of the
Academy of
Medical
Sciences on
Friday,
attended by
Iran’s
President
Masoud
Pezeshkian.
November
25, 2024
In
Houston after
months of
investigation
in the Fifth
Ward, one part
of the study
done by Union
Pacific and
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency say
there are no
toxic levels
of chemicals
in the area
where a cancer
cluster was
identified
years ago.
Fifth Ward
residents are
very
frustrated
with these
findings
considering
they say
they’ve been
searching for
answers for
years. The
cancer cluster
was officially
identified
back in 2019,
but they say
it dates back
decades.
November
18, 2024
Pennsylvania
and other
states in the
Chesapeake Bay
Watershed are
unlikely to
meet their
2025 pollution
commitments to
reduce
nitrogen,
phosphorus and
sediment
pollution
November
11, 2024
UN
climate
summits are at
risk of “undue
corporate
influence" and
"fossil fuel
industry
capture”, two
corruption
watchdogs
warned, as oil
and gas
producer
Azerbaijan
prepares to
host the Cop29
in November.
November
4, 2024
. A New York
judge
criticized
state Attorney
General
Letitia James’
pollution
lawsuit
against
PepsiCo as
“predatory” in
his ruling to
dismiss the
state's 2023
complaint,
which targeted
the beverage
giant’s
supposed role
in the
pollution of
the Buffalo
River.
The attorney
general’s
office
conducted a
study which
found that
more than 17%
of the trash
in the Buffalo
River came
from PepsiCo
products. By
its count, the
next highest
contributor
was McDonald’s
at
6%.
But New York
Supreme Court
Justice Emitio
Colaiacovo
found that
James
ultimately
failed to show
that PepsiCo
should have
warned
customers
about the
risks of the
plastics found
in its
packaging,
ruling that
company had
“no duty” to
do so.
“There is no
duty to warn
of an obvious
danger of
which the
product user
is actually
aware or
should be
aware as a
result of
ordinary
observation or
as a matter of
common sense,”
Colaiacovo
wrote in a
19-page
decision
October
28, 2024
DC's
Office of the
Attorney
General filed
a civil
lawsuit
against Fort
Myer
Construction
Corporation on
Oct. 17 for
repeated
violations of
the District’s
Water
Pollution
Control Act.
October
21, 2024
The
Supreme Court
on Wednesday
allowed a
Biden
administration
regulation
aimed at
limiting
pollution from
coal-fired
power plants
to remain in
place as legal
challenges
play out. The
justices
rejected a
push to block
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency rule,
marking the
third time
this month the
majority has
left an
environmental
regulation in
place for now.
One justice,
Clarence
Thomas,
dissented....
October
14, 2024
The
United States
Supreme Court
will not hear
an emergency
appeal effort
by power plant
owners and
utility
companies that
had begged the
high court to
halt new
pollution
rules set out
by the Biden
administration
and EPA.
In a one-page
order, U.S.
Supreme Court
Justice John
Roberts
declined to
hear the case,
essentially
leaving in
place new
toxic air
pollution
standards that
will fall
heavily on
Montana’s
Colstrip
plant.
October
7. 2024
Neighbors
of Bitcoin
Mine in Texas
File Nuisance
Lawsuit Over
Noise
Pollution The
incessant
humming sound
from thousands
of fans
cooling off
computers that
mine Bitcoin
has enraged
the community.
September
30, 2024
"As
Azerbaijan
readies to
host the
United Nations
COP29 climate
talks,
residents near
the capital,
Baku, say oil
pollution is
posing a toxic
hazard. The
country's
fossil-fuel
resources have
made it a
leading player
on the
international
market but
people who
live near the
rigs complain
that oil
spills are
ignored while
state
officials
focus on
promoting the
country as a
clean,
thriving
economy. "
September
23, 2024
In
Houston, Texas
the liquid
natural gas
pipeline fire
in La Porte
near Deer Park
has been
continuously
burning and
despite some
officials
stating that
there's no air
quality risk,
some experts
said it might
lead to some
air
pollution...
September
16, 2024
The
Black Warrior
Riverkeeper
and
Greater-Birmingham
Alliance to
Stop Pollution
(GASP),
represented by
the Southern
Environmental
Law Center
(SELC), are
filing a
lawsuit
against
Bluestone
Coke. The
environmental
groups allege
the company is
in violation
of the Federal
Clean Water
Act.
September
9, 2024
Riverkeeper
in a swing
states: The
Chattahoochee
Riverkeeper
has sued the
city of
Atlanta for
allegedly
polluting the
Chattahoochee
River. The
Chattahoochee
Riverkeeper
says the
Clayton Water
Facility is
discharging
illegal levels
of pollution.
In March of
this year,
E.coli
bacteria in
the river was
traced back to
the facility.
Chattahoochee
Riverkeeper
Executive
Director Jason
Ulseth says
the city of
Atlanta has
allowed
operational
and
maintenance
failures at
the facility
to compound
over time,
failing to
follow through
on even the
most basic
equipment
repairs.
September
2, 2024
A
former
landfill at
the Jersey
Shore with an
already
controversial
past has been
hit with a new
$297,000 fine
by New Jersey
regulators.
The July
violation
against the
owner of
Aeromarine —
Bayridge
Realty
Corporation —
was issued
after
inspections
showed the
facility was
not properly
closed and
improper
access was
provided to
the property,
according to a
penalty notice
August
26, 2024
Counting
the costs:
there is anger
over the Biden
administration’s
embrace of
carbon capture
and storage
technology,
which collects
planet-warming
carbon dioxide
from
industrial
smokestacks so
it can be
stored, often
in underground
wells. Several
activists said
this can
extend the
life of dirty
facilities
because it
opens the door
for plant
operators to
argue they are
climate-friendly.
Meanwhile,
their
emissions
continue to
harm those
nearby
August
19, 2024
A
new study
examined the
climate effect
of the
mandated
reduction of
sulfur in ship
exhaust
emissions
globally since
2020, and it
suggests that
the shipping
regulation has
reduced how
much light is
being
reflected back
into space,
which has
likely
contributed
towards the
record warming
over the last
few
years.
International
shipping,
while
invisible to
most of us,
has a large
impact on
climate and
air quality.
There are
nearly 100,000
large ships
within the
global
commercial
fleet,
accounting for
over 90% of
international
trade.
Traditionally,
ships have
burned dirty,
high sulfur
fuel that
emitted large
quantities of
sulfur gas and
aerosol.
August
12, 2024
The
New York City
subway system
is exposing
commuters to
toxic air that
far exceeds
health
recommendations,
a new study
has found,
with African
Americans and
Latinos
disproportionately
impacted
August
5, 2024
Jersey
connections:
protest at
Formosa
Plastics’
American
headquarters
in Livingston
NJ led to the
arrests of six
people on
August 2.
Formosa
Plastics has
raised the ire
of protesters
hoping to
bring more
attention to
the company’s
history of
pollution in
Texas,
Louisiana and
Vietnam.
July
29, 2024
On
July 25 at the
UN,
hypocritical
SG Antonio
Guterres
intoned,
"Extreme heat
is having an
extreme impact
on people and
planet.
The world must
rise to the
challenge of
rising
temperatures.
Thank you."
Then
he flew off to
Paris, and
then who knows
where else, on
undisclosed
publicly
funded
vacation. From
those allowed
in (Inner City
Press is
banned), now
questions,
only "Mr.
Secretary-General,
thank you very
much on behalf
of the United
Nations
Correspondents
Association
for doing this
briefing."
July
22, 2024
Noting
the plan to
build a fourth
power plant in
the Ironbound
neighborhood
of Newark, New
Jersey, has
been approved
by the
administration
of Governor
Phil Murphy,
despite
opposition
from community
groups who
claim the
project would
worsen
pollution in
the
area.
Environmentalists
and community
activists have
put pressure
on Murphy to
halt
construction
of the Passaic
Valley
Sewerage
Commission
facility,
which will
provide backup
electricity in
the event of a
power outage.
The New Jersey
Department of
Environmental
Protection’s
compromise
would permit
PSVC to
construct the
Ironbound
power plant,
but only if it
could be used
in the event
of a power
outage
July
15, 2024
Marathon
Oil Co., which
is in deal to
be bought by
ConocoPhillips
in $22.5
billion
all-stock
deal, has
agreed to a
settlement
with the U.S.
Government
regulators and
to pay $241.5
million in
penalties over
climate- and
health-harming
emissions in
North Dakota.
July
8, 2024
South
Carolina
environmental
groups are
suing a
Columbia
manufacturer
for allegedly
pumping
dangerous
"forever
chemicals"
into the
Saluda River,
threatening
drinking water
supplies used
by West
Columbia and
Cayce
July
1, 2024
Water
pollution
levels in
Paris’s River
Seine remain
much higher
than allowed
for bathing,
data showed on
Friday, one
month before
the Olympics
in which the
capital’s
landmark
waterway is
meant to be
one of the
swimming
venues
June
24, 2024