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Often judges and the judicial system cover up and remove from access information about toxics. This happened with tobacco lawsuits and many lawsuits over toxics. The victims have to sign confidentiality agreements, and judges are pressured not to allow access...
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The more utilities spend on large projects, the more they get. In Colorado, Xcel energy has opposed renewable energy goals, more efficient street lights, a local Boulder city municipal electric utility, etc. over the years. Utility companies want to install centralized...
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Chloroprene, classified by the EPA as "likely human carcinogen." is the main ingredient in neoprene. Neighbors suffer from cancer. The plant was earlier owned by duPont. article
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Texas and the EPA refused NASA air sampling after the flooding of Houston's oil refineries and chemical plants. Link
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber, The Environmental and Health Risks of Fracking , Thursday October 4, 2018, 7 pm I was stimulated to act and to care by her writings. I liked her book Living Downstream. The Cube at MCA in Stapleton...
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https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=628543846 this article explains positive spillover of doing a good deed and being inspired to go further, the hazard of moral licensing and doing some bad cuz you're entitiled , and the need for momentum. Plus the use of public...
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The bans and taxes on plastic bags work! http://www.irishenvironment.com/iepedia/plastic-bag-levy/
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http://www.ehn.org/er-visits-for-asthma-dropped-38-the-year-after-one-of-pittsburghs-biggest-polluters-shut-down-2566777141.htmlAssthma