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Day: May 27, 2021

Day: May 27, 2021

Historic victory: Judge forces Shell to drastically reduce CO2 emissions

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Friends of the Earth wins climate case against Shell The Hague, 26 May 2021 - For the first time in history, a judge has held a corporation liable for causing dangerous climate change. Today, as a result of legal action brought by Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie) together with 17,000 co-plaintiffs and six other organisations1 the court in The Hague ruled that Shell must reduce...
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CAP: Accelerate laws to eliminate lead in paints

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Thirty years ago the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) made a call to the government to promulgate laws to eliminate lead in paints. Till today, we still find lead in our paints. In 1992, we found seven out of nine enamel paints tested to contain lead above 600 parts per million (ppm). The highest amount of lead in that study was 11,700 ppm. In 2016, a total of 39 samples of enamel...
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