Two BP refineries in the U.S. account for 97 percent of “egregious willful” violations given by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), according to a study by the Center for Public Integrity. The study found that the violations occurred in the last three years in BP’s Texas City, Texas refinery and another plant in Toledo, Ohio. In 2005, 15 people were killed in...
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Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works Chairman Boxer, Ranking Member Inhofe, and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify about EPA’s role in responding to the BP Deepwater Horizon rig explosion.  As we all know, efforts by BP to stop the oil release continue.  While there is no perfect solution to the environmental disaster that the Gulf of Mexico...
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Evo Morales, President of Bolivia Text of Speech before United Nations I have come here to share the conclusions of the First World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, held last April 20th to 22nd in Cochabamba, Bolivia. I convened this Conference because in Copenhagen the voice of the peoples of the world was not listened to or attended...
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U.S.-China Ten-Year Framework for Cooperation on Energy and Environment Washington, DC May 13, 2010 The Governments of the United States and China held the 6th Joint Working Group Meeting of the U.S.-China Ten-Year Framework (TYF) for Cooperation on Energy and Environment on May 11-12 in Washington, D.C. Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero and Ambassador Jon Huntsman led the U.S. delegation,...
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Climate Change and the Integrity of Science We are deeply disturbed by the recent escalation of political assaults on scientists in general and on climate scientists in particular. All citizens should understand some basic scientific facts. There is always some uncertainty associated with scientific conclusions; science never absolutely proves anything. When someone says that society should wait until scientists are absolutely certain before taking...
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