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Thursday, August 9, 2018

JusticeAlert - August 9, 2018


Here are two items to brighten your day:

A moving talk by Valarie Kaur’s talk at TEDWomen ’17. Good news from Ed Johnson, Environment America’s president, Inc.“Good news can be hard to come by, but not when it comes to clean, renewable energy in America. Despite what's going on in Washington, D.C., signs of progress and hope can be found in every state, as shown in our map. Green Tech Media's "No Longer a Novelty, Clean Energy Technologies Boom All Across the US" article highlights the "dramatic growth over the last decade." Meanwhile, a major oil company in Texas is finally going to have to clean up its act and pay for its numerous Clean Air Act violations, according to Reuters' article "Settlement reached in Petrobras' Texas refinery emissions case."

Finally, the EPA just hit the brakes on Scott Pruitt's last-ditch effort to allow for dirtier diesel trucks, according to the Chicago Tribune's "EPA reverses order allowing polluting diesel truck engines" article”.

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