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New EU Emissions Rules Target Coal Plants
August 03, 2017
EurActiv reports that new rules from the European Commission requiring power plants to significantly decrease pollutants will cost an estimated €15 billion in compliance and could force the majority of the EU's coal plants to close.
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NGO: Australia Should Require Due Diligence in Supply Chains
August 03, 2017
The nongovernmental organization Human Rights Law Centre has urged the Australian government to require companies to perform human rights "due diligence" across their foreign supply chains as a step toward fulfilling the country’s “international obligations” under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
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Companies Adopt Reporting of SDG Progress
August 02, 2017
An article on the website Eco-Business documents the growing success of the UN and activist organizations in convincing businesses to use the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a benchmark by which to measure and report their contributions to the global social and environmental policy agenda.
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NGO Files US Fishing Complaint at International Rights Body
August 02, 2017
AP reports that the nongovernmental organization Turtle Island Restoration Network has filed a complaint with the Organization of American States’ Inter-American Human Rights Commission alleging that Hawaii's longline fishing fleet commits violations of the business and human rights agenda against foreign workers.
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Article: US Should Adopt "Environmental Rights"
August 02, 2017
Nicholas Stump of West Virginia University College of Law describes efforts by academics and activist organizations in Appalachia to persuade governments to import the idea, prevalent in international organizations, of "environmental human rights" - the rights to breathe clean air, drink clean water, and eat safe food - to protect Americans from abusive industry practices.
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