Inside Seventh Generation's playbook for supporting polluter-pay laws

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Kate Ogden, head of advocacy and movement building at Seventh Generation, addresses the media during the Businesses for Climate Action Lobby Day in the Vermont State House. Source: Patrick McCormack/Courtesy of SunCommon
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Kate Ogden, head of advocacy and movement building at Seventh Generation, addresses the media during the Businesses for Climate Action Lobby Day in the Vermont State House. Source: Patrick McCormack/Courtesy of SunCommon

Next in the consumer product company's sights: California legislation that would assess fees on the world’s largest fossil fuels producers

As the Trump administration wages a multi-front attack on federal environmental policies, Seventh Generation is stepping up its advocacy and defense of state laws that require polluters to pay for the...

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