DeSmogBlog

MAY 14, 2024

One of the major backers of broadcaster GB News is now employing a leading right-wing lobbying company that has ties to polluting interests. Crosby ran four Conservative Party election campaigns between 2005 and 2017, and was involved in the 2019 campaign. CT Group was founded by political consultant and lobbyist Lynton Crosby in 2002.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 3, 2023

This is despite the government’s 2021 Decarbonising Transport Plan , which lauded the Labour mayor’s efforts on air pollution for its “significant impact on air quality” and on “reducing the number of older, more polluting vehicles that enter London’s central zone.” million times, at a cost to the party of up to £19,100.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 28, 2023

Though it has applied for them, the company behind this operation has yet to receive the permits it is required by law to construct or operate the engines to power a cryptocurrency mine. The company is required by law to obtain a plan approval from DEP prior to installation and operation of the air contamination sources,” Decker said.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The substance of the report is that there is still time to save the world’s peoples from the catastrophic consequence of pollution, but time is running out,” Ikard said. I love how he calls greenhouse gas emissions from cars “pollution.” How long did the oil and gas pretend that CO2 isn’t pollution? View on DocumentCloud.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 2, 2024

Maisano now runs a strategic communications practice for Bracewell LLP, whose separate law practice provides services for oil and gas companies including Eni ( currently being sued for climate deception in Italy) and Phillips 66 (which is a defendant in many U.S. Since 2005, the group has also advocated for renewables, Maisano said. .

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 29, 2024

Subsidies and policies that facilitate the transition to cleaner heavy-duty vehicles are especially beneficial to EJ communities, as the link between diesel emissions and higher asthma rates for Black and Latino children in communities overburdened by pollution is well-established (AAFA 2005; Weir 2002).

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Their goal was to find out more about the impact mountaintop removal mining has had on those water pollution levels. The paper suggests that all of this might have happened in violation of federal law. And it’s certainly not the diamond darter alone that’s feeling the brunt of this mountaintop removal-linked water pollution.

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Grist

JULY 19, 2019

Alyssa-Marie Kau, a former law clerk with Earthjustice , says the construction of the new telescope could threaten the aquifer that sits directly underneath Mauna Kea because many hazardous chemicals, such as hydrochloric-acid, motor oil, or pesticides, are already stored underground.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 16, 2021

Offsets offer a carbon polluter (like the operator of a steel plant) an additional option to comply with government rules that limit carbon pollution. How offsets are created and the extent to which they are used dictates their effectiveness at reducing pollution. WHAT ARE OFFSETS?

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 8, 2023

The United States, Canada’s largest trading partner, also has a goal of producing 100% carbon pollution-free electricity by 2035.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 17, 2022

President Joe Biden has signed into law the most significant piece of legislation supporting clean energy and climate change mitigation in US history. With this law, the American people won and the special interests lost,” Biden said at a bill signing ceremony on 16 August. By Jennifer Runyon and John Engel.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A recently published chapter of the Harvard Law Review argues that “While utility companies have been building and profiting off fossil fuels without internalizing the down-stream consequences and costs for decades, their regulators—state agency leaders—have approved their actions at every step of the way.”.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 20, 2021

and Puerto Rico have adopted laws or executive orders setting goals for reaching 100% clean electricity by 2050 or sooner. We analyzed the “business as usual” projection in the 2005 Annual Energy Outlook published by the Energy Information Administration , the U.S. So far 17 states plus Washington, D.C., And 46 U.S. The other 50%.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

But instead of a long-term carbon commitment, NextEra pledged to reduce its carbon emissions rate 67 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. It remains to be seen if that reputation will suffer from being out of step with the sector on tackling carbon pollution. It generated 73.6 The company did not respond to requests for comment.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

is President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), passed into law in August 2022. billion in financial and technical assistance, $700 million of which will be earmarked for pollution reduction activities at marginal convention wells. 2005 is used as a baseline because of the Paris Agreement targets that year ).

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The resulting 2005 study, titled Who Cares Wins , marked the first use of the term ESG. E looks to reduce a company’s energy use , waste , and pollution while helping to protect natural resources through conservation. Social performance: Selected criteria are used to analyze a company’s business and personal relationships.

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Business Green

APRIL 21, 2021

Following marathon 14 hour talks, negotiators from the European Parliament, European Commission, and member states finalised a deal on the bloc's sweeping new Climate Law just after 5am this morning. The news came as reports suggested the White House is poised to sign off on a new target to halve emissions against 2005 levels by 2030.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Black and Hispanic Americans are exposed to 63 percent and 56 percent more pollution than they create. The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 was the first piece of legislation signed into law by President Obama. Photo by Wake Forest University School of Law/Flickr. that Ledbetter hadn’t filed the charge early enough).

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Elemental Excelerator

AUGUST 12, 2022

Analysis firm Rhodium Group estimates that it will reduce CO2 emissions by 31–44% below 2005 levels in 2030, as compared to 24–35% under current policy. If the funds are spent as intended, the IRA plus previous IIJA funding gets us in range of 2030 targets, an essential leap forward in this decade of action. Vibrant Planet ).

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 9, 2019

We need to support the rule of law and human rights around the world because we are world leaders. No one remembers the Paul Martin plan in 2005. You have given a massive exemption to the country’s largest polluters, and your plan is already failing. We are committed to a real plan that’s going to take on the biggest polluters.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Instead, the TCEQ has allowed K-Solv, a chemical distribution company nestled in Channelview’s Jacintoport neighborhood, to expand its operations four times since the problem was discovered in 2005. Public Health Watch also analyzed more recent TCEQ pollution data and found that Channelview’s benzene problem has only worsened over the years.

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Grist

JULY 29, 2020

Carbon-wise, it’s proven to be a big success: By 2017, RGGI had already surpassed its 2020 goal of reducing emissions 45 percent below 2005 levels. While RGGI is designed to reduce CO2 emissions, it inevitably leads to reductions in other pollutants from power plants, like nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide. on Jul 29, 2020.

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Mosaic

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Legislation such as the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law in August 2022, has increased public awareness around how solar energy can lower not only the carbon footprint of homeowners, but their utility bills too, offsetting the impact of higher interest rates. renewable solutions.

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Charged

MARCH 16, 2020

Washington adopted California’s emissions standards in 2005, but did not sign on to the ZEV mandate. The Union of Concerned Scientists reports (via Electrek ) that the transportation sector is Washington’s biggest source of carbon pollution, and that the average EV in the state emits 1.3 This figure gradually increases to 8% by 2025.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Black and Hispanic Americans are exposed to 63 percent and 56 percent more pollution than they create. The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 was the first piece of legislation signed into law by President Obama. Photo by Wake Forest University School of Law/Flickr. that Ledbetter hadn’t filed the charge early enough).

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2021

If the industry was not exempt from hazardous waste law,” said Troutman, “the characterization of their waste would be far better, the tracking would be far better, and it would be harder for companies to manipulate the system like this.”. Current federal laws give the company confidence that these imports are legitimate. “As

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Black and Hispanic Americans are exposed to 63 percent and 56 percent more pollution than they create. The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 was the first piece of legislation signed into law by President Obama. Photo by Wake Forest University School of Law/Flickr. that Ledbetter hadn’t filed the charge early enough).

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 8, 2023

“We have asked [the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality] to deny CPRA’s application for a water quality certification because the EGL project will cause or contribute to a violation of state water quality standards,” said Lisa Jordan, an attorney with the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, which is representing the groups.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2020

A landmark clean energy law enacted this year in Virginia will only equate to a 26 percent reduction in emissions economy-wide by 2050, according to a new analysis, leaving the state far from the cuts required to stave off the worst effects of climate change. was beginning to recognize the severity of the COVID-19 crisis.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Growing up outside of Boston, Zack Angelini spent summers swimming, but one polluted river was off limits. "I Badalian received an environmental law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School, which helped shape his policy work, he says. Zack Angelini, 29. Senior Environmental Stewardship Manager, Timberland; Malden, Massachusetts.

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The Verge: Energy

APRIL 25, 2024

The Biden administration pledged to cut its carbon pollution in half from 2005 levels by the end of the decade under that agreement. “A Trump replaced the Obama administration’s proposed power plant pollution rules with his own weaker measures, which a federal court blocked before they could be implemented.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2022

The purpose of the environmental justice bill “is to give communities like this beautiful community and its people the dignity and the respect under the law where they are able to defend themselves and protect their families and their communities,” Grijalva said. “It’s as simple as that.”.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

He founded his law firm in Berlin in 1992. In 1995 he established the first German linked law firm in Poznan. His law firm focuses on business law, German and Polish geothermal law and has clients from Asia and Europe who invest in Germany or Poland.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

Zack Angelini, 29 Senior Environmental Stewardship Manager, Timberland; Malden, Massachusetts LinkedIn Growing up outside of Boston, Zack Angelini spent summers swimming, but one polluted river was off limits. Badalian received an environmental law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School, which helped shape his policy work, he says.

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Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 25, 2021

The project would also help Exxon clean up its image as one of the foremost corporate climate polluters. Exxon is employing a CCS strategy that is focused on using it as a public-relations tool and as a narrative tool to allow them to continue polluting,” Doukas says. Trump signed it into law.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

She has also spoken favourably about electric vehicles and said in May that recent months had “highlighted the need to accelerate our journey as a global community away from hydrocarbons” and “decisively turn our backs on the era of dependence on polluting fuels”. Graham Stuart – Climate Minister.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Between 2005 and 2019, greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has spent $4 billion to fix this with a system of deep tunnels, stopping more than 145 billion gallons of pollution from spilling into Lake Michigan since the early 1990s. decreased by 12 percent. Some go even further.

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