GreenTechMedia

MARCH 12, 2021

But as project economics and scale have improved, and governments are locking in decarbonization laws, a very different environment has been created. The firm had 370 megawatts' worth of wind farms in operation with a target to build this up to 1 GW by the end of 2008. BP’s big pivot.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2022

Friends of the Earth claims government’s flagship Net Zero Strategy is ‘woefully inadequate’ and that Heat and Buildings Strategy breaches equalities laws. We believe the government has breached the Climate Change Act 2008, a vital piece of legislation that Friends of the Earth was pivotal in bringing into law.

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2020

The rest will follow : We were in the law library at Dell, watching the horror of the World Trade Center exploding with a plane. Tone down the celebration : Though the scale differs, in 2008 people were losing their jobs and afraid for their futures. The room was full, but stunningly silent.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2020

Covid-19 crisis will result in a "worse shock" to the economy than seen 12 years ago, according to the group, and "what worked for the 2008 financial crisis may not be sufficient to overcome this one". The group warns the shock to the economy caused by the coronavirus pandemic will be tougher than the 2008 financial crisis. "We

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

For example, state records suggest that the Chevron Richmond Refinery, one of California’s largest emitters, released more greenhouse gases in 2017 and 2018 — the last years for which data are publicly available — than it has since 2008. And in several recent years, it emitted as much or more of certain air pollutants.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

Bespectacled, tall, and barrel-chested, with blonde hair and a beard punctuated by gray, Cole stood confidently before a classroom of conference attendees at a University of Oregon environmental law symposium in 2008, less than a year before his death. Abascal gave Cole a desk and a phone, and Cole got to work. Early Influences.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

A UK-qualified barrister, environmental policy expert, and former journalist and theatre critic, Shine brings huge experience to the role gained during a varied career that has spanned four continents and many sectors including business, law, policy, media, and the arts.

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2020

But as we start to think of life beyond the current crisis, the question is naturally starting to arise - what should bailouts look like this time round, and what can we learn from 2008/09? While the UK government was pioneering in passing the UK Climate Change Act in 2008, now 164 governments have climate change commitments enacted into law.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JULY 2, 2021

a leading thought and practice innovator in mindfulness-based antiracism and social justice, Professor of Law at the University of San Francisco and author of the award-winning book, The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness. is Professor of Law at the University of San Francisco.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

CRUK, which includes John Lewis as one of its members,[i] launched in 2008 with the aim of diverting carpet from landfill and recovering raw materials.[ii]. viii] Center for International Environmental Law (2015) Plastic & climate: The hidden costs of a plastic planet. Available at: [link]. Available at: [link]. [ix]

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

By putting in place the enabling primary legislation that bridges legal gaps, creates new laws, or brings clarity to existing laws. Indeed, in WBD’s recently published 2024 Energy Transition Outlook Survey Report, businesses still identify effective legislation as a key accelerator of the energy transition.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Back in 2008 the law changed so that whenever occupancy of any building alters an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) must be provided to the new occupant, whether a purchaser or tenant. Anecdotally, it is thought that such law-breaking accommodation is likely to be fairly sub-standard. Heat pumps are scarce.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Back in 2008 the law changed so that whenever occupancy of any building alters an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) must be provided to the new occupant, whether a purchaser or tenant. Anecdotally, it is thought that such law-breaking accommodation is likely to be fairly sub-standard. Heat pumps are scarce.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 31, 2023

Record is a major Conservative donor, having given nearly half a million pounds to the Conservative Party since 2008. He added that Jenkyns is a “seasoned campaigner and understands how to get our message across to the general public.” He has also funded the GWPF.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

A UK-qualified barrister, environmental policy expert, and former journalist and theatre critic, Shine brings huge experience to the role gained during a varied career that has spanned four continents and many sectors including business, law, policy, media, and the arts.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2020

Key architect of the 2008 Climate Change Act returns to frontline politics, as Sir Keir Starmer unveils Labour's new front bench team. As such, Miliband was instrumental in passing the 2008 Climate Change Act, which set UK decarbonisation targets into law and established the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 2, 2023

Lord David Frost – a Conservative peer and former Cabinet Office minister who was appointed in November – is also a GWPF director , along with Terence Mordaunt , who has donated £342,500 to the Conservative Party and its MPs since 2008 via First Corporate Consultants and First Corporate Shipping.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 26, 2021

He added that “whether they are enough is not a matter for the court” and noted there was “no requirement in the [Climate Change Act] 2008, or in government policy, for carbon emissions for all road transport to become net zero”. billion second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2).

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Miliband, who had an instrumental role stewarding the UK's Climate Change Act into law as Energy and Climate Change Secretary in 2008, said his priorities for the new brief would be leading Labour's Green New Deal policy platform, including its recent pledge to invest £28bn a year on climate action.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

As such, new legislation is to be introduced would prohibit larger businesses in the UK from using forest risk commodities that have not been produced in line with producer country laws. Our new due diligence law is one piece of a much bigger package of measures that we are putting in place to tackle deforestation.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

” As one of the first analysts in the renewable energy sector, Demas has since taken on the responsibility of helping to push our industry forward, through the 2008 recession and now in the uncertain times of COVID-19 and broader social unrest. But as it’s said, “With great power comes great responsibility.”

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2023

The case also alleges the Secretary of State failed to give lawful reasons for straying from advice given by the Climate Change Committee that, given uncertainty around technological solutions to aviation emissions, a policy framework to curb demand for aviation is also needed.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

Its chair, Marie Donnelly, last night expressed concern at the “problematic” sectoral targets, which she described as “not consistent” with the objectives of Ireland’s climate laws. After the painful financial crash of 2008/9, the political atmosphere in Ireland ahead of the lifting of quotas was febrile. Irish Agriculture.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 29, 2021

TAN, however, argues that ministers had a legal duty under the Climate Change Act 2008’s statutory targets and the Paris Agreement to consider the strategy’s full impact on the environment and could not leave that assessment to the planning stage of individual road projects. The strategy doesn’t mention RIS2.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2022

Law suits lodged by ClientEarth and Friends of the Earth yesterday over the UK government's Net Zero Strategy open up a fresh frontier in climate litigation that may have implications for businesses and governments around the world. The law is a tool that can help stem this tide of over-spun claims.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Sinclair campaigned against green taxes in senior roles at the TaxPayers’ Alliance pressure group from 2008 to 2013. In 2016, he blamed high energy prices on solar and wind power, saying on Twitter: “This is how UK climate policy works. Huge investment in renewables etc -> higher profits -> higher prices.”.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2020

To mark a year since the UK's 2050 net zero emissions target was written into UK law we gathered the views of a raft of industry experts to debate the technologies, investment and policy needed to reach net zero, and the role business will play. Can lessons from the past help shape our net zero future?

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 23, 2021

The UK pledged to prevent global warming from spiraling out of control by signing the 2015 Paris Agreement – enshrining into law the ambitious climate change target to cut emissions by 78% by 2035. He joined Logan Energy Limited in 2008 as Director of Operations and became Managing Director and CEO in 2012.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In the same month, the High Court ruled that the government’s net zero strategy did not meet its obligations under the 2008 Climate Change Act. Donations to the Conservative Party are properly and transparently declared to the Electoral Commission, openly published by them, and comply fully with the law.”.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 5, 2021

More than a dozen — including Brikel, Bobov Dol and others checked by GMI Verify — were privatized between 2003 and 2008 at low prices and through controversial tender processes. Three years later, Bulgaria passed new laws restricting offshore ownership. The ownership histories of several of the other plants are unclear. and Cyprus.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 1, 2020

For the past nine years, Chicago-based utility ComEd has earned excessive profits from a regulatory structure set in place by a 2011 state law whose passage has been linked to a bribery scandal that’s embroiled key state lawmakers and ComEd’s former CEO.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Seven states, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, have passed 100 percent clean energy transition laws. All 100 percent state laws, and some city and county policies, also include interim targets to keep clean energy deployment on track. The binding nature of these targets is also noteworthy. Washington D.C.

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Front And Centered

APRIL 14, 2020

ENACTED – Strengthening protections for farm workers (SB 6261) — A priority for Community to Community this bill removes the exemptions for non-profit farm contractors had from laws applying to for-profit contractors. This bill failed to pass out of the policy committee.

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2022

Seperate law suits filed by ClientEarth and Friends of the Earth allege the government's flagship Net Zero Strategy focuses too heavily on unproven future technologies and could breach carbon budgets.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

A new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has this week warned that one third of the world's countries still have no legally-mandated outdoor air quality standards in place, and even where such laws exist standards vary widely and often misalign with World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Miliband, an instrumental figure in getting the Climate Change Act into law when he was Energy and Climate Change Secretary in 2008, also argued that the proposed mine was not needed to support UK's steel industry, noting 85 per cent of coal production from the project is earmarked for export.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2020

After the 2008 financial crisis, the 2015 Paris climate agreement and now the Covid-19 pandemic, investors, customers and stakeholders increasingly expect businesses to publish robust non-financial information to help them assess a company's reputation, resilience and sustainability.

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