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The Energy Act 2023: What it is, what it means and when it will take effect

Envirotec Magazine

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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Orbán-backed Think Tank Courts Farmers Linked to Far Right Ahead of EU Poll

DeSmogBlog

While farmers have protested against an anticipated surge in bureaucracy from proposed green laws, complaints also focused on low prices at the farm gate and lack of protection against increasingly extreme weather. The organisations referenced in the article were approached for comment and had not responded prior to publication.

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'Crucial': EU unveils green finance rules as decision delayed on gas and nuclear

Business Green

The European Commission's latest package of classifications for sustainable finance activity published today have been labelled a "crucial" step in the EU's ongoing efforts to tackle greenwashing and meet its 2050 net zero goals by leading investment figures. Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.

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Flagship EU Farming Reforms in Peril as Lobbyists Exploit Ukraine War

DeSmogBlog

Europe’s leading farming lobby group Copa-Cogeca has used the war in Ukraine as a pretext to push back behind the scenes against flagship EU laws to protect nature, DeSmog can reveal. A total of 18 states are said to back a call for a reassessment of pesticide laws. Brussels has come under intense pressure from agribusiness ever since.

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A Founder’s Guide to Government Grants

Elemental Excelerator

three climate policy packages since 2021. BIL “the backbone” : The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), aka Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), was signed into law in November 2021, and is the “backbone,” providing much of the infrastructure these technologies need to scale at speed. Total funding: $1.2T

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Brooklyn startup addresses gun violence with climate jobs

Business Green

BlocPower's " Civilian Climate Corps " program launched in September, after the New York City Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) awarded the company a $37m contract, paid for with funding from the $2.2bn federal COVID stimulus package, known as the CARES Act. This article first appeared at GreenBiz.com.

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2023: A Strange, Tumultuous Year in Sustainability

Andrew Winston

Most famously, the governor of Florida kept battling one of the world’s most beloved brands, Disney, over the company’s position on state laws targeting the LGBTQ+ community. Some in the investment community even pushed back on anti-ESG laws — partly because, as one analysis concluded, those state laws could cost taxpayers $708 million.