DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2019

That study, released earlier this month by CDP and the World Benchmarking Alliance ( WBA ), looked at 25 leading auto manufacturers and graded each company on its overall alignment with the transition to a low-carbon economy. Tags: auto alliance clean car standards world benchmarking alliance

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 18, 2020

Between the “ COVID -19 pandemic and the ensuing economic fallout,” the project would be crucial to restoring the state’s economy, the letter argued. Kate Brown, asked her to support Jordan Cove LNG , a controversial coastal liquefied natural gas ( LNG ) export terminal. We’re going to need as many jobs as we can get, and very soon.”. “

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

How much stronger our economy is going to grow. The Secret Service apparently didn’t get the electric memo—its agents tagged along in the obligatory huge black gas-guzzling SUVs.) “Imagine how big clean energy industries will be in 13 years. How many good-paying jobs we’re going to create.”

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Energy and Cleantech Council

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

billion price tag originally put on the MATS rule lived on, even after it was clear that that number was way off. When EPA promulgates new rules that appear to carry big price tags, smart people get to work and figure out more cost-effective ways to comply. Unfortunately, the $9.6

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Grist

MAY 18, 2023

A new study reveals that there are also strong economic repercussions to an El Niño — the pattern threatens to slow the global economy by as much as $3 trillion. Those impacts come with a surprisingly steep price tag, according to the study, which was published in Science on Thursday.

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Charged

JANUARY 4, 2023

The R30, which is expected to carry a price tag around $300,000, is very much a luxury boat, but it sounds like more mass-market models are planned for the future. “To kW of solar power for recharging. Maximum speed is expected to be around 39 knots. Mr. Vo means to apply some of the strategies and tactics he learned at Tesla.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

European legislative bodies have mobilized themselves en masse since March 2022, which is when several proposals aimed at product sustainability saw the light of day, most notably a circular economy business model. Traceability systems are to be in place to enable tracking all procedures leading from raw materials to the finished product.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 24, 2020

climate and labor movements to create an equitable and decarbonized economy and move away from fossil fuels to address the climate crisis. Tags: Dentons EJM Associates AFL-CIO IBEW International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers U.S. Read time: 16 mins Progressive activists have called for a Green New Deal, a linking of the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The safety culture is embarrassing,” said Lehto, who has described to DeSmog the discovery of dozens of loose bolts along critical sections of piping, and other improperly set equipment, deficiencies he attributes to the frenzied rush of the oil boom that has dominated the state’s landscape and economy.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 16, 2019

The days of oil as a fuel for cars, whether petrol or diesel, are numbered — because the economies offered by wind and solar energy and other cheap renewables, combined with electric vehicles, are irresistible, a French bank says. Tags: electric vehicles BNP Paribas renewables investment cars

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Meanwhile, Argentina’s economy has deteriorated badly due to a toxic cocktail of debt, austerity, inflation, and an unstable currency. Tags: Argentina Vaca Muerta Shale fracking finances US State Department Vista Oil and Gas YPF The country feels a sense of urgency.

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Front And Centered

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

How Frontline Communities View the Economy. Instead, most of us experience it as an invisible entity we have no control over: My community experiences the economy in a way that’s foreign, it’s outside. I represent the incarcerated community, and the way we experience the economy is it’s designed to exclude us. Rebecca Berry.

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2022

How much could climate change impacts cost the UK economy, and how much will it cost the UK to decarbonise and avoid the worst of these impacts? In short, they conclude the UK economy would be far bigger and more prosperous under a global net zero scenario, than under a world contending with runaway climate change.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 6, 2024

But – and it’s a big ‘but’ – Colle highlighted that according to EY data of predicted battery electric vehicle sales between now and 2030, only 17% will come with a under-30,000-euros price tag, which is classed as the so-called ‘economy’ vehicles.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 18, 2020

Ulta, like Sephora, is planning a Made Without list that will tag products free of parabens, phthalates and 25 other chemical categories. Circular Economy. Ulta Beauty also recently announced a new overarching sustainability initiative, Conscious Beauty. Loop sees an opportunity with the high-priced luxury makeup brands sold by Ulta.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 20, 2020

With two turbines, the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind pilot is tiny; and with a price tag of $300 million, it’s very expensive for a generation facility of its size. Virginia’s recently passed Clean Economy Act , which requires more than 5 gigawatts of offshore wind by the mid-2030s, strengthened the case for that future.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 24, 2020

Imagine a sovereign nation with nearly 29 million citizens and the eleventh largest economy in the world. Tags: Ryan Sitton Texas Railroad Commission oil and gas industry texas COVID-19 coronavirus Read time: 6 mins By Megan Milliken Biven.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The content appears to be official promotional material endorsed by the COP28 hosts, featuring the hashtags #climatechangeambassador, #COP28, #COP28UAE and tagged the official UAE COP28 Instagram account @cocp28uaeofficial. The posts shared the same hashtags and tagged the same official COP28 Instagram account.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

In the shorter term, meanwhile, Wood Mackenzie predicts EV sales in China, Europe and the US will hit seven million a year by 2025, before doubling to 15 million a year by 2030 as price tags drop due to economies of scale, cheaper battery technology, and impending bans on fossil fuel vehicle sales.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Exclusive: Research from Nesta points to major savings heat pump deployment can deliver for the UK economy, the government, and consumers as gas prices continue to soar. per cent of the nation's GDP, according to the report.

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Better Ventures

JANUARY 29, 2024

Who : Sarah Pinner, CEO; Celine Lightfoot, CTO; and Kate Sanner, CMO Location : San Francisco, CA, Santa Barbara, CA, and Chicago, IL, respectively Company : Beni Stage : Seed One-liner : The secondhand search engine that tags along while you shop online Introduce yourselves!

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Terra Infirma

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

As the name suggests, an EV battery gigafactory is truly colossal with a price tag to match – we’re talking billions rather than millions. A couple of years a go a business associate asked me whether I would join with him to pitch our joint services to the proposed Britishvolt gigafactory in Blyth, just a few miles up the road.

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2023

Major new report from Energy Transition Commission concludes bridging the net zero investment gap is a 'manageable macroeconomic challenge' How much will it cost to build a net zero emission economy? Moreover, this price tag is for capital investments, not costs. Again, it sounds like a lot but it is equivalent to around 1.3

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

While nature doesn’t come with a clearly labeled price tag, sustainability innovation understands that there is great economic value in preserving ecosystems, natural resources, biodiversity, and cultures and communities around the world. HOW IS SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION DRIVING THE GREEN ECONOMY?

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Business Green

MAY 23, 2021

As we all look to the hopeful end of the global Covid-19 pandemic and make plans to return to the 'new normal', many countries are struggling to fund the relief and recovery packages needed to get their economies back on track. Difficulties around resource intensive budget tagging and project identification could also be avoided.

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Eco-Business

JUNE 17, 2020

The Indonesian government has announced a list of 89 priority projects, tagged at US$100 billion, to jump-start the economy out of the current Covid-19-induced slump.

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Econaur

AUGUST 30, 2021

This week we present the Flashback story of Dholavira, the archaeological site of a Harappan-era city, whi ch received the UNESCO world heritage site tag on Tuesday. Its decline also coincided with the collapse of Mesopotamia, indicating the integration of economies. Dholavira site.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Clean transport advocates point out £30bn price tag for railway electrification is in the same ball park as budget for road building. The Treasury is facing further accusations that it is hampering the UK's net zero transition, after reports emerged over the weekend that it has blocked plans to electrify Britain's railways over cost concerns.

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Business Green

AUGUST 23, 2021

Until now the complexity of the Brazilian cattle sector and the prevalence of the informal economy in most Amazon farming communities means it has been difficult to control these risks for both slaughterhouses and buyers of Brazilian beef.

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2021

Chaired by Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Gavin Esler, Lucy Siegle, and James Murray, the three day event will explore how the net zero transition is shaping policy and politics, technology and innovation, nature, finance, culture, supply chains, infrastructure, and every aspect of the global economy.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The plates will feature a green tag or 'flash' on the left hand side of the plate to make it easy to identify zero emission models. Only fully zero emission electric and fuel cell cars will be eligible for the green plates, with hybrids and plug in hybrids deemed ineligible.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2020

Iggy Bassi, founder and chief executive of Cervest, said: "Our findings show that businesses are unclear of the risks that climate presents to them, and the potential price tag that goes with that. Bassi said at the time that the collaboration could help improve the economy's long-term resilience.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The average price tag on an electric vehicle (EV) could shoot up by £2,800 in the UK in the event of a 'no-deal' Brexit, with resulting tariffs imposed on battery imports likely to effectively cancel out consumer savings from the government's plug-in car grants scheme, Britain's car industry has warned.

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EDF + Business

JULY 10, 2020

As coronavirus shut down the economy, some regions saw a drop in air pollution. Getting a finished product from the factory to your door, has costs beyond the price tag. The economy is slowly bouncing back in some areas. Air pollution costs the global economy $225 billion dollars every year in lost labor income.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has broachedumpteen pervasive challenges on multiple fronts- health, environment and economy. Although the economy is restoring to an extent but an exponential escalation in the biomedical waste generation has posed severe persisting health hazards and environmental threats.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

They've argued against net zero goals on the grounds no other countries have them, only to watch 90 per cent of the global economy adopt such targets. In contrast, the net zero agenda is not some magic salve for all the UK's woes, but it does at least speak to the needs of a 21st century economy and the concerns of the public.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Liz Truss has promised to transform the UK into an "aspiration nation" characterised by tax cuts, regulatory reform, and business-led growth and investments in her first speech as Prime Minister, as she touted boosting the economy, tackling the worsening energy crisis and supporting the NHS as the top three priorities for her new government.

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