Grist

JANUARY 12, 2023

In the early 1980s, America’s biggest company knew more about climate change than basically anyone else. Evidence of this deception has become the basis for dozens of lawsuits against fossil fuel giants in recent years, with cities and states seeking to hold companies and governments responsible for damages from climate change.

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Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2020

This typically manifests itself in the form of left-wing, anti-capitalist economic policies. Sustainable New Zealand knew that the existing Green Party was losing their coalition negotiating advantage to make the case for sound environmental policies. per cent of the vote share and gaining nine additional seats.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In addition, ESG and corporate sustainability have each developed their own sets of terms, for example, ESG investing, ESG policy, sustainability program, and green business. Climate change and carbon reduction reporting. ESG Policy. A policy is a course or principles of action adopted or proposed by a business.

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Front And Centered

JUNE 30, 2023

Twenty years ago, we saw the same sort of moral panic over gay marriage, which ended up being used as a wedge issue during the 2004 presidential elections. What often gets left out of environmental and climate justice is the fairness in your experience of and interaction with your environment.

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Grist

JUNE 21, 2021

where recent research has found that one in ten premature deaths are caused by air-polluting fossil fuels, medical schools have only begun grappling with a lack of curricula focused on climate change in the last couple of years. The paper says that climate change is already affecting human health in every country on earth.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 27, 2021

A new rainfall app is helping farmers in Indonesia’s Sumbawa Island navigate climate change. But climate change is throwing off generations of traditional knowledge as weather — especially rainfall — has become less predictable. Misjudging the best planting time can lead to financial ruin. Wright: Dr. Armi Susandi, MT.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The links revealed by DeSmog’s analysis may show a “revolving door” between insurers and high-polluting industries that may explain why, despite the risks, the sector has been slow to act on climate change, said Lucie Pinson, executive director at the environmental campaign group Reclaim Finance, reacting to the findings.

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2020

Since 2004, renewables' share of UK power has risen tenfold. But we know that to tackle the existential threat of climate change, we need to decarbonise not just electricity, but also heating and transport, where progress has been glacial," she added. "We Taken together, renewables and nuclear accounted for 54.4

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Campaigners said the revelation was a “slap in the face” for those suffering the effects of climate change in the South Pacific, where the archipelago is located. As a non-UN member, the Cook Islands first applied to join the IMO in 1999, when the body’s executive body recommended its membership bid.

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Business Green

JULY 4, 2021

Of all the urgent challenges facing the UK from climate change, one of the least discussed but most important is the deficiences in the UK workforce. But a new generation of Further Education colleges - long maligned in the UK policy debate - hold the key. million in 2004 to just 1.5 million today.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

APRIL 20, 2021

Our goal is to support 100,000 startups to succeed by 2030 – a decisive decade in our collective struggle with climate change. A working knowledge of clean energy technologies, policy, and the California Energy Innovation Ecosystem. Requirements. Preferred Qualifications & Skills Requirements.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

.” Pollution, poverty and race collide in many other disadvantaged communities across California — and the country — and some argue that the state’s climate policies haven’t helped. In their eyes, it doesn’t do enough to address climate change and allows emitters to continue polluting the air in the meantime.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Italy’s first climate change lawsuit brought by Greenpeace Italy and climate advocacy group ReCommon against Italian oil giant Eni opened with its first hearing on February 16, alleging the company contributed to global warming. climate denial theories into Italy. climate change exists and is also due to humans 2.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

When Pathways to Dairy Net Zero (P2DNZ) made its debut ahead of the United Nations Food Systems Summit in 2021, it looked like the kind of group that could meet an important but largely neglected area of global climate response. P2DNZ has maintained this pro-industry stance in presentations.

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Eco-Business

APRIL 14, 2020

"This year, we're excited to bring the issues of energy, climate, and consumption to the forefront together with partners such as Mitsubishi Electric Asia and Singapore Pools and contribute more strongly to peace and prosperity for people and the planet now and beyond." All of us can and should play a part.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The influential Conservative-linked Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) has been pushing for further North Sea oil and gas drilling while several of its board members hold financial interests in the industry, a DeSmog investigation has found. They provide further evidence that Number 10’s fossil fuel agenda is far from accidental.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

A report published last week highlighted the role that chemical plants play in driving climate change.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 2, 2022

Climate change, biodiversity, customer relations, supply chains, board management practices, data, and security…these all fall under the ESG heading. Examples of ESG-related risks include: Environmental : Climate change, greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), deforestation, biodiversity, waster, waste, and pollution.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

And then there are the big picture climate threats that poorly managed land can rapidly amplify. As the World Resources Institute points out, "land is critically important - both as a source of greenhouse gas emissions and as a climate change solution".

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2023

This includes such topics as human rights, climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts, labor practices, anti-corruption measures, diversity initiatives, financial services industry stability commitments and more. These standards are constantly revised to reflect changing global priorities and regulations. Risk analysis.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

Especially methane is a potent greenhouse gas, contributing to climate change. VOC can also cause oil spill on a ship’s deck, as severe VOC generation can cause oil entrainment into the mixture of inert gas and VOC. Further, VOC emissions can harm the environment and human health.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 2, 2021

In 2004, the UN and International Corporate Finance worked together to develop a system that would integrate environmental, social, and governance concerns into capital markets. The resulting 2005 study, titled Who Cares Wins , marked the first use of the term ESG. Over 95% of the S&P 500 report ESG results, metrics and accomplishments.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 23, 2023

IS0 14001 standards have opened difficult discussions around climate change , resource use, business waste , and water management. Responsibilities for combining these standards might include: Drafting a policy statement and quantifiable objectives. ISO 14001:2004 or ISO 14001:2015? Providing adequate resources.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Believe it or not, that basically represents the first electricity link between the island country of Cyprus (full member of the EU since 2004) and the EU grid. Both the fight against climate change and the energy transition in Europe are facing geopolitical and geo-economical obstacles, to say the least.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2022

Vince, who received an OBE in 2004 for his services to the environment and the electricity industry, plans to stay on as chairman of Forest Green Rovers, the League Two side he took charge of in 2010 and has since transformed into the world's first vegan football club.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 27, 2023

As revealed by DeSmog, a number of ARC advisers have a history of attacking net zero policies and questioning climate science, many of whom are speaking at next week’s conference. Badenoch has not always been supportive of climate action. prosperity.”

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Angus is a long-serving legislator, having represented his Northern Ontario riding of Timmins-James Bay since 2004. The proposed legislation is in response to an uptick in advertising campaigns by Canada’s oil and gas industry that present themselves as part of the solution to the climate crisis. The bill proposes fines up to $1.5

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2023

Previous reports indicate that Tufton Street groups have received substantial funds from organisations that support climate science denial in the past decade, with some donations provided directly by fossil fuel firms. The UK’s net zero policies have already faced criticism for failing to keep pace with the required speed of change.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

During his first 100 days in office, Bush reneged on a campaign that promised to regulate carbon dioxide from coal-burning power plants and announced America would not implement the Kyoto Protocol – a global climate change treaty. A binding treaty on climate change was signed by 197 countries on April 22nd, 2016.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 18, 2022

During his first 100 days in office, Bush reneged on a campaign that promised to regulate carbon dioxide from coal-burning power plants and announced America would not implement the Kyoto Protocol – a global climate change treaty. A binding treaty on climate change was signed by 197 countries on April 22nd, 2016.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 15, 2023

The gathering comes as Rishi Sunak’s government – which is already off track to meet the UK’s climate commitments – pursues new fossil fuel extraction, and prominent figures in the right-wing media continue to cast doubt over net zero policy. The AEI has received over £2.9 million ($3,615,000) from ExxonMobil since 1998, and over £1.6

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Across most metrics - be it habitat protection, species abundance, or forestry protection and peatland restoration - RER appears to be delivering impressive environmental gains, and all while gleaning potentially critical scientific knowledge for the global fight against climate change and biodiversity loss.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 30, 2021

BLM spokesperson Jillian Aragon declined interview requests for this article, saying that the agency isn’t commenting on pending policies while management in Washington, D.C., is still in transition. In developing the four possible updates, the two agencies followed a list of guidelines.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 18, 2022

From 1975 to 1987, average fuel economy rose quickly — but then it declined between 1988 and 2004, as the Energy Department reported last year. It cost consumers money at the pump as well as putting us in reverse in terms of addressing climate change.”. Of course, fuel inefficiency has significant climate impacts.

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