Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Whilst not immediately obvious, with the looming recession, the data gives an indication of the likely impact of an economic downturn by looking back to the time of the 2008 financial crisis and the years that followed. The government has decided to keep packaging waste recycling targets for 2023 at the same level as 2022.

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 11, 2022

Today, we want to shed light on this important issue and urge the United States Government to lead an international effort to prohibit the use of debris-creating anti-satellite weapons (ASATs). We strongly urge the United States Government to lead an international effort to prohibit the use of debris-creating anti-satellite weapons.

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2022

Greenpeace claims government failed to assess full environmental impacts of Shell fossil fuel project in the North Sea. Philip Evans, oil and gas transition campaigner for Greenpeace UK, described the Jackdaw approval as a "scandal" and "an astonishing dereliction of the government's legal duty".

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Business Green

JUNE 13, 2021

Business lobby group chief Tony Danker ramps up rhetoric demanding government deliver raft of missing net zero policy on heating, hydrogen and transport. But it's not enough to release these strategies into the ether and hope that's enough. The pace of delivery must be relentless and speed of our progress intensifying all the time.".

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

State ownership is likely to increase during a recession - the UK government should ensure state-owned firms adhere to climate risk and responsible investment principles, argue ClientEarth's James Thornton and the University of Oxford's Ben Caldecott. Governments will be in this for the long-haul and should plan accordingly.

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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.

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GreenBiz

MAY 5, 2020

The economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing governments around the world to come up with policies for stimulating the global economy. Countries around the globe are set to launch the biggest round of infrastructure investment since the post-2008 financial crisis stimulus measures. Katherine Davisson.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Ms Elliott-Smith, an industry expert and environmental consultant, is represented by Leigh Day solicitors who sent a pre action letter to the Government on her behalf. They make the case that in creating the UK Emissions Trading Scheme, the Government has unlawfully excluded municipal waste incinerators from the scheme.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2023

Alethea Warrington, campaigns manager at climate charity Possible, said aviation is highly polluting and very difficult to decarbonise, and as such it is "really dangerous" that the government is encouraging huge growth in flights. So we'll see the government in court to tell them exactly that."

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The Financial Times reports the government is in talks with ExCel London about potentially moving the COP26 Summit to the capital. The government could yet relocate the COP26 Climate Summit to London, according to reports this morning, amid claims of spiralling costs and political rows over the current Glasgow venue.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 23, 2020

To rebuild the economy, the United States government so far seems to choose to deploy the same playbook it did in 2008: funding legacy companies in industries such as oil and gas. . History has shown us that government funding of visionary projects can have enormous positive outcomes. Back to normal is not an option. Pull Quote.

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Business Green

JUNE 17, 2020

Ahead of London Climate Action Week, E3G's Tom Burke warns that governments alone can not tackle the escalating risks from climate change - businesses and wider society have to step up. It would be wrong to say, as some do, that governments have done nothing to avoid this catastrophe. Climate change is a whole of society problem.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

In 2008, Exxon made a record $40.6 While businesses, community organizations, utilities and government agencies move away from dependence on fossil-fueled power generation, you can make that same shift, too. Meanwhile, the coal and natural gas industries are also collapsing around us — a swift decline from the shale fracking boom.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2021

Environmental Audit Committee warns government has underestimated challenge of decarbonising UK’s housing stock, putting net zero goal in jeapordy. Government investment to improve energy efficiency has been woefully inadequate," said EAC chair Philip Dunne.

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GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

They might have the government working against them with policies, which still is the case in many places," Polman said. For some, including government officials and corporate leaders, there's a sense of urgency to create a better, greener economy. For example, Polman pointed to the 2008 financial crisis in which the U.S.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2022

BusinessGreen looks at the possible outcomes and potential implications of the latest legal challenges to the government's decarbonisation strategy. The UK government itself has acknowledged the detrimental effect misleading claims can have on the net zero transition. But the government too, stands accused of so-called greenwashing.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2021

The government must quickly learn lessons from the failure of its flagship green homes upgrade voucher scheme or it will fail to decarbonise the UK's notoriously draughty housing stock, which remains responsible for a sizeable chunk of the country's greenhouse gas emissions.

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2021

The analysis also confirms that while total emissions have grown, the carbon intensity of shipping improved between 2008 and 2018 - both for international shipping as a whole and for most ship types.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 30, 2021

Here are some notable learnings from his interview with GreenBiz: The Hewlett Foundation (HF) has been a long-term, large funder in clean transportation since 2008. Therefore, primary funding from HF in the power sector goes to help these international governments meet their own goals of decarbonizing the power sector. and in Europe.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Around 130,000 low-income households could see bills slashed as homes receive energy efficiency upgrades through the government's Help to Heat funding. The £1.5bn is coming from funding which was first announced in the government's Heat and Buildings Strategy which was announced last year.

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The City Fix

JANUARY 12, 2023

Aileen Monsale, a resident of Iloilo City, Philippines, lost her home in 2008 after devastating floods hit the low-lying city following Typhoon Fengshen – which many called a “storm of the century.” Like thousands of people in Iloilo City, her.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Rules aimed at preventing companies from importing products into the UK that are linked to illegal deforestation are to be added to the Environment Bill, as part of a package of measures to boost the resilience, traceability, and sustainability of corporate supply chains confirmed by the government today.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The UK Government has made significant progress in financial support frameworks having recently concluded the consultation process , and by having published the almost final versions of both the hydrogen and ICC contracts. The ISOP will be called on to balance these three objectives and make trade-offs if necessary in cases of conflict.

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GreenBiz

MAY 18, 2020

But one component is highly unique: the company’s decision to include three "global challenges" — ones that require collaboration with "industries, governments and communities" to pull off. This is a longstanding practice for Intel, something the company has done since 2008. Make technology fully inclusive and expand digital readiness.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The government also sometimes wrongly focusses on the biggest emitters when SMEs are younger and more agile. That old cliché that ‘what gets measured gets done’ is not entirely true, but governments are obsessed with proving their impact and this gets in the way of real action. SMEs can’t make a difference.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 15, 2024

In comparison, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report from 2011 found that BLM field offices used a categorical exclusion to expedite the approval of 6900 oil and gas-related activities from 2006 to 2008.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2020

The government must deliver on its promises to tackle the UK's woefully inefficient housing stock, argues Andrew Warren. Back in 2017 the then Prime Minister Theresa May launched the government's (still extant) Clean Growth Strategy. Government 'could not support' the Bill. No longer just a desire, nor merely an aspiration.

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2023

Campaign group One for One warn fossil fuels should be viewed as the highest risk class of assets and urges government to tighten financial regulations to avert risk of a financial crash. The campaigners warned that this sum is more than double the $2.3tr which was needed in the 2008 financial crisis, while 13.6 million jobs at risk.

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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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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 5, 2021

In recent years, governments, local authorities and businesses have taken up 100% RE targets. Lessons from the 2008 financial crisis. Let us take a look back into the year 2008: The financial crisis has just unraveled, and governments invest billions to protect banks and kick-start economic activity. The rebound effect.

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2020

A lot has changed over the last decade, and not just Richard Branson's views on government support to ailing businesses. 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? Bush, "too big to fail".

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 15, 2023

I heard that in 2008 when oil prices first topped $100 a barrel. Could we expect this lithium cycle to look like the time oil prices soared from $20 in the early 2000s to nearly $150 in 2008? Thus, lithium demand growth may slow, but it is unlikely to contract as demand for oil did in 2008. This time there is no easy cure.”

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, bus travel was in decline, with the number of people using that mode of transport falling by around 100 million since 2008. With many services currently struggling to attract passengers, now is considered the moment to introduce new schemes and assist operators.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Corbeau added that governments must anticipate more frequent extreme weather risks and the impact on variable renewable energy systems. natural gas prices to remain elevated between October and March -- the highest winter price since 2007-2008. Energy Information Administration expects U.S.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Bank becomes one of first in UK to publish Climate Transition Plan setting out its strategy for achieving net zero emissions and tackling climate risks NatWest has warned that continuing policy gaps and uncertainties in the government's Net Zero Strategy risk putting its climate targets, as well as the UK's national emissions goals, at risk.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The Bill would require the inclusion of emissions from the UK's share of international aviation and shipping in the country's existing 2050 net zero greenhouse gas target, as well as emissions linked to UK supply chains and consumption, none of which currently fall under the 2008 Climate Change Act.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 4, 2020

The German government also announced a strategy with network operators to help it expand its offshore wind capacity. The most notable change from the country's package from 2008 was the absence of incentives to buy cars from the nation's auto giants — unless, that is, they are electric vehicles. per megawatt-hour.

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