Econaur

APRIL 22, 2020

It was the planet’s largest civic event at the time and compelled governments to take concrete actions, including passing environmental laws and establishing environmental agencies. In 2009, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution formally recognizing the day as International Mother Earth Day.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JUNE 1, 2022

Our first post in this series discusses CARB’s Proposed Scenario to achieve the state’s GHG targets, which adopts a carbon neutrality target for 2045. The Draft Scoping Plan states that CARB will initiate a rulemaking on the LCFS to ensure it continues to support low-carbon fuels that will displace petroleum fuels. [1].

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

During his stint as vice president, Biden oversaw the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 , which allocated $90 billion toward clean energy. At that time, he called fighting climate change “the single most important thing” the executive team could do while in the White House.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Forests are so unhealthy they are now emitting more carbon than they produce, according to recent s tudies. At the same time, California is counting on its forests sucking up lots of carbon from cars, factories, and power plants to meet its goals to slash carbon emissions. “If But either way, the result is more carbon emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2023

In 2015, the NPPC, which claims only 3 percent of pig farmers as members, joined NCBA in lobbying to repeal a law that went into effect in 2013 allowing beef and pork producers to put “Made in the USA” labels on their product. It’s your own Checkoff working against [you],” Meyer told DeSmog. Every word, every dollar is the government.”

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Hoyle served as a representative in Oregon’s legislature from 2009 to 2017 and is currently the state Labor Commissioner. Her opponents tried to carve out a neutral position on the project, as many other Oregon Democrats did for many years. . He quickly endorsed her. She quickly consolidated the backing of powerful Democrats, with U.S.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 21, 2020

South can be traced back to 2009, when wood pellets were touted as a “transition fuel” that could be used to advance the EU’s climate goals — a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels, and a 20 percent increase in renewable energy by 2020. The rise of the wood pellet industry in the U.S.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. No doubt those conversations will be at play in Starbucks’ 50th year.

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