Clean Energy Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The bipartisan infrastructure bill was signed into law. Infrastructure Month! Here’s a summary from Canary Media. Here’s another summary from the AP. Here’s a chart for what it means for the utilities sector from Accenture: While the bill is only indirectly related to climate and energy, there are still many relevant provisions.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In 2010, they attended their first of many task-force meetings in a packed government building. But then California’s legislature passed a law to subsidize small biomass plants in 2012. Bureaucrats, politicians, and fire experts from universities floated proposals for taking care of the wood.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Brausch for The Verge The effort to climate-proof our housing is running into a mess of problems, including aging housing stock, out-of-date zoning laws, and NIMBY-ism. million new units of housing were added from 2010 to 2021. There’s also the issue of zoning laws across the country. Illustration by Nico H.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The Gen2 racer has enough range to last the whole 45-minute race, and the Gen3 car’s super-fast charging will make it possible to reduce the battery size. “As As you progress, the batteries get smaller, because you can charge it faster,” said O’Shea. Sometimes I use the comparison to Moore’s law,” said O’Shea.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

For instance, a global survey of 279 companies conducted in 2010 found that those with the greatest proportion of women on their executive committees earned a return on equity 47% higher than those with no female executive members. Are, and how, are human rights and environmental laws enforced in your country?

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The Verge: Energy

MAY 18, 2024

. | Photo by Emmet Livingstone / AFP via Getty Images Mining for minerals used to make EVs and batteries is plagued with allegations of abuse, the latest report from the nonprofit Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) shows. And automakers continue to source materials from some of the worst offenders, The Verge finds.

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Unsustainable

AUGUST 23, 2019

The ratio between earnings of a CEO and a worker is 243 to 1 as of 2010 (Stiglitz). In a sentence from the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development ( Combating Poverty and Inequality, 2010 ), ‘‘globalisation and liberalisation have not created an environment conducive to sustainable and equitable social development’’.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

But could batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) simultaneously pose a grave social and environmental threat to communities in the Global South where the raw materials for modern batteries are obtained? This growth is fuelling massive demand for components for car batteries, particularly for lithium ion batteries.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Amnesty International recognizes the vital function of rechargeable batteries in the energy transition from fossil fuels. Growing demand for so-called clean energy technologies has created a corresponding demand for certain metals, including copper, and cobalt, which is essential for making most lithium-ion batteries.

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Grist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Washington Governor Jay Inslee acknowledged a shortfall during a press conference last month: “Even with our best-in-the-nation laws, and even with federal action, we don’t have enough on the books today to actually reduce carbon at the pace we need to.”. Legislators in Washington state and Oregon approved long-stymied climate bills.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

“Eight states in the region (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey) have laws requiring emissions reductions of at least 80 percent by 2050,” the report says, a goal these states aim to achieve by restricting the use of fossil fuels and encouraging the growth of green technologies.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

President Biden signed historic climate legislation into law in August, but more action will be necessary to hit climate targets. As the TVA’s aging coal and gas fleet retires, they should be replaced with renewable energy and batteries, advocates say. billion if it replaced shuttered coal plants with solar, wind, and battery storage.

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