GreenBiz

AUGUST 12, 2020

Cities and counties often are required by state law to buy electricity from a regulated investor-owned utility (IOU) and lack the ability to choose their electricity supplier or generation source. Phasing out fossil fuels. Partnering with investor-owned utilities.

Energy 466

Energy Energy Government Policy 466

Low Impact

AUGUST 29, 2021

It proposes to make Europe the first continent to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and the first to deliver a climate law with binding emissions targets. Neither do the EU’s ‘cohesion’ and ‘just transition’ funds exclude fossil fuel investments. The fossil fuel industry spent nearly €60m in 2019 lobbying for hydrogen.

Fossil fuels 96

Fossil fuels Hydrogen Law Europe 96

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

As an alternative to landfill, which is due to be phased out, the GAYA chain is positioned as the channel of reference for making use of non-recyclable waste to produce a storable renewable gas, which can substitute for natural gas and as such has multiple end uses, in sectors such as sustainable mobility, industry and the tertiary sector.

Waste 130

Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 130

Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

One main reason for the increased investment is that renewables–notably utility-scale wind and solar projects–are the cheapest to build and to operate over the course of their lifetimes, said David Spence, professor of Energy Law at the University of Texas at Austin. He expects that advantage to grow bigger every year. “I

Fossil fuels 112

Fossil fuels Investment Policy Energy 112

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 28, 2023

Though it has applied for them, the company behind this operation has yet to receive the permits it is required by law to construct or operate the engines to power a cryptocurrency mine. The company is required by law to obtain a plan approval from DEP prior to installation and operation of the air contamination sources,” Decker said.

Fossil fuels 80

Fossil fuels Natural gas Law Pollution 80

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) suggest that the planet is on track to be 16% over 2010 levels of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2030, whereas to hold warming to less than 1.5C, we need to be at 45% below 2010 levels in the next nine years. formed in any process in which it would be used as fuel.

Carbon 130

Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Climate change 130

Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Fink pointed out the private equity industry is the one now funding the fossil fuel industry, with more hydrocarbons sold to them. The "window dressing" of achieving success in public markets now needs to evolve, according to Fink.

Fossil fuels 76

Fossil fuels Climate change Law Investment 76

Smart Energy International

APRIL 5, 2022

This will involve a substantial reduction in fossil fuel use, widespread electrification, improved energy efficiency and use of alternative fuels, such as hydrogen. From 2010-2019, average annual global greenhouse gas emissions were at their highest levels in human history, although the rate of growth has slowed.

Global warming 98

Global warming Energy Energy Climate change 98

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

Greenpeace Italy and Re:Common have alleged in their climate lawsuit — Italy’s first — that despite knowing at least as early as 1970 that burning fossil fuels posed a serious climate risk, Eni went on to promote “natural” –- or methane – gas as a safe energy source for decades. the spokesperson stated.

Law 76

Law Fossil fuels Methane Politics 76

Business Green

MARCH 2, 2022

Friends of the Earth claims government’s flagship Net Zero Strategy is ‘woefully inadequate’ and that Heat and Buildings Strategy breaches equalities laws. We believe the government has breached the Climate Change Act 2008, a vital piece of legislation that Friends of the Earth was pivotal in bringing into law.

Government 69

Government Climate change Fossil fuels Law 69

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

Working closely with the community, Cole represented the residents in lawsuits fighting against major mining and fossil fuel companies, including the groundbreaking case Kivalina v. He developed a form of environmental justice law focused on community empowerment and mobilization.

Law 99

Law Climate change Fossil fuels Global warming 99

Grist

JULY 26, 2023

One reader, Katrina Amaral, shared a response that struck at this balance: As part of the resources for dealing with extreme heat, I would love to see examples of heat-adaptation and climate-change mitigation ordinances or laws that have passed at municipal / state / federal levels. And thanks as always for being a Looking Forward subscriber.

Cool roof 68

Cool roof Fossil fuels Cooling Resilience 68

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2024

Weatherford, a lawyer from the corporate law firm Baker Hostetler, stated in opening arguments that Mann was so disliked that “even his own family won’t come to court to defend him.” Separate investigations by Penn State and the National Science Foundation cleared Mann of any wrongdoing.

Climate change 140

Climate change Global warming Fossil fuels Methane 140

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

But in the intervening decades, the region’s rivers were dammed or channeled and the fossil fuel era dawned across Appalachia. The paper suggests that all of this might have happened in violation of federal law. Mountaintop Mining. The new research highlights how, even as the U.S. The diamond darter.

Energy Monitor 91

Energy Monitor Fossil fuels Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 91

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

It’s an apt welcome to a place where the realities of everyday life seem to be in stark contrast to the green illusion marketed by the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries. James Parish, a region that has become a build-out hub for the petrochemical and fossil fuel industry. Town sign for Norco, Louisiana.

Sustainability 93

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels 93

Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The Ohio Power Siting Board last month had 7,783 MW of solar projects in its regulatory pipeline , almost all of which had applications pending before the effective date of a new siting law that is expected to complicate future projects. That’s less than one-seventh of Ohio’s production in 2010. million short tons last year.

Fossil fuels 90

Fossil fuels Law Natural gas Energy 90

Grist

MARCH 2, 2021

Companies are legally required to “plug” wells that they’re no longer using to extract oil and gas by pouring concrete into all their openings and cracks; this prevents them from leaking fossil fuels or harmful pollutants into the air and water sources nearby. The RRC did not respond to a request for comment in time for publication.

Ethics 145

Ethics Fossil fuels Policy Law 145

DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

Its chair, Marie Donnelly, last night expressed concern at the “problematic” sectoral targets, which she described as “not consistent” with the objectives of Ireland’s climate laws. per cent of total national emissions, despite the sector contributing only around one percent to GDP.

Agriculture 84

Agriculture Methane Politics Transportation 84

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

In the summer of 2022, faced with a very real opportunity to confront the fossil fuel industry, potentially forcing the facility to halt oil train shipments entirely, the city instead chose to strike a compromise that allows the oil facility to continue to operate. You’re in the driver’s seat.

Government 92

Government Fossil fuels Energy Energy 92

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Ruth Porter, who will be Truss’s senior special advisor and ran her election campaign, was communications director from 2010 to 2013 at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), an influential anti-regulation think tank with a record of opposing climate policies. BP-Funded Think Tank.

Policy 98

Policy Climate change Solar Power Global warming 98

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

A few months later, the New York Times reported on the study, bringing national attention to the issue, and an op-ed in the Yale Law Journal described indoor air pollution, as a “menace” that required “comprehensive federal legislation.” American Gas Association Monthly in 1982 provided insight into growing industry concern about gas stoves.

Health 91

Health Pollution Fossil fuels Medicine 91

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Seven states, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, have passed 100 percent clean energy transition laws. All 100 percent state laws, and some city and county policies, also include interim targets to keep clean energy deployment on track. The binding nature of these targets is also noteworthy. Washington D.C.

Energy 100

Energy Energy Policy Electricity 100

Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2022

Pledging to change planning laws to restrict further solar development would pose a serious threat to the jobs and investment created by the solar industry. It would undermine the UK's ability to reach Net Zero and keep us locked in to expensive fossil fuels at a huge cost to households and businesses.

Agriculture 69

Agriculture Fossil fuels Energy Energy 69

Business Green

MARCH 5, 2021

Supported by the French agency for ecological transition ADEME, the GAYA project aims to help deliver on French legal targets for a 50 per cent reduction in the quantity of waste going to landfill by 2025 compared with 2010 and a 30 per cent reduction in fossil fuel consumption in 2030 compared with 2012.

Carbon-neutral 78

Carbon-neutral Carbon-negative North America Europe 78

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Examples include deforestation and burning fossil fuels. In 2010 , Ambuja organized several plant-level social and environmental responsibility programs , which included improved water management in drought-prone areas. CSR is known as a soft law, which means initiatives are not legally binding. This is not sustainable.

Sustainability 148

Sustainability Ethics Fashion Organic 148

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 11, 2019

In 2009 and 2010, CARB conducted a rulemaking to develop the regulation for monitoring and limiting SF6 emissions. Accordingly, the GHG reporting and cap-and trade regulations apply primarily to large industrial, manufacturing, refining, and fossil fuel plants.

Energy Monitor 40

Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Global warming 40

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 11, 2019

In 2009 and 2010, CARB conducted a rulemaking to develop the regulation for monitoring and limiting SF6 emissions. Accordingly, the GHG reporting and cap-and trade regulations apply primarily to large industrial, manufacturing, refining, and fossil fuel plants.

Energy Monitor 40

Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Global warming 40

Clean Energy Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The bipartisan infrastructure bill was signed into law. Bukaty/AP A bad omen for the future: fossil fuel plant owners bankrolled a referendum in Maine to try and pass a ballot measure to kill a transmission line that would bring in zero-carbon hydropower from Canada. Infrastructure Month! Here’s a summary from Canary Media.

Natural gas 52

Natural gas Aviation Electric vehicle COP 52

Jigar Shah

JUNE 11, 2019

Expectations around success long-held by prior generations — like car ownership, reliance on fossil fuels, or skepticism of scientific discoveries — have ceded to an inclination to form conscious habits. Bush banned them (which was phased in around 2010). But that’s not why people switched.

Energy 52

Energy Energy Real Estate Climate change 52

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 29, 2023

Rishi Sunak has confirmed that a fossil fuel-funded think tank helped to draft his government’s laws targeting climate protests. Sunak’s statement yesterday appears to confirm openDemocracy’s allegation that sections of the 2022 law were ‘directly inspired’ by Policy Exchange’s report. million to the party since 2014.

Law 98

Law Policy Global warming Fossil fuels 98

AGreenLiving

AUGUST 12, 2020

Partnering with investor-owned utilities Cities and counties often are required by state law to buy electricity from a regulated investor-owned utility (IOU) and lack the ability to choose their electricity supplier or generation source. While some IOUs offer renewable energy programs, these options don’t always meet city needs.

Energy 28

Energy Energy Government Policy 28

AGreenLiving

AUGUST 12, 2020

Partnering with investor-owned utilities Cities and counties often are required by state law to buy electricity from a regulated investor-owned utility (IOU) and lack the ability to choose their electricity supplier or generation source. While some IOUs offer renewable energy programs, these options don’t always meet city needs.

Energy 28

Energy Energy Government Policy 28

Jigar Shah

JUNE 11, 2019

like car ownership, reliance on fossil fuels, or skepticism of scientific discoveries?—?have Bush banned them (which was phased in around 2010). If you want to make a change in infrastructure to promote renewable energy resources, you can really only do it by pushing a bill or a law. But that’s not why people switched.

Energy 40

Energy Energy Real Estate Climate change 40

GreenTechMedia

APRIL 23, 2020

Saturday marked the one-year anniversary of the passage of perhaps the most ambitious law ever adopted by a U.S. Local Law 97, one of 10 bills in the sweeping Climate Mobilization Act , requires New York City’s 50,000 largest buildings to reduce their carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2030 and by 80 percent by 2050.

Law 130

Law Carbon Education Real Estate 130

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2023

This technique of using statements that are technically true but omit crucial information and therefore are misleading, is called paltering — and it’s an old favorite of the fossil fuel industry. R-CALF USA doesn’t only blame the private trade associations for overturning the law that allowed “Made in the USA” labels. “It’s

Agriculture 89

Agriculture Fossil fuels Methane Sustainability 89

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

“It’s also important to remember that CCS is controversial among some environmentalists who regard it as technology that perpetuates fossil fuel exploration and detracts from efforts to eliminate it,” a post by the global bank ING explains. Currently, the hydrogen fuel market is small. I’d like my life back.”

Carbon 98

Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Hydrogen Fossil fuels 98

Business Green

MARCH 18, 2022

Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine is a massive violation of rights, and could signal the final phase of the fossil fuel industry, writes Clean Creatives director Duncan Meisel. There are signs that the spike in oil prices is already impacting consumer behaviour as well.

Pollution 41

Pollution Fossil fuels North America Law 41