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Complaint launched after government misses legal deadline on environmental protections

Envirotec Magazine

If it finds there has been a serious failure to comply with environmental law, then further action is possible. The Government should work quickly to publish its package of targets, using this extra time to ensure they are as strong as possible. Read the complaint in full, and see list of signatories, here. Nature cannot wait.”.

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China’s new frontier for VOC regulations

GreenBiz

Industries getting particular focus when it comes to VOC management in China include electronics, packaging and printing, pharmaceuticals, petrochemical, chemical, industrial coating, oil storage and transportation. This enshrined into law China’s first air emissions management plan and formalized an approach to regional collaboration.

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How to Create a Sustainability Program: A 10 Step Guide To Creating a Purpose-Driven Business

Green Business Bureau

There’s been a 38-fold increase in sustainability-related laws and regulations since 1972. Sustainability-led initiatives help mitigate the risk of non-compliance as these laws and regulations continue to develop. Environmental and social disruptions cause a negative brand reputation (note BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill ).

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Cook Islands UN Negotiator Paid $700k by Shipping Industry Lobby Group

DeSmogBlog

A negotiator representing the Cook Islands at the UN who has been criticised for blocking efforts to tackle global shipping emissions has been paid at least $700,000 since 2010 by an industry lobby group he helps run with his wife. ‘Full Confidence’ of Cook Islands.

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Looking back on the future

Envirotec Magazine

That changed in 2010, when the IPCC began a more concerted appraisal of how societies and economies could be helped to adapt to a world with a less stable climate. There is also much more processing and packaging involved. It’s time to pivot to a response that prioritises adaptation. Recent history of an idea.

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Looking back on the future

Envirotec Magazine

That changed in 2010, when the IPCC began a more concerted appraisal of how societies and economies could be helped to adapt to a world with a less stable climate. There is also much more processing and packaging involved. It’s time to pivot to a response that prioritises adaptation. Recent history of an idea.

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After Pandemic, New York’s Buildings Face Daunting Decarbonization Mandate

GreenTechMedia

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.

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