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Progress made but too many still falling short, says EA on environmental performance of water and sewerage firms

Envirotec Magazine

These included the reduction of total pollution incidents by at least one-third compared with 2012 and for incident self-reporting to be at least 75%. ” She added: “As last week’s £90m fine for Southern Water showed, environmental laws must not be undermined.”

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Could the EU's Fit for 55 programme unleash a new wave of climate litigation?

Business Green

The authors anticipate the upcoming Fit for 55 package in particular is set to trigger several new cases. The authors predicted the package could enable litigation multiple fronts.

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Coronavirus Unnerves US Wind Market During a Record Year for Construction

GreenTechMedia

When used, the details are usually very specific, explained Ashley Wald, a partner at law firm Holland & Hart, who represents clients in the renewables field. wind farm construction (previous record: 13 gigawatts, set in 2012). 2020 still looks likely to be the high-water mark for U.S.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

She came to the co-op from International Flavors & Fragrances in 2012 as supply chain and operations executive vice president and became COO several years later. Mattel seeks for all products and packaging to comprise recycled or recyclable materials by 2030, and in June it brought sugarcane-plastic toddler stacking rings to market.

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The biggest fight over cap and trade isn’t about what you think it is

Grist

It’s exactly how politics played out in California in 2016 as the state struggled to reauthorize its keystone climate-change law. In California, when lawmakers passed the cap and trade law, they bartered away more direct regulations on sooty smokestacks. Jerry Brown (left), which stripped away local air pollution laws.

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Latest COVID-19 relief includes legislation on climate change

AGreenLiving

A $35 billion investment in clean power and other climate initiatives hitched a ride on the latest COVID-19 relief package. Backed by Senate Republicans as well as Democrats, the legislation will be the first significant climate change law in more than a decade — if it gets past President Trump’s desk this week.

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Is the UK squandering its green economy leadership?

Business Green

However, with the government languishing in the polls, the economy once again teetering on the brink of recession, and Ministers having singularly failed to deliver the 'Rooseveltian' post-Covid green recovery package that Boris Johnson once promised, the UK's recent green economic performance is being subjected to a damning reappraisal.