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5 States Blazing the Trail for Integrating Distributed Energy Resources

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Distributed energy resources (DERs) is an expansive term, including everything from backup generators to microgrids. In some states with 100 percent clean energy mandates, like California and Hawaii, the focus is on solar — lots and lots of it — and the tools needed to integrate this massive new grid edge resource.

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New Prime Minister faces flurry of proposals for tackling the energy crisis

Business Green

Trade body Energy UK becomes latest influential group to endorse plans to shrink electricity bills by reducing the costs paid to legacy low carbon electricity generators.

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Mapped: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets

DeSmogBlog

BASF’s wine tasting is just one example of many such pandemic-style lobbying efforts by the European agriculture industry since the EU has attempted to pass sweeping new policies to combat climate change through measures included in its “Green Deal,” first presented in December 2019. Meet the Industry Trade Groups.

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Flat-lining: Policy review highlights England's mixed progress on waste reduction

Business Green

Furthermore, it says, the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has made "significant improvements" when it comes to measuring and monitoring waste, in particular within the commercial and industrial sector. WRAP now works with companies on an individual project basis to try and tackle the electrical waste mountain.

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Biofuels: An Environmental and Economic Catch 22?

R-Squared Energy

Earlier this month, France’s constitutional court upheld a law cutting palm oil from the country’s list of approved biofuels and eliminating associated tax exemptions. of transport’s energy mix would need to be composed of biofuels. A powerful economic driver. C by 2100, at least 26.3% Kallista Alam has managed to evade a $26.5

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Ofwat launches investigation into illegal sewage spills

Business Green

If we find there has been, we will use all of our powers to hold companies to account.". In the new letter, Ofwat asks companies to explain how they monitor compliance with their environmental permits, including their system of management, the role boards play in scrutinising actions and how non-compliance is identified and resolved.

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Climate Corps awards

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Climate Corps alumni are energy and sustainability leaders of today who are working around the world to tackle some of our most challenging environmental issues. Climate Corps alumni are energy and sustainability leaders working around the world to tackle some of our most challenging environmental issues. Environmental Justice Award.