Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Officers examining the bales of waste discovered electrical and electronic equipment, used nappies, sanitary towels, food contaminated packaging, food, dog excrement, wood, textiles, shoes, clothing, jewellery, aerosol cans, toys, glass, plastic food and drinks containers and cans. “I Details of the case.

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Charged

JULY 29, 2023

London has been an electrification leader for some years, and the streetscape this summer looks much more electric than it did on my last visit 4 years ago. While waiting for my wife and sister-in-law to finish shopping, I made an informal survey of London bus powertrains. London has been deploying electric buses since at least 2015.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The three discuss Des Moines’s round-the-clock clean electricity resolution, how it differs from traditional clean energy commitments, and the strategies Des Moines will use to reach its goal. Josh Mandelbaum, Senior Attorney at the Environmental Law & Policy Center, was elected to Des Moines City Council in 2017. Kari Carney.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 15, 2021

electric grid. solar installations hit 1 million in 2016 and reached 2 million just three years later. More than 30 states have some type of local ordinance or law restricting or banning new renewable energy facilities, according to a February analysis from Columbia University’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 28, 2021

But it also comes as growing numbers of states and local jurisdictions with ambitious climate pledges are moving to require or promote all-electric buildings. Duke was decades from buying Piedmont Natural Gas or merging with the state’s other major electric utility. Scientists were just beginning to grasp the gravity of climate change.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 26, 2020

There are also compensation packages for workers in mines and power plants who lose their job as a result of the coal exit laws. ClientEarth also alleges that the Leag payments are contrary to the EU electricity market regulations. Utilities might, for example, try to negotiate higher payouts if consideration of the law is reopened.

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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.

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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.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 17, 2020

ComEd was able to convince some pro-clean energy groups to include this so-called “fixed resource requirement” proposal in a state bill called the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA), which combines a mandate for 100 percent renewables by 2050 with other carbon reduction, electric transportation and job creation policies.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 10, 2020

The rest of the country’s transmission grid operators, which manage wholesale markets serving roughly two-thirds of the country’s electricity customers, are creating their own Order 841 implementation plans. In early 2016, the U.S. said in a Friday interview. “This ruling was a slam dunk for FERC,” Key said.

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Charged

JANUARY 11, 2022

Well, isn’t that magnanimous of the company, to allow the state government to pass its own laws? million worth of General Motors vehicles between 2016 and 2018.). GM has agreed to recognize California’s authority to set vehicle emissions standards under the Clean Air Act. California said it purchased $58.6

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 8, 2021

An ambitious measure to convert Virginia’s fleet of 17,000 diesel-powered school buses to quieter and cleaner electric models over a decade was praised by health and environmental advocates when it passed the General Assembly at the end of February. But transitioning from yellow to green is expensive. Ralph Northam, was left unfunded.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The plan, which will require approval from federal and state regulators, would separate Exelon’s six regulated electric and gas utilities, dubbed “RemainCo,” from its competitive power generation and retail energy business, dubbed “SpinCo.” Exelon Corp.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

From 2014 to 2016, over 360,000 smart meters were installed there.” The process of replacing meters with LZO meters is one of the elements of the company’s obligations under Energy Law. Tauron Distribution implemented the largest pilot programme for meter replacement in Poland, covering the city of Wrocław.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2020

The new rules will cover everything from electrical items to cosmetics, in a bid to cut the amount of waste being purposefully destroyed by companies in a bid to protect brand value. Under the law all unsold items must be reused, sold, or recycled. EU Parliament urged to adopt 'sustainability charge' on meat.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

They were the first to get the go-ahead after Maine increased its renewable portfolio standard to 80 percent by 2030 in a suite of climate and clean energy laws signed last year. The state already gets 80 percent of its electricity from renewables, according to 2019 data from U.S. Energy Information Administration.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 16, 2020

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has changed the rules for a federal law that allows independent energy projects to secure utility contracts for their power. But a 2017 law shortened required fixed contract length from 15 to 10 years, along with project sizing and pricing changes that have stifled development since then.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

These are used to power a wide range of devices including electric cars and mobile phones. The average electric vehicle battery requires more than 13kg of cobalt, and a mobile phone battery about 7g. The houses are typically multi-roomed and set in walled compounds with running water and electricity.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 27, 2020

The task for Capital Dynamics was to develop projects that would deliver enough clean electricity for Switch’s massive and ever-growing consumption at the lowest price possible. Switch was able to subscribe to this project thanks to a Nevada law allowing large industrial customers to source their own power.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Boyd found that the number of known ISDS cases targeting environmental protections has “skyrocketed” in recent years, with nations ordered to pay more than $100 billion in damages to coal, oil, gas, electricity, and mining firms. In 2016, TransCanada — since renamed TC Energy — sued the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has proposed big changes to the rules of the Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA), a move that could further erode the declining, state-by-state market opportunities for renewable energy projects developed under the 1978 federal law.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 17, 2021

Leases managed by the Interior hit a record 1 billion barrels in 2020 — a 23 percent increase from 2016 levels. As Secretary of the Interior, Haaland acknowledges that the role primarily consists of following the law and directives from the White House, not making them. "I Creating jobs with the Civilian Climate Corps.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 25, 2024

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 25, 2019

State policy squabbles over small-scale solar contracts have officially gotten ensnared in the ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding for California’s largest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric. In their complaint, the companies claim revenue from lost electricity sales exceeds $600 million.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Among other things, the 265-page bill calls for a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from electricity by 2030, compared to a 2005 baseline. Those groups also feel the most stress from high electricity prices , she added. Other bill provisions would tighten the standards for electric security plans and decoupling.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 16, 2023

Greg Gianforte signed that bill, HB 971 , into law in May. In 2016, the agency approved the Bull Mountain mine expansion for an additional 176 million tons of coal. The state still generates a considerable share of its electricity from coal — it accounted for 42 percent of in-state generation in 2022. Republican Gov.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It also has set and met ambitious clean energy and has the potential to produce an enormous amount of clean electricity, heat, and hydrogen with offshore wind and nuclear power. By our model’s estimates, UK electricity demand will increase by approximately 240% compared to current demand.

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Charged

APRIL 30, 2020

In separate filings with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, Division Director Stefanie Brand is asking the agency to dismiss proposals by Public Service Electric & Gas and Atlantic City Electric to invest $364 million and $42 million to build out charging infrastructure in their respective territories.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 13, 2021

The new laws are a victory for animals and the people who care about them. The laws apply to vertebrates, so pet octopi are out of luck. Dogs have been required to be micro-chipped since 2016, and owners face a hefty £500 fine when found in violation. Some animals could still use a little more help from the law.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Google will purchase the bulk of electricity produced by the Björkvattnet onshore wind farm as part of its major renewable energy spending spree. Cisco estimates annual average growth in Western European data centers of 17% from 2016 to 2021; it expects the lion’s share to be built in Scandinavia.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Electricity generation produces a quarter of U.S. The electric grid also is highly vulnerable to climate change effects, such as more frequent and severe droughts , hurricanes and other extreme weather events. electricity supply would require significant upgrades to the grid. Felix Mormann , Texas A&M University.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 5, 2021

It comes as residents prepare to head to the polls tomorrow to vote for London’s next Mayor, in the first mayoral election to take place since 2016 after a year-long delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A coroner is now calling for national limits on air pollution to match World Health Organisation guidelines and made enforceable by law.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 10, 2019

In April, Nevada passed legislation that mandates 50 percent renewable electricity by 2030. OCI Solar Power developed the sites and brought them online in 2015 and 2016. Pacific Gas & Electric is the offtaker, and the utility's bankruptcy has raised questions for a number of major renewables projects, including Topaz.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 2, 2023

“The climate change deniers’ club has gained a new member from the ranks of the right-wing ecosystem that so often feels indifferent to the destruction of natural ecosystems,” said Jolyon Maugham, Executive Director of the Good Law Project, which has challenged the GWPF’s charitable status.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

A number of factors are contributing to the deterioration of relations, from ongoing trade wars, to Hong Kong's new National Security Law and alleged withholding of information in the early days of COVID-19, to pressure over the treatment of the Uighurs in Xinjiang Province. Hinkley Point C could be the first and last U.K. and Europe?

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

billion tonnes of CO2 each year from 2016-19, compared to the 2011-15 period. The study highlights the changes in transportation habits, growing interest in nature, and soaring demand for electric vehicles, as well as the resilience of renewable energy reliant grids as major steps forward for the net zero transition over the past year.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The request comes from nonprofit environmental law organization Earthjustice on behalf of demand response aggregator Voltus. But a string of court cases has since cemented that authority, including the 2016 U.S. FERC’s authority was strengthened by this summer’s decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S.

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