DeSmogBlog

JULY 7, 2023

Proposed laws to curb antibiotic use on UK farms drafted after closed-door meetings with industry contain loopholes that could undermine the fight against deadly drug resistant bacteria, campaigners have warned. EU rules impose limits on this practice to prevent it from being used as a pretext for excessive preventative use.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Over the past half-decade, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has consistently won court battles upholding its authority over states to set the rules for how distributed energy resources can play in wholesale energy markets. ” Why demand-side resources are gaining grid power.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

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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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2022

On offer were a raft of clean tech innovations, from the latest smart home gizmos through to the world's most powerful e-bikes and e-scooters. Bladder-power underwater energy storage.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

megawatts in 2016 to 83.2 megawatts in 2018, according to numbers from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. The Solar Energy Industries Association said the change would “more fairly and accurately compensate larger solar projects.” Total solar installations on Long Island dropped from 111.7

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Although the proposed ‘all-source’ procurement would allow existing natural gas-fired peaker plants to compete, it could also open a massive new market for renewable energy, energy storage, demand response and other preferred alternatives to fossil fuels. Fitch wrote in Thursday’s proposed decision.

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R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 30, 2020

Law firm Haynes and Boone recently released its updated Energy Bankruptcy Reports. Over the entire five-year period, 208 oil and gas producers have filed for bankruptcy since Haynes and Boone’s Oil Patch Bankruptcy Monitor began tabulating E&P filings, involving approximately $121.7 billion in aggregate debt.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

In March 2020, for example, China’s State Council announced four national requirements for VOC content in adhesives, coatings, inks and cleaning agents widely used in the electronics and electrical industry; the stringency and implementation of these mandates may have a significant impact on production and business risk moving forward.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

In March 2020, for example, China’s State Council announced four national requirements for VOC content in adhesives, coatings, inks and cleaning agents widely used in the electronics and electrical industry; the stringency and implementation of these mandates may have a significant impact on production and business risk moving forward.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

They soon discovered that static electricity had caused entrapped methane from the flatulence and manure of 90 dairy cows to explode. A 2016 law requires the state air resources board to implement a strategy to reduce these emissions by 40 percent from 2013 levels by 2030. Headline writers had a field day. million dairy cows.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

James, with the help of Tulane’s law clinic, fought to protect their constitutional right to protest in Gramercy. The law is on our side,” Lavigne told me. Taylor, a retired general contractor, was driven to form the community group in 2016 after learning that the U.S. A few days later, RISE St. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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Green Tech Challenge

MAY 3, 2019

increase from 2016. This calls for consumer behaviour change, impact innovation in the business sector, policy change and law enforcement by governments. As of 1 January 2018, all vessels under 5000 tonnes entering an EU or EFTA port must have their carbon emissions monitored, reported and verified annually.

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 20, 2020

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. The William K.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 16, 2021

The Virginia allegations against Leighton highlight how inconsistently states regulate and monitor private security firms that cater to the fossil fuel industry. The lack of consistency between states can be confusing to firms, said Blache, but he contended that most companies do their best to adhere to the law. Credit: Karen Savage.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 16, 2021

The Virginia allegations against Leighton highlight how inconsistently states regulate and monitor private security firms that cater to the fossil fuel industry. The lack of consistency between states can be confusing to firms, said Blache, but he contended that most companies do their best to adhere to the law. Credit: Karen Savage.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

To identify the powerful actors most actively lobbying against these key EU regulations and policies, DeSmog analysed corporate reports, lobbying records, official position papers, responses to public EU consultations, media events, and meetings held with various EU bodies over the past two years. Meet the Industry Trade Groups.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

MPs have today urged the government to set tougher air pollution targets to help tackle widespread health inequalities and address the risk of a surge in car usage as Covid-19 lockdown measures are eased. Ministers have also highlighted plans to increase investment in active transport and electric vehicle infrastructure in the coming years.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. and globally by 2040. LinkedIn | Personal website.

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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 19, 2019

In order to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions and protect our planet, we will need to creatively redesign and reinvent our underlying energy, agriculture, water, mobility, and economic systems. And as the first state to set a 100% renewable energy goal, our work here can serve as the beacon for other states and countries to follow.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 25, 2022

.” The Ohio and Pennsylvania advocacy groups sent the Austin Master samples to Marco Kaltofen, a nuclear forensics scientist in Massachusetts who has extensive experience examining radioactive waste from the nuclear weapons, nuclear power generation, and oil and gas industries.

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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. Details of the case.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Maine now has about 90 megawatts of solar installed, putting it in the bottom ten states according to rankings from Wood Mackenzie and the Solar Energy Industries Association. Maine also set a goal of 100 percent renewable energy by 2050. Energy Information Administration. But hydropower and biomass dominate that total.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

These documents show how companies worked to erode public acceptance of climate science over the years — including Exxon corporate reports from the late 1970s, revealed by DeSmog in 2016, which stated “There is no doubt” that CO2 from the burning of fossil fuels was a growing “problem.”. View on DocumentCloud. FRANTA: Absolutely.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

As previously reported by DeSmog, shortly after securing the federal funds in 2016, OCD radically transformed the Tribe’s proposal , revising its focus from relocating a tribal community impacted by climate change to relocating the island community. But the state scrapped these plans.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 31, 2022

Waste was splattered on the floor and walls, even around the electrical panels. On July 1, American Energy Partners, a Pennsylvania-based energy and infrastructure services company, acquired Austin Master Services. Martin maintained that “there are no known complaints from AMS employees concerning work conditions.”.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 15, 2021

All those trends helped fuel a mega-shift in energy: Wind and solar are now the fastest-growing generation technologies in terms of additions to the U.S. electric grid. solar installations hit 1 million in 2016 and reached 2 million just three years later. Meanwhile, U.S. As White said, “this is the very beginning.”

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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. For both of these reasons, the power sector is central to the Biden administration’s climate policy.

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Vote Solar

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

In 2016, the Legislature passed an energy bill that included a provision for an MMRC. The MMRC provision stated: Any such minimum contributions shall ensure that all distribution company customers contribute to the fixed costs of ensuring the reliability, proper maintenance and safety of the electric distribution system.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 21, 2021

From 2016 to 2019, the plant pumped an average of over 22 million pounds of sulfur dioxide, which can cause lung disease, coughing, and eye irritation, into the air each year. TCEQ also previously faced controversy over how it measures the sulfur dioxide coming from Oxbow and the placement of monitoring devices in Port Arthur.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 11, 2015

The state leads the country by housing about half of the nation’s total installed solar capacity, according to the latest data from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). Del Chiaro has taken these two attributes and poured them into her career of working in public policy to help pass green laws and regulations.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 13, 2021

Gulf Coast typically receives much of the attention for the LNG rush , the Pacific Coast of Canada is home to multiple proposed LNG export projects, as energy companies scramble to export fracked gas from northeast British Columbia. Thames is a former executive at Cheniere Energy, a prominent U.S. November 2016.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 8, 2024

Three barges at Cheniere Energy’s LNG export terminal on the Sabine Pass in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, September 30, 2023. While “green” hydrogen fuel can be produced with renewable energy, that process is cost prohibitive for now. Credit: Julie Dermansky. Flight provided by Southwings. Credit: Julie Dermansky. If the U.S.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The 2016 AQMP analyzes existing and potential regulatory control options and seeks to achieve multiple goals in partnership with other entities promoting reductions in greenhouse gases (GHGs) and toxic risk, as well as efficiencies in energy use, transportation, and goods movement. Facility-Based Mobile Source Measures.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

While officials have argued that oil prices will eventually rise, reviving inactive wells, environmental advocates and energy analysts say that the industry is in a downward spiral that will cause the number of abandoned wells to balloon. The mighty Chesapeake Energy, a publicly traded company with $8.5

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The 2016 AQMP analyzes existing and potential regulatory control options and seeks to achieve multiple goals in partnership with other entities promoting reductions in greenhouse gases (GHGs) and toxic risk, as well as efficiencies in energy use, transportation, and goods movement. Facility-Based Mobile Source Measures.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

While officials have argued that oil prices will eventually rise, reviving inactive wells, environmental advocates and energy analysts say that the industry is in a downward spiral that will cause the number of abandoned wells to balloon. The mighty Chesapeake Energy, a publicly traded company with $8.5

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JUNE 1, 2021

Examples of Point-generating items on the WAIRE Menu include: (1) purchasing a zero-emission Class 8 truck for the warehouse operator’s fleet; (2) receiving visits from a zero-emission Class 8 truck, regardless of ownership; (3) acquiring a zero-emission yard truck; and (4) installing electric charging stations.

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