Business Green

JUNE 20, 2021

In a landmark ruling on 26 May 2021, the District Court ruled in favour of the claimants and found that Royal Dutch Shell owes a duty under Dutch law to take steps to mitigate climate change, and that the human rights of Dutch citizens are relevant to that duty.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In September 2019, a group appeared on the Brussels political scene pledging to “bring back a balanced debate” about the benefits of meat and dairy. Also represented are farming union Copa Cogeca, animal feed companies and the veterinary medicines industry, including U.S.

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Green Tech Challenge

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Changing the law The idea that houses can be moved is new and unfortunately the present Danish zoning laws and planning practices doesn’t give room to temporary residencies. CPH Containers is awaiting a new law supporting the idea of mobile housing that hopefully comes into effect by December 2016.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

In 2016, he blamed high energy prices on solar and wind power, saying on Twitter: “This is how UK climate policy works. Sinclair campaigned against green taxes in senior roles at the TaxPayers’ Alliance pressure group from 2008 to 2013. Huge investment in renewables etc -> higher profits -> higher prices.”.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

A recent WWF and RSPB report found that between 2016 and 2018, an area of 21.3 However, the consultation launched by the government on its proposed due diligence law demonstrates a severe lack of an ambition on the issue. That is equivalent to 88 per cent of the UK's total land area.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

M: The idea started in 2016, when we foresaw congestion due to high levels of renewables coming onto the grid. Laws and policies regarding energy markets are not the same in every country and so a product like this wouldn’t necessarily be accessible across borders. And politics often takes too long. Can you tell me more?

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

For any company operating in or with significant supply chain exposure to China, building an understanding of the national and local regulatory landscape and best practices related to VOC mitigation recently has become a vital step to reducing the risk of business interruption arising from environmental enforcement that began in 2016.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

For any company operating in or with significant supply chain exposure to China, building an understanding of the national and local regulatory landscape and best practices related to VOC mitigation recently has become a vital step to reducing the risk of business interruption arising from environmental enforcement that began in 2016.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 17, 2022

So, it’s not like these neighborhood cops just doing a patrol and checking in,” Eugene Kung, a staff attorney with West Coast Environmental Law, told DeSmog. “In In short, the clans that oppose Coastal GasLink say that both Indigenous and Canadian law are on their side. “When I first read the letter, I nearly cried.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The Chancery Law Project is bringing together all sections of the legal profession to try and drill climate action into contracts, regulation and national laws. Effective contracts can provide a legal framework to drive climate action and cut emissions without waiting for policymakers to pass laws.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Given its de facto status as a sustainable industry, shareholders are more likely to demand transparency and accountability beyond that mandated by laws such as the U.K. Inadequate enforcement, corruption and a lack of political will to address these issues are key challenges facing these producing economies in tackling violations.

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2022

The money behind INEOS and Borealis , argues demand for plastic is set to fall in the coming years due to incoming laws aimed at curbing plastic use, and that therefore banks are putting their investments at risk. The study, Who finances the plastic flood?

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Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

At the same time, more attention to the non-climate factors that drive fire risk, such as the political and social dynamics of fire management, may also be crucial for reducing future impacts. A new experimental forecast from NOAA provides nationwide, vertically integrated forecasts of smoke. Earth’s Future , 7 , 892–910. Abatzoglou, J.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The plaintiffs’ goal is to ask the Civil Court of Rome to declare that Italy is responsible for failing to tackle the climate emergency, and that its efforts to date are insufficient to meet the long-term temperature goal set by the Paris Agreement, which Italy ratified in 2016.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

In 2016 Coco founded Athena Alliance, a digital platform for learning and agency for the top women in business striving for the c-suite and the boardroom. Before that, Veena practiced law in India. Veena received a Masters in Law degree from Washington University in St. from Brooklyn Law School. Louis and a B.A.

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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. But Exxon knew it back in ‘79.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 31, 2023

The costliest disaster in Canadian history took place in May 2016, when a vicious wildfire swept through Fort McMurray, forcing roughly 90,000 people to evacuate a city at the heart of Alberta’s oil sands industry. The 2016 blaze left ‘total destruction’ in its wake. So people are being poisoned.

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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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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 13, 2020

The first amendment places a price cap on all LCFS credit transfers at $200 in 2016 US dollars, adjusted for inflation. The amendments include six key changes to the LCFS program: Maximum Tradable Price for LCFS Credits. This cap extends the existing price cap on credit transfers in the CCM to the sale of credits in the bilateral market.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 13, 2020

The first amendment places a price cap on all LCFS credit transfers at $200 in 2016 US dollars, adjusted for inflation. The amendments include six key changes to the LCFS program: Maximum Tradable Price for LCFS Credits. This cap extends the existing price cap on credit transfers in the CCM to the sale of credits in the bilateral market.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Like many corporations, the global COVID-19 pandemic and lack of usual in-person events meant they had to get creative about how to shape the political debate and find new allies to support their agendas. Political Connections. These groups spent at least a combined €45.9 Meet the Industry Trade Groups.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2020

Although flawed, the protections afforded by EU laws forced Britain to clean up its act, plain and simple. Any world-leading environmental legislation must contain such ‘non-regression' laws. This isn't without precedent - France included non-regression in its new nature laws in 2016. We should do the same.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Working under group CEO Roberto Marquez, João Paulo Ferreira’s Latin America CEO position has overseen the heart of the original business since 2016. She is a chicken farmer, a zoo doctor, a firefighter, a polar marine biologist, a park ranger and a political candidate. One in five is Black.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

It’s more about politics and policy that drives organizations and individuals to “attack the science and confuse the public,” as Michael Mann wrote in his 2016 book, “The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy,” co-written with cartoonist Tom Toles.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 6, 2022

Amid this fast-changing political landscape, DeSmog takes a look at the current cabinet’s movers, leavers and shakers, and how they position themselves on climate. In October 2016, he found in favour of an appeal by shale gas company Cuadrilla Resources against Lancashire County Council.

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2021

Since the Brexit referendum in June 2016 the process of exiting the European Union has been nothing short of a rollercoaster ride. The Brexit rollercoaster ride that has defined modern British politics may have entered a lull, but it is far from over. Is the UK prepared?

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2021

The findings in Turkey are in clear breach of UK environmental law, they said, which states that it is illegal to export plastic waste unless it is destined to be recycled or incinerated in a waste plant. UK waste exports to Turkey have surged from 12,000 tonnes to 210,000 tonnes a year between 2016 and 2020, according to government figures.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 5, 2024

For years , the fossil fuel industry has maintained that the First Amendment protects its right to mislead the public about the climate crisis, but that criticism and protest of its operations violates the law. You may also recognize Gibson Dunn as the firm that accused U.S.

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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. This summer, the Port Arthur Community Action Network (PECAN), represented by attorneys at Lone Star Legal Aid and the Environmental Integrity Project, asked the U.S.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 11, 2015

Key California solar policies that helped drive the adoption of the technology are expected to sunset in the next few years, and uncertainty looms over whether the federal government will renew the 30 percent solar Investment Tax Credit for residential consumers, which is slated to expire at the end of 2016.

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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 Policy & Politics. Social Justice. Equity & Inclusion.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

xxxii] Researchers have documented serious anxiety and post-traumatic stress-disorder-type symptoms among those impacted by the 2016 Fort McMurray fire. iii] The Canadian Public Health Association ,“Health Professionals to Federal Political Parties: Action Needed to Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change.” April 5, 2019. Chan, Margaret.

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Vote Solar

JUNE 29, 2017

Was this how the sunny promise of clean energy and consumer choice ends, with utilities exercising political muscle to preserve incumbency, and crush competition? It passed in November 2016 by a record margin, about 3 out of every 4 votes cast. Due to Nevada state law, it has to be passed a 2nd time in 2018 to go into effect).

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Energy Innovation

JULY 1, 2022

For example, New York law requires a 60 percent reduction in emissions in just eight years. offshore wind project, commencing operation in 2016. A full list of AGCI’s updates covering recent climate change and clean energy pathways research is available online at [link].

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 27, 2022

Even before the Ukraine conflict provided the industry with a rationalization to push for more drilling, it was leaning on powerful political influencers to fight restrictions on fossil fuel production. Elite Campaigners and Law Firms Lobby for Drilling. In addition, the industry’s reach keeps extending into state government as Gov.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

But the firm has ballooned in size over the last six years after acquiring Australian skin care brand Aesop in 2016, UK retailer Body Shop in 2018, and fellow direct-selling cosmetics business Avon in early 2020. If we take away both, you leave the Amazon for the agricultural forces destroying it currently.".

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2020

The UK will also still be bound by EU law and fall under the jurisdiction of the EU Court of Justice, albeit now without any say on those laws are developed and enforced, with British MEPs and judges having left Brussels and Luxembourg respectively this week. At the same time the chances of a big political row are considerable.

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