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.

Energy Monitor 28

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Pollution 28

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.”. And they considered CO2 a pollutant back then.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Global warming Climate change Building Energy Monitoring 98

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

If successful, their lawsuit could spur Italy to make major cuts in climate pollution by 2030. The activist is one of two hundred plaintiffs suing Italy for taking insufficient action to fight climate change. Italy’s current climate plan is to reduce emissions by around 55 percent by 2030 compared to 1990 levels.

Climate change 94

Climate change Global warming Law Government 94

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.

Law 43

Law Politics Climate change Government 43

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. and Canada.

Climate change 86

Climate change Law Fossil fuels Politics 86

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.

Law 98

Law Policy Global warming Fossil fuels 98

Business Green

MARCH 2, 2020

Piles of plastic waste, not a single English river clean enough to swim in, insects facing population collapse, land mismanagement leading to fires and floods , air pollution harming children's health - barely a week goes by without more dire ecological news. Never before in living memory has the future of the natural world faced such crisis.

Law 72

Law Government Pollution Health 72

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. The idea of ‘green fertilizers’ to market the company’s products as less polluting, however, is seen by some as corporate greenwashing.

Building Energy Monitoring 98

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

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. The ride-sharing brand positions this as a radical shift that will benefit communities, partly by reducing pollution. One in five is Black. Barbie is Rosa Parks, David Bowie and Susan B.

Sustainability 520

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 520

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. spoke about Port Arthur, climate change, and Oxbow’s air pollution in front of the Biden White House in October 2021. John Beard, Jr.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 98

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.

Plastics 47

Plastics Government Waste Waste 47

Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The link between airborne pollution from the combustion of fossil fuels and respiratory health is well-known. Air pollution: Fossil fuel combustion produces fine-particulate air pollution, which leads to the premature death of an estimated 14,400 people across Canada. xii] [xiii]. billion in health-related costs per year. [xv]

Climate change 44

Climate change Health Pollution Carbon-negative 44

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?

Government 96

Government Politics Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral 96

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.

Education 63

Education Health Government Climate change 63

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.

Law 129

Law Fossil fuels Politics Organic 129

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.

Carbon-negative 466

Carbon-negative Fossil fuels Natural gas Carbon 466

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.

Government 41

Government Agriculture Policy Law 41

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.

Politics 69

Politics Fossil fuels Energy Energy 69

GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

Kimmons, who prefers to go by the name Queen, said what her neighborhood doesn't lack is pollution. It's race, class, money and politics. It's race, class, money and politics. Taylor's wife now lives in California, to be away from the pollution. You've got to have ownership. That is the narrative. That is the story.

Home Energy Monitoring 508

Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Pollution 508

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2022

In 2016, she helped defeat Arch Coal’s plans to build a massive strip mining operation on the reservation’s border. The charges were brought under the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Practices (RICO) Act, a law originally designed to prosecute the mafia. The project would’ve been one of the largest coal mines in the United States. .

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Law Organic Climate change 98

AGreenLiving

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. The ride-sharing brand positions this as a radical shift that will benefit communities, partly by reducing pollution. One in five is Black.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 28

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Public Health Watch also analyzed more recent TCEQ pollution data and found that Channelview’s benzene problem has only worsened over the years. A Public Health Watch analysis of TCEQ pollution data shows that between 2019 and 2021, annual readings soared as high as 2.1 ppb, exceeding even today’s weakened TCEQ guidelines by 50%.

Energy Monitor 91

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 91

Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2021

These include climate change, biosphere integrity (functional and generic), land-system change, freshwater use, biogeochemical flows (nitrogen and phosphorus), ocean acidification, atmospheric aerosol pollution, stratospheric ozone depletion, and the release of novel chemicals. tar sand oil pipelines on October 11, 2016.

Climate change 147

Climate change Sustainability Fossil fuels Law 147

AGreenLiving

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.

Carbon-negative 28

Carbon-negative Fossil fuels Natural gas Carbon 28

DeSmogBlog

MAY 29, 2021

The banks represented at this week’s Congressional hearings have maintained deep ties to fossil fuel producers, as DeSmog reported in an April investigation that found 65 percent of directors from the world’s top banks have ties to polluting industries or their lobby groups.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Climate change Natural gas Pollution 98

ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Given the challenges of energy transition, Europe is optimally positioned to lead this movement by implementing political and economic policies that will incentivize oil and gas companies to leave fossil fuels behind and make the transition to deep geothermal. He founded his law firm in Berlin in 1992.

Europe 105

Europe Fossil fuels Climate change Politics 105

AGreenLiving

JULY 6, 2020

Kimmons, who prefers to go by the name Queen, said what her neighborhood doesn’t lack is pollution. … It’s race, class, money and politics. “It’s race, class, money and politics. ” Taylor’s wife now lives in California, to be away from the pollution. That is the narrative.

Home Energy Monitoring 28

Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Pollution Business Energy Monitoring 28

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2023

It’s time to kick toxic fossil fuel interests out of politics once and for all,” Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion, told DeSmog. Aside from the pollution caused by burning shale gas, fracking is environmentally controversial due to its triggering of earth tremors , and the vast amount of water that it uses.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Government Policy Politics 98

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Hayek told Fisher to forget about getting into politics and to engage instead in a “war of ideas.” Suddenly Fisher had a lot of time on his hands and a lot of people wanted to know how the IEA had managed to push UK politics so far to the right and so quickly. conservative politics — are all members).

Fossil fuels 145

Fossil fuels Organic Law Africa 145

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

Political Shifts: Earth Day Gains Momentum Despite Political Turbulence. During this period, president Jimmy Carter supported the drive for new and improved environmental law which continued throughout his term up until 1981. This was no doubt a political win for Earth Day. struggled under these political constraints.

Earth Day 120

Earth Day Politics Global warming Climate change 120

Grist

OCTOBER 19, 2020

It’s exactly how politics played out in California in 2016 as the state struggled to reauthorize its keystone climate-change law. On the other side are activists for environmental justice, the movement to reverse the historical trend of dumping pollution on poor people and Black and Hispanic communities.

Pollution 80

Pollution Law Politics Carbon 80

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 18, 2022

Political Shifts: Earth Day Gains Momentum Despite Political Turbulence. During this period, president Jimmy Carter supported the drive for new and improved environmental law which continued throughout his term up until 1981. This was no doubt a political win for Earth Day. struggled under these political constraints.

Earth Day 78

Earth Day Politics Global warming Climate change 78

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Braverman’s Head of Communications David Scullion is deputy political editor of The Critic magazine, which regularly publishes articles attacking climate action by Craig Mackinlay , a Conservative backbencher who runs the NZSG with Baker. Penny Mordaunt – Leader of the Commons.

Climate change 86

Climate change Fossil fuels Government Policy 86

Charged

APRIL 1, 2020

The weakened rule “does all of those things by improving fuel economy, continuing to reduce air pollution, and making new vehicles more affordable for all Americans.”. As the rest of the world develops innovative technologies to increase efficiency and reduce air pollution, American automakers will be encouraged to focus on gas guzzlers.

Pollution 89

Pollution Global warming Innovation Fossil fuels 89

Unsustainable

MAY 1, 2019

The year 2016 ranks as the warmest on record. Over the following two and a half decades, scientists continued to collect data on climate change at the same time that governments worldwide argued over the economic and political implications of taking action to counter its effects. Which countries and sectors are the largest polluters?

Climate change 40

Climate change Fossil fuels Global warming Pollution 40

Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 30, 2020

On May 4, 2016 he visited Flint to see first-hand the devastation to the lives of Flint's citizens as a result of their lead-poisoned water supply. That visit resulted in the declaration of a federal state of emergency in January 2016 and contributed to a nationwide awareness of the city's critical situation.

Climate change 98

Climate change Organic Plastics Fossil fuels 98

Business Green

MARCH 5, 2020

Al Pacino's epic half time team talk in Any Given Sunday probably seems an odd one to kick off an article on climate politics, but for me it holds some truths. The UK, birthplace of the industrial revolution, has signed it into law. One-half second too slow, too fast, you don't quite catch it.". Emptying the bench.

Energy Monitor 45

Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 45