DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

French environmental organizations Notre Affaire à Tous, Friends of the Earth France, and Oxfam France last week filed what they say is the world’s first climate lawsuit against a commercial bank, suing BNP Paribas over its continued funding of fossil fuels. They also say that the financial sector more broadly is on notice.

Fossil fuels 85

Fossil fuels Law Organic Pollution 85

GreenTechMedia

MAY 1, 2020

Environmental law requires a range of skills, from technical to interpersonal. Chinyere also cited collaboration as an important skill in public interest law. Chinyere originally set out to do criminal law. Those interested in advocacy also may not know that law school is one of many paths to a satisfying career.

Law 130

Law Education Energy Energy 130

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

Under Italian law, a request for mediation is a mandatory prerequisite for filing a defamation lawsuit. Total is seeking a judicial ruling that would force the organizations to withdraw their report and all references to it, with a penalty of 2,000 euros (around $2,200) per day for every day the materials remain publicly available.

Law 78

Law Fossil fuels Methane Politics 78

Greentown Labs

AUGUST 17, 2023

Department of Energy in President Obama’s second term, working with Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz from June 2013 through January 2017. I’m excited for the future of this organization and the impact he can make as Greentown enters the second decade of its climate mission.” Hanna will remain on the incubator’s Board of Directors.

Incubators 75

Incubators Incubators Startups North America 75

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

James’ march was set to take place, Lavigne learned that the town required her organization to post a $10,000 bond to obtain a permit for the march, money the group didn’t have access to on short notice. James, with the help of Tulane’s law clinic, fought to protect their constitutional right to protest in Gramercy.

Building Energy Monitoring 98

Building Energy Monitoring Health Law Home Energy Monitoring 98

Charged

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The European Battery Alliance (EBA), a group of around 800 industry stakeholders that was founded in 2017, has presented what it calls a “crisis proposal” for €100 billion in new investment to keep funds flowing for EU battery gigafactory plans.

Batteries 52

Batteries Investment Packaging Law 52

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The human rights organization characterized the company’s filings as a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation, or SLAPP, to “intimidate and silence activists from speaking out about the possible environmental damage caused by the company’s exploitation of Kosovo’s natural resources.”. Europe is another problem area. Speaking Out.

Hydropower 97

Hydropower Law Organic Asia 97

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

As the Northeast Organizer for Clean Water for North Carolina , she’d met with residents of a small, majority Black town called Ahoskie, 40 miles from her home. However, like Ahoskie, Joyner’s community wasn’t quick to organize against the plant. . “I Enviva had built its first North Carolina plant there two years before. .

Building Energy Monitoring 545

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 545

GreenTechMedia

MAY 28, 2020

Wind was the big winner: onshore projects that started construction in 2016 and 2017 will now have five rather than four years to finish projects, while still receiving production tax credit (PTC) benefits. The organization, which has led the charge for an ITC extension, also hinted that it will continue to push for congressional action.

Law 130

Law Construction Organic Energy 130

Renewable Energy World

JULY 26, 2021

As I looked further into the prize, I noticed that it recognizes thoughtful collaborations between engineers and individuals, communities, and organizations that are striving to promote these ideals.The websites states that, “In totality, we seek to create a constellation of people and efforts that can help reimagine what engineering is for.”.

Natural gas 124

Natural gas Cooling Policy Law 124

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Western Wire was launched jointly by the oil and gas trade association the Western Energy Alliance and FTI Consulting in 2017 as the “go-to source for news, commentary and analysis on pro-growth, pro-development policies across the West.” . Screenshot of court document published by law firm Baum Hedlund.

Climate change 98

Climate change Fossil fuels Agriculture Biotechnology 98

DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

DeSmog analysed examples of more than 100 influencers being paid to promote fossil fuel firms worldwide since 2017, from the US to Malaysia, in campaigns that have reached billions of people. Our analysis uncovered promotional material from two PR firms representing Shell, boasting of the success of their online advertising.

Fossil fuels 94

Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral Pollution Carbon-negative 94

Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Kari Carney is the Executive Director of 1000 Friends of Iowa , a non-profit organization “engaging local residents around responsible and equitable land use.” Josh Mandelbaum, Senior Attorney at the Environmental Law & Policy Center, was elected to Des Moines City Council in 2017. Kari Carney.

Electricity 113

Electricity Sea level rise Policy Earth Day 113

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The majority (50%) of organizations thought sustainability was “ fairly well ” integrated, as opposed to an ideal “ extremely well ” target. It’s a living, integral part of your business that needs room to grow organically, adjust flexibly, and evolve to your company’s changing needs. Healthy, organic food choices.

Sustainability 148

Sustainability Waste Waste Organic 148

Energy and Cleantech Council

MARCH 7, 2019

Thanks to a bill Governor Baker signed into law in 2016, Massachusetts is authorized to procure up to 1600MW of offshore wind energy through public solicitation. The successful “83C” procurement held in 2017 resulted in the award of a long-term contract to our client Vineyard Wind for an 800MW project, now underway.

Law 40

Law Organic Energy Energy 40

Business Green

MARCH 24, 2023

The organic movement forged a path for a federally recognised standard for food - Should regenerative follow its course? But regenerative has an older, more established, type-A sister that could be a path to legitimacy: organic. In the 1980s, organic was the new buzzword for farmers, grocers and consumers.

Organic 41

Organic Agriculture Soil Government 41

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 28, 2020

Our organization is inclusive and events are open to people of all genders. Veena has been interviewed in a number of corporate governance publications around governance for sustainability, including in the Cover Story of the 2017 Fall Edition of C Suite Magazine. Before that, Veena practiced law in India. 7:40 pm: Q&A.

Law 52

Law Sustainability Government Biotechnology 52

Green Tech Challenge

MAY 3, 2019

billion in tourism at the close of 2017. This calls for consumer behaviour change, impact innovation in the business sector, policy change and law enforcement by governments. Organic straws, food containers made from bamboo, banana leaves used to package fresh produce, and reusable shopping bags. Thailand earned US57.5

Energy Monitor 65

Energy Monitor Waste Waste Plastics 65

Energy Innovation

MARCH 4, 2022

In recent years, the number of organizations pledging to support the TCFD’s landmark 2017 recommendations for disclosing information about climate risks and opportunities has increased rapidly. As of October 2021, these organizations included 1,069 financial institutions responsible for assets of $194 trillion (2021 TCFD).

Resilience 52

Resilience Climate change Sea level rise Organic 52

38 North Solutions

JANUARY 9, 2018

We closed out 2017 after fighting successfully to remove the most damning provisions for clean energy from the tax bill. With that bill now law, we will need the rest of this year and, perhaps, several more, to figure out how the new tax code will impact innovative industries. appeared first on 38 North Solutions.

Policy 40

Policy Technology Energy Energy 40

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Veena has been interviewed in a number of corporate governance publications around governance for sustainability, including in the Cover Story of the 2017 Fall Edition of C Suite Magazine. Before that, Veena practiced law in India. Veena received a Masters in Law degree from Washington University in St. from Brooklyn Law School.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Law Government Investment 52

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In October of this year, the captain of that supply ship, Giuseppe Sotgiu, paid a heavy price for his decision: an Italian judge sentenced him to a year in prison for violating humanitarian law. Those captains who, unlike Sotgiu, abide by humanitarian law and decide to bring the migrants to Europe sometimes face dire consequences.

Europe 84

Europe Law Africa Politics 84

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Calder returned home with recommendations for which suppliers were willing to uphold standards and which weren’t, and where and how the company needed to reformulate ingredients from some suppliers or, with others, put in place a set of initiatives to be compliant with both international law and Beautycounter’s own standards.

Ethics 425

Ethics Africa Health Government 425

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 14, 2022

For instance, they don’t require that public sector meals should reflect a climate-friendly diet, i.e. more low-carbon vegetables and pulses and only small amounts of organic or free range meat and dairy products. The government has direct and influential tools to shape the food system.

Government 74

Government Sustainability Health Seafood 74

Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Contractors lay pipe at the Crescent Dunes Solar Thermal Facility in Nevada in 2017. While IRENA has not looked into the latest statistics for institutional investors, the organization acknowledged an overall positive trend for renewable energy investment. Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL).

Fossil fuels 112

Fossil fuels Investment Policy Energy 112

Front And Centered

AUGUST 19, 2019

Washington’s solar workforce grew by eighteen percent from 2018-2017. Moreover, thanks to planned solar projects and new state laws encouraging clean energy development, the industry is poised to grow even further.

Construction 55

Construction Law Fossil fuels Health 55

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 25, 2023

Telles was joined on the stage by Joaquim Alvaro Pereira Leite, who served as an environment minister under Bolsonaro, and Antônio Cabrera, a former agriculture minister, known as a critic of laws protecting Indigenous territories from conversion into livestock ranches. trillion in 2022.

Politics 84

Politics Organic Government Policy 84

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 31, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5, which covers much of the Midwest, joined local organizers in a conference call in July and made an in-person visit to the area earlier this month. Credit: Ohio Department of Natural Resources, July 5, 2017 inspection report. The second inspection was opened on May 8, 2017.

Waste 98

Waste Waste Building Energy Monitoring Health 98

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 17, 2023

Kill Zone” The first time Mayfield and many other Chester residents heard of Penn America Energy’s plans was in June 2022, when the regional public media organization WHYY revealed that the company had been shopping around plans to build an LNG terminal on Chester’s Delaware River waterfront since as early as 2016.

Natural gas 98

Natural gas Fossil fuels Energy Energy 98

EDF + Business

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The Innovation Award for the fellow who recommends the most creative approach to reducing a host organization’s emissions or an innovative solution for overcoming barriers. Radhika also manages a global coalition of over 30 leading organizations to spur innovation in the air conditioning industry through the Global Cooling Prize.

Business Energy Monitoring 52

Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 52

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

IFEEDER also hired branding consultants to help name the CLEAR Center — which stands for Clarity and Leadership for Environment Awareness and Research — and paid CLEAR Center director Frank Mitloehner almost $19,000 in consulting fees in 2017, two years before they worked together to establish the research institute.

Agriculture 60

Agriculture Climate change Methane Sustainability 60

CleanTX

MARCH 20, 2019

These areas of work build on BP’s methane reduction target; EDF’s extensive methane research, business analyses and other innovation projects; and both organizations’ participation in the Methane Guiding Principles , a multi-stakeholder initiative aimed at broad engagement to continually reduce emissions globally. percent. # # #.

Methane 40

Methane Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 40

E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

There are a number of bills that were passed by the Colorado legislature in 2021 and signed into law by the Governor that will turn money and initiative towards the development of the industry’s workforce. According to the Just Transition Fund , coal employment dropped 13 percent in 2017 with 162 industrial coal jobs lost.

Education 78

Education Energy Energy Policy 78

Grist

DECEMBER 16, 2019

candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who specializes in climate science, social science, policy and the law, the climate change effects that California has experienced so far are just the tip of what’s to come. According to Emily Williams, a Ph.D. Courtesy of CAUSE. particulate matter are designated as “unhealthy.”

Soil 98

Soil Health Pollution Climate change 98

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

“There’s a lot of beautiful things that happen out of [Richmond],” says Khamphanthong, a community organizer with the Asian Pacific Environmental Network whose family emigrated from Laos in the 1980s. “But at the same time, when you look at the reality of it, it is sad.”

Pollution 28

Pollution Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 28

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 13, 2020

The steady advance of LCFS credit prices since the summer of 2017 is well documented in CARB’s Credit Transfer Activity Reports. CARB received several comments from organizations representing traditional and low-carbon fuel producers.

Carbon-neutral 52

Carbon-neutral Carbon Organic Transportation 52

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 13, 2020

The steady advance of LCFS credit prices since the summer of 2017 is well documented in CARB’s Credit Transfer Activity Reports. CARB received several comments from organizations representing traditional and low-carbon fuel producers.

Carbon-neutral 52

Carbon-neutral Carbon Organic Transportation 52