Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Long-awaited environmental legislation that promises to establish the UK's first legally-binding nature targets and oversee them through a new, largely-independent watchdog has finally passed into law today, despite lingering concerns that the law may still leave "gaping holes" in green protections.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The COGCC told Capital & Main that it can’t comment on pending legal matters, but acknowledged that Colorado passed a law in 2019 that transformed the commission’s mission from “fostering oil and gas development” to “regulating in a manner that is protective of public health, safety, welfare, wildlife and the environment.”.

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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 29, 2019

government passing a new law that will require automakers to sell a growing percentage of electric vehicles in the province: “British Columbians are excited about electric cars and the chance to cut both their fuel costs and pollution. In October 2018, Clean Energy Canada released a study on B.C.’s Dan Woynillowicz, Policy Director.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 16, 2019

Vermont Law School (VLS) offers three environmental masters degrees. A master's degree from VLS is different from other law degrees. Instead of studying theories about how policies work, VLS master's candidates learn the law and how to use it to effect change. MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY (MELP) Climate change.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

While subject to consultation, the revised targets are to be incorporated into the Environment Act , which became law on 10 November last year. by 2040, compared to levels in 2018. Kate Nield of environmental law firm ClientEarth said the target date was “far from ‘world-leading’”.

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38 North Solutions

JANUARY 9, 2018

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. The President’s top goal for 2018 is infrastructure, a potential $1 Trillion in federal, state, and private sector partnership programs. appeared first on 38 North Solutions.

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Front And Centered

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Washington passed 100% clean electricity into law earlier this year, and with public input government agencies are currently drafting rules to guide utilities on how to comply with the law by phasing out fossil fuel emissions and integrating equity in their service models. 100% Clean Energy by 2045 is now the law in Washington!

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 23, 2024

In December 2015 they got their wish when President Obama signed into law a $1.15 From less than half a million barrels per day (BPD) in 2015, exports reached 1 million BPD in 2017, 2 million BPD in 2018, 3 million BPD in 2020, and 4 million BPD in 2023. Since 2018, the primary regional destinations for U.S. Annual U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2024

Credit: Climate The Movie / YouTube In 2018, Greenpeace’s investigative journalism unit Unearthed revealed that the IEA had received funding from oil major BP every year since 1967. It’s not known if the IEA has received funding from BP since 2018. The IEA is a prominent supporter of the continued and extended use of fossil fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 8, 2024

The idea originated in what they saw as flaws in France’s 2017 duty of vigilance law, which requires all large businesses headquartered in France, and international corporations with a significant presence there, to set out clear measures to prevent human rights violations and environmental damage — even among their subsidiaries.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 26, 2020

As a result, community projects swept the board in Germany’s 2017 and 2018 auctions, which together saw 5.1 gigawatts in 2018 and 5.3 “The rise in installations is largely attributed to the auction projects awarded back in 2017 and 2018," Barla said. gigawatts of capacity awarded. megawatt turbines.

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Solar Industry

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The state has strict laws describing when workers can be considered contractors, and misclassifying workers can lead to state investigations, large tax bills and substantial penalties easily worth tens of thousands of dollars per person. Joel Van Parys is a partner with CDF Labor Law LLP. This is a very risky practice in California.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

iii] However, the new briefing reveals that almost three quarters (73%) of this diversion in 2018 took the form of incineration.[iv] The UK government named carpet as one of its five areas of priority (under ‘bulky waste’) in its Resources and waste strategy for England in 2018, yet no action has been taken since. Available at: [link].

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

If it finds there has been a serious failure to comply with environmental law, then further action is possible. As it stands, the government is going ahead with its Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, which aims to remove hundreds of EU-derived environmental laws by the end of 2023. million hectares.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

In July of 2018, the utility cancelled its 2-gigawatt Wind Catcher project after the Texas PUC said the project didn’t provide enough benefit. Ohio ranked 37 out of 50 states for installed solar in 2018, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables. percent by 2026.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 9, 2020

Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson recently signed a law establishing a mandatory Building Energy Performance Standard in the city, which is the second-largest in Missouri. The standard will be set to ensure that 65 percent of the buildings in each property type will have to save energy to comply with the law. In 2018 St.

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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.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2020

Top law firm highlights how overall number of investigations into businesses suspected of environmental infractions has increased 12 per cent since 2018. Steven Aitken, a senior associate at RCP, said the new data highlighted the legal risk firms face if they fail to ensure their operations are compliant with environmental rules. "In

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Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

There has been rapid growth in climate lawsuits in the Philippines, Japan, and India over the past two years, a report by US-based law firm White & Case has found. As a climate-vulnerable region, why hasn't there been more legal action?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The OEP aims to be fully operational in the New Year, when it expects Parliament formally enable the OEP's powers and functions in law. The OEP will also offer independent advice and oversight on the law and other environmental matters.

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Charged

JUNE 19, 2023

Rey León, Huron’s mayor, launched Green Raiteros in 2018. A Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grant paid for 30 charging stations placed strategically around the town. Of the 6,200 residents, 95 percent are Latin and about 50 percent are immigrants. Neither Uber nor Lyft operates in the area, and public transport options are sparse.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

They argue that the laws will cause a drop in EU food production and lead to widespread economic losses. The European Parliament’s committees are expected to vote on pesticide laws (the “SUR regulation”) from July. But the laws have been the subject of intense lobbying, and have run into growing political resistance.

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Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

There has been rapid growth in climate lawsuits in the Philippines, Japan, and India over the past two years, a report by US-based law firm White & Case has found. As a climate-vulnerable region, why hasn't there been more legal action?

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 29, 2020

These decisions come as state leaders are considering a push beyond its mandate for 50 percent renewables by 2030 and 90 percent by 2050 signed into law last year. Jared Polis won the 2018 election on his call for the state to adopt a 100-percent renewables by 2040 target, and continues to press lawmakers for a more aggressive policy.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Good Law Project and Ecotricity CEO Dale Vince threaten court action unless government reviews airports planning policy before the final approval process for third runway begins. We think that's unlawful.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The UK Government awarded it subsidies under the Contract for Difference (CfD) scheme in April 2014, and it was to start running by September 2018. It is led jointly by Biofuelwatch, Stand.earth, Dogwood Alliance, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) and the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC).?. ?.

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GreenBiz

JULY 1, 2020

The truck rule follows another California law ( passed in 2018 ) that says all new public transit buses sold must be zero-emission starting in 2029. By 2045, all new commercial trucks sold in California must be zero-emission. .

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GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

This enshrined into law China’s first air emissions management plan and formalized an approach to regional collaboration. The 2018 Three ? In 2010, the Central Government of China integrated the "Guideline on Strengthening Joint Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution to Improve Air Quality" into its 12th Five Year Plan.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2021

New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has shed light on a spate of mutilated cats found dead in London between 2014 and 2018. It also provides law enforcement colleagues with the ability to review any future investigations from a scientifically supported and evidence-based approach.”. Notes to Editors.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 29, 2020

PG&E has been held criminally responsible for 84 deaths in the November 2018 Camp fire and is under criminal probation for its role in the deadly 2010 San Bruno natural-gas pipeline explosion. Critics question whether PG&E will be able to raise the capital its transformation will require amid the COVID-19 economic downturn.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

For example, state records suggest that the Chevron Richmond Refinery, one of California’s largest emitters, released more greenhouse gases in 2017 and 2018 — the last years for which data are publicly available — than it has since 2008. And in several recent years, it emitted as much or more of certain air pollutants.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 2, 2021

Lawyers representing Grande-Synthe argued that the government was legally bound by the target, as well as its duties under the Paris Agreement, the European Convention on Human Rights, and French environmental law more broadly, and said current policies were not sufficient to meet them. Climate Justice History’.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Since 2018, hundreds of thousands of Pacific Gas & Electric customers and tens of thousands of Southern California residents have experienced blackouts as utilities de-energize power grids to prevent them from sparking wildfires. California Sen.

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Solar Power World

OCTOBER 2, 2019

As part of the Neighborhood Solar program made possible by a law passed by the Missouri General Assembly in 2018, Ameren Missouri will install solar generation facilities in parking lots, on roofs and in available open spaces across the state.… Ameren Missouri is looking to spread solar generation across the state in a new way.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

Water company sentenced for polluting a watercourse in Bradford with unauthorised sewage discharges in 2018. for polluting a Bradford watercourse and breaching environmental law following a successful prosecution brought by the Environment Agency. Yorkshire Water has been fined £1.6m On top of the £1.6m

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 4, 2020

Utility Dominion Energy is planning a major shift toward renewable energy and batteries as it looks to comply with Virginia's ambitious new clean energy law. Under the law, Dominion Virginia and the smaller Appalachian Power Co. gigawatts of energy storage over the next 15 years.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 10, 2023

“It is reassuring to have a court acknowledge our right to hold the Transportation Department accountable for their contribution to the climate crisis,” said 19 year-old plaintiff Kalālapa Winter, whose case is represented by nonprofit law firms Our Children’s Trust and Earthjustice. “I United States. Hawaii is one of them.

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