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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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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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Pollution, poverty and race collide in many other disadvantaged communities across California — and the country — and some argue that the state’s climate policies haven’t helped. In their eyes, it doesn’t do enough to address climate change and allows emitters to continue polluting the air in the meantime.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2021

The government's 'green Brexit' plans have been taking further shape this week, with confirmation the long-awaited post-Brexit environmental watchdog is set to begin its work this summer and fresh calls from independent advisors for Ministers to ensure climate and environmental issues are made "integral" to the UK's trading policy.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 12, 2020

cities and counties transition to clean energy for their own operations and communities, many are finding that stakeholders and policies beyond their jurisdictions affect their ability to purchase clean energy. Influencing statewide energy policy. Partnering with investor-owned utilities. Engaging in state-level regulatory proceedings.

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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] What is needed in the carpet sector is binding and ambitious policies that tackle the problem at its source by ensuring carpets are designed to be adequately handled at end of the life. ix] Hilton, M.

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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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GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

Over the past several decades, public health and environmental concerns have made controlling smog a top national policy goal in China and enforcement an increasingly critical issue for companies to navigate. More than a decade ago, national policies laid the groundwork for reducing air emissions in China. The 2018 Three ?

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Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Evaluating regulations, subsidies, pricing mechanisms, and hybrid policies. The latest, most urgent call to action from the IPCC has increased attention on policies to reduce CO2 emissions and enhance carbon sequestration. Regulation: The most effective carbon reduction policy option is regulation.

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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. The planned targets were intended to drive progress in areas such as river quality by encouraging stronger government policy and providing certainty for business. Read the complaint in full, and see list of signatories, here.

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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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DeSmogBlog

MAY 14, 2024

It is curious how certain agencies, including Lynton Crosby’s, end up advising both the Tories and their friends,” Jolyon Maugham, director of the Good Law Project, told DeSmog. In 2018, it received $77,000 from the Charles Koch Foundation, which was founded by the CEO of the US-based Koch Industries fossil fuel dynasty.

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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. The combination of these policies makes California one of the most aggressive regions in the world pushing electric trucks and buses. .

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 1, 2020

Large environmental nonprofits can play a key role in shaping policy and regulation around cleantech. Environmental law requires a range of skills, from technical to interpersonal. “The most important thing is to understand the legal and regulatory policies underpinning energy systems and how to change them,” said Kennedy.

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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

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

A promising new clean energy policy may not be as effective as promised, a group of researchers contend. The Clean Peak standard jumped from policy proposal to law of the land in Massachusetts in just a couple years. Clean Peak standard vs. carbon pricing.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

But even if the EU has met its 2020 climate goals — the region claims to have already reduced emissions by 23.2 percent in 2018 — the use of wood pellets raises important questions about the EU’s carbon accounting, [PDM1] and even more questions about public health and climate consequences for the U.S.

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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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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Cap-and-Trade programs, Electric Vehicles (EV) incentives, and the United States backing out of the Paris Climate Agreement were hot topics at WCS’s recent California Climate Policy panel discussion, hosted at Sandbox Suites in San Francisco. climate policy action of late. “The is no longer much part of the discussion.”.

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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

MAY 27, 2020

When Murphy won and took office, he signed sweeping clean energy legislation in May 2018 that turned his goals into law. Murphy's campaign platform, and the law, included something quite radical at the time: the goal of 600 megawatts of energy storage by 2021 and 2,000 megawatts by 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Others have attacked climate policies and blamed high energy bills on renewable power. These climate-wrecking policies won’t help our efforts to tackle the cost of living scandal and the energy crisis, they’ll totally undermine them. In the book he said climate policies would “push up electricity bills”, according to the Guardian.

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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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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

They argue that the laws will cause a drop in EU food production and lead to widespread economic losses. We urge policy makers to continue the legislative procedure.” The European Parliament’s committees are expected to vote on pesticide laws (the “SUR regulation”) from July. In 2018, German farmers suffered €7-8 billion (£6-6.8

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E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

JUNE 1, 2019

Policy Wins in Colorado set a roadmap for a carbon-free future and stronger Colorado economy May was a historic month for Colorado’s clean energy economy and environment. At the same time that he signed a host of clean energy bills into law, Gov. Under the new policies passed and signed into law by Gov.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 7, 2021

The company said using renewable energy for cryptocurrency mining has been its goal since beginning the Hennepin project in 2018. Sangha believes that the deal signals a shift in how cryptocurrency miners will be developing their energy resources going forward.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 27, 2020

These three laws provide lessons for other states interested in accelerating the transition to a cheaper, cleaner grid. As of 2018, two-thirds of the U.S. All three laws enable using bonds for refinancing unpaid investment in coal-fired power plants upon early plant retirements. From 2011-2020 , 95 GW of U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Intended to fill the policy vacuum emerging from the UK’s departure from the EU on 31 January, the Environment Bill has been eagerly anticipated, and seemingly gives government the power to set legally binding targets on all aspects of the environment in future. Plastic waste ban: A red herring? ”

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 30, 2019

has deployed more energy storage since the second half of 2018 than the total of all prior years. California must lead in coming up with a policy framework that puts a value on resilience, so everyone knows how to invest in it and finance it. In 2020 alone, we expect total storage deployed to double again. 3 keys to faster progress.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 2, 2023

The Daily Telegraph’s chief interviewer and columnist Allison Pearson has joined the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) , one of the UK’s principal climate science denial groups. The GWPF has criticised both the policies adopted by governments to address climate change, and the science underpinning these policies.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

electric sector reduced its carbon emissions by 26 percent from 2005 to 2018. Preliminary estimates for 2019 indicate that this trend is accelerating, with another 10 percent drop just from 2018 to 2019. This confluence of economic, climate, technical and policy trends will make 2020 a big year for building electrification.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 4, 2020

But subsidiary utility Commonwealth Edison’s involvement in a bribery scandal has complicated this and other key policy efforts in its home state. “These new policies and oversight will ensure this will not happen again.” “We have taken robust actions to address these [issues]," Crane said.

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Business Green

JULY 18, 2021

"As prime minister, I was proud to lead the UK to be the first major economy to enshrine the net zero emissions target into law and publish a strategy to overturn the decline in nature within a generation. It is vital we now accelerate our progress towards these ambitious targets and develop clear delivery plans.".

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Business Green

MAY 7, 2020

Leading law firm commits to reduce carbon emissions 50 per cent by 2030 against a 2018 baseline. Legal giant Slaughter and May has won to the race to become the first law firm to have ambitious new emissions targets approved through the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi).

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

The report blames a litany of governance failures, which have been exacerbated by exceptional events such as the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, for creating "a lack of coherence in environmental strategy and policy within Defra and across government.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The influential think tank estimates more than two thirds of recent tropical deforestation has taken place in breach of local laws and regulations. According to the report, policies to control the trade in legal timber, reform legal frameworks, and new systems for timber licensing have all helped crack down on illegal operators.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Meg Hillier, the Labour MP that chairs the committee, urged the government to "move on from aspirational words and start taking the hard decisions across a wide range of policy areas required to deliver real results".

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