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. The overall "cap" lowers every year, forcing polluters to reduce their emissions or purchase allowances from others who do. As the U.S.

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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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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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GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

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. This enshrined into law China’s first air emissions management plan and formalized an approach to regional collaboration. The 2018 Three ?

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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] In line with the ‘polluter pays’ principle, it is only fair that those responsible for carpet pollution should be forced to pay for the damage they cause.” 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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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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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. The science behind biomass is there for everyone to see – it worsens climate change and has an expensive and polluting supply chain.

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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. CARB estimates that 2 million diesel trucks cause 70 percent of the smog-causing pollution in the state.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2023

The Plan for Water , released by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) this morning, outlines the government's intention to change the law to increase penalties on water companies that break environmental law, and make it easier for regulators to impose fines on firms without lengthy court processes.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 21, 2023

James Parish Council steered polluting facilities into Black neighborhoods along the Mississippi River. As a result, Black residents there are forced to breathe in more pollution and face a higher risk of related health problems, according to the suit filed by Inclusive Louisiana, Mount Triumph Baptist Church, and RISE St.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

What Ahoskie got was approximately 50 direct jobs, local tree loss, noise , heavy traffic, air pollution, and combustible dust from wood drying and processing that threatens their health and enjoyment of their homes. Clean Air Act, and even exceeds regulation standards in controlling air pollution at its facilities. . “We

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Beyond the issue of pollution, the production of virgin hydrocarbon-based polymers is carbon-intensive due to the extraction and refining of crude oil. For the plastics that do not end up recycled or as pollution, the incineration process also emits a lot of carbon. The environmental impact of plastics is widely documented.

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Charged

JUNE 19, 2023

The benefits of new technology generally flow downward from the top of the income ladder, and lower-income communities tend to be the most affected by pollution and environmental damage. Rey León, Huron’s mayor, launched Green Raiteros in 2018. Of the 6,200 residents, 95 percent are Latin and about 50 percent are immigrants.

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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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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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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 5, 2021

Under the Emissions Trading System (ETS) all major polluters must submit an annual report declaring how much carbon dioxide they emitted that year. Between 2018 and 2020, Bobov Dol burned a mixture of sub-bituminous coal, which the Executive Environmental Agency (EEA) says should have an emissions factor of 96.1, for 2018, 79.5

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 26, 2020

In 2018, Germany appointed a commission drawn from industry, government and civil society to find a broadly acceptable way to close the nation’s substantial coal mining and power plant infrastructure. The process will compensate shuttering lignite, or "brown coal," plants, which are the most heavily polluting, via a flat rate.

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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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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In 2018, the Camp Fire decimated the northern California community and killed at least 85 people. “We Nevertheless, “their contributions to climate change are significant and actionable under California law,” Caleb told DeSmog, adding that WSPA “deserves to be held accountable” for greenwashing and deceptive conduct. They’re important.”

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E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

JUNE 1, 2019

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. 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.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

We expect to begin accepting bitcoin as a form of payment for our products in the near future, subject to applicable laws and initially on a limited basis, which we may or may not liquidate upon receipt,” the company said in its recent annual report. megatons of CO 2 in 2018. Now Tesla has purchased $1.5

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In 2014 and 2018, regulations for DPFs have been updated as we uncovered more about their impact on dangerous emissions, but their effectiveness has been minimal as vehicles can typically pass the current MOT smoke test without DPFs and a visual test to check the existence of a filter is not fit for purpose. Update the law to save lives.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Two weeks ago, the federal government enshrined its carbon pollution targets into law. The federal government recently introduced legislation that legally commits it to reduce Canada’s carbon pollution from the 729 megatonnes in 2018 to its stated goal of net-zero emissions by 2050.

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Green Tech Challenge

MAY 3, 2019

World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), 2018). The sustainability of this growth is however compromised by overfishing and rising ocean pollution. In 2018 Thailand indefinitely shut down one of its most popular beaches, Maya Bay. Daily human activities contribute to pollution globally. Thailand earned US57.5

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 12, 2021

The government introduced a range of climate targets, such as reducing offshore production emissions by 50 percent by 2050 against a 2018 baseline to create a “net zero basin” by mid century. percent of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. Now, you must do the same at home. The whole world is watching.”.

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Grist

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Like crude oil, nurdles are highly persistent pollutants, and will continue to circulate in ocean currents and wash ashore for decades. They are also “toxic sponges”, which attract chemical toxins and other pollutants onto their surfaces. An astounding 230,000 tons of nurdles end up in oceans every year.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

This comes as major polluters are increasingly deploying digital tactics to detract from negative headlines about their record profits and decades-long contribution to climate change. million since June 2018. percent of their annual capital expenditures in low carbon technologies between 2010 and 2018. million views.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 3, 2023

This is despite the government’s 2021 Decarbonising Transport Plan , which lauded the Labour mayor’s efforts on air pollution for its “significant impact on air quality” and on “reducing the number of older, more polluting vehicles that enter London’s central zone.” million times, at a cost to the party of up to £19,100.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2022

The government has proposed 13 legally-binding targets for England covering water quality, air pollution, biodiversity, and waste - here they are in full. The nutrient targets, meanwhile, are designed to address the country's two principal sources of nutrient pollution, such as from fertilisers for example. per cent to 17.5

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Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Voters passed the same measure in 2018. State law requires that constitutional amendments be passed in two consecutive even-numbered election years. Steve Sisolak signed a bill into law that mandates 50 percent renewables by 2030 (passed). In April 2019 Nevada Gov.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Iceland managing director Richard Walker calls on government to make plastic packaging tonnage disclosure mandatory in order to tackle plastic pollution crisis. Every business should now follow & government should make it law. Today we've disclosed our full plastic footprint - it's horrific.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2022

Or at least, wherever there are EDMs at storm overflows and CSOs – prior to 2018 these were only installed where these points were located in sensitive or high-amenity aeras. Annual publication of this data is a requirement of the Environment Act – which passed into law in November 2021.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

While the permit specifies that Shell must apply “best industry practice” to minimize pollution discharge, the company held, it does not explicitly mention climate change. And in April, a judge in Rhode Island granted limited discovery in a climate damages case filed by the state against Shell and other oil and gas companies in 2018.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 18, 2021

If built, the Formosa plant would pump out up to 800 tons of toxic air pollutants each year into communities that have long-experienced the impacts of living near plastic manufacturing, oil refining, and other petrochemical projects. James was founded in 2018 and initially focused on a proposed $1.25 It would also generate 13.6

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 7, 2021

The work highlights the accelerating pace of the clean energy transition, even aside from the social costs of coal plant pollution. coal fleet, 182 plants, or 80 percent, are uneconomic or already retiring,” according to the report, which counted plants in service in 2018. What trends does the report show?

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

The government also backed last year's Global Biodiversity Framework, which similarly commits to reverse nature decline at the global level, and has passed a new Environment Act that incorporates a suite of legally-binding targets covering water quality, air pollution, habitats, and other areas.

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