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Top U.S. Law Schools Accused of Creating a Student ‘Pipeline’ into Firms Serving Fossil Fuel Industry

DeSmogBlog

Elite law schools in the United States are disproportionately funneling their students into jobs serving fossil fuel clients, according to a new report published Thursday. LSCA, an organization of law students working to hold the legal sector accountable for its role in the climate crisis, has previously scrutinized the top ranked U.S.

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Are lawyers and accountants doing enough on climate change?

GreenBiz

Exhibit A: law firms. According to a new report from Law Students for Climate Accountability, most of the top 100 law firms in the United States "provide far more support to clients driving the climate crisis than clients addressing it." The study analyzed litigation, transactional and lobbying work conducted from 2015 to 2019.

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Property industry likely to be breaking the law by failing to disclose air pollution levels

Envirotec Magazine

” Originally launched in September 2019 as a London-only pilot, addresspollution.org is a people-powered initiative by COPI to tackle inaction on air pollution. Funds to get the campaign off the ground were originally raised from a successful Crowdfunder campaign in 2019, making this is a truly people-powered campaign.

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Top 10 Utility Regulation Trends of 2019

GreenTechMedia

In August, we published the top 10 utility regulation trends of 2019 — so far. With 2019 wrapping up, we look at the 10 trends and actions that stand out above the rest. In 2019, an increasing number of utilities and regulators considered how DERs can be more fully integrated into the electric power system.

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How a Colorado Law Could Force Boulder to Sell Oil and Gas to Private Company

DeSmogBlog

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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Campaigners Warn of Loopholes in Laws to Curb Antibiotics on UK Farms After ‘Biased’ Industry Consultation

DeSmogBlog

Proposed laws to curb antibiotic use on UK farms drafted after closed-door meetings with industry contain loopholes that could undermine the fight against deadly drug resistant bacteria, campaigners have warned. In contrast to the UK, the EU has banned the preventive use of antibiotics, except to treat individual animals in exceptional cases.

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Spain Grid-Connects More Solar in 2019 Than Last Decade Combined

GreenTechMedia

Spain has connected more solar to its grid in the first nine months of 2019 than the last 10 years put together. Retroactive policy changes and laws to prevent self-consumption decimated the sector in 2013. Spain enjoyed a subsidy-driven solar boom late last decade before suffering through a dramatic slowdown.

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