Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The Guidance becomes effective January 1, 2019 at which point the applicable diesel standards will revert to the schedule specified in the current LCFS Regulation. CARB approved an LCFS extension package in September 2018 that includes an analysis of NOx emissions attributable to the LCFS, which was prepared to fulfill the modified writ.

Packaging 40

Packaging Carbon Fossil fuels Energy 40

GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 26, 2020

Despite its long-time leadership in wind and solar energy, Germany still had 44 gigawatts of coal plants running at the end of 2019, and parts of the country remain economically reliant on coal. There are also compensation packages for workers in mines and power plants who lose their job as a result of the coal exit laws.

Law 130

Law Carbon-negative Natural gas Europe 130

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

According to a 2019 Edelman’s Trust Barometer Special Report, a mere 34% of consumers trust the brands they purchase from. Distinctions between benefits of product, package, and service: Marketers should be clear as to which aspect of a product or service the environmental claim refers to. Generalized Environmental Benefit Claims.

Sustainability 147

Sustainability Packaging Recycling Recycling 147

DeSmogBlog

MAY 2, 2024

While farmers have protested against an anticipated surge in bureaucracy from proposed green laws, complaints also focused on low prices at the farm gate and lack of protection against increasingly extreme weather. In 2019, van Keimpema warned of a “civil war” between farmers and the Dutch government over environmental measures.

Politics 124

Politics Agriculture Policy Europe 124

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Plans to lift ban on fracking and curtain legacy EU environmental laws and regulations announced today risk backlash from some of the government's own MPs. But Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg argued revoking EU law was a necessity now the UK has left the trading bloc.

Government 69

Government Law Biodiversity Investment 69

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The change will be introduced as an amendment to the EU's climate law. billion ($807 billion) coronavirus recovery package that contains the EU Green Deal, including the condition that 37 percent of the funds will be used to meet green objectives. Europe deployed 3.6GW of offshore wind in 2019.

Fossil fuels 130

Fossil fuels Natural gas Packaging Policy 130

The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In 2019, the UK passed a law to bring all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. Nespresso is investing in renewable energy, sustainable packaging , reducing carbon emissions in the supply chain, and even using used coffee beans as fuel! Take the first step to becoming a more eco friendly business.

Carbon-neutral 195

Carbon-neutral Fashion Carbon Sustainability 195

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 23, 2020

In 2019, multiple deer accidentally swallowed trash , namely plastic bags, that were littered by tourists. This prompted concerned entities to create a safer alternative to plastic packaging that can be digested without harm to the deer. Several of the deer died, including one that had consumed nearly 9 pounds of waste.

Plastics 36

Plastics Packaging Waste Waste 36

Business Green

MARCH 23, 2023

The authors anticipate the upcoming Fit for 55 package in particular is set to trigger several new cases. The authors predicted the package could enable litigation multiple fronts.

Law 41

Law Packaging Europe Policy 41

Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Under the Act, passed in 2019, most buildings over 25,000 square feet—roughly 50,000 residential and commercial properties across the city—must meet new energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reductions by 2024, and stricter limits in 2030. This was the first foray for many building owners to understand how much energy they use.

Building Energy Monitoring 98

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

According to a 2019 Edelman’s Trust Barometer Special Report, a mere 34% of consumers trust the brands they purchase from. Distinctions between benefits of product, package, and service: Marketers should be clear as to which aspect of a product or service the environmental claim refers to. Generalized Environmental Benefit Claims.

Sustainability 78

Sustainability Packaging Recycling Recycling 78

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.

Solar Energy Monitor 130

Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 130

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Reports this morning indicated that the Truss campaign team is working on a wide-ranging energy support package worth up to £100bn that is thought to include proposals to freeze gas and electricity prices at current levels. And gas is a very important transition fuel - it has half the emissions of coal.

Energy 69

Energy Energy Government Law 69

Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

UNEP warns opportunity to use Covid recovery packages to bolster climate resilience is being squandered. The report also highlighted how only a tiny fraction of the $16.7tr of investment mobilised as part of covid stimulus packages had been channelled towards climate resilience projects, despite the significant benefits such work can deliver.

Resilience 44

Resilience Climate change Packaging Policy 44

Business Green

JUNE 20, 2021

In December 2019, the Urgenda Foundation (a Dutch environmental group) won its long-standing case against the Dutch government for failing to take sufficient action to reduce its carbon emissions, establishing that this violated the government's duty of care to its citizens.

Climate change 54

Climate change Government Law Policy 54

Business Green

MAY 25, 2020

While the UK government was pioneering in passing the UK Climate Change Act in 2008, now 164 governments have climate change commitments enacted into law. Alongside this, the public mood has changed, largely spurred by the Fridays for Future campaign, spearheaded by Time's Person of the Year 2019 Greta Thunberg.

Climate change 73

Climate change Government Packaging Law 73

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The next frontier is "connected chemistry," extending the internet of things to "the internet of natural resources," Beck said in 2019. In 2019, it issued a $1 billion sustainability bond , the first corporation to do so. By 2019, the company counted more than a billion total rides, with 2 million annual drivers in more than 650 U.S.

Sustainability 524

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 524

Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Law firm Baker McKenzie conducted more than 1,400 interviews with external and internal stakeholder to prioritize its focus (PDF) on goals No. One of our biggest challenges was getting people to understand that a services company could be impacted by this," noted Christie Constantine, global director of sustainability for the law firm.

Innovation 64

Innovation Sustainability Recycling Recycling 64

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In 2019, a mere 16% of executives stated sustainability as a built-in business function. There’s been a 38-fold increase in sustainability-related laws and regulations since 1972. Sustainability-led initiatives help mitigate the risk of non-compliance as these laws and regulations continue to develop. Risk Management.

Sustainability 148

Sustainability Waste Waste Organic 148

Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

For example, a collaboration between industry and government on reducing food and packaging waste through the Courtauld 2025 Agreement had prevented 2.7 million tonnes of waste by the end of 2019 against a 2015 baseline, it said, including 624,000 tonnes that would not have been prevented if the agreement did not exist.

Waste 85

Waste Waste Policy Building Energy Monitoring 85

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 29, 2021

Although the Supreme Court overturned that decision last year , it stressed that it was making its judgment based on the law at the time permission was granted in 2018; since then, the UK has set itself a legally binding net zero target. Together, these make a balanced package that is entirely consistent with net zero.”.

Government 87

Government Climate change Transportation Construction 87

Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Greenpeace has confirmed the protestors were its head of public affairs Rebecca Newsom and policy officer Ami McCarthy, who were there to "denounce the Prime Minister 'shredding' her party's 2019 manifesto promises". Has the PM got any idea of the effort involved in reviewing & replacing 2,000+ pieces of legislation in 15 months?"

Government 68

Government Law Energy Energy 68

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2022

Annual publication of this data is a requirement of the Environment Act – which passed into law in November 2021. The latter might be a WWTW that meets a defined standard of treatment, or a septic tank or small packaged treatment plant. Map reference. There are also beige squares showing treated sewage overflows.

Pollution 264

Pollution Agriculture Government Law 264

Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2023

Natural England Chair Tony Juniper said the new package was "broad and most welcome and important". He also warned that the government was continuing to pursue its Retained EU Law Bill, which could see thousands of environmental protection laws modified or removed at the end of the year.

Government 80

Government Policy Biodiversity Health 80

The Environmental Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

According to the Central government’s Uranium report 2019-2020 , the figures with respect to Punjab are as follows: No.of When the so called HYV seeds varieties were introduced, touted as miracle seeds the only catch was that it came with a package of chemical fertilizers, without which they could not perform their ‘miracle’.

Energy Monitor 195

Energy Monitor Health Agriculture Building Energy Monitoring 195

CleanTech Alliance

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Source: Washington UTC, September 20, 2019 On Sept. 12, the Utilities and Transportation Commission adopted social cost of carbon estimates that utilities will use to comply with the package of clean energy legislation signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee in 2019.

Carbon 8

Carbon Law Packaging Transportation 8

Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

For example, a collaboration between industry and government on reducing food and packaging waste through the Courtauld 2025 Agreement had prevented 2.7 million tonnes of waste by the end of 2019 against a 2015 baseline, it said, including 624,000 tonnes that would not have been prevented if the agreement did not exist.

Waste 54

Waste Waste Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 54

Business Green

JULY 23, 2020

Such a commission could be enshrined in law and could also feature in Common Wealth's radical proposal for a new Green Recovery Act , ensuring the commission has strong legislative foundations. Align economic recovery packages with the aims of a green recovery and ensure green jobs are created in communities that need it most.

Building Energy Monitoring 86

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Fossil fuels Carbon-negative 86

Business Green

MARCH 1, 2022

Similarly, just last year the government axed its flagship Green Homes Grant scheme just months after hailing it as a critical component of the UK's economic recovery package and decarbonisation plans. A top-down strategy from government won't deliver on its own," she stressed.

Government 36

Government Law Policy Fossil fuels 36

Grist

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In 2019, 342 containers of plastic pellets spilled into the North Sea. They must be stored below deck, in more robust packaging with clear labelling,” says Tanya Cox, marine plastic specialist at the conservation charity Flora & Fauna International. Only 23% of the 49 tons that were spilled were recovered.

Waste 100

Waste Waste Plastics Pollution 100

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

In 2019, Amazon announced a “Climate Pledge,” stating that it will reach net-zero emissions by 2040, and 100 percent renewable energy for its operations by 2025. All of our members support action on climate change, but Business Roundtable’s position on a reconciliation package will be based on the totality of what’s in the bill.

Energy Monitor 97

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels 97

Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

So much so that in August 2019, the Business Roundtable garnered the commitment of CEOs from leading US companies to redefine their corporate purpose to focus more on customers, suppliers, communities and employees. How have other companies performed?

Law 73

Law Investment Government Packaging 73

Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The government has today unveiled its hotly-anticipated suite of legally-binding environmental targets for England, confirming a sweeping package of goals to reverse species loss, increase tree cover, reduce waste, and tackle air and water pollution over the next two decades. Defra should commit to consult and fill these gaps without delay.".

Biodiversity 36

Biodiversity Pollution Government Waste 36

Business Green

JUNE 24, 2020

It comes as the Treasury prepares a crucial package of recovery measures which are expected to be announced in Parliament next month, as the government attempts to combat the worst economic crisis in decades. Chris Stark setting out the CCC's latest advice to government.

Government 101

Government Climate change Resilience Policy 101

Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Meanwhile, the mini-budget that triggered Truss' downfall provided only £1bn of additional funding for energy efficiency schemes, despite repeated warnings that energy saving measures represented the most effective means of enhancing energy security and minimising the multi-billion pound cost of the government's energy bill support package.

Government 68

Government Politics Policy Investment 68

Business Green

JANUARY 25, 2021

The UK's leading supermarkets produced more plastic in 2019 than they did two years prior, according to findings published today that suggest the flurry of plastic strategies and targets unveiled by chains of late are struggling to make significant gains in tackling overall plastic pollution. per cent increase on levels recorded in 2017.

Plastics 89

Plastics Packaging Pollution Waste 89

Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Whilst that is a demonstrably untrue statement, it is absolutely true that the established energy rating scheme, recognised in law, offers a distinctly cold shoulder to the installation of heat pumps. Before you buy or rent any building (residential or commercial), you must by law be given an Energy Performance Certificate.

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels Law Government Energy 36