DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Spencer has donated over £6 million to the Conservative Party since 2005 and was appointed to the Lords by Boris Johnon in September 2020. The Guardian and the Good Law Project also revealed today that EnQuest Heather, a subsidiary of EnQuest, had been awarded a new oil and gas licence. percent (£4.5 million) stake in the firm.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Wed, 12/16/2020 - 01:30. 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. Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice? Julia Rosen. every first Wednesday.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2021

However, one kernel of hope highlighted in the report is the prospect of the wave of net zero pledges from countries over the past two years soon making their way into law, and then in turn being translated into effective on-the-ground policies to slash emissions. warming pathway.

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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. Air emission reform in China.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Government's progress on infrastructure 'decidedly mixed' last year but 2020 offers major opportunities, says advisory body. But it said much more could be achieved in 2020 to help build greener infrastructure in support of the net zero target.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2020

Titled Acting Together: How the UK can accelerate action to deliver a thriving net zero economy that works for all , the paper argues that 2020 marks a pivotal moment for the UK green economy and environment. The call comes ahead of this week's Budget where the government is expected to announce a host of new green policy measures.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

.” Even the threat of such cases is having a chilling effect on public environmental policy, Boyd has found. The law firm Jones Day frames ISDS climate claims as “an opportunity – if brought in the right forum – for companies exposed to certain climate-related government measures to vindicate their rights.”

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2024

The IEA has extensive influence in politics and the media. From Brexit to Trussonomics, the IEA has consistently peddled and promoted destructive and damaging policies,” Green Party MP Caroline Lucas told DeSmog. The IEA also received a £21,000 grant from U.S. oil major ExxonMobil in 2005.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

Mon, 08/17/2020 - 02:11. And that anything businesspeople might do otherwise would be part of "the socialist view that political mechanisms, not market mechanisms, are the appropriate way to determine the allocation of scarce resources to alternative uses.". The Business Roundtable’s statement of purpose, one year on. Joel Makower.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Mon, 10/05/2020 - 02:00. Si2’s data reveal that proponents were filing resolutions as far back as 2010 on issues that have risen to stark prominence in 2020 as the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and social unrest over racial inequality have rippled through the business world. corporate and securities laws. Policy & Politics.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The number of operational clean hydrogen production projects worldwide is set to at least double in the next five years, according to research published on 23 October by law firm Pillsbury , with 108 set to start producing the gas by the end of 2028. The EU led the charge globally with its strategy on hydrogen being adopted in 2020.

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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. The EU announced ambitious farming reforms in 2020.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 28, 2020

Thu, February 20, 2020. Join Women in Cleantech & Sustainability for the kickoff event of our 2020 Executive Leadership Workshop series: More Women on Corporate Boards. Before that, Veena practiced law in India. Veena received a Masters in Law degree from Washington University in St. Click here to Register.

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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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GreenBiz

JUNE 24, 2020

Lyft's 100% EV strategy requires a policy blitz. Wed, 06/24/2020 - 02:00. So essentially Lyft has to act as a catalyst — using policy, economic and industry tools — to spur the broader transportation ecosystem to more rapidly adopt zero-emission vehicles. Katie Fehrenbacher. Arons said Lyft was able to work with Colorado Gov.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

A 2020 report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) found that deals are generally larger when they involve institutional investment. IRENA analysis conducted in 2020 showed that despite accounting for $87 trillion in assets under management, institutional investors had up to then played a minor role in financing renewables.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 14, 2020

People can debate whether policy proposals like these are unrealistic , but the scale of the thinking is welcome, and it’s pushing the debate. There’s a growing realization that climate change itself, and the policies that are coming to tackle it, represent a profound financial risk and a permanent shift in valuations.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 11, 2019

New European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled Europe's Green Deal on Wednesday, a package of 50 far-reaching policy ideas that are still missing many key details, calling it a "man on the moon moment" for Europe. A dedicated offshore wind plan, also to come in 2020.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 25, 2023

“I even took off my farm boots and wore high heels to come here today,” Camila Telles told the audience of political activists, business executives, and students at April’s Liberty Forum, an annual conservative gathering in Brazil sponsored by the Atlas Network. Some camps supported the reelection of populist strongman Jair Bolsonaro.

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Grist

JANUARY 31, 2024

But support for specific policies is somewhat of a different story. That 2019 law was the first of its kind in the nation, and the ruling casts doubt on the dozens of cities that had followed Berkeley’s lead. An increasingly large majority of people the world over want to see their governments taking decisive action.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In September 2019, a group appeared on the Brussels political scene pledging to “bring back a balanced debate” about the benefits of meat and dairy. AnimalhealthEurope’s general-secretary, Roxane Feller, was listed as the ‘creator’ of an open letter published in March 2020 on the EU’s sustainable Farm to Fork Strategy.

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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 2, 2020

That is the broad conclusion from a global review of climate litigation carried out by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), which analyses climate-related legal actions in the year since May 2019.

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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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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In the spring of 2020, the European Union announced an ambitious plan to overhaul farming practices in fields and valleys across the continent. Since 2020, the world’s four largest pesticide companies have spent over 20 million euros on lobbying both EU officials and the public. See Table.).

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

The European Union’s scientific and political communities are locked in a battle over whether gas and nuclear can be considered green investments. In July 2020, the European Union established the EU Taxonomy Regulation , “a classification system establishing a list of environmentally sustainable economic activities.”

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 26, 2022

Netflix is producing and providing a platform for documentaries, TV series, and feature films educating viewers about the climate crisis — about 160 million households globally watched one of these stories in 2020, according to the company.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

Consumer Choice Center – a US-based group which has links to the Koch fossil fuel network – has lobbied against green policies in the EU through social media adverts and articles in influential publications without being registered as a lobby group.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Wed, 10/21/2020 - 00:45. South can be traced back to 2009, when wood pellets were touted as a “transition fuel” that could be used to advance the EU's climate goals — a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels, and a 20 percent increase in renewable energy by 2020. Danielle Purifoy.

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Grist

APRIL 8, 2022

is now essentially a meaningless goal,” said David Victor, a professor of public policy at the University of California, San Diego and a former lead author for the IPCC. As of 2020, the planet had already warmed by 1.2 It doesn’t contradict the laws of chemistry and physics to get to 1.5 For all intents and purposes, the 1.5-degree

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2020

Key architect of the 2008 Climate Change Act returns to frontline politics, as Sir Keir Starmer unveils Labour's new front bench team. As such, Miliband was instrumental in passing the 2008 Climate Change Act, which set UK decarbonisation targets into law and established the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2023

That is the hypothesis advanced in a new report published today by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 8, 2020

The United States Environmental Protection Agency defines environmental justice as “the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.”

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Business Green

MARCH 5, 2020

Her short hand assessment is justified, no matter how many political noses it puts out of joint. And yet, today's reaction to the unveiling of the EU's new Climate Law still grated. An explicit net zero target for 2050 at the latest that provides investors and businesses with increased policy clarity. Surrender"? Empty words"?

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Front And Centered

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

We require a Just Transition because the physics of climate are unforgiving, because it’s the right thing to do, and because it’s the only politically possible path toward what we really need. Outside of the budget, there are driven policies being offered by legislators this year that put the responsibility where it belongs.

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Grist

JUNE 14, 2023

Today’s story, from news and politics fellow Akielly Hu, shares the perspective of one young person who witnessed the effects of climate change on the places she loved and decided to take what some might call a drastic measure — suing her state government. .” Montana at a state district court in Helena. Definitely.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2021

Fisheries should implement a strict policy requiring all netting, lines and other onboard waste to be collected and disposed of properly. Despite strict fines and penalties , many fishing vessels continue to overfish simply because of how hard it is to enforce these laws over millions of square miles of open ocean.

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