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.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

California has more distributed energy resources than any other state, pressuring it to find ways to integrate them into the grid. That’s the big change enabled by a Rule 21 revision entitled “conditions that allow distributed energy resources to perform while avoiding upgrades.”

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 1, 2020

For the past nine years, Chicago-based utility ComEd has earned excessive profits from a regulatory structure set in place by a 2011 state law whose passage has been linked to a bribery scandal that’s embroiled key state lawmakers and ComEd’s former CEO. The workings of the 2011 Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

JANUARY 5, 2021

On January 4th, as the legislative session came to a close, both houses of the Massachusetts legislature passed “ An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy.” The 2050 goal itself had already been adopted by the secretary of energy and environmental affairs under preexisting law.

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Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Strategic Area #1: Land Use Policies Land use governance is critical to reducing deforestation, decoupling deforestation from commodities production, and meeting global climate and sustainable development goals. These images show an abandoned mine covered in low vegetation ( Guyana REDD+ MRV Report, 2021 ).

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The assessment, published last week, reveals that the volume of waste produced in England remained largely the same in the five years since the government introduced its 2013 Waste Prevention Programme policy, with overall waste in England at the close of 2017 "at similar levels" to those five years earlier.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

By Faye Bowser, Head of Energy Solutions, Siemens plc. While the pandemic initially provoked a swift and immediate short-term reaction, the vaccine’s rollout can now afford key legislators the chance to plan for the ‘next normal’, with 2021 assuming extra significance as the UK hosts the UN’s COP26 in Glasgow later this year.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Contributed by Saverio Grosso, Edison Energy. 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. Last month, the U.S.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The series is supported by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University, and is part of their POWER project. . Other wood pellet companies have flocked to the region, including Drax , a major energy utility in the UK that now manufactures wood pellets in the U.S.

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Front And Centered

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Front and Centered and Puget Sound Sage have put forward the Energy For All law (House Bill 1490), under the sponsorship of Representative Kirsten Harris-Talley, to make it easier for low income people and persons with disabilities to power their homes. Washington Needs Energy For All.

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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. Performance standards must be set for each building type by May 4, 2021, with the first compliance deadline coming in May 2025. and Washington state.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

  KoBold Metals discovered a major copper deposit, which could be the start to solving growing supply and demand imbalances brought on by copper’s fundamental role in the energy transition.  Demand The most critical of energy transition minerals.   Demand is on the rise.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

DECEMBER 5, 2022

We’re closely monitoring offshore wind activities in the Gulf of Maine. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) is responsible for the development of offshore renewable energy in federal waters. Interested in learning about state-led offshore wind efforts in Maine?

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The circumstances surrounding his termination are documented among thousands of pages of public records and internal company documents that provide a penetrating look into the multi-billion dollar stakes of negotiations between governments and state-sanctioned monopolies that are shaping the future of energy systems in Oregon and beyond.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 9, 2021

Since rooftop solar became possible, electric utilities have struggled to incorporate it into their outdated business model. In recent years, this lag in utility recognition has become increasingly problematic, risking the health, environmental, and financial impacts of over-investment in large fossil fuel power plants.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Heating and cooling buildings accounts for about a third of the final energy consumption globally and 30% of energy-related CO 2 emissions. Celsius Energy aims to contribute to solving this energy dilemma by providing shallow geothermal heating and cooling systems, thus reducing the carbon footprint of buildings.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

JUNE 16, 2021

On June 10, 2021, the New York legislature passed a bill allowing customers to subscribe to certain community distributed generation (CDG) projects sited outside of their utility service territory, a practice known as “cross-utility crediting.”

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In February 2021, German agribusiness giant BASF hosted a virtual wine tasting, a seemingly cozy affair swirling glasses of Portugal’s finest in front of a webcam debating the future of EU agricultural policies. Invited to the event was a small group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This story is part of the series Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia , which explores the path to low-carbon energy for British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. You’ve got plenty of company after the events of 2021: Heat waves, hurricanes, fires, and floods hit new and deadly extremes. Worried about the climate crisis?

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2020

It also provides convincing proof of our power to drive the change needed to reduce the risk of future pandemics – while simultaneously benefiting conservation and reducing climate change. ” The report also offers a number of policy options that would help to reduce and address pandemic risk.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

Andrew Warren explores the potential future for building Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) as the UK shifts towards lower carbon home heating. These must by law be acquired whenever a home changes occupancy or ownership. The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) is one of the most important House of Commons committee.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Maine’s offshore wind energy potential is ranked seventh in the nation, with more than 411 TWh/yr of offshore resource-generating potential. In 2021, the State of Maine submitted a research lease application to the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for a proposed floating offshore wind research array.

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2021

All carbon pollution is equal: this is a founding assumption of the UN Climate Convention, because the atmospheric effect of a tonne of carbon dioxide emitted from a smoking tropical tree in Mato Grosso is no different from a tonne billowing from a coal power station in Missouri. per cent of all climate finance.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 10, 2022

The fund focuses on innovation in the transportation, energy, industrials, agriculture, logistics, and retail sectors, with investment stages ranging from venture to growth. Effective Date: January 31, 2021. Such information will only be collected as permitted by applicable law and will not be used to make hiring decisions.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 30, 2022

Sustainable Law Firms. Law firm sustainability is a strategic business shift that aims to prevent socially and environmentally damaging operations in the legal industry. E.g. Delta Air Lines and Microsoft Corp pledged to drastically curb their carbon emissions, taking into account the carbon footprint of their associated law firms.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

To protect people around the world so no one is exploited in supply chains, we need strong laws that compel companies to take action to mitigate the risk of forced labour,” Lea said. which it said was responsible for violations against Uyghurs in Xinjiang. and the West, who attempt to use Xinjiang to contain China.”

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Introducing the Environment Bill into Parliament yesterday after a six-month hiatus, Environment Minister Rebecca Pow stressed that the landmark's legislation should become law "as soon as possible" so as to ensure that the government could continue to improve air, water, and nature after the Brexit transition period ends on January 1st.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The government proposed amending the Occupational Pension Schemes Regulations 2021 to require relevant trustees to calculate and report how their investment portfolios align with the Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to 1.5C. But she warned the UK "needs to go further to harness the full power of pensions". Industry support.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The assessment, published last week, reveals that the volume of waste produced in England remained largely the same in the five years since the government introduced its 2013 Waste Prevention Programme policy, with overall waste in England at the close of 2017 "at similar levels" to those five years earlier.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The Sustainability and Compliance Division is involved with establishing environmental policies and programs; implementing health, safety and compliance activities; advancing clean energy technology; and integrating green practices into City and community activities. What is it like to be an ESDer? Watch this video: Day in the Life.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

DECEMBER 15, 2020

January 14, 2021. While clean energy and cleantech investing has gained momentum over the last five years, 2020 was undoubtedly a landmark year for the industry, as investments on both a dollar and deal-count basis reached record levels globally. Vice President at Orion Energy Partners. Prior to joining Orion Energy, Ms.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

China’s new frontier for VOC regulations Shuying Xu Tue, 03/23/2021 – 01:15 As the global economy reawakens after the COVID-19 shutdown, air emissions and VOC enforcement in China remain a hot topic. Air emission reform in China More than a decade ago, national policies laid the groundwork for reducing air emissions in China.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

China’s new frontier for VOC regulations Shuying Xu Tue, 03/23/2021 – 01:15 As the global economy reawakens after the COVID-19 shutdown, air emissions and VOC enforcement in China remain a hot topic. Air emission reform in China More than a decade ago, national policies laid the groundwork for reducing air emissions in China.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

JULY 12, 2022

Among the panoply of clean energy-related programs currently being implemented under the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“IIJA”), one in particular – for which a solicitation is set to issue soon – will infuse significant capital into the country’s bulk transmission system. In May 2022, the U.S.

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

A new investigation from Greenpeace's Unearthed arm , found that labels, footwear, and other garment scraps from a range of popular brands are being used as fuel to power kilns in Cambodia which are used to make bricks. To make bricks dried slabs of clay are burnt in kilns for a couple of days, sometimes in temperatures as high as 650C.

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Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The Looming Crisis and Awakening Opportunity 2020 was a brutal year and 2021 has been off to a rough start. The trend only looks to be intensifying in 2021 with Larry reinforcing his message and companies like General Motors , the largest US automaker, planning to phase out vehicles with internal combustion engines by 2035.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2023

Hydropower dam proposals have ballooned across the Balkans over the last two decades, as the leaders of some of Europe's poorest regions have looked to tap their abundant natural resources to secure access clean energy. But the picture is much more complicated.

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