Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The European Commission is facing calls to introduce more ambitious measures to drive up recycling rates for drinks packaging, including glass, metal, and plastic bottles, or risk seeing decarbonisation and resource security efforts derailed. New report warns EU faces higher emissions if it fais to deliver on recycling targets.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 22, 2021

The new rules are expected to pass into law in the spring of 2021, and likely to begin to be applied to new building plans starting in the spring of 2022. Elmes now believes that it's more likely that consumers will look for the whole package, along with the lower carbon, lower-cost heating and power that results.

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Energy Innovation

JUNE 16, 2022

Energy Innovation used the California Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) to identify a “Deeper Decarbonization Scenario” and compare it to modeling for the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) 2022 Draft Scoping Plan. . CARB is currently evaluating climate policies for its 2022 update of the Climate Change Scoping Plan.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Europe’s leading farming lobby group Copa-Cogeca has used the war in Ukraine as a pretext to push back behind the scenes against flagship EU laws to protect nature, DeSmog can reveal. Europe’s centre-right EPP party has used arguments which track industry demands. Brussels has come under intense pressure from agribusiness ever since.

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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. Why is this important now? 

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2022

As its 2022 report noted: "Outside the formal climate policy processes, climate litigation is an important arena for various actors to confront and interact over how climate change should be governed.". Plastics, packaging and other forms of waste are also on the docket, as are companies' ESG marketing claims. Law and disorder.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

— three climate policy packages since 2021. 🦴 BIL “the backbone” : The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), aka Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), was signed into law in November 2021, and is the "backbone," providing much of the infrastructure these technologies need to scale at speed.

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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 Act also requires the Government to develop a Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan, to be presented to parliament in September 2022, setting out how they’re going to stop sewage pollution.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 16, 2023

Activists fighting deforestation in Indonesia have spoken out against calls from the packaging and fast food industry for paper-based packaging to be recognised as sustainable in EU law. The European Commission launched its Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulations in November 2022. They cause huge fires.”

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 5, 2022

Here are the 6 big themes I drew from the last year, and 6 things to look out for in 2022]. I’ve tried here to touch on big themes and stories from 2021 that seem more lasting, and offer some thoughts on what to look out for in 2022. A few months later, corporate giants also spoke out against state laws meant to restrict voting.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

For example, a few key specs from the datasheet for a modern Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFET in a standard TO-247 package will illustrate the point: Maximum junction temperature: T J[max] – 175° C Maximum continuous drain current (with case @ 25° C): I d – 115 A Drain-source on-resistance: R DS[on] – 16 m?

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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.".

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The move - which would form part of the EU's proposed new climate law to deliver net zero emissions by 2050 across the continent - marks a significant jump from the existing 2030 goal to reduce greenhouse gases by 40 per cent, and would need approval by a majority of the 27 EU Member States as well as the European Parliament to come into force.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 6, 2023

three climate policy packages since 2021. BIL “the backbone” : The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), aka Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), was signed into law in November 2021, and is the “backbone,” providing much of the infrastructure these technologies need to scale at speed. Total funding: $1.2T

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2021

The first plant to use the technology has begun construction in Teesside, UK, to be operational in 2022 and able to process 80,000 tonnes of plastic waste per year. tonnes of plastic packaging – the second highest per capita in the world.[iv] i] Sites are planned in Germany, the US and Asia. iii] The UK alone produces 2.4m

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 7, 2024

Most famously, the governor of Florida kept battling one of the world’s most beloved brands, Disney, over the company’s position on state laws targeting the LGBTQ+ community. Some in the investment community even pushed back on anti-ESG laws — partly because, as one analysis concluded, those state laws could cost taxpayers $708 million.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Ridesharing demand crashed with COVID-19, and Lyft became part of the frontline delivery and medical access infrastructure. Mattel seeks for all products and packaging to comprise recycled or recyclable materials by 2030, and in June it brought sugarcane-plastic toddler stacking rings to market.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The EAC also reiterates calls for an overhaul and extension for the troubled Green Homes Grant programme , following weeks of negative headlines arising from administrative problems with the scheme and confirmation from the government last week that it is withdrawing over £1bn from the initial budget of the stimulus package.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

In addition to an emergency package to offer immediate support to consumers, the best way to do this is to rapidly lower the UK's dependence on volatile fossil fuels. — Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) September 5, 2022. It's saying no to lifting the ban on fracking, no to new coal and no to exploiting more North Sea oil and gas.

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Charged

APRIL 13, 2023

As a pre-packaged service entrance switchgear it supports the rapid deployment of high-speed charging (Level 2 and Level 3) on your premises without changing the existing electrical infrastructure. E-Bloc is a microgrid, a small-scale power grid that can operate independently or collaboratively with other small power grids.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In 2022, the EU took a significant step towards curbing excessive use of antibiotics by banning farmers from giving the drugs to large groups of healthy animals – seeking to achieve further reductions in the use of antibiotics, which has fallen by 53 percent from 2011 to 2022, according to official data covering 25 European countries.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Certification is shown to attract and engage top talent, increase credibility and build trust, slash costs, meet the demands of a consumer majority, and protect a company’s mission in the long term. Access to affordable, quality healthcare keeps employees healthy, making sure they’re able to come to work and meet work demands.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Kia and Hyundai have both released details of upcoming 800 V architectures, and GM said that its 2022 Hummer EV will have the “unique ability to switch its battery pack from its native 400 V to 800 V for charging.”.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The real action will begin with the 2022/23 season, when ABB will become the official infrastructure supplier for Formula E. Sometimes I use the comparison to Moore’s law,” said O’Shea. Alberto Longo told us about some of the big changes in store for the following 2022/23 season, which will feature a redesigned Gen3 race car.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 6, 2021

This position will also provide financial expertise to support organizational initiatives such as service territory expansion and developing business requirements for the targeted marketing of demand-side customer programs. Develop a CPA credit package and manage information flow to the rating agency. Who You’ll Work With.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The company's latest update also confirmed its coal production is expected to be flat between 2022 and 2025. In addition, Glencore said it was looking to respond to soaring global demand or copper, which is a key component of grid infrastructure and clean technologies. per cent and water heating 14.8

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2020

Today, just weeks after his promotion to the second most powerful job in the country, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled the government's Budget for the coming year and beyond, outlining a multi-billion pound package of spending across the green economy, as well as new tax measures covering the energy sector, plastic packaging, and red diesel fuel.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2021

Those initial waves of investment have enabled plans to build three production plants in the US and UK as the company works to deliver on a landmark order of 10,000 vans for package delivery giant UPS, and start production and trials for its zero emission "smart" bus, which is due to emerge later this year.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

Ridesharing demand crashed with COVID-19, and Lyft became part of the frontline delivery and medical access infrastructure. Mattel seeks for all products and packaging to comprise recycled or recyclable materials by 2030, and in June it brought sugarcane-plastic toddler stacking rings to market.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2021

Those initial waves of investment have enabled plans to build three production plants in the US and UK as the company works to deliver on a landmark order of 10,000 vans for package delivery giant UPS, and start production and trials for its zero emission "smart" bus, which is due to emerge later this year.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The list of things that work better than they did a decade ago consists of on-demand TV, offshore wind farms, and the England football team, and that's about it. Across the political spectrum think tanks and business groups are coalescing around a policy package and broad economic philosophy that would allow this vision to be achieved.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2022

And there were new climate laws in the United States and Europe, which breathed new life to climate action in those countries. As I've done for the past decade , I'm offering a recap of some of the stories and trends from the year just ending, culled from the nearly 1,300 stories published on GreenBiz.com during 2022.

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Business Green

APRIL 24, 2020

The move will be seen as something of a blow to hopes that governments would prioritise green stimulus measures in their coronavirus recovery packages. The subsidies are now set to be extended until 2022, while tax breaks will remain in place for two years. warming trajectory. EU mulls EV-focused car scrappage scheme.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

trillion federal spending and tax extension package negotiated by congressional leaders over the weekend alongside a $900 billion coronavirus relief package. Absent any future changes in law, the PTC will be reduced to zero starting in 2022. These clean energy provisions are included in a $1.4 Solar tax credit impacts.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

  Ammonia demand for fertilizer and other existing uses by IEA scenario (Source: IEA ) Shipping fuel: Maritime shipping, which accounts for 3% of CO2 emissions, is betting big on ammonia. EV fleet and reinvest in gasoline cars, citing low demand and high repair costs for EVs. of global emissions.     U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

DE ) via Wikimedia Commons Almost as soon as Last Generation began staging protests, in early 2022, Schläffler began describing them as extremists. In recent years, they’ve packaged it in ways that could be turned into anti-protest legislation. .” Frank Schäffler in Germany’s Bundestag, 2020.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The complaint, obtained by DeSmog via a public records request, accused the company of fraud, breach of contract, gross negligence, and willful misconduct, and demanded at least $457 million in damages. On March 13, 2020, Antero filed a lawsuit against Veolia in the District Court of Denver County, Colorado. and Geneva, Switzerland. “Is

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