DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2023

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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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2024

and EU to drop their landmark climate change laws, spreads falsehoods about green policies, and fondly recalls an attempt to cancel a major climate conference. Walker added: “The UK’s net zero economy is now worth £74 billion, and grew by nine percent in 2023. The new book by former Prime Minister Liz Truss urges the UK, U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Eleni Diamantopoulou writes The Energy Act 2023 (the Act) is finally here. By putting in place the enabling primary legislation that bridges legal gaps, creates new laws, or brings clarity to existing laws. Eleni Diamantopoulou is Practice Development Lawyer (Energy) at Womble Bond Dickinson.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 14, 2023

Welcome to the second in our series of articles featuring industry insiders highlighting the trends and technologies we can expect to see in 2023. 2023 will see solar and battery grow faster than all generation types by MW, in terms of both consents and installed capacity. We expect to see uplift in planned onshore wind development.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

Good Law Project is supporting Rights Community Action to take Michael Gove’s levelling up department to the High Court. The claimant, Rights Community Action, is challenging the written ministerial statement, published in December 2023, which limits councils setting higher energy efficiency standards for new housing schemes.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Calls grow for a rethink of the controversial Retained EU Law Bill, amid concerns over threat to worker, consumer, and environmental protections. The Bill has become a cause celebre for arch-Brexiteers within the Conservative Party, who are keen to see the government bring an end to any EU influence over UK laws as quickly as possible.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

OEM Activity On The Rise In 2023, vehicle manufacturers (‘OEMs’) in the heavy transport sector spearheaded the hydrogen industry’s growth through increased OEM activity. Funding: Less Talk And More Action The hydrogen industry is attracting significant investment from governments on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

APRIL 2, 2024

We analyze the key CEQA cases from 2023 and their impact on development in California. By Marc Campopiano , Jennifer Roy , Winston Stromberg , Kevin Homrighausen , and Natalie Rogers In 2023, the California Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeal issued 53 published and unpublished California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) opinions.

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2023

The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) said the government had not been consistently completing legally-required Post-Implementation Reviews (PIRs) of environmental and other related laws, which it warned risked undermining environmental protection efforts and accountability in the UK.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2021

Of almost 1,700 adults polled, 68 per cent said they supported setting a target date in law to remove all deforestation from UK supply chains, with just four per cent opposed to such a move, according to the survey, which was commissioned by WWF. Further details on the proposed legislation are expected to emerge in the coming months.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 28, 2022

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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altenergymag

JANUARY 25, 2023

● Out of the 401 MW, which are distributed amongst sixteen plants, 352 MW are being co-developed with French Giant TotalEnergies ● Soltec, in accordance with Royal Decree-Law 23/2020, has obtained all environmental impact assessments (DIA) due in January 2023

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Good Law Project, Friends of the Earth and ClientEarth will bring their legal challenge of the Government’s threadbare net zero strategy to the High Court, in a hearing due on 20-22 February 2024. Over the three days of this hearing, the question of permission will be heard alongside the substantive case.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2023

Analysis of industry figures by law firm Linklaters suggests 2023 is set to be a record year for the booming green bonds market

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Energy Central

APRIL 19, 2023

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive [CSRD] has to be incorporated into member state law by 2024, and with the European Sustainability Reporting Standards [ESRS] being adopted in June this year, businesses are scrambling. Regulated and standardised reporting is here.

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Front And Centered

MAY 4, 2023

The Washington State Legislature wrapped up the 2023 legislative session in late April. Through listening sessions, work groups, our policy assembly and committee, and statewide membership summit, we put forward our 2023 Just Transition Agenda for Washington State.

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Following Kevin’s remarks, Sanchez introduced the first panel of the day: “State of the Field 2023: Houston’s Climatetech Ecosystem.” Greentown Houston’s Climatetech Summit 2023 ended on a high note with an impactful evening of networking.

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Green Living Guy

APRIL 9, 2023

The European Union (EU) has announced that it will be introducing a new law in March 2023. For it’s called the Green Claims Directive. It’s aim is to combat the issue of greenwashing. For this is in response to a survey conducted last year.

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Energy Central

MAY 17, 2023

" POLITICO EU BY FEDERICA DI SARIO AND GIORGIO LEALI, MAY 12, 2023 BRUSSELS/PARIS — It’s been months that EU centre-right lawmakers have been championing a backlash against environmental regulation, arguing it’s at odds with other.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 25, 2024

“It’s a very, very exciting day, today – we are starting the construction of the UK’s first geothermal power plant,” said Ryan Law, CEO of Geothermal Engineering Ltd. In 2023, GEL became the first geothermal developer in the UK to be awarded Contracts for Difference (CfD).

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Front And Centered

MARCH 17, 2023

We’re more than halfway through the 105-day 2023 legislative session and I’d like to provide you with an update about what’s been happening here in Olympia, and what’s to come. The post Environmental Justice in the 2023 Legislative Session appeared first on Front and Centered.

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 13, 2023

California passes climate disclosure laws in lead-up to SEC’s final rule On October 7 th , Governor Newsom signed into law two landmark bills related to disclosure of GHG emissions and climate-related risks (see EDF’s statement ). Google and Apple ).

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Energy Transition

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In May 2023, the Polish parliament has passed a law that facilitates the construction of biogas plants. Critics, however, argue that the new law is a case of too little, too late in an agricultural country that would be ideally suited to biogas.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The agency is slated to act on both Requests in 2023. In an August 2022 presentation , BOEM representatives provided the following timeline with respect to the RFI: Call for Information and Nominations is slated for Q1 of 2023, Identification of Wind Energy Areas is slated for Q3 of 2023. Request for Interest (RFI).

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Defend Our Future

MAY 10, 2023

While Trees Forever provided the materials and tree planting expertise, Campus Ambassador Lauren Litterer educated attendees on the benefits of tree cover in densely populated cities, why equitable tree distribution is so important, and how the recently-passed climate law is making this all accessible.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

The Prime Minister is being urged by his own father to establish a target to reverse the decline of species and habitats into law, as part of a major campaign launched this morning geared at tackling escalating rates of biodiversity loss in the UK.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 30, 2024

” It opened with statements from Chile and Columbia, which had requested that the court provide an advisory opinion on climate change and human rights in 2023. “The Reisch’s comments were echoed by Sophie Marjanac, accountable corporations lead at the environmental law charity ClientEarth.

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Energy Transition

JANUARY 16, 2024

Even though ecology is a key economic and social theme, it was most definitely side-lined during the Polish parliamentary elections of 15 October 2023.

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Business Green

APRIL 19, 2022

Groundwork for the site is now expected to start in June, with the turbine set to become operational in 2023. The project is expected to save almost 120,000 tonnes of carbon emissions over its lifetime.

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Solar Industry

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The purchases will help meet the companies’ 2023 renewable energy targets established under Ohio’s alternative energy law. FirstEnergy Corp. has issued an RFP to purchase Ohio-compliant renewable energy credits (RECs) for its Ohio subsidiaries – Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company and Toledo Edison.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Between January 2020 and July 2023, over 400 meetings took place between industry and key members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who have been at the forefront of efforts to stall reforms since the Farm to Fork strategy launched in 2020. DeSmog’s findings follow a sustained lobbying effort by industry to derail both laws.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 3, 2024

Unlike other vehicular components that might bear serial numbers or unique identifiers, catalytic converters are generally anonymous once detached, making them difficult for law enforcement to trace back to a specific crime. This step increases the chances of recovery and helps law enforcement trace the part back to a specific crime.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

She has contributed to law conferences, diplomatic events, and environmental summits as well as podcasts, interviews and articles for publications and broadcasters ranging from TIME Magazine to the New York Times and from The Guardian to the BBC. Visit the Climate Consciousness Summit 2023 to watch the entire interview.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 24, 2024

The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) filed its latest accounts on 18 January, showing an income of £280,000 for the year ending 30 September 2023, a drop of £110,000 from the previous year. This financial relationship was consolidated in 2023, with Net Zero Watch paying a record £205,000 to the GWPF to cover its administrative costs.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

While there is a way to go to reverse the decline, this shift is gaining momentum following regulatory change such as the EU Nature Restoration Law in July 2023, and greater investment in nature-based solutions. However, the landscape is evolving, albeit slowly, towards an approach that better values and protects the oceans.

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Charged

MAY 8, 2023

In March 2023, New York City Council implemented a series of laws mandating that all e-mobility devices sold, rented, or leased in the city must be certified under UL 2849, UL 2272 and UL 2271. Register now – it’s free!

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Charged

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In March 2023, New York City implemented a series of laws mandating that all e-mobility devices sold, rented, or leased in the city must be certified under UL 2849, UL 2272 and UL 2271. However, popular online retail sites have largely failed to follow the law.

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