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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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 19, 2024

In the distant memory of four weeks ago, we shared 10 predictions for 2024 with comments from 15 experts. We asked you to gaze into a climate crystal ball with us and say yes or no to how our 2024 predictions might play out and you answered the call.   The big buzzy topic  What's going to be the hot topic in 2024?

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MAY 29, 2024

A joint position paper on the wider use of geothermal energy is on the agenda of the next France-Germany parliamentary assembly set to take place on the 24th of June 2024. The assembly also seeks to mend the differences between policy between the two countries, paving the way for a joint approach in both hydrogen and geothermal.

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Charged

MARCH 19, 2024

The Biden Administration has released the National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy , which will guide the deployment of zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicle charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure from 2024 to 2040.

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Front And Centered

MARCH 26, 2024

With the 2024 legislative session now behind us, it’s time to debrief and reflect on how our environmental justice priorities fared! Pending Action Bills passed by the state legislature are on their way to the Governor’s desk or have already been signed into law. As of this update, the Governor has not signed HB 1589 into law.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Those and other provisions in Virginia’s sweeping Clean Economy Act now face political uncertainty, though policy experts predict that much of the 2020 law will be able to withstand a partisan challenge thanks to Democrats’ narrow control of the state Senate. The result of the two laws has been a flood of renewable energy projects.

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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. Courtesy: Luke Stackpoole/Unsplash. What property owners want.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 30, 2024

The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), founded in 2009 by former Conservative chancellor Nigel Lawson, produces reports that contradict established climate science, and advocates against policies to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 28, 2023

The move towards easier-to-recycle packaging formats seems well underway, but the issue of funding for waste and recycling is still up in the air, without the investment the EPR policy was intended to provide. Charges under the existing PRN regulations will carry on into 2024.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

There were “important signals” in the final text, noted University of Cambridge Professor of Climate Change Policy Laura Diaz Anadon, including support for a loss and damage financing fund for developing nations, and this seemed to be the talking point that hogged the headlines. None of that detail was agreed at all.

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Charged

JANUARY 28, 2024

To paraphrase a past American president, every pro-EV policy is only one legislative or court decision away from extinction. Uncle Joe recently wielded his veto pen against legislation aimed at delaying investment in public EV charging stations under the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The bill passed the Senate 50 votes to 48.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2024

Cities tend to deviate from the universal scaling law as they grow wealthier. The findings emphasize the need for a new science of waste that can help predict the future state of urban ecosystems and inform policies to reduce waste and enhance sustainability. “We

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 23, 2020

Saturday marked the one-year anniversary of the passage of perhaps the most ambitious law ever adopted by a U.S. Local Law 97, one of 10 bills in the sweeping Climate Mobilization Act , requires New York City’s 50,000 largest buildings to reduce their carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2030 and by 80 percent by 2050.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 28, 2021

Local Law 33 – Importance of Building Energy Upgrades. An energy grade is assigned to each building based on its ENERGY STAR score under Local Law 33. The law neither demands a minimum grade, nor applies any penalties for lower grades. How Local Law 97 Can Reduce Property Value. No data submitted. Exempted building.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

On appeal of a strike out decision, the Court gives the plaintiff “his day in court” to argue that corporates owe a common law duty of care in tort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Lamb KC and Stephanie Forrest On 7 February 2024, the Supreme Court of New Zealand decided to allow a novel climate change claim to proceed to trial.

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Front And Centered

MARCH 26, 2024

The 2024 legislative session concluded on March 7th with no action taken on I-2117. However, we oppose the effort to repeal a law that’s been extremely successful in bringing in revenue for climate investments that can be used in communities that need it the most. We oppose the repeal of I-2117.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The first, the Nature Restoration Law, includes plans to restore 20 percent of degraded ecosystems in the EU. The findings come at a crucial time for nature-friendly laws in Europe, which scientists say are critical to securing the bloc’s food supply and tackling both climate breakdown and biodiversity collapse.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 14, 2023

State of Montana case, first filed in 2020, argued that Montana’s longstanding actions and policies supporting fossil fuel development — despite clear knowledge of the climate consequences — contribute to environmental degradation and violate the young plaintiffs’ rights to a “clean and healthful environment.” The Held v.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

“It may provide something of a roadmap for future cases,” Jennifer Rushlow, dean of the Maverick Lloyd School for the Environment, professor of law, and faculty director of the Environmental Law Center at Vermont Law School, told DeSmog. In Norway, a climate lawsuit trial got underway during the same week as the Belgium ruling.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2024

But in 2023 and 2024, the F Minus report found, it employed the lobbying services of Colorado Legislative Strategies, a firm with multiple fossil fuel clients, including the Colorado Oil & Gas Association. The Colorado Springs area received failing grades for ozone in 2024.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 3, 2019

This move is likely to face opposition from the coal-friendly state’s political leadership, including a newly passed law that would force PacifiCorp to find a buyer for its money-losing plants before shutting them down. 1,415 megawatts of new solar in Wyoming paired with 354 megawatts of battery storage, phased in between 2024 and 2038.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

APRIL 11, 2024

Green , James Bee , and Stephanie Forrest On 9 April 2024, the European Court of Human Rights delivered three Grand Chamber rulings in climate change-related cases. Davies , Sophie J. Lamb KC , Michael D. These three separate judgments are the latest in a number of climate litigation in recent years. Read the Client Alert

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Yet in response to a Freedom of Information request to see any assessments, evidence or policy papers detailing progress towards the 30×30 target, Defra could provide nothing. If there is no urgent announcement of a fully resourced programme for implementation in 2024 then this target will be impossible to reach.”

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

By putting in place the enabling primary legislation that bridges legal gaps, creates new laws, or brings clarity to existing laws. Indeed, in WBD’s recently published 2024 Energy Transition Outlook Survey Report, businesses still identify effective legislation as a key accelerator of the energy transition.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 12, 2024

Cox is running to be London Mayor in May for Nigel Farage’s right-wing party Reform UK, which calls for the UK’s net zero policies to be “scrapped”, and is funded by climate science deniers and fossil fuel interests. link] — Claire Coutinho MP (@ClaireCoutinho) January 9, 2024 Claire Coutinho shared a photo with Howard Cox.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 23, 2024

Over the last year, the governing Conservative Party has watered down its support for the UK’s flagship 2050 net zero emissions target, and has enacted policies to increase fossil fuel extraction. Is it any wonder they’ve adopted so many reactionary and dangerous policies to prop up planet-wrecking fossil fuels?

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 2, 2024

Speakers at the meeting included the hardline Dutch organisation Farmers’ Defence Force (FDF), which hit out at EU environmental and trade policy. An event on the MCC Brussels website appears to corroborate this, inviting farmers to attend a protest on January 24 against “the EU’s overzealous green policies” followed by networking drinks.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 2, 2021

A group of industry members, advocates, utility stakeholders and state officials is preparing to issue the first of two reports that will help lawmakers in Maine craft new renewable incentive policies and plan grid upgrades for the coming years. The laws mostly paved the way for new solar generation development.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

“The worry is that carbon removal will be something we do so that business-as-usual can continue,” said Sara Nawaz, director of research at American University’s Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy. “We We need a really big conversation reframe.” We shouldn’t have to rely on just the private sector to provide it.”

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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. For example, the U.S. In March, it was announced that 15 applicants would share £37.9m

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Front And Centered

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Growth Management Act (GMA) is a state law that requires this work, and it’s really important! Finally, in the 2023 legislative session, we saw progress on policy. Now, we look forward to 2024 where we anticipate funding frontline communities to advance their planning priorities.

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Front And Centered

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Inslee’s Proposed 2024 Supplemental Budget [ Print Version ] Washington Governor Jay Inslee released his Proposed 2024 Supplemental Budget today which includes policies and programs aimed at confronting the climate crisis and supporting environmental justice. Front and Centered Responds to Gov.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 6, 2021

A group of industry members, advocates, utility stakeholders and state officials is preparing to issue the first of two reports that will help lawmakers in Maine craft new renewable incentive policies and plan grid upgrades for the coming years. The laws mostly paved the way for new solar generation development.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2023

John Worthy, a space expert at European law firm, Fieldfisher, gave his analysis of the ‘next steps’ proposed by the government. Space launch businesses in particular will be looking closely to see how the policy refresh responds to the MPs’ comments.

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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. “On the other hand, you know, it’s 2024 now. ” The debate around gas stoves in the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 26, 2020

These will be held sporadically through 2024. There are also compensation packages for workers in mines and power plants who lose their job as a result of the coal exit laws. In other words, a €40 billion policy's future at least partly relies on accurate natural-gas forecasting 18 years into the future. In the U.K.,

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