EDF + Business

JANUARY 25, 2024

The only way to mitigate those risks is to cut emissions at speed and scale and strengthen the grid – and that requires public policy. Decarbonizing has begun, but public policy is crucial to ensuring the necessary reductions to stabilize the climate. This is especially true when it comes to climate-related policy.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

TORONTO — Sarah Petrevan, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement after the federal government tabled legislation holding it accountable to meeting its climate targets: “Climate targets are important signals in the fight against climate change, but promises are nothing without accountability and a plan to meet them.

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Solar Power World

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

If passed into law, the 100% Clean Economy Act of 2019 would require federal agencies to create a plan, using existing authorities,… The post Congress introduces climate bill to reach 100% clean energy by 2050 appeared first on Solar Power World.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

His Majesty the King alleges Canada’s policies and actions that perpetuate fossil fuels and worsen the climate crisis amount to violations of youths’ fundamental rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. to cumulative carbon emissions from new oil and gas projects through 2050.

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Business Green

APRIL 19, 2021

Detailed analysis of more than 100 EU exit statutory instruments laid by Defra prompts campaigners to warn of 'significant governance gaps in the application, interpretation and enforcement of environmental law' post-Brexit. Ministers have insisted that the process was necessary to ensure continuity of environmental legislation.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2020

Leading energy firms call on Brussels to deliver 2050 net zero target 'across all policy areas', as nearly 100 suppliers pledge to better engage customers with the energy transition. This predictability would be enhanced by setting an intermediate target in 2040 aligned with EU's climate action framework.".

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2021

German government proposes new goal to slash emissions 65 per cent against 1990 levels by the end of the decade, as revamped French climate law moves forward. Reuters reported reforms to German's climate law to enshrine the new targets could go to Cabinet as early as next week.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 7, 2023

Proposed laws to curb antibiotic use on UK farms drafted after closed-door meetings with industry contain loopholes that could undermine the fight against deadly drug resistant bacteria, campaigners have warned. EU rules impose limits on this practice to prevent it from being used as a pretext for excessive preventative use.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Associate Director – Standards & Test Procedure Advocacy Strategic Lead | 2050 Partners | Oakland, CA. 2050 Partners is seeking a bright and mission-driven Associate Director to join our team. Experience or exposure to energy policy/law, including appliance standards and/or building energy codes. development.

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Energy Innovation

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

By Olivia Ashmoore This week, Energy Innovation Policy & Technology LLC® and RMI published 48 state Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) models. The free, open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan EPS model empowers users to analyze the effects of hundreds of climate policies. climate goals. With the release of the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 9, 2024

Ministers in charge of the UK’s climate policies met with fossil fuel companies and lobbyists over 100 times last year, four times as much as they did external climate scientists, campaigners, and charities, DeSmog can reveal. Ministers met with BP executives on 26 occasions, almost once a fortnight. The tax raised £2.6

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Landmark legislation passes into law, but concerns remain over how new Environmental Land Management System will be enacted. The government said the Act would provide a boost to the farming industry after years of "inefficient and overly bureaucratic policy dictated to farmers by the EU".

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GreenBiz

APRIL 26, 2021

The market for recovered materials from modules alone could total $60 million by 2030 and $2 billion by 2050 in the United States. That is largely because they have a policy at the federal level that requires the implementation of recovery. Phipps: What policies are you referring to? . That’s 1 percent of the world's e-waste.).

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 6, 2024

Since 2015, Stringer has been a director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation , a group founded to contradict established climate science and advocate against policies to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Stringer has vocally questioned climate science and policies to achieve net zero emissions. It’s plant food”.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2022

The Northern Ireland Assembly has passed climate change legislation committing the region to reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050, after draft legislation tabled by Agriculture and Environment Minister Edwin Poots was approved by the nation's lawmakers on Tuesday. The climate crisis is the biggest crisis facing humanity and our planet.

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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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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Hosted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, TIGC 2024 was a success with over 600 participants, providing a stage to highlight Taiwan’s efforts to build a geothermal power sector through cutting-edge technology, global partnerships, and supportive policies.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Good Law Project and Ecotricity CEO Dale Vince threaten court action unless government reviews airports planning policy before the final approval process for third runway begins. We think that's unlawful.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2024

As the world population continues to grow and rapidly urbanize — two-thirds of humans will be city dwellers by 2050, according to the United Nations — our waste is driving a mounting worldwide crisis. Cities tend to deviate from the universal scaling law as they grow wealthier.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

The government is failing to back up its climate commitments with credible action, with almost all its green policy efforts marred by uncertainty, delay, and a insufficient engagement with the public about the scale of changes ahead, and time rapidly running out for Ministers to get the UK's net zero agenda on track.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2023

Previously, the CCC recommended an "ambitious" climate pathway for Northern Ireland that would see it achieve an 83 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 against 1990 levels, with carbon removal efforts then required across Britain for the UK as a whole to achieve its net zero by 2050 target.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

If it finds there has been a serious failure to comply with environmental law, then further action is possible. The planned targets were intended to drive progress in areas such as river quality by encouraging stronger government policy and providing certainty for business. Read the complaint in full, and see list of signatories, here.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2020

Campaigners have launched a legal challenge against the government's energy policy planning regime, arguing that it fails to adequately account for the UK's obligations under the Paris Agreement. The Heathrow judgment hung on the government's national policy statement on airports. Our legal challenge seeks to change that," he added.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2024

From Brexit to Trussonomics, the IEA has consistently peddled and promoted destructive and damaging policies,” Green Party MP Caroline Lucas told DeSmog. The documentary also features an interview with Benny Peiser , the director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) – the UK’s leading climate science denial group.

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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. The standard for strike out under New Zealand law had therefore not been met, according to the Court. By Sophie J. In Smith v.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Climate advisors warn Scotland is set to miss its interim climate goals due to lack of ambitious policy planning. Scotland has a legally binding goal to deliver a 75 per cent reduction of its emissions by 2030 on 1990 levels, on the way to achieving net zero by 2045 - five years earlier than the UK target date of 2050.

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Throughout the summit, this coalition engaged across what we see as the pillars of climate action: technology, finance, policy, and justice. “We need new solutions, so supporting cleantech is not only helping us get to our 2050 target, but it’s really the key to unlocking a whole host of solutions,” Theoharides said.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 29, 2022

The European Green Deal was presented in December 2019 and its overarching objective is for the EU to become a climate neutral continent by 2050. Have you watched Digitalisation for climate neutrality.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2024

Since then, the Conservative government has made a series of U-turns on its own net zero policies, attacked Labour’s green spending plans, and doubled down on its support for new fossil fuel projects, approving more than 100 new North Sea oil and gas licences.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 29, 2020

Arizona's biggest utility, Arizona Public Service (APS), recently announced its own carbon-free energy by 2050 plan, despite a lack of state mandates requiring such a transition. Colorado wants to get half of its power from renewable by 2030 and 90 percent by 2050. Arizona’s transition from coal to renewables and batteries.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2022

Draft Defra policy statement promises to embed the environment 'at the heart' of all policymaking on the same day as reports reveal key corporate sustainability rules have been delayed. Copying articles to share with others is a breach of FT.com T&Cs and Copyright Policy. Email licensing@ft.com to buy additional rights.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The UK Government’s new Net Zero Strategy sets out for the first time how the Government intends to halve UK emissions in little over a decade, and to eliminate them by 2050. The UK was the first major industrialised nation to set Net Zero into law – now we have policy plans to get us there. I applaud their ambition.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 22, 2021

However, the proposals are not yet law, and big European business groups are lining up to water them down, despite adopting official positions supporting climate action, according to a new report by InfluenceMap, a corporate watchdog group. We know that we have to move to a new model.”. For aviation, airline companies take the lead.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

While subject to consultation, the revised targets are to be incorporated into the Environment Act , which became law on 10 November last year. Kate Nield of environmental law firm ClientEarth said the target date was “far from ‘world-leading’”. of total land area in England by 2050”. by 2040, compared to levels in 2018.

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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. The city will not achieve its goal of a 100 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 without aggressive action to decarbonize buildings. and Washington state.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 26, 2021

During a two-day judicial review hearing in June, Transport Action Network (TAN) had argued a briefing that accompanied the release of the strategy did not fully explain how the plan would comply with a national target of reaching net zero by 2050, or its impact on nearer-term climate goals. billion second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2).

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