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'Five times the size of London each year': BNP Paribas tots up the biodiversity footprint of its investments

Business Green

Banking giant takes a stab at caclulating biodiversity impacts of its financing activities for first time, as it looks to meet requirements of new French nature reporting law. From there, it calculated its own headline biodiversity footprint.

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Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South

GreenBiz

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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Environment Act: Office for Environmental Protection officially launched

Business Green

The OEP aims to be fully operational in the New Year, when it expects Parliament formally enable the OEP's powers and functions in law. The OEP will also offer independent advice and oversight on the law and other environmental matters.

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Still in the dark about targets? Observers respond to the UK government’s Environment Bill

Envirotec Magazine

Intended to fill the policy vacuum emerging from the UK’s departure from the EU on 31 January, the Environment Bill has been eagerly anticipated, and seemingly gives government the power to set legally binding targets on all aspects of the environment in future. Soil and biodiversity.

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European Reporting Standards Published in the Official Journal of the EU

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

Latham & Watkins will continue to monitor the development of ESG reporting standards in the EU and globally. Companies in scope should engage early to understand the requirements of the first set of ESRS, and where adaptation in business processes is required to meet these.

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Scientists Find Appalachian Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Put Endangered Species at Risk Thousands of Times

DeSmogBlog

Mountaintop removal coal mining — one of the most notoriously destructive forms of mining — has torn through over 500 mountains across Appalachia, even as coal’s dominance over American energy supplies has faded in recent years. The paper suggests that all of this might have happened in violation of federal law.

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MAS Launches Singapore-Asia Taxonomy

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

The Taxonomy utilises a “transition” category, acknowledging the unique challenges and needs of Asia’s shift towards a net zero economy amidst economic growth and increasing energy demands. Early Phase-Out of Coal-Fired Power Plants (CFPP) The Taxonomy also provides a hybrid framework to phase out CFPPs at both a facility and entity level.

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