DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

Bespectacled, tall, and barrel-chested, with blonde hair and a beard punctuated by gray, Cole stood confidently before a classroom of conference attendees at a University of Oregon environmental law symposium in 2008, less than a year before his death. Abascal gave Cole a desk and a phone, and Cole got to work.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Fisher answers this critical question in her new book, Saving Ourselves: Climate Shocks to Climate Action. Building upon years of research on activism, democracy, and climate politics, Fisher explores the state of the climate movement today to understand how radical direct action is evolving as the climate crisis worsens.

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Planet Pulse

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

I’ve always had a pretty diverse set of interests but my plan was to major in political science and psychology in undergrad with the goal of attending law school. My perspective is that each day offers an opportunity to learn something new, whether reading a book or through lived experiences. First, trust the process.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Matthew Sinclair, who will be Truss’s chief economic advisor, wrote a book in 2011 called “Let Them Eat Carbon”, which criticised efforts to cut emissions, claiming they were unlikely to work and gave money to “special interests”. In the book he said climate policies would “push up electricity bills”, according to the Guardian.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Are we here to talk about constitutional law, or do I need to put some pants on? The CDC politely cautions that traveling to eat Thanksgiving with your elderly relatives constitutes an egregious epidemiological unforced error, which means the choice is entirely up to you, American. Set the table.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 30, 2019

It was published in the International Journal of Human Rights As defined by by Polly Higgins, in a book titled Eradicating Ecocide: Laws and Governance to Prevent the Destruction of Our Planet (London: Shepheard-Walwyn, 2010). However, the final version of the Statute only included ecocide as a crime in times of war.

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Grist

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But a new book challenges that narrative. When did you both realize that the conventional wisdom about the framers of Colorado River law using bad data was incorrect? It was much easier to divide up a larger pie politically than it was to deal with reality. States are dipping into Lake Mead’s reserves, overdrawing 1.2

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The Retained EU Law (Reformation and Reform) Bill has been heavily criticised by environmental campaigners, who have warned it could impact as many as 570 retained laws that come under the remit of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, including rules around air and water quality, marine protection, and wildlife habitats.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In October of this year, the captain of that supply ship, Giuseppe Sotgiu, paid a heavy price for his decision: an Italian judge sentenced him to a year in prison for violating humanitarian law. testing the moral character and political imagination of countries better prepared to survive an overheated planet. He never made it.

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Andrew Winston

APRIL 16, 2019

Morals changed, and then laws. In fact, a recent survey shows that 76% of Americans want companies to take a stand for what they believe, even if it’s politically controversial. Andrew's book, The Big Pivot, was named a Best Business Book of the Year by Strategy+Business Magazine! This post first appeared in HBR here ).

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Business Green

APRIL 26, 2022

The report suggests political leaders do not have the data they need to assess the scale of waste crime in England and that enforcement agencies have made limited progress in cracking down on rising levels of waste crime. Waste crime is increasingly dominated by organised criminal gangs, but the Environment Agency is fighting a losing battle.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Revelations about high-level and systemic failures of oversight — both private and public — come at a time when historic federal investments in renewable energy are threatening a constellation of fossil fuel interests and political coalitions vying to preserve profits as the U.S. economy is increasingly rocked by climate chaos.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Even the Treasury is looking at rewriting its Green Book to better account for environmental considerations. Pricing and accounting can have a role to play, but only as one part of a toolkit alongside the laws, policing, innovation, institutions, and cultural factors that also have a critical role to play.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Found in the book “ Energy and Man: A Symposium ” Provenance: Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware. Available at the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL). THACKER: This was found by an attorney at the Center for International Environmental Law going through archives at the University of Michigan.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 31, 2023

His new book Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World , which comes out June 6, tells the story of the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire in horrific, page-turning detail. I know from researching this book that people really suffer and they’re deeply wounded by the experience of evacuating from a wildfire. See more events.

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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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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 14, 2020

In the well-publicized book The Uninhabitable Earth , author David Wallace-Wells made the case that panic may be warranted , showing what warming of 3, 4, or more degrees Celsius could look like (and it’s not pretty). Senate to pass common-sense gun laws. It’s hard to say, but this year we did get some high-quality doom.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2023

Calls for the government to match its ambitious goals with stronger regulations to crack down on pollution and greater investment in nature recovery are only set to mount as the Chancellor preps his first Budget and the government proceeds with its controversial plans to strip out EU law from the UK's statute book.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

It’s more about politics and policy that drives organizations and individuals to “attack the science and confuse the public,” as Michael Mann wrote in his 2016 book, “The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy,” co-written with cartoonist Tom Toles.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 13, 2022

Chamber of Commerce , an ultra-powerful business lobby, does not disclose its members, but it represents the interests of America’s largest corporations — some of which have a long record of breaking state and federal laws. Chamber of Commerce and have been frequent violators of state and federal laws. The origin of U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 12, 2022

SupportingTheNation Approximately 60 members of the Colorado National Guard are helping law enforcement respond to the devastating Marshall Fire in Boulder County. In a politically polarized society, individuals may feel pressured to make decisions based on what their social group believes. link] pic.twitter.com/ZHageFyGwl — U.S.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 21, 2015

I was dissatisfied and frustrated with the limitations of working within a highly political and bureaucratic organization. Three weeks later, I saw Sheryl Sandberg speak at Dreamforce and received her book for free. But neither of these were the case where I was. When I tried to change departments, I was blocked.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Clark is a long-term critic of net zero policies, and earlier this year published a book on the subject: ‘Not Zero: How an Irrational Target Will Impoverish You, Help China (and Won’t Even Save the Planet)’. These articles are undermining democracy by conning their readers about the science, economics and politics of climate change.”

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Grist

JUNE 29, 2022

The Environmental Defense Fund, the American Forest Foundation, American Forests, and TNC are also members of the Forest-Climate Working Group, a political advocacy organization, alongside scores of wood product companies, including Enviva and Drax, biomass energy behemoths whose carbon-intensive operations have polluted U.S.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

The proposed law would impact 215 of Australia's biggest polluters, which are currently responsible for 28 per cent of the country's greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. No other political party in Switzerland's parliament has supported the SVP's calls for a referendum on the draft law.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

She is a chicken farmer, a zoo doctor, a firefighter, a polar marine biologist, a park ranger and a political candidate. Raised in Pittsburgh and one of the youngest multinational leaders, Narasimhan is fond of sharing books that inspire him on Twitter. One in five is Black. Barbie is Rosa Parks, David Bowie and Susan B.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

And I know there are people around the world who will say this is all kind of 'green stuff' from a bunch of tree-hugging tofu munchers and not suited to international diplomacy and international politics. So last year [sic: 2019] we passed a law committing us, the UK, to achieving net zero carbon-emissions by 2050. I bet you can.

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Clean Energy Trust

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The accidental removal of an active orbiting satellite could easily be viewed as military aggression and lead to political conflict. However, this framework neglects to address the detrimental consequences of polluting ocean environments with junked satellites, which could be seen as a violation of marine law.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

One way the firm is working with communities is through its effort to grow the number of natural ingredients on its books, Behar says, explaining the drive to establish new value chains around tropical plants, nuts, and berries is designed to deliver economic benefits to traditional communities while simultaenously tackling deforestation.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2022

Greenpeace UK head of politics Rebecca Newsom said: "With this Queen's Speech Boris Johnson is throwing in the towel on some of the biggest challenges our country faces and pandering instead to the whims of his backbenchers. And the Genetic Technologies Bill will support more sustainable food production and reduce the need for costly inputs.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2020

Key review measures have been stripped from most of the EU green laws transferred onto UK statute books, study suggests. With so much attention on the unfolding coronavirus crisis and its myriad impacts, Brexit has taken more of a back seat in the political theatre in recent months.

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Mearth

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Regarding cost, Dean demanded money only yet didn’t have a receipt e-book so he promised to problem a receipt via e mail that same evening – I acquired my receipt over four weeks later after many arguments with him. Health and security is part of our DNA, and we’re absolutely compliant with all practices and laws.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

If passed into law, the bill would be a valuable step toward limiting misinformation about fossil fuels and countering greenwashing.” “The Thanks to uncritical support from mainstream Canadian media and major Canadian political parties, fossil fuel advocacy in Canada goes far beyond the think tanks and lobbyists.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2021

This documentary was created in reaction to the Trump administration’s slashing of the laws protecting these public lands. For decades, the American political system has seemed incapable of addressing climate change on the scale necessary. The Reluctant Radical questions the law and what society deems as right and wrong.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 8, 2024

From a securities law perspective, the new rule excluding Scope 3 disclosure requirement is disappointing,” said Kevin Galbraith, a securities attorney who, alongside environmental NGO Mighty Earth, last year filed a complaint with the SEC about Brazilian meat behemoth JBS and its claims about deforestation.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

It has confused the public about climate science, bought the eternal gratitude of one of America’s two main political parties, and repeatedly out-maneuvered regulatory efforts. In 19 articles that became a widely read book, History of the Standard Oil Company , published in 1904, she exposed its unsavory practices.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

She is a chicken farmer, a zoo doctor, a firefighter, a polar marine biologist, a park ranger and a political candidate. Raised in Pittsburgh and one of the youngest multinational leaders, Narasimhan is fond of sharing books that inspire him on Twitter. One in five is Black. Barbie is Rosa Parks, David Bowie and Susan B.

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