DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Anti-net zero campaigners and climate science deniers are claiming credit for the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s weakening of UK green policies, as a senior official told DeSmog that civil servants were left “scratching their heads” after being ignored by Sunak this week. Household energy efficiency standards would also be dropped.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The urgency of now is underscored by the climate crisis and the need for climate justice. . Businesses continue to lead on climate in the absence of U.S. political will. of how the climate crisis affects people. Educate and build awareness about climate justice.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 6, 2024

As the energy transition continues at pace, one core component in 2023 gained renewed attention as a crucial element – electric vehicles. Government policy supportive of EVs provides tailwinds in many markets too. Specifically in the UK, a change in political leadership could accelerate EV sales growth.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

As the world grapples with the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change, sustainable energy engineering has taken center stage.  Reliance on fossil fuels contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. Lack of clear policy frameworks for sustainable energy integration.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2022

The Oxford English Dictionary's Patricia Stewart charts how language related to the environment, climate change, and sustainabiliy is changing to reflect global new realities and concerns. Therefore, it can be used as a tool to understand the evolution of society and the challenges it faces at a given time.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Akielly Hu, Grist’s news and politics fellow, discussed the growing popularity of degrowth with Kohei Saito — a Marxist author whose 2020 degrowth manifesto quickly turned into a bestseller in Japan and beyond. . In your free time, you play sports, spend time with loved ones, garden, and engage with local politics.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The race to mainstream electric vehicles by 2030 Katie Fehrenbacher Wed, 12/02/2020 – 00:30 The world’s leading companies and policymakers are coalescing around setting targets for adopting zero-emission vehicles around a 2030 time frame. Increasing concern over the climate crisis is also driving accelerated goals.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The report was also shared by leading climate science denial groups, including Net Zero Watch, the campaign arm of the Global Warming Policy Foundation. However, the Civitas report has been criticised as inaccurate by several prominent climate academics and journalists. Civitas declined to offer a further comment.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

The UK is the latest country whose government environmental groups have sued for failing to take sufficient action on climate change. Most modelled pathways for meeting the Paris Agreement's goal of averting dangerous climate change involve scaling up carbon removal. So what does a good net zero strategy look like?

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

The coronavirus crisis gripping the global economy has forced clean energy analyst BloombergNEF (BNEF) to downgrade its expectations for the solar, battery, and electric vehicle (EV) markets, in one of the first signals that the escalating pandemic could undermine urgent efforts to combat climate change.

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Business Green

JULY 28, 2022

Such findings underscore the scale of support among Conservative Party members for ambitious green policies that can help curb the huge hike in energy bills expected this winter, just as postal ballot papers for choosing Britain's next PM are sent out to the membership from next week.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 19, 2021

We already have the tools and the technology we need to tackle climate change," said Rebecca Williams, director of COP26 at the GWEC. What we don't have yet is the unprecedented political will we need to make this happen.".

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 15, 2021

This means that, also for the first time ever, every major party in Canada is taking climate change seriously. We hope that political disagreements going forward can now focus on how we do better, rather than on doing less. While the policy is not as ambitious as existing versions in B.C., s Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Green businesses contend the social media giant's policies are treating their adverts in the same way as campaigns from 'dark money' funded lobbyists, undermining the timeliness and effectiveness of their marketing messages in the process. But, as Fidler points out, she was trying to advertise a careers event, not make a political point.

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Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2023

Elemental Excelerator, a nonprofit investor driving climate technology for social change, announced today the expansion of its climate coaching team to encompass experts in project and carbon finance, policy and equity and access. “Participating in the Elemental program has been transformational for us. .

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 14, 2023

In spite of a political will to prevent renewable developments from leading figures and inconsistent policy directions, the sector is picking up huge momentum and we expect this to deliver huge strides in 2023. The Energy Security Strategy will continue to fail to deliver the policy changes needed to deliver outcomes promised.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Telegraph columnists routinely questioned climate science and criticised green reforms as a major backlash against net zero policies raged in the UK, DeSmog can reveal. Ridley is an advisor to the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), the UK’s main climate denial group, which is based on Westminster’s Tufton Street.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In UK politics, climate change policies cut across party lines. This translated to a wide range of pro-EV policies, and the results can be plainly seen in London, which has become one of the world’s most charged cities. Boris Johnson’s Tory government set an official goal of reaching “net zero” emissions by 2030.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2022

Policy decisions surrounding new coal mines, air passenger duty, and North Sea oil and gas are undermining the government's net zero agenda, think tank warns. A lack of joined-up policy making has often undermined cross-government ambitions," the IfG report states. "In

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 31, 2024

After another year of climate extremes, it’s little surprise that abnormal weather and climate change are a central focus of the summit. Structural change through policies and governance is necessary to solve the climate crisis at the speed and scale required. Source: Hampton and Whitmarsh, 2024.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

No longer just something that needs changing in your TV remote, batteries are fast becoming the engines of the global economy. In a decade’s time, a battery will likely power your car or the electricity grid that lights your home. Perhaps the biggest opportunity lies in electric vehicles.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

May, who was UK Prime Minister from 2016 to 2019, was speaking last night at an event hosted by the Conservative Environment Network (CEN), which represents more than 100 Tory MPs who back policies to cut emissions and protect nature. In her speech, May called on Conservatives to unite ahead of the UN COP26 climate summit.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

It makes you wonder if what is missing from the UK government's deeply flawed and badly underpowered pursuit of both its climate goals and levelling up agenda, is someone willing to take yesterday's 600 page tome from the Climate Change Committee (CCC) , drop it on a table with a satisfying thud, and declare "this is what we believe".

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GreenBiz

JUNE 24, 2020

Lyft's 100% EV strategy requires a policy blitz. So essentially Lyft has to act as a catalyst — using policy, economic and industry tools — to spur the broader transportation ecosystem to more rapidly adopt zero-emission vehicles. Katie Fehrenbacher. Wed, 06/24/2020 - 02:00. Arons said Lyft was able to work with Colorado Gov.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Pointing to recent polling evidence, including in so-called 'Red Wall' seats, she said climate change and nature loss are a major concern for all voters, arguing that "there is no constituency in this country for trashing the environment". A predictable policy framework is vital to attract investment over the long term.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 24, 2019

This next decade is crucial for the transition away from gasoline, and electric vehicle makers and climate-minded politicians are not going far enough. Read the original: It will take more than EV promises from car companies to limit climate change damage.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 24, 2019

This next decade is crucial for the transition away from gasoline, and electric vehicle makers and climate-minded politicians are not going far enough. Read more here: It will take more than EV promises from car companies to limit climate change damage.

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Business Green

JULY 23, 2021

Having been peppered with increasing policy demands since the UK was announced as host, each carrying with it the threat of failure on the international stage, the funnel of COP26 is a big public relations nightmare to manage. Indeed, John Kerry, the US Climate Change Envoy, spoke at Kew Gardens this week to make that very point.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

JUNE 16, 2021

The post TCI Update: Final Model Rule Addresses EJ, but Political Will May Be Lacking first appeared on Energy & Climate Counsel. TCI will be an effective regional structure for making those investments, and it makes sense for New York to act in concert with other states in the region.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2020

Key architect of the 2008 Climate Change Act returns to frontline politics, as Sir Keir Starmer unveils Labour's new front bench team. As such, Miliband was instrumental in passing the 2008 Climate Change Act, which set UK decarbonisation targets into law and established the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).

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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 1, 2023

It is a truly pan-Canadian sector, from the assembler producing electric vehicles in Windsor, to the construction worker building energy-efficient housing in Yellowknife, or the lineworker building power lines that will help electrify our lives. Rachel Doran , Director of Policy and Strategy at Clean Energy Canada.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 2, 2022

Another year has come and gone, and with it a crucial climate conference and the battle over a controversial new oilfield. The year in British politics has ended in dramatic fashion, with a number of scandals coming hot on the heels of the UK-hosted COP26 summit, and another wave of Covid sweeping through the country.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 16, 2021

Since the federal government announced its new target of reducing emissions by 40 to 45 per cent from 2005 levels, up from the previous target of 30 per cent, much debate has ensued in political and environmental circles over whether the new number is too high, too low or just perfect. Emissions-reducing policy, not so much.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2023

Priti Patel's latest attack on green policies makes little sense and offers no alternative vision for the future - it deserves to be rejected, line-by-line The attacks on the UK's climate policies are now coming thick and fast. The straw men are now so numerous you could start a climate-induced wildfire with them.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

When it comes to climate change we really are all in it together. Environmental campaigners and clean tech advocates are often reluctant to discuss these issues, on the grounds they are routinely weaponised by climate sceptics and other opponents of the net zero transition.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2021

Polls consistently show significant public concern over the climate crisis and a strong desire for action, but are the right questions being asked? If climate change is - among many, many other struggles - a battle for hearts and minds, then it is one that has in recent years seen momentum finally turning in a greener direction.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2021

All the top reaction from leading figures across business, politics, academia, think tanks and green groups to the CCC's latest assessment of the UK's preparedness for climate change. Here, BusinessGreen rounds up all the top comments from business, politics, academia, think tanks and civil society.

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