DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Last year Hicks rhetorically asked on his blog whether climate researchers were “over-hyping because they have a political agenda,” terming them “those chronic-doomster semi-scientists.” based conservative think tank that has questioned the scientific consensus on climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 7, 2024

One of Canada’s top political journalists and pundits served on the board of a foundation that gave $6.4 million to national groups denying climate change is a crisis, according to federal tax data reviewed by DeSmog. This Manitoba-based think tank received over $2 million from 2006 to 2016.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

As the world struggles to combat climate change, the need for a sustainable economy is more urgent than ever. It’s leading to increased greenhouse gas emissions which are affecting our ecosystems and contributing to climate change. It’s then up to the consumer to make their own choice.

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Business Green

MAY 3, 2020

States' commitments to combat climate change may also affect contractual performance. As parties traditionally allocate business risks when contracting, these climate change-related risks now more than ever require careful consideration by contracting parties. Potential impact of climate-change on contracting parties.

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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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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The importance of setting science-based corporate strategies to address climate change is irrefutable. Systems change actions that put businesses at the center of making sure the regulations and industry frameworks are in place to accelerate and support corporate climate mitigation. Heather Clancy.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 18, 2021

With new federal bills up for review and debate, and packaging being a bull’s eye, the status of packaging and recycling policy is in flux. Mars, maker of candies and food, has diverse packaging needs. We do not want to see this packaging released into nature.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 20, 2020

-based solar developer backed by oil giant BP, tied up a $250 million finance package for a 260-megawatt solar project in Texas. What COVID-19 and Climate Change Have in Common : American society has made dramatic changes in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Luke Murphy, associate director for energy, climate, housing and infrastructure at IPPR, said increasing investment in the net zero transition was "an economic, environmental and political necessity". At the same time, concern over climate change appears to be rising.

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Business Green

MAY 28, 2020

Boris Johnson has given his clearest indication yet that the UK government will push for a green and climate resilient recovery to the looming recession, arguing today that "we owe it to future generations to build back better" after the coronavirus crisis. COP26 pic.twitter.com/hnKV3Fz5Z0.

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Business Green

AUGUST 14, 2022

Public concern about climate change has never been higher. Now scientists say that the fingerprints of climate change are all over this period of unprecedented warmth. With such high levels of concern about climate change, it is tempting to assume that people will support any and all action to address it.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 15, 2021

Such systems also imply an ideal combination of political framework regulations (such as extended producer responsibility, deposit return schemes, and so on) and technical processes for waste handling. The implemented system changes including mixed waste sorting has resulted in class leading recycling rates.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The environmental organisation is calling on people to use the period of Climate Week, running from Monday 7 October to Sunday 13 October, to make a point of refusing materials that are frequently added to the items we buy everyday. Bags for life and reusable coffee cups, for example, usually include plastic in their make-up. “In

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The environmental organisation is calling on people to use the period of Climate Week, running from Monday 7 October to Sunday 13 October, to make a point of refusing materials that are frequently added to the items we buy everyday. Bags for life and reusable coffee cups, for example, usually include plastic in their make-up. “In

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Green Market Oracle

MAY 6, 2020

Global support for climate action has increased in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. In a global poll almost three quarters of respondents indicated that they think climate change is as serious as the coronavirus. The global poll suggests that almost two thirds of respondents support a green economic recovery.

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

Greenpeace activists today delivered a letter to the Treasury backed by a 167,000 signature petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to ensure any bailout packaged for the aviation sector included climate-related conditions. Companies must protect both the workers who supported them, and the climate that supports us all.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 6, 2024

The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act would dramatically cut the amount and toxicity of plastic garbage New Yorkers throw away by targeting the source. It would reduce plastic packaging in New York by half over the next 12 years, and it would prevent a slew of toxic chemicals from being used in those materials. “The

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Tech giant becomes latest big name addition to the European Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change. CLG Europe brings together influential European businesses which share the aim of delivering climate neutrality through "progressive public policy".

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Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. And yet, opportunities exist through climate-friendly recovery packages to not only stimulate economies, but also reduce emissions while promoting social and environmental co-benefits.

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2020

Conservationists have urged the government to make nature restoration a key pillar of its forthcoming economic recovery package, claiming it could create thousands of jobs across the country while tackling biodiversity loss and the climate crisis. It remains to be seen what will be included in the government's recovery package.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2020

MPs from across the political divide have called on the government to harness its Covid-19 recovery plans to accelerate the transition to net zero, today setting out a 10-point programme of policy recommendations "the government needs to urgently adopt to get the UK on track".

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2020

Conservationists have urged the government to make nature restoration a key pillar of its forthcoming economic recovery package, claiming it could create thousands of jobs across the country while tackling biodiversity loss and the climate crisis. It remains to be seen what will be included in the government's recovery package.

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2022

As a student of the classics Boris Johnson may one day manage a wry smile at the way the acme of his premiership came in the same week as he sowed the seeds that would ultimately lead to today's political nadir. It is, by any measure, a staggering political demise. It was on the evening of November 2nd, that hubris met nemesis.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

It will be a true thought leadership experience operating at the crossroads of sustainability, design, culture, food, technology, science, politics and entertainment. Business & Finance Climate change poses important new risks and opportunities for business and finance leaders.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2020

Covid-19 stimulus plan must prioritise green building upgrades, tree planting, fossil fuel taxes, and skills training, advises Committee on Climate Change. There is rich evidence of the many, many straightforward benefits to the economy if we do that - if we use climate investments as the basis of that recovery.".

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Business Green

MAY 23, 2021

We are determined to tackle climate change and make it win-win for both our planet and our economy," said Energy Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan. Today we're boosting our armoury for the fight against climate change and backing innovators and businesses to create green jobs right across the United Kingdom," she said.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2021

Individuals taking part will be offered the chance to use a new online tool developed by Demos and WWF dubbed the 'Climate Calculator', which enables users to choose their preferred package of solutions for tackling climate change, according to Demos.

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Business Green

APRIL 26, 2021

The poll also reveals 63 per cent of respondents feel it is important to change their own lifestyles to tackle climate change, and a similar proportion say they have already made some changes to reduce their carbon emissions. Far too often the system rewards bad behaviour and punishes those who want to do the right thing.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

A robust strategy to reduce energy demand in the UK for this winter and beyond should be 'mission critical' for the government as it seeks to help homes and businesses cope with soaring energy bills and deliver on the country's legally-binding climate goals.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2022

Hundreds of Ministers and diplomats from around the world are gathering in Bonn, Germany, this week for the annual UN Climate Change Conference at the headquarters of the UN's climate secretariat in a bid to "lay the groundwork" for this autumn's COP27 Climate Summit in Egypt. Because of collaboration. Because of you.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

There is a widespread political, economic, business, and economic consensus that renewables, energy efficiency, and net zero are a key part of the solution to the UK's challenges this winter and beyond - it should be difficult for the new PM to ignore.

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2021

But it warned that adaptation projects and financing levels were already well below the level required, even before the economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis which appears to have pushed climate resilience further down the political agenda. The hard truth is that climate change is upon us," she said. "As

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2021

The Climate Change Committee estimates that 60 per cent of the emissions reductions needed to hit a net zero pathway will require some form of societal or behavioural changes. Our new Climate Calculator tool allows the UK public to choose their preferred package of solutions for tackling climate change.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

The proposed stimulus package calls for a "renovation wave" of buildings and infrastructure in support of the Green Deal, as well as investments in circular economy efforts, renewable energy projects, clean hydrogen infrastructure, green transport networks, and an enhanced Just Transition Fund for workers.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2020

Covid-19 and climate change are vastly different crises, but the public health threat they pose and means of overcoming them may hold similarities, argues the REA's Dr Nina Skorupska?. Bearing this in mind, it makes sense to look at climate change through the same lens as that for Covid-19.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

“What we are trying to do as a fund is define what climate change entrepreneurship needs to look like,” Karthik Chandrasekar, the founder of early stage cleantech venture capital firm Sangam, said in an interview at his office early last year. Above it all lies a blanket of yellowish smog.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2023

For too long, hard-pressed families and businesses have been shut out of the discussions around the environment, climate change and pollution. The environment, climate change, and pollution have been a significant and growing part of public discourse for well over a decade. So, here goes.

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