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Green day unravelled: Pundits respond to policy package

Envirotec Magazine

An apocalyptic “meh” seemed to greet the government’s bumper package of energy- and climate-related policy announcements and documents released on 30 March, which appeared short on new ideas and sources of funding. asked Richard Smith of Sandstone Law. Many seemed unconvinced any of this will move the dial on take-up.

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Revealed: Meetings Blitz Between Big Ag and Anti-Green Lawmakers in Europe

DeSmogBlog

DeSmog documented meetings held by six MEPs from the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP), the largest group in parliament. Around 20 percent of the MEPs’ meetings were with unregistered groups, and at least one in six meetings documented by DeSmog was not declared on the parliamentary website.

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Global Briefing: India preps $2.2bn green hydrogen incentive package

Business Green

According to early documents seen by Climate Home News this week, the multilateral development bank is considering broadening its current "twin goals" of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity to additionally emphasise the importance of sustainability and climate change.

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China’s new frontier for VOC regulations

GreenBiz

Industries getting particular focus when it comes to VOC management in China include electronics, packaging and printing, pharmaceuticals, petrochemical, chemical, industrial coating, oil storage and transportation. This enshrined into law China’s first air emissions management plan and formalized an approach to regional collaboration.

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EU’s New 2030 Climate Target Signals Accelerated Renewable Deployment

GreenTechMedia

The change will be introduced as an amendment to the EU's climate law. billion ($807 billion) coronavirus recovery package that contains the EU Green Deal, including the condition that 37 percent of the funds will be used to meet green objectives. billion of grants and loans available from its recovery package.

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UK Regulator Approves £40B of Grid Investment, But Is It Enough?

GreenTechMedia

On Tuesday, Ofgem revealed a total investment package of at least £40 billion ($53.3 The new investment package is part of Ofgem's second Revenue = Incentives + Innovation + Outputs framework (RIIO-2), set to be implemented in April 2021, which will guide transmission network investments from 2021-2026. A tenth of the U.K.

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Why the Oil and Chemical Lobby Is Taking Aim at New York’s Plastic Waste Bill

DeSmogBlog

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