GreenBiz

APRIL 26, 2021

While electrification and renewable energy are key to decarbonizing the economy, the growing demand for solar PV may be creating a new problem. Today's standard practices for solar manufacturing and disposal need close examination — especially as demands for the cheap, clean energy is set to increase. . Mon, 04/26/2021 - 00:30.

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altenergymag

JUNE 18, 2020

The laws were developed under the coordination of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia in cooperation with the Energy Community Secretariat to implement energy efficiency policy in the country.

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Solar Power World

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Solar advocates fight back, and the laws are either halted or passed, to either the joy or detriment of the solar industry. Advocates… The post California and Florida solar markets have similar demands in different net-metering battles appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 29, 2019

VICTORIA—Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statements in response to the B.C. This new law will help ensure supply keeps up with demand, making it easier for people to go electric while helping B.C. Dan Woynillowicz, Policy Director. s electric car supply problem, available here.

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Energy Innovation

JUNE 16, 2022

This week, Energy Innovation released new rese arch evaluating California’s climate progress and identifying a policy pathway that would reaffirm California as a climate leader. includes important new metrics to track the economic, environmental, and public health impacts of hundreds of climate policies. By Olivia Ashmoore.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Want to find out more about how contract law and litigation can help drive forward the net zero transition? They allow you to take a recommendation or ambition - for instance net zero as defined by the Oxford Principles - and code it into law into a way that is legally enforceable.". You can sign up for a free pass now.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2022

The passage of the Bill into law will mean that all the devolved nations of the UK now have their own dedicated climate legislation in place, alongside the overarching target set through the UK-wide Climate Change Act. "The Friends of the Earth can finally welcome a climate law for Northern Ireland," the group said.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2022

One year ago, I called for more clarity and transparency on Scottish climate policy and delivery. Since the Scottish Climate Change Act became law in 2009, the Scottish Government has failed to achieve 7 of the 11 legal targets. For sectors in which policy is significantly devolved to Scotland (e.g. Agriculture and land.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

But the law is too lenient. The charity published details of 18 local authorities who have emerging BNG policies above 10%, and said that these success storties “show that there’s real appetite among Local Authorities to go further for nature, but there’s a real risk that without support many areas lose out on this opportunity.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 28, 2021

Local Law 33 – Importance of Building Energy Upgrades. An energy grade is assigned to each building based on its ENERGY STAR score under Local Law 33. The law neither demands a minimum grade, nor applies any penalties for lower grades. How Local Law 97 Can Reduce Property Value. No data submitted.

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2020

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday announced it was suspending its enforcement of environmental laws in response to the crisis, informing companies they would not be pursued for environmental infractions during the outbreak. The government said the policy was temporary, but provided no end date.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The first, the Nature Restoration Law, includes plans to restore 20 percent of degraded ecosystems in the EU. The findings come at a crucial time for nature-friendly laws in Europe, which scientists say are critical to securing the bloc’s food supply and tackling both climate breakdown and biodiversity collapse.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 2, 2024

As millions of voters across the EU prepare to head to the polls from 6-9 June, conspiracy theories and misinformation on food and farming could pull voters towards the far right and parties opposing climate-friendly laws. In the eyes of its critics , green reforms agreed in the last EU term would destroy farming.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The assessment, published last week, reveals that the volume of waste produced in England remained largely the same in the five years since the government introduced its 2013 Waste Prevention Programme policy, with overall waste in England at the close of 2017 "at similar levels" to those five years earlier.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Evaluating regulations, subsidies, pricing mechanisms, and hybrid policies. The latest, most urgent call to action from the IPCC has increased attention on policies to reduce CO2 emissions and enhance carbon sequestration. Regulation: The most effective carbon reduction policy option is regulation.

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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2022

During this period the Environment Act - soon to be underpinned by environmental improvement targets - came into law and a host of critical strategies were published, such as the Net Zero Strategy , Heat and Buildings Strategy , Transport Decarbonisation Plan , Waste Prevention Programme and the Green Finance Roadmap.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

If it finds there has been a serious failure to comply with environmental law, then further action is possible. The planned targets were intended to drive progress in areas such as river quality by encouraging stronger government policy and providing certainty for business. Read the complaint in full, and see list of signatories, here.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

While subject to consultation, the revised targets are to be incorporated into the Environment Act , which became law on 10 November last year. Kate Nield of environmental law firm ClientEarth said the target date was “far from ‘world-leading’”. g/m 3 by 2040, in addition to a 35% reduction in population exposure to PM2.5

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Charged

JUNE 8, 2022

Corporate watchdog SumOfUs recently delivered a petition to Toyota signed by more than 110,000 members, including 10,000 Toyota drivers, demanding that the carmaker stop “lobbying to prevent electric vehicle mandates and clean air laws.”.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The order caps a lengthy and contentious battle over DTE’s long-range IRP, which it and Consumers were required to develop for the first time under Michigan’s comprehensive 2016 energy law. A PSC administrative law judge ruled in December that this was a violation of the 2016 state law that set up the IRP process.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 23, 2020

The price of oil plunged below zero on some days, and customer demand remains at an all-time low. Government policies that stimulated the growth of solar accounted for 60 percent of that price decline. Even without those policies — they soon expire — renewables are more than competitive against fossil fuels.

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The Verge: Energy

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Weaponizing an agency against law-abiding businesses for political reasons must not be permitted,” Brian Morgenstern, head of public policy at Riot Platforms, said in a post on X yesterday celebrating the legal victory.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 2, 2024

Speakers at the meeting included the hardline Dutch organisation Farmers’ Defence Force (FDF), which hit out at EU environmental and trade policy. An event on the MCC Brussels website appears to corroborate this, inviting farmers to attend a protest on January 24 against “the EU’s overzealous green policies” followed by networking drinks.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

Over the past several decades, public health and environmental concerns have made controlling smog a top national policy goal in China and enforcement an increasingly critical issue for companies to navigate. More than a decade ago, national policies laid the groundwork for reducing air emissions in China. Air emission reform in China.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

When Murphy won and took office, he signed sweeping clean energy legislation in May 2018 that turned his goals into law. Murphy's campaign platform, and the law, included something quite radical at the time: the goal of 600 megawatts of energy storage by 2021 and 2,000 megawatts by 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

A promising new clean energy policy may not be as effective as promised, a group of researchers contend. The Clean Peak standard jumped from policy proposal to law of the land in Massachusetts in just a couple years. A Clean Peak incentive should shift clean power from other times of day into those crucial, high demand hours.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 2, 2021

A group of industry members, advocates, utility stakeholders and state officials is preparing to issue the first of two reports that will help lawmakers in Maine craft new renewable incentive policies and plan grid upgrades for the coming years. The laws mostly paved the way for new solar generation development.

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NRDC onEarth

MAY 19, 2023

CARMEL, IN – Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) released the results of its Planning Resource Auction, its annual process to facilitate adequate resources needed to meet peak demand in the MISO region. NRDC has offices in New York City, Washington, D.C.,

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 30, 2019

By 2025, we expect a majority of states to have passed laws setting a renewable energy target between 80 and 100 percent, and we predict some states will have significant renewables penetration, including 50 percent in California and Hawaii and 40 percent in New York. late afternoon and evenings) and greatest solar energy production (i.e.

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R-Squared Energy

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

energy policy has been clear about the intent to phase out fossil fuels. If you are a refiner forecasting billions in losses — and you require massive investments in order to keep your refinery operating safely and in compliance with the laws — you may very well simply make the decision to close down. Today, U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 6, 2021

A group of industry members, advocates, utility stakeholders and state officials is preparing to issue the first of two reports that will help lawmakers in Maine craft new renewable incentive policies and plan grid upgrades for the coming years. The laws mostly paved the way for new solar generation development.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Yet in response to a Freedom of Information request to see any assessments, evidence or policy papers detailing progress towards the 30×30 target, Defra could provide nothing.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Specifically, The Nature Conservancy has called on the UK government to introduce secondary legislation and guidance that can provide further clarity about how the biodiversity offset market will work in practice and be managed once the mandatory biodiversity net gain rule set out in the Environment Bill becomes law. "To

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2021

Manifesto by young people signals demand for climate action from business. Business regulation and tax policy could be subject to a 'future generations law' to assesses its impact on young people if a new 'Youth Manifesto' is enacted.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The UK government must focus on strengthening the detail and delivery of its flagship Net Zero Strategy during a "crucial" year ahead for climate action, with major work particularly needed to fill in policy gaps and uncertainties surrounding taxation, trade, adaptation and agriculture.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 29, 2023

They have also been used in the calculation of an Electric Vehicle Country Attractiveness (EVCA) Index 1 by energy consultancy Cornwall Insight and law firm Shoosmiths. BEVs) and illustrates the demand for further investment in the public charging market.” The UK now has one publicly accessible charge point for every 11.2

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The UK was the first major industrialised nation to set Net Zero into law – now we have policy plans to get us there. And they have proposed policies to do it. There is less emphasis on reducing demand for high carbon activities than in the CCC’s scenarios. I applaud their ambition. The CCC will monitor p.

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