DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

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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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.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

.” Even the threat of such cases is having a chilling effect on public environmental policy, Boyd has found. They are conducted in private, documents are often confidential, and both awards and negotiated settlements may never be publicly revealed. ISDS mechanisms are also affecting fundamental human rights.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

The government is failing to back up its climate commitments with credible action, with almost all its green policy efforts marred by uncertainty, delay, and a insufficient engagement with the public about the scale of changes ahead, and time rapidly running out for Ministers to get the UK's net zero agenda on track.

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Front And Centered

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Growth Management Act (GMA) is a state law that requires this work, and it’s really important! Finally, in the 2023 legislative session, we saw progress on policy. When it became law in 1990, the GMA aimed to protect critical areas and ecosystems in our state. What is the Growth Management Act, and why is it important?

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2021

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. Manifesto by young people signals demand for climate action from business.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In January 2022, the EU introduced world-leading laws to curb on-farm use of antibiotics, an integral component of intensive livestock farming where they are used in large volumes to prevent or treat outbreaks of disease among animals kept in crowded conditions. A review of public website domain names data reveals that meatthefacts.eu

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Business Green

MAY 13, 2022

Leading green groups have responded angrily to the publication of the government's new Environmental Principles Policy Statement , warning that it could lay the groundwork for a significant weakening of the UK's environmental policy and regulatory regime.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 29, 2024

policy interventions and subsidies are poised to address upfront vehicle costs. Impacts on health and well-being Low-income households surveyed who had lost access to a car noted, too, that it impacted health care and caregiving responsibilities because they no longer had a car to access medical care or to bring children to school.

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EDF + Business

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In the most extreme outcomes of what the petitioners seek, similar limitations could broadly be applied to laws that have long protected people and businesses, undermining the predictability of vital services and disrupting the stable system of regulations that companies rely on to make investment decisions. Reach out to learn more.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 6, 2024

The American Chemistry Council is deathly afraid of effective policies that will actually reduce the production of plastics, because that means less chemicals to be sold to make plastics,” Enck said. We are in the belly of the beast, and our health is suffering from it,” said Jo Banner, a lifelong resident of St.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Outlaw Ocean Project documented the forcible transfer of more than a thousand Uyghurs and members of other Muslim minorities 2,000 miles from their homes in landlocked Xinjiang to 10 fish processing plants in the coastal province of Shandong since 2018. government has described China’s actions in Xinjiang as a form of genocide.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2022

biodiversity (protecting health of local wildlife and water bodies), lower strain on aging utility infrastructure (reducing the risk of damage and repair), local revenue (sourcing materials from local businesses), and new green jobs ( there’s a growing need for developers, builders, policymakers and agents knowledgeable about sustainability).

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Real Estate Sustainability Carbon-negative Health 148

Green Business Bureau

JUNE 30, 2022

Sustainable Law Firms. Law firm sustainability is a strategic business shift that aims to prevent socially and environmentally damaging operations in the legal industry. E.g. Delta Air Lines and Microsoft Corp pledged to drastically curb their carbon emissions, taking into account the carbon footprint of their associated law firms.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Vague ethics laws, lack of enforcement, and a campaign finance system soaked in fossil fuel cash all combine to make the Texas Railroad Commission a “captive agency,” argue Commission Shift and Texans for Public Justice, two watchdog groups, in their new report. The laws are vaguely defined and that is being exploited.”.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This case is “truly historic,” said Sébastien Duyck, senior attorney at the Center for International Environmental Law. It forces the national governments in the suit “to lay out a legal defense justifying the gap between their climate policies and what science says is needed to avoid climate breakdown.”

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Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The mere existence of these documents, and the campaigns behind some of them, represent another broadening of the conversation, a clarion call for nontraditional business players to lead, or at least not hinder, efforts to address the climate crisis. Exhibit A: law firms. But, hopefully, lead. Suffice to say, the jury is out.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Bayer, which now owns Monsanto , announced at the end of July that it will re m ove the harmful pesticide glyphosate — a “ probable carcinogen ” — from its Roundup herbicide products by 2023, as it continues to face mounting pressure from lawsuits about the product’s health impacts. .

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2020

There is an increased awareness of the link between our own health, and that of the planet.    Studies across the spectrum, from health to financial risk, remind us that it is in our best interests to look after nature. We know that a connection with nature contributes to well-being, and improved mental health.

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Biodiversity Law Policy Health 89

DeSmogBlog

MAY 1, 2023

A First Nations advocacy group whose leader has accused pipeline protesters of being beholden to hidden financial interests has taken hundreds of thousands of dollars from one of Canada’s top oil and gas producers, newly reviewed corporate documents reveal. We look at the long term, we look centuries ahead,” he said.

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Natural gas Government Law Health 97

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Europe’s leading farming lobby group Copa-Cogeca has used the war in Ukraine as a pretext to push back behind the scenes against flagship EU laws to protect nature, DeSmog can reveal. It urges European decision makers to “protect our health and the environment, and to make our agriculture resilient”.

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Agriculture Europe Biodiversity Law 93

GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2021

Integration of EJ as a major component of social justice that substantially reduces income inequality, health care, housing and other quality of life disparities. What are the facts that document a systemic environmental justice problem in the United States? What public policies are needed?

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Veteran sustainable food and farming experts welcomed the strategy as one that just might have a genuine shot at transforming the agriculture sector and result in better public health, contribute to ending the vertiginous decline of biodiversity, and lower greenhouse gas pollution. See Table.).

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Grist

AUGUST 3, 2022

More and more, researchers are documenting the fragility of the planet’s natural soundscape; many say the changes to Earth’s acoustic fabric speak to just how much new, unpredictable climatic conditions are messing with the Earth’s natural balance. These three policies still form the backbone of federal environmental law.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Coordination of review of legal documents. Desired Qualifications: Ability to learn and apply new skills across interdisciplinary fields, including technology assessments, engineering, economics, statistics, and policy. Experience or exposure to energy policy/law, including appliance standards and/or building energy codes.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

However, setting out the government's revised position on Tuesday, Environment Secretary George Eustice explained that the new clause would enshrine an expectation set out in a policy document by the water industry regulator Ofwat earlier this year into law.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 25, 2021

While methane may typically leak from small holes or improper seals, Turitto documented some decrepit infrastructure with gaping holes in storage tanks. His camera footage showed gases billowing out of the wells, and the smell likely means they are also leaking gases harmful to human health. We’re used to it.” Banks said.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 6, 2021

We have various opportunities such as Customer Service Representatives, Front End Servicing Specialists, Loss Mitigation Specialists, Foreclosure Specialists, Document/Imaging Specialists, Property Charges Specialists, Release Specialists & Accounts Payable/Receivable Specialists. Paid training. Advancement opportunities.

Education 40

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Front And Centered

JULY 21, 2020

Effective and inclusive public policy that centers the communities most impacted by climate change is one tool we can use to achieve these goals. Imagine the nightmare of this hitting us in the midst of a global health pandemic that is already overwhelming our healthcare system. In one glaring example, the 14th Amendment of the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The petition documents specific instances in which oil and gas wastewater may pose dangers to drinking water, including waste injected underground that migrated outside of its intended location, spills at the surface, and even fracking waste that seeped into oil and gas wells, impacting production. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 14, 2022

But when the document appeared on Monday, these hopes were dashed. However, the government’s response has largely ignored this scientific advice by failing to propose the specific policies needed to make sustainable diets easy and affordable. Two years in the making, there were high hopes this would be a comprehensive plan of action.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In February 2021, German agribusiness giant BASF hosted a virtual wine tasting, a seemingly cozy affair swirling glasses of Portugal’s finest in front of a webcam debating the future of EU agricultural policies. Invited to the event was a small group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 29, 2021

But, as TAN’s Todd countered: “Trying to argue climate change isn’t ‘obviously material’ to approving the largest ever roads programme is like saying public health is not relevant to reform of smoking rules.”. TAN is being represented by Leigh Day solicitors, David Wolfe QC (Matrix Chambers) and Pete Lockley (11 KBW).

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 4, 2021

Analyze drawings, specifications, proposals, and other documentation to prepare time, cost, and labor and material estimate for projects. Understand the full scope of the project through design, document review and asking questions of the design team and owner. Prepare value engineering and risk analysis. EEO M/F/D/V.

Construction 40

Construction Law Ethics Education 40

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The database compiled by Global Energy Monitor documents thousands of cases from a long line of prominent American businesses working with the same lobbyists – often the same firms, and in many cases, the same individuals – as the oil and gas industry. The behavior is rampant across the insurance, health care, retail, and tech industries.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2023

Moreover, the document includes England and Wales' first ever target to expand hedgerow protection, promising to create or restore 30,000 miles of hedgerows a year by 2037. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said: "Protecting our natural environment is fundamental to the health, economy and prosperity of our country.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The mere existence of these documents, and the campaigns behind some of them, represent another broadening of the conversation, a clarion call for nontraditional business players to lead, or at least not hinder, efforts to address the climate crisis. Exhibit A: law firms. But, hopefully, lead. Suffice to say, the jury is out.

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