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Pro-geothermal policies being pushed in the US at federal, state levels

ThinkGeoEnergy

This is naturally a welcome development for geothermal development, especially as policy support seeks for the establishment of research institutes, more streamlined permitting procedures, and funding bodies for geothermal projects. This will mirror existing categorical exclusions under the NEPA.

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Burned Out: Documents Reveal The Gas Industry’s Use Of Tobacco Tactics Over Gas Stove Emissions

DeSmogBlog

Explanation for this 50-year delay can be found in the hundreds of pages of documents referenced in a new report by the Climate Investigations Center (CIC), covered by NPR. The documents, however, suggest otherwise. Brendan DeMelle Before we get into the documents, take us behind the scenes into your research.

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Are lawyers and accountants doing enough on climate change?

GreenBiz

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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Portland City Government Compromised with Oil Industry in Private, Documents Suggest

DeSmogBlog

“I didn’t expect it at all,” Nick Caleb, a staff attorney with Breach Collective, an Oregon-based climate justice organization, told DeSmog. “If Documents Indicate Influence of City Commissioners The approval appeared to be a compromise with the company. Portland finally had leverage over the oil-by-rail operations.

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Phantom Gas and Missing Documents Reveal Gaps in Utility Oversight

DeSmogBlog

The circumstances surrounding his termination are documented among thousands of pages of public records and internal company documents that provide a penetrating look into the multi-billion dollar stakes of negotiations between governments and state-sanctioned monopolies that are shaping the future of energy systems in Oregon and beyond.

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Government sets out new targets on air quality, water pollution, waste and woodland cover

Envirotec Magazine

While subject to consultation, the revised targets are to be incorporated into the Environment Act , which became law on 10 November last year. These targets need to be laid as draft Statutory Instruments by 31 October 2022, says the consultation document , and will come into force once approved by Parliament. Woodland cover.

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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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