DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Having a clear timeline for production phase-out and robust support for training can assist with skills transfer for the existing and future workforce. Both the UK and the Scottish governments set out plans to support oil and gas workers by funding training opportunities, but some still rightly feel “ neglected and unheard ”.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 5, 2022

Trends in corporate sustainability have been mostly consistent — an expanding climate crisis, lightning-speed growth in clean tech, rising pressure from many stakeholders, and more. I’ve left out some large stories, because it’s unclear if they’re blips or part of a larger more permanent shift toward sustainability. Here we go.

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Low Impact

JULY 26, 2020

Now they all want to maximise profits, and all support economic growth. Because we operate in green circles, we hear a lot about sustainable growth, or green growth, and it drives me insane – it’s such an oxymoron. He’s doing some great work on why there’s no such thing as green growth or sustainable growth.

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Green Market Oracle

MAY 5, 2020

Since the massive economic upheaval caused by Covid-19 is likely to last well into 2021 if not longer, what does this mean for impact investors and philanthropists? How can they best support impact entrepreneurs in this time? What are their right roles and how are they changing to fill those roles?

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 17, 2020

Sustainability leaders must celebrate the work of female mayors on racial equity Kimberly Lewis Mon, 08/17/2020 – 01:00 Sustainability leaders are architects, designers, city planners, engineers, scientists, energy experts, lawyers, nonprofit leaders and business owners. Sustainability also relies on local government.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 7, 2023

This story is part of a DeSmog series on the influence wielded by the gas lobby in Europe and was developed with the support of Journalismfund.eu fuel distributor Propane DCC, told the LPG Congress industry conference in Barcelona last June. “We

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Front And Centered

AUGUST 29, 2022

Making a Just Transition to a more regenerative economy—from one that relies on digging, dumping and burning coal, oil, and gas to one that is regenerative and sustainable for all—is in large part about navigating contradictions , according to the thought leaders at the Movement Generation collective.

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EDF + Business

APRIL 18, 2023

Climate-Smart Agriculture Inflation Reduction Act Activation Guide Download Guide Produced by EDF in collaboration with A broad range of companies within the food sector can use IRA-funded agricultural programs to support their climate goals. Sources: Deloitte Analysis, CDP The IRA adds ~$19.5 Sources: Deloitte Analysis, P.L.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

But he acknowledged that this does not reassure those who think of Indigenous land not in colonial terms, meaning within reservation boundaries, but instead in terms of treaty rights or cultural practices on historic tribal lands. Adrian Kraus / AP Photo The nuts of the American chestnut are small, sweet, and nutritious. Mills said. “It’s

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The Deputy Director supports the Office Director in leading, directing, and managing the Office of Science and Technology (OST). Providing high level technical analysis, guidance, and support to the Office Director, Assistant Administrator, and other internal and external senior level officials on programs administered by the Office of Water.

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Varuna

APRIL 11, 2019

This movement of masses out of cities expanded the boundaries of these cities with the connections between the main city and suburbia being roads lined with conveniences like gas stations, cheap motels, storage locations, and all the necessary businesses to support our transit based lives of living far away from work and school. look like ?

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 31, 2020

Lubber Mon, 08/31/2020 – 00:45 With Congress gearing up for another trillion-dollar round of economic relief that will set the strategic direction of the U.S. So what does science-based climate advocacy mean? Meanwhile, UPS disclosed that it doesn’t support the U.S. This moment calls for bold leadership.

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EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Business support for EPA’s final standards helped get them over the finish line, and ongoing support will be crucial to ensure that these standards are implemented swiftly by states to realize the full scale of pollution reductions. Take Action: Submit comments by March 26 in support of EPA’s proposal.

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Seyi Fabode

APRIL 11, 2019

This movement of masses out of cities expanded the boundaries of these cities with the connections between the main city and suburbia being roads lined with conveniences like gas stations, cheap motels, storage locations, and all the necessary businesses to support our transit based lives of living far away from work and school. look like ?

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Now is the time for business and government to work together to deliver a transition that will secure both our economic recovery and sustainable growth well into the future. Switching to clean heat will not only cut emissions, it will reduce air pollution and - if supported with the right policies - dramatically cut energy bills.

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EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Today, McDonald’s is once again working at the forefront of corporate sustainability, using the most powerful tool that companies have to fight climate change: their political influence. After we announced our science-based target, we worked hand in hand with our sustainability team to set clear climate policy principles for the company.

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CleanTech San Diego

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Department of Energy (DOE) announced the establishment of the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations , a new DOE office that will help deliver on President Biden’s bold climate agenda, create new, good-paying jobs for American families and workers, and reduce pollution while benefitting disadvantaged communities. Share this.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 31, 2021

The “American Jobs Plan” calls on Congress to pass legislation directing trillions of dollars of investment in rebuilding America. Today in Pittsburgh, PA, US President Biden unveiled his new infrastructure plan for the country. Extend, by 10 years, and expand a direct-pay clean energy ITC and PTC. Weatherization and Building Modernization.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Sustainability and business 3. SUSTAINABILITY AND BUSINESS Humans in the Global Ecosystem: An Introduction to Sustainable Development, by Pierre Ibisch, 2020 The term “sustainability” is on everyone’s lips, but nevertheless we struggle to transpose the idea into our economic and social structures. Climate impacts 2.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

“Deploy, deploy, deploy” IRL The two-day event felt like one big celebration of all the hard work this DOE, and Shah in particular, has been promoting. The DOE folks took center-stage to share their thinking on key topics and interface with industry in a showcase of public-private partnership IRL.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In our view, FEMA’s actions don’t support those goals. In September 2017, Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico with sustained winds of 155 mph. In response, Congress authorized some $23 billion in disaster aid , including at least $10 billion to restore or replace Puerto Rico’s electricity grid. environmental goals.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2021

You might not know that he’s also an army veteran, former Federal Chief Sustainability Officer under the Obama Administration, and a multi-hyphenate who’s dedicated his career to public service, renewable energy, and sustainability. Following that experience, I ran for Congress in 2008 up here in Buffalo, New York.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

Where does this leave the businesses embracing circularity in plastics? More generally, however, the large corporate commitments that have been a tailwind to the recycling industry are also sustaining it right now, Shapiro noted. Post-consumer recycled plastics look about as budget-friendly as diamonds next to cubic zirconia.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Congress passed an infrastructure bill that funds more than a trillion dollars in nationwide federal spending on Nov. So how does the government go about spending all that money? Ana Maria Dimand , Boise State University. The bill is the largest investment in the nation’s infrastructure in decades.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

based Center for Climate Integrity, which has filed briefs in support of many of the climate cases against Shell, said that the latest documents provide further evidence that the company has known for at least half a century that its products posed a threat to the climate, as well as the grave consequences of delaying action.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

To this day, EPA maintains the position that glyphosate is not carcinogenic and does not pose human health risks if used according to its label. For example, as noted in the report, under pressure from Monsanto in 1986, EPA overturned its own decision made the previous year to classify glyphosate as a possible human carcinogen.

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EDF + Business

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

That’s why this month’s climate policy statement from the Business Roundtable, whose members account for 27% of total US market capitalization, is a powerful call on Congress to make climate policy a top priority. Tom Murray, Vice President, EDF+Business. In addition, the group endorsed a set of principles to guide the development of U.S.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The Ford and SK JV, BlueOval SK, which recently received $9.2B (DOE’s largest conditional loan commitment yet) is building three battery manufacturing plants in Tennessee and Kentucky. Source: Canary Media Lego builds on its green commitments, despite its latest failed sustainable materials attempts. In the News The U.S.

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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2022

Of course, many of these banks must get credit for having pledged massive sums to sustainability-related financing. Bank of America, for example, committed to "mobilize $1tr by 2030" toward "low-carbon, sustainable business activities." Coal-mine financing was led by China's Everbright Bank and CITIC Bank.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2021

And does it matter? And yet the government is still tying itself in knots as it combines support for a world-leading renewables industry and a relatively rapid phase out of internal combustion engine vehicles with plans for a new coal mine and a refusal to rule out a fresh wave of North Sea oil and gas exploration. Amen to all of that.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 12, 2023

But since projects can take years to become operational, the buildout does little to alleviate the immediate supply gap. Several progressive Democrats in Congress are making similar asks of major financial institutions. New LNG facilities are a false solution to Europe’s short term energy needs,” the report says.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Two weeks after the memo was sent, the TCEQ did what the agency describes as routine air reconnaissance in Jacintoport — the type of monitoring it often does to check for obvious chemical emissions in industrialized areas. Its mission is to protect public health so long as it is “consistent with sustainable economic development.”

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Energy (DOE) to the more inventive, including the Department of Justice and TVA. Lyash has a track record of supporting fossil fuels. Building capacity is difficult because it often requires “working within the realities of Congress,” Smith said.

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Clean Energy Trust

AUGUST 6, 2021

David Roberts does a good job explaining recent research on the subject?—?making Today, it does not seem to be a significant concern going forward given the substantial growth happening in the space (although I’m sure there will be pockets in rural areas that will be underserved for a while, similar to 4G telecommunications).

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 26, 2023

The case, which was originally filed in 2015 and alleges constitutional violations stemming from the federal government’s ongoing support of climate-destabilizing fossil fuels, had nearly made it to trial twice before. United States after the court reactivated the litigation earlier this month. That trial was the first in U.S.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Such support pays dividends by reducing the severity and costs of climate impacts for people, including extreme weather, ecosystem loss and societal instability both at home and abroad. Over the last four years (see our coverage from 2017 , 2018 , 2019 and 2020 ), Congress has sought to maintain U.S. Yet just $2.5 billion, or 0.07

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Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 30, 2020

What Greta does is incredibly inspiring but actually relatively far from that," she said. She is best known for raising awareness about Flint's ongoing water crisis and fundraising to support underprivileged children in her community and across the country. Tell Congress there is no room in government for climate deniers."

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