Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2022

It argues that to deliver on the capital's climate and air quality goals there would need to be a 27 per cent reduction in car vehicle kilometres at the latest, accompanied by a significant expansion in public transport use, cycling and walking, and electric vehicle fleets.

Waste 58

Waste Waste Pollution Transportation 58

Front And Centered

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

We require a Just Transition because the physics of climate are unforgiving, because it’s the right thing to do, and because it’s the only politically possible path toward what we really need. “In general, making climate action profitable is still being prioritized over pollution reduction and equity.” Of the $626.5

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 52

EDF + Business

JUNE 24, 2021

For companies whose business depends on trucks, including shipping-dependent brands, large fleet operators and truck and engine manufacturers, the pressure to reduce emissions is especially urgent – given that pollution from medium and heavy-duty vehicles not only contributes to climate change but also causes serious harm to human health.

Pollution 52

Pollution Policy Demand Politics 52

Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

One of the most common responses to the gathering political campaign against the UK's net zero strategy is that it is important not to underestimate such an experienced and effective band of campaigners, regardless of how modest they may be in number. It is simply not plausible. But worst than that, it is obviously implausible.

Politics 69

Politics Policy Global warming Fossil fuels 69

Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Solar panels and other clean technologies slash energy and fuel bills for households, while minimising exposure to future energy price hikes and air pollution. The net zero transition promises to benefit everyone through lower energy bills, enhanced energy security, green investment, and massive environmental and health gains.

Policy 66

Policy Technology Government Politics 66

Business Green

MARCH 4, 2022

Mayor of London wants capital's ultra-low emissions zone to be extended to cover all London by 2023, as Greater Manchester mayor submits fresh vision to tackle pollution in North West. Burnham stressed the revised plans depended on more funding being provided to help people upgrade their vehicles.

Pollution 36

Pollution Government Transportation Health 36

Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2021

This can leave a lasting impact on the health of our oceans as well as communities who rely on fishing for stability. From litter and pollution to overfishing and habitat destruction, today’s unsustainable commercial fishing has a significant negative impact on the oceans’ ecosystems. Use lead-free fishing gear. Reduce fossil fuel use.

Sustainability 148

Sustainability Seafood Fossil fuels Plastics 148

Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

I’ve long viewed Jacobson’s life — and his collaboration with researchers, cultural icons, business leaders and political leaders — as a well-written movie script. If this soup of pollution was hurting me after only a few minutes, I imagined the damage it caused people who lived in it.” and PhD in Atmospheric Science.

Solar Energy Monitor 101

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2022

More credible than a Number 10 spokesperson denying the latest political scandal. You have continued to drive down emissions, to accelerate the roll out of clean technologies, to make electric vehicles and renewables and heat pumps not just the green choice, but the smart and attractive choice. That is still the mission.

Cooling 40

Cooling Electric vehicle Politics Resilience 40

Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

The ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2035 had originally been envisaged as a means of driving the shift to electric vehicles (EVs) or potentially hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and as such would ban the sale of all new ICE vehicles. Legislative certainty is vital for business planning.

Fossil fuels 40

Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral Packaging Electric vehicle 40

Business Green

JULY 27, 2021

Will well-intentioned critiques of demonstrably inadequate net zero strategies catalyse more ambitious decarbonisation plans or will they inadvertently undermine a trend that has helped successfully push climate issues up the corporate and political agenda? The net zero concept also has three inherent strengths.

Fossil fuels 72

Fossil fuels Politics Carbon-negative Pollution 72

Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 21, 2020

By Sarah Spengeman and Surili Patel, Director, Center for Climate, Health and Equity, American Public Health Association. The vast majority of the pollution that damages human health is produced by burning fossil fuels to power our homes, cars, and businesses. But it doesn’t have to be this way. It’s that simple.

Health 52

Health Policy Fossil fuels Pollution 52

Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

And, in the United States, political gridlock chopped the heart out of Congress’ most ambitious clean energy plan. . Will improve public health. Would make electricity more dependable. Electric vehicles are making huge inroads in the market. Political will. Is bound to create jobs. Jay Inslee.

Solar Energy Monitor 82

Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 82

Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2022

And yet, so complete is their disconnect from the real world that these zombie arguments continue to stumble across the political landscape desperately looking for an issue, any issue, to attack. The UK would be in a lot better position from an energy cost and security perspective if it had more renewables and electric vehicles, not less.

Fossil fuels 101

Fossil fuels Technology Energy Energy 101

Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2023

Writing in the Sun , Patel backed the newspaper's new campaign to put a "brake" on policies designed to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) and urged the government to "make meaningful changes to its plans to reach net zero". The first of many completely unevidenced claims. Not all these policies are perfect.

Policy 69

Policy Climate change Government Fossil fuels 69

Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

Offsets shouldn't be used to allow pollution to continue unabated. Climate action can have multiple additional benefits, for biodiversity, public health, and food security. Low-carbon technologies like electric vehicles may unleash a virtuous cycle of innovation, investment and growth as information technology did two decades ago.

Climate change 40

Climate change Government Carbon Politics 40

Business Green

APRIL 18, 2022

The second-largest (and growing) source of climate pollution in Europe. A principal cause of stress-inducing noise pollution and life-shortening air pollution in European cities. For these highest emitters, climate pollution from driving is second only to flying (which, on average, generates twice as many emissions).

Energy Monitor 40

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Transportation 40

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The former EPA administrator and current president and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has been a leading advocate for smart, successful strategies to protect public health and the environment for more than 30 years. ” The first challenge is the COVID-19 pandemic. ” Message of hope? .”

Climate change 28

Climate change Demand Health Fossil fuels 28

Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

Investing in green infrastructure projects should also help build a more resilient and nature-friendly European economy for the long-term following the havoc wrought by the pandemic, while delivering huge benefits for public health, air quality, enhanced energy independence, and food safety, the report contends.

Europe 90

Europe Resilience Packaging Investment 90

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 29, 2024

Cox, who is running in May’s election for the anti-net zero party, used the rally to attack the science behind ULEZ and electric vehicles. Zoë Garbett, the Green Party’s London mayoral candidate, told DeSmog: “Howard Cox is choosing to ignore science and push false narratives for the benefit of his own political career.

Electric vehicle 73

Electric vehicle Climate change Fossil fuels Policy 73

Business Green

JULY 7, 2021

It does expect the total cost to be far higher - over £1.4tr - but this is offset by more than a trillion pounds in net zero associated savings, such as the reduced running costs for electric vehicles and lower energy bills that will come from more efficient homes and buildings. — Tim Lord (@timbolord) July 6, 2021.

Climate change 78

Climate change Government Policy Carbon 78

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

.” Pollution, poverty and race collide in many other disadvantaged communities across California — and the country — and some argue that the state’s climate policies haven’t helped. The overall “cap” lowers every year, forcing polluters to reduce their emissions or purchase allowances from others who do. As the U.S.

Pollution 28

Pollution Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 28

The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Biden administration thinks it can clean up that pollution with controversial carbon capture technology. But a lot of communities don’t want that industrial infrastructure — pipelines and storage — adding to health risks they already face after decades of environmental injustice. That’s all to say, it’s complicated.

Energy 114

Energy Energy Fossil fuels Pollution 114

Business Green

JULY 11, 2022

Fewer charge points for the soaring numbers of electric vehicle owners that the embattled auto industry has bet its future on? After a decade of flatlining wage growth and political turmoil, the UK is once again at a crossroads. Just ask Scott Morrison.

Policy 69

Policy Climate change Fossil fuels Energy 69

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 22, 2022

By 2050, it may be possible to reduce 550 million metric tons of carbon pollution through the combined use of efficient appliances, lighting and equipment, as well as better insulation, weatherization and building methods. Federal tax credits for all-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs).

Home Energy Monitoring 167

Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Sustainability Energy Monitor 167

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. One in five is Black. billion years of evolution.

Sustainability 520

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 520

Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

The findings of his Review may do little to convince the net zero sceptics in his own party, but if they take the time to read it they might find themselves pleasantly surprised by how reasonable its 129 recommendations are - and how economically, politically, and socially rational to boot.

Business Energy Monitoring 46

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 46

GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

That is, it allows the market to determine the best way to meet the Clean Electricity Standard. We can continue to leverage the carbon pollution-free energy provided by existing sources like nuclear and hydropower. The plan also encourages greener transportation with electric vehicles. Policy & Politics.

Sustainability 393

Sustainability Climate change Carbon-neutral Investment 393

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Both local and national reporting indicate that the Navigator pipeline proposal attracted the attention of diverse groups of citizens often portrayed as being on opposite ends of the political spectrum. Nearly 50 people were hospitalized in that disaster, and continue to suffer from adverse health effects. Navigator’s $3.5

Carbon 128

Carbon Government Carbon-negative Fossil fuels 128

Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2021

Now, after four-and-a-half-years of political turmoil and wrangling over everything from parliamentary sovereignty to the legal small print of fisheries agreements, the UK and EU have a trade deal, averting the very real threat of an economically disastrous cliff-edge Brexit. Electric vehicles. Is the UK prepared?

Government 97

Government Politics Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral 97

Business Green

MAY 4, 2021

Lower health costs from cleaner air and warmer homes and wellbeing improvements from less time sitting in a car in traffic and from more green space - and crucially how to share these fairly across the nation - will not be interrogated to the same extent as the pounds and pence needed to make net zero a reality.

Government 69

Government Pollution Carbon Innovation 69

Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Sure, the referendum was won with a pretty toxic side order of anti-immigration sentiment, nativist posturing, and elite-bashing rhetoric that exploited decades of simmering political alienation and economic dislocation. The issue that has been kicked down the road repeatedly can now see the dead end that awaits.

Government 101

Government Politics Health Pollution 101

EDF + Business

JUNE 18, 2020

Today, Lyft responded to stakeholder demands for rebuilding a better future — and in particular for climate action — through a bold commitment to reach 100% electric vehicles (EVs) on the Lyft platform by 2030. transportation emissions , and these vehicles are primed to lead the transition to a net zero future.

Electric vehicle 123

Electric vehicle Electricity Pollution Health 123

Business Green

MARCH 11, 2020

"We are particularly encouraged by today's announcements on five-year funding settlements for city leaders to invest in local transport improvements, and by the additional investment in electric vehicle charging points, both of which are in line with our National Infrastructure Assessment recommendations. "We

Plastics 48

Plastics Recycling Recycling Packaging 48

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. One in five is Black. billion years of evolution.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 28

Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2020

But for the green economy, the clearest continuity with the past few years is also the least welcome: the huge chasm of political and policy uncertainty that stretched across almost every aspect of the Brexit process will still be there tomorrow. At the same time the chances of a big political row are considerable.

Government 41

Government Agriculture Policy Law 41

DeSmogBlog

JULY 28, 2023

MAG “ fiercely opposes ” next month’s expansion of London’s flagship anti-pollution measure, the ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ), and claims to have played a “key” role in April’s anti-ULEZ demonstrations held in central London. Parliamentary Influence MAG appears to have growing political influence.

Climate change 98

Climate change Pollution Global warming Fossil fuels 98