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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?

GreenBiz

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.

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Rhetoric on Justice Still Scarcely Impacts Governor’s Climate Budget

Front And Centered

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

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Ireland’s Agri Lobby Has Dodged Its Climate Commitments Through Special Pleading and Dubious Science

DeSmogBlog

Its chair, Marie Donnelly, last night expressed concern at the “problematic” sectoral targets, which she described as “not consistent” with the objectives of Ireland’s climate laws. After the painful financial crash of 2008/9, the political atmosphere in Ireland ahead of the lifting of quotas was febrile.

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Webinar: What net zero means for Canadian energy jobs

Clean Energy Canada

Canada’s clean energy sector is made up of companies and workers that help reduce carbon pollution, whether by generating clean energy, helping move it, reducing energy consumption, or developing low-carbon technologies. Rachel Doran , Director of Policy and Strategy at Clean Energy Canada.

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With 100 days until CO26, where has the government has got to?

Business Green

It was the first major economy to put net zero in law by 2050 and it has also cut its existing emissions at the fastest rate in the G7 since 1990. degrees, the UK and our co-hosts, Italy, need to get agreement on cutting carbon from the biggest polluters by November, or the summit will have failed. That's no easy task. at Glasgow.

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Top 8 Sustainable Fishing Practices: Small Business Sustainability Guide

Green Business Bureau

From litter and pollution to overfishing and habitat destruction, today’s unsustainable commercial fishing has a significant negative impact on the oceans’ ecosystems. Further, the shipping industry responsible for transporting seafood near and far has a higher rate of pollution than all but five countries. Use lead-free fishing gear.

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Rocky Road: EU countries reach deal to ban sales of new fossil fuel cars and vans by 2035

Business Green

The regulation, which will come into force in 20 days' time, strengthens the interim 2030 emissions reduction target automakers in the EU have to meet, as well as enshrines the 2035 phase-out date into law. Give businesses the clarity and certainty they need to invest in the switch to electric vehicles."