Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 9, 2022

The ongoing nitrogen crisis in the Netherlands and Flanders illustrates how ineffective management of nutrients can lead to both serious ecological damage and political and societal upheaval. This directive must go beyond the current, inadequate regulations by taking into account nutrient balances and accounting for regional differences.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It is vital that all political parties commit to a rapid programme of investment and expansion for important wildlife habitats and protected sites.” We need political leaders who will shoot for the moon in tackling the existential challenges we face, not bury their heads in the sand.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2020

The firm says the new recruits will help Scotland’s ambition for a ‘green recovery’ to the coronavirus pandemic. Political ecologist Dr Scott Leatham said: “As local authorities and communities look to rebuild and reconnect, there is increasing evidence that people want to see a green recovery.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

Yes, provisions in the Green New Deal address fisheries and fishing communities, but that’s only a drop in the ocean, say blue-economy experts. There's kind of this feeling that the environment ends with the shoreline.". There's kind of this feeling like the environment ends with the shoreline. They called it the Blue New Deal.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 30, 2020

This crisis has exposed preexisting racial disparities created by deep-seated social, economic and political factors. In this episode of Political Climate , the fifth in our " Path to Zero " series with Third Way, we look at how COVID-19 and climate change are affecting Black communities, and how these issues can be tackled in tandem.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

By implementing smart energy management systems and adopting efficient practices, both households and businesses can play their part in protecting the environment while reducing their energy costs. Renewable energies, such as solar or wind energy, offer a sustainable alternative for meeting energy needs.

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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2021

Former colleagues and friends have paid tribute to former Conservative frontbencher Peter Ainsworth, who played an integral role in pushing conservation and climate action into the political mainstream. Sad to hear about the loss of Peter Ainsworth - a delightful colleague & passionate about his causes, especially the environment.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Episode 236: Banking for the planet and behind the scenes of Generation Green New Deal. Behind the scenes of Generation Green New Deal (32:35). The upcoming feature documentary Generation Green New Deal tells the story of how young people are pushing climate change to the center of American politics. Green New Deal.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The Labour Climate and Energy Forum is an important and overdue addition to the green political landscape. Opinion is somewhat divided in green circles on the role of the Conservative Environment Network (CEN). The Greens and the Lib Dems have always played a pioneering role in environmental policy thinking.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Parliamentary groups focused on energy and the environment received nearly £240,000 worth of support from think tanks backed by oil and gas companies in the past two years, DeSmog can report. The APPG on the Environment received a further £5,000 directly from RWE, a major producer of coal.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 13, 2022

Nutrient pollution can lead to the growth of harmful algal blooms such as cyanobacteria also known as blue-green algae, pictured (image credit: UKCEH). Skyrocketing fertilizer prices in recent months highlight importance of challenges outlined in new report.

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Green Living Guy

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

But we are continuing to only take from our environment. If you feel your government or political leaders will take necessary strides to sustain the. The post 7 Things To Know About CBD and Sustainability appeared first on Green Living Guy. Ever thought about giving back to the planet?

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 22, 2020

Before the stimulus was signed off, a leaked document by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy (DG Energy) ran through a serious of policy plans to marry the European Green Deal and the COVID-19 recovery effort. Support for green hydrogen was also suggested. A new idea for EU green recovery takes shape.

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Business Green

JULY 14, 2021

Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund provides up to £100,000 to 27 nature-based climate projects across England. The fund has been launched by the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs alongside the Environment Agency and Natural England. "To

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 4, 2024

As energy policy and politics shift globally, business flexibility will be a necessity for the success of the energy transition. Well, not quite, because anyone who has even briefly scanned the news over the last few months will have noted the shift in the political mood music around energy policy across the world.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 21, 2023

The firms were then featured prominently on panels alongside these cabinet ministers, MPs, and local political leaders. There are serious questions to be answered over the Northern Research Group’s dodgy donations,” Green Party MP Caroline Lucas told DeSmog.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Green Alliance's Shaun Spiers offers his overview of the year just passed, and cause to be optimistic about climate and environmental policy and action next year. We have also had three Business Secretaries, three Environment Secretaries and four Chancellors. If there is a Brexit dividend, it is certainly not political stability.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In a landmark speech delivered this evening at an event hosted by the Conservative Environment Network (CEN), the former Prime Minister claimed net zero "pessimists" on the right of the Party are out of step with the views of the public, including Conservative voters. The environment doesn't divide people in this country.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 7, 2021

Green campaigners have expressed concern about the GMB union’s newly elected leader, who has called for Glasgow to ditch the upcoming COP26 climate summit and enthusiastically backed fracking. He also reiterated his concerns over COP26, claiming its hosting by Glasgow “will illustrate what political failure looks like”. “[T]he

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Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2020

When you think of Green Parties, no matter the country you're in, you instinctively associate them with left-wing politics. The label of ‘watermelons' captures the essence of this; green on the outside but, red really on the inside. Elsewhere, Green centrism has been prevalent. Bright Blue's Patrick Hall.

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Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

To work towards a healthy, prosperous and sustainable future, we must leverage the best tools and technology to accurately monitor the environment and its connection to the economy, as well as our lifestyle related to them both. H2020 EU Green Deal Call is one of the first EU Green Deal initiatives that the European Commission has launched.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Former Bank of England Governor addresses relaunch of the All Party Parliamentary Group for the Environment, for which Green Alliance is to be secretariat. Relaunching the APPG, fuelled by the impressive expertise of Green Alliance, is a key way of doing that," he explained.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 3, 2022

A new peer-reviewed paper by Fergus Green and Noel Healy, published in One Earth , analyzes the various ways in which inequality contributes to more greenhouse gas emissions while simultaneously making climate action even more difficult to pursue. The following conversation was edited for brevity and clarity. How does it do that?

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Business Green

OCTOBER 25, 2021

VIDEO: Professor Rebecca Willis, Hubbub's Heather Poore, Viki Cooke from BritainThinks tackle that most crucial of questions for green policymakers and businesses. The net zero transition will have implications for communities all around the world.

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Green Market Oracle

JUNE 21, 2020

Their will be a live streaming of a virtual meeting between the environment ministers of Canada, Mexico and the United States on June 26, 2020. LIVESTREAM: The USMCA and the Environment: A Renewed Commitment for North America 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 10, 2022

For its part, the government insists both its net zero and wider environmental targets remain in place and it is simply trying to unlock a fresh wave of economic growth that can bolster energy and food security while still delivering on green goals. It is a myth that we can't grow the economy and the environment together," he said.

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Terra Infirma

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

I’ve never seen political turbulence like it – three UK Prime Ministers in a couple of months. But, how Green is Rishi Sunak? If I were advising him, I would suggest launching a massive Net Zero policy offensive on the run up to the conference to turbocharge the green economy and boost energy efficiency and energy security.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 26, 2022

On May 20, Europa Verde, Italy’s green political party, published a message of solidarity with the three accused climate activists whose homes were searched by Italian police. I’m telling you this so that people can understand what kind of environment it felt like,” Sergio said.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

It is time for meaningful, practical and sensible engagement with government to ensure the Environment Act into the right green policies, writes the EIC's Guto Davies. The appointment of a new Prime Minister is a timely reminder that policymaking is an ever shifting environment.

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2021

VIDEO: Climate Bonds Initiative's Sean Kidney, LaFargeHolcim's Nicolas Vaniet, MSCI's Elisabeth Seep, and Ben Caldecott of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme discuss the trends, challenges and potential of the rapidly evolving green bonds market. Their conversation can be watched in full above.

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Business Green

AUGUST 20, 2021

Deal between SNP and Scottish Green promises billions of pounds of investment in renewables, energy efficiency and public transport. Scottish Green Party Co-leader Patrick Harvie said the Scottish Government "must do everything in our power to tackle the escalating climate and nature emergencies to deliver a just transition for all".

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2020

Key architect of the 2008 Climate Change Act returns to frontline politics, as Sir Keir Starmer unveils Labour's new front bench team. We must also return to climate change as the unavoidable long-term issue of our time, including with a recovery based on providing economic justice through a Green New Deal.".

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2023

Priti Patel's latest attack on green policies makes little sense and offers no alternative vision for the future - it deserves to be rejected, line-by-line The attacks on the UK's climate policies are now coming thick and fast. So, here goes. The first of many completely unevidenced claims.

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2022

As a student of the classics Boris Johnson may one day manage a wry smile at the way the acme of his premiership came in the same week as he sowed the seeds that would ultimately lead to today's political nadir. It is, by any measure, a staggering political demise. It was on the evening of November 2nd, that hubris met nemesis.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Today, Fair Trade has about 130 employees and is a very prevalent non-profit organization responsible for setting trade standards, certifying and labeling products that have been vetted to promote sustainable livelihoods for farmers and workers that protect the environment. GBB Green Ambassador. Source: Fair Trade Advocacy Office.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2020

MPs from across the political divide have called on the government to harness its Covid-19 recovery plans to accelerate the transition to net zero, today setting out a 10-point programme of policy recommendations "the government needs to urgently adopt to get the UK on track".

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Climate politics is close to breaking point," Sunak declared. The British people care about the environment. He repeated the line that climate politics was "close to breaking point", but this time he argued it was "because the gap between pledges and delivery is undermining credibility".

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