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Could the EU's Fit for 55 programme unleash a new wave of climate litigation?

Business Green

There is a high likelihood that states may be involved in litigation, as both defendants and plaintiffs, particularly as civil society activists seek to ensure that national-level policies and action are as ambitious as possible, and as controversies over the type and nature of new energy technologies continue to play out," they said.

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Maine Offshore Wind Roadmap Expected in Early 2023; Here’s Why the OSW Industry Should Take Note

Energy and Cleantech Council

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for a proposed floating offshore wind research array. This Roadmap is likely to offer a comprehensive analysis of the opportunities and challenges (and therefore, insight into prospective state policy positions) that may arise as offshore wind development advances in the Gulf of Maine.

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Renewables industry hits back at Liz Truss's 'depressing' solar jibe

Business Green

The renewables industry has today hit back at accusations from Tory leadership frontrunner Liz Truss that field-based solar arrays are "one of the most depressing sights", warning that her comments risk undermining investment in technologies that can drive down bills and enhance the UK's energy security. Biofuels for cars are a zombie policy.

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Insurance Giants Under Fire from First Nations for Backing Trans Mountain Tar Sands Pipeline

DeSmogBlog

Indigenous peoples in Canada and a coalition of environmental groups launched a “Global Week of Action” for June 14-21 , aimed at pressuring an array of insurance companies to cut ties with a long-distance tar sands pipeline under construction in Canada. They should know and understand that the fossil fuel industry is in a state of demise.

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Rooftop solar skyrockets if an alternative to monopoly utility models is employed

Renewable Energy World

In recent years, this lag in utility recognition has become increasingly problematic, risking the health, environmental, and financial impacts of over-investment in large fossil fuel power plants. When the first solar arrays were installed at homes, it made electric meters — as unprepared as the utility that owned them — run backward.

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What Is B Corp? B Corp Certification Guide + Quick Assessment

Green Business Bureau

With this in mind, the Green Business Bureau has developed a more thorough evaluation of a company’s environmental, social, and governance credentials, to build even better businesses. Does your company offer an explicit policy for transgender healthcare coverage? There are 250 weighted questions in this assessment.

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Is the UK squandering its green economy leadership?

Business Green

The CBI reckons the UK has lost out on £4.3bn of green growth to its European competitors, making bolder climate action an open goal for a Labour Party that is looking to woo business leaders For much of the past decade the green economy has provided the government with a genuine success story with which to answer its many critics.