DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

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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Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2021

Reduce fossil fuel use. Despite strict fines and penalties , many fishing vessels continue to overfish simply because of how hard it is to enforce these laws over millions of square miles of open ocean. Reduce Fossil Fuel Use. of total global fuel consumption. Adhere to the “Good Fish Guide”.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The change will be introduced as an amendment to the EU's climate law. The Commission is likely to have found a target that is achievable and politically palatable to all member states. Fossil fuels could lose out once lawmakers thrash out the details. The EU will then distribute that finance.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

Working closely with the community, Cole represented the residents in lawsuits fighting against major mining and fossil fuel companies, including the groundbreaking case Kivalina v. He developed a form of environmental justice law focused on community empowerment and mobilization.

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2023

Starmer promises that a Labour government would introduce new Take Back Control Bill to give communities more say over local decisions, including green power and transport projects. Devolve new powers over employment support, transport, energy, climate change, housing, culture, childcare provision and how councils run their finances.".

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 16, 2023

Echoing a trend seen among fossil fuel incumbents the world over, Germany’s pipeline operators are casting themselves as gatekeepers to climate solutions. This is not a ‘champagne grid’, but a ‘core grid’ — an enormous transport grid for hydrogen,” she said. Credit: Phoebe Cooke.

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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. ” Incentives for cars and often wealthier households – $191 million or about 30% of climate allocation. There’s also $ 323.9

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

And, in the United States, political gridlock chopped the heart out of Congress’ most ambitious clean energy plan. . Renewable solar and wind power now typically costs less than fossil-fuel alternatives. That’s looking more doable as renewable-energy prices drop, providing an alternative to fossil fuels.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Titled Local Edge: An Inquiry Into Climate Politics and The Economics of Recovery , the report argues that there is an urgent need to deliver emission reduction solutions at a local level in three crucial areas: heat energy and buildings; food, land use, and nature; and transport and air quality.

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Business Green

AUGUST 20, 2021

It has also reiterated its challenge for the UK press to "tell the truth" about the scale of the climate crisis, and for all new investment in fossil fuels to be stopped immediately, in line with the recommendations of International Energy Agency earlier this year.

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2022

This shift would be particularly important for firm, clean energy resources , such as geothermal, nuclear and hydrogen, that need to move down the cost curve in order to be deployed at scale and decarbonize the power sector - the second largest source of emissions in the US, after transportation. The bill is not perfect.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The Green Deal is the first political act from the new European Commission, which was confirmed last month and serves as the European Union's executive branch. Within 100 days, the Commission will present a new Climate Law designed to lock in the continent’s commitment to net-zero emissions by 2050.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

A 2035 ban on sales of new fossil fuel cars and vans in Europe now looks inevitable, after long talks led to EU Council agreement on a host of crucial green policies. The decision reached overnight is great news," said Sandra Roling, director of transport at the Climate Group.

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Grist

JANUARY 31, 2024

Read more “fiction to reality” based on past Imagine contests ] “It’s unrealistic to think that regulation can work on its own,” said Matto Mildenberger, an assistant professor and researcher who specializes in climate politics and political drivers of policy inaction.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Revelations about high-level and systemic failures of oversight — both private and public — come at a time when historic federal investments in renewable energy are threatening a constellation of fossil fuel interests and political coalitions vying to preserve profits as the U.S. economy is increasingly rocked by climate chaos.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

In the summer of 2022, faced with a very real opportunity to confront the fossil fuel industry, potentially forcing the facility to halt oil train shipments entirely, the city instead chose to strike a compromise that allows the oil facility to continue to operate. You’re in the driver’s seat.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2020

Covid-19 stimulus plan must prioritise green building upgrades, tree planting, fossil fuel taxes, and skills training, advises Committee on Climate Change. Business stands shoulder to shoulder with political leaders and consumers in its desire for ambitious change.".

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Business Green

JANUARY 22, 2020

Experts agree that to get to net zero emissions inside just three decades will require immediate and far-reaching action to cut emissions simultaneously across transport, industry, housing, agriculture, and energy.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2023

That is the hypothesis advanced in a new report published today by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The report also predicts disputes over what constitutes 'renewable energy' or 'green' investment.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2022

Planned legislation covering energy, transport, and a clamp down on environmental protests was unveiled in today's Queen Speech. Transport Bill.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The NIC - the UK's independent infrastructure advisory body - set out a number of recommendations today in its annual assessment of government progress towards key infrastructure priorities, including boosting transport connectivity and decarbonising the energy system.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 13, 2022

But if the green agenda does not provide economic growth, it will ultimately not have political support and it will be self-defeating. "It is in this light that we can achieve our commitments to net zero by 2050, as dark satanic mills are replaced by onshore and offshore windfarms.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

It is a far from unsurprising message from Skidmore, who having signed the 2050 target into law, has long been a staunch advocate for an ambitious net zero agenda. All that is needed is more political urgency, policy clarity, and real world action to mobilise investment, drive clean tech deployment, accelerate the transition.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

That is the urgent warning from the government's independent climate advisory body, the Climate Change Committee (CCC), which today offered a withering assessment of Westminster's progress against its net zero agenda since the landmark target was passed into law almost exactly two years' ago.

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2022

The money behind INEOS and Borealis , argues demand for plastic is set to fall in the coming years due to incoming laws aimed at curbing plastic use, and that therefore banks are putting their investments at risk. The study, Who finances the plastic flood?

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Jigar Shah

JUNE 11, 2019

Prominent among these shifts is an increase in ride-sharing and public transit over car ownership, and an elevated political awareness of climate change. Over time, we joined political initiatives, raised money, passed legislation — we got stuff done. This is why younger generations are postponing car purchases.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 7, 2024

Most famously, the governor of Florida kept battling one of the world’s most beloved brands, Disney, over the company’s position on state laws targeting the LGBTQ+ community. Some in the investment community even pushed back on anti-ESG laws — partly because, as one analysis concluded, those state laws could cost taxpayers $708 million.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2022

Our political leaders bear a genuinely world historic responsibility to try and drive the development of a net zero emission economy in less than three decades and end the obliteration of nature. If you do not support the current target are you proposing to change the law to shift or scrap the net zero target?

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Jigar Shah

JUNE 11, 2019

Prominent among these shifts is an increase in ride-sharing and public transit over car ownership, and an elevated political awareness of climate change. like car ownership, reliance on fossil fuels, or skepticism of scientific discoveries?—?have Over time, we joined political initiatives, raised money, passed legislation?—?we

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

From XR protests and trade board appointments to Brexit brinkmanship and transport funding, the government's triangulation on green issues points to a high stakes autumn. It needs to regain focus, kick out extremists and make the press an ally, not a target of political partisan attacks," the paper advised.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Slow-to-change investors and greenwashers in the business community will lose their cover to continue propping up the fossil fuel economy. Each partner brings a relevant monitoring technology to the table and expertise or a track record working in a key industry such as transport, agriculture or the energy sector.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 14, 2020

The other big shift this year was a clear sprint for the exits from fossil fuel investment. Senate to pass common-sense gun laws. Electric transportation is expanding. The next fossil fuel to face price pressure from clean tech is oil, driven (sorry) in part by a major shift in auto technology.

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2020

As such over 85 per cent of respondents said they felt that businesses with a strong commitment to sustainability should be prioritised for post-COVID government support, while investment should be primarily directed at the transport and logistics, manufacturing, and construction sectors where significant emissions reductions can be unlocked.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2021

Discussions leading up to the hotly-anticipated summit are already said to have delivered hugely significant commitments on fossil fuels and clean energy , company climate risk disclosure , and global minimum corporate tax levels. per cent - a small number with big benefits," Polman responded.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2020

Crucially, in order to receive funds, Member States would need to set out their case to the Commission, with approval potentially dependent on conditions such as meeting certain EU targets, observing the rule of law, good governance, and commitments to furthering the bloc's green and digital priorities.

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2023

To this end, the IPCC has recommended governments urgently press ahead with policies, laws, and strategies that drive near-term climate action, while working with the private sector to unlock funds that can help tackle climate change. There is a clearly a major business opportunity to be seized in developing climate solutions and services.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

While California already has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 13 percent since their peak in 2004, many residents still suffer from high levels of air pollution — much of it produced by fossil fuels. And they have suffered collateral damage from the harmful pollutants produced by using fossil fuels. As the U.S.

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