DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2023

This technique of using statements that are technically true but omit crucial information and therefore are misleading, is called paltering — and it’s an old favorite of the fossil fuel industry. R-CALF USA doesn’t only blame the private trade associations for overturning the law that allowed “Made in the USA” labels. “It’s

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 8, 2021

“Our state is addicted to fossil fuels and, like many addicts, instead of seeking to break our addiction. Major fossil fuel companies, like Exxon, tout CCS as a necessary tool for the United States to reduce CO2 emissions as outlined in the Paris Agreement. . It delays action.” .

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

  In other news the EU parliament passed a law to restore 20% of the EU’s land and sea by 2030, England requires all new buildings to improve biodiversity, and the US Congress finds something they can agree on with nuclear policy, while the SEC may be set to announce watered down rules on reporting.     Equity.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MARCH 11, 2021

While the COVID-19 pandemic slowed the progress of the TCI-P, the TCI held public webinars in September 2020 to discuss the development and potential equity impacts of the TCI-P and the draft MOU. Affected Fuel” is defined as “the fossil fuel components of motor gasoline and on-road diesel fuel.”

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Business Green

JANUARY 15, 2021

These were just some of the conclusions drawn during a wide-ranging webinar hosted this week by BusinessGreen in association with Schroders, which saw a panel of green investment experts weigh in on the challenges and opportunities facing the growing number of investors that have pledged to deliver net zero emission portfolios.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 29, 2021

developers benefit from a robust community solar law that allows customers to subscribe to a solar array regardless of if they own the property on which the solar array is installed. CIMCC also utilized these partnerships to engage the broader community through solar+storage education events, like webinars. In Washington, D.C.,

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

The community provides resources and support for members, including events, webinars, and peer-to-peer learning opportunities. Supplier codes of conduct are of special importance if your company sources products and services from countries with lax enforcement laws and policies, and poorer labor and human rights laws.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

ShareAction itself has already filed resolutions at Barclays and - just recently - HSBC where it has the backing of 117 other institutional investors in calling on the bank to phase out fossil fuel financing. In financial markets, too, confidence in low carbon assets has become more pronounced. But there is still a long way to go.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

District Court for the District of Oregon on Monday, attorneys with Our Children’s Trust – the Oregon-based nonprofit law firm spearheading youth-led constitutional climate litigation in the U.S. government accountable for perpetuating a fossil fuel-based energy system and worsening the climate crisis. In a filing with the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

based Atlas member think tank Policy Exchange put out a report in 2019 called “Extremist Rebellion,” describing Extinction Rebellion, an organization famous for shutting down parts of London to call for aggressive climate action, as “an extremist organization seeking the breakdown of liberal democracy and the rule of law.”

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

Join us for a webinar Jan 25th on Sightline Climate’s 2023 investment trends, insights, and discussion. The current Haber Bosch process relies on fossil fuels (~ 70% natural gas, 30% coal) and emits 2.4   In deals, $90m for animal-free dairy, $50m for fusion, and $30m for resi solar and storage. 

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

And as a trove of industry documents reveals, Exxon is far from the only fossil fuel company selling carbon capture as its golden ticket to continue pumping its products, despite internal concerns about the technology’s feasibility. For more than three decades, our LaBarge facility in Wyoming has been a center for #carboncapture.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 24, 2020

But with Republicans and fossil fuel interests already blaming these clean-energy provisions for the bill’s delay, the renewables industry is pointing to another, perhaps less political remedy to the growing uncertainty over wind and solar projects’ federal tax credit status.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 1, 2020

By law, California must have 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2045, and an executive order signed by former Governor Jerry Brown calls for economywide carbon-neutrality by the same year. Clean energy is the state’s future. California, alone among major oil-producing states, does not have an oil severance tax.).

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2023

Montana has repealed its 30-year-old energy policy – including a 2011 amendment that prioritized fossil-fuel development. The state relies on that provision to ignore the climate impacts of fossil fuel projects,” said Nate Bellinger, an attorney for the youth plaintiffs. Greg Gianforte signed it into law on March 16.

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