Business Green

JULY 22, 2020

As MEPs enter talks over EU Council's €1.8tr recovery package and budget deal, many key green questions remain. Of the overall €1.8tr package encompassing the recovery funding and the 2021-27 budget, EU leaders agreed that 30 per cent should be earmarked for the bloc's climate objectives and transition to net zero.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 6, 2024

The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act would dramatically cut the amount and toxicity of plastic garbage New Yorkers throw away by targeting the source. It would reduce plastic packaging in New York by half over the next 12 years, and it would prevent a slew of toxic chemicals from being used in those materials. “A

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 29, 2022

According to the EU Commission , “The objective of these dialogues is to offer invited stakeholders the possibility to exchange with DG ENER officials on the European Green Deal package”. The 2022 dialogues’ theme will take into account political and legislative agendas, as well as the national context of each hosting country.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Major new reports warn governments are failing to seize the huge benefits that would flow from major green stimulus plans and fossil fuel subsidy reform. The political class of 2021 are throwing us out of the COVID-19 frying pan and into the climate fire.".

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The Commission is likely to have found a target that is achievable and politically palatable to all member states. billion ($807 billion) coronavirus recovery package that contains the EU Green Deal, including the condition that 37 percent of the funds will be used to meet green objectives. The EU will then distribute that finance.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

The EU's new 'Fit for 55' decarbonisation package is far from perfect, but it is still an historic step forward for global climate action. Bigger still is the EU's Fit for 55 policy package , which it is no exaggeration to describe as a blueprint for decarbonising a continent. This is a big deal. MindTheGap between words and action.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Last year Hicks rhetorically asked on his blog whether climate researchers were “over-hyping because they have a political agenda,” terming them “those chronic-doomster semi-scientists.” based libertarian think tank founded in 1977 by fossil fuel billionaire Charles Koch that has long disputed the facts of climate change.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Overall, the report contends that investing in net zero projects promises to boost UK GDP by two per cent by the end of the decade, and by three per cent by 2050, through the creation of high value new industries and a shift towards cheaper, more secure energy supplies that reduce reliance on expensive fossil fuel imports.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

That is the conclusion of a report today by the non-profit Greener Vision, which warns the government's energy crisis package unveiled late last week lacks any funding or incentives for cutting energy demand, while failing to target support towards the most vulnerable homes and businesses.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Building upon years of research on activism, democracy, and climate politics, Fisher explores the state of the climate movement today to understand how radical direct action is evolving as the climate crisis worsens. Activists at the March to End Fossil Fuels, September 2023. Credit: Dana Fisher. Credit: Dana Fisher.

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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

APRIL 20, 2020

In its most comprehensive assessment of the global energy transition to date, the International Renewable Energy Association (IRENA) today set out a compelling case for ensuring post-Covid-19 economic stimulus packages align with long-term climate and sustainable development objectives.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

Because our economies are still coupled with the burning of fossil fuels, this markedly reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. And yet, opportunities exist through climate-friendly recovery packages to not only stimulate economies, but also reduce emissions while promoting social and environmental co-benefits. Hepburn et al.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2022

The Chancellor this afternoon caved to weeks of political pressure for a windfall tax and announced a temporary levy on oil and gas company record profits in order to raise an estimated £5bn annually for measures to support households and businesses facing soaring energy bills.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 28, 2023

” This messaging flies in the face of guidance from the International Energy Agency , which has warned that all new fossil fuel exploration is incompatible with reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 11, 2019

New European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled Europe's Green Deal on Wednesday, a package of 50 far-reaching policy ideas that are still missing many key details, calling it a "man on the moon moment" for Europe. The European Green Deal is our new growth strategy,” she said.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

More than 100 of the UK's top businesses have urged the Prime Minister to take action to accelerate the clean energy transition, arguing a faster shift away from fossil fuels can help tackle the current energy crisis whilst helping the UK reach its longer-term climate and nature goals.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2022

Rishi Sunak has announced a temporary levy on oil and gas company profits in order to help fund a fresh £15bn package of measures to support households facing soaring energy bills today, marking a major U-turn from the Chancellor's previous refusal to back a so-called ‘windfall tax'.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2023

Yesterday's 'Green Day' package offered the good, the bad, and the ugly of the UK's climate policy programme It was way back in 2010 that the outgoing Labour Treasury Minister Liam Byrne wrote his infamous letter declaring that "I'm afraid there is no money". There was no new thinking on how to cope with dwindling fuel duty receipts.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 5, 2021

The recovery packages stipulated in the course of overcoming the impacts of the corona crisis can be an opportunity to channel needed investments into sustainable, green sectors and build back better. The voices calling for a swift recovery and build back better from COVID are vast and from across the political spectrum.

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2020

Their statement calls on leaders of the world's biggest economies to draw up recovery packages which invest in safeguarding public health and providing jobs, and highlights how sustainable agriculture, green energy, and clean transport are key to a healthy recovery.

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Business Green

APRIL 19, 2021

Political and business leaders have certainly talked a good game in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. When it comes to cutting emissions and rebuilding the economy after Covid, the prime minister really can have his cake and eat it," argued Chris Venables, head of politics at Green Alliance. The green recovery is not just talk.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

By midcentury, these utilities will be required to phase out all fossil-fueled generation. “I am glad the commission was finally able to look past partisan politics to support science and economics-based policy that stakeholders, utilities and ratepayers could all agree upon and benefit from.”

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

It also calls for Ministers to encourage all jurisdictions to include new or strengthened carbon pricing commitments in their NDC and end state support for fossil fuel production, and make securing a global agreement on carbon pricing a core focus of the UK's COP26 diplomacy.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

As hosts of COP26, ministers have been firm on the need to tackle climate change by transitioning away from fossil fuels. Indeed, the energy crisis has become a hot political topic. The Chancellor has announced a package of measures to ease the burden on households following the rise in the energy price cap.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Meanwhile, the huge clean tech buying signals from coalitions of large corporates focused on electric vehicles, green steel, renewables, green shipping, and sustainable aviation fuels, all point to how these markets could quickly reach tipping points that trigger the rapid adoption that obliterates fossil fuel demand.

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

G20 agrees to submit enhanced Paris Agreement plans ahead of COP26, but fails to agree coal power and fossil fuel subsidy phase outs. Under the Paris Agreement, signatories are expected to ramp up their national climate pledges every five years in order to help limit temperature rise to 1.5C

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2020

With governments around the world working feverishly on economic recovery packages in an attempt to cushion the impact of the worst recession in decades, the UN's annual report on the global renewable energy market could not have come at a more opportune.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

That is the headline prediction from a new special report from the International Energy Agency, which details how heat pumps have become a key technology in the response from governments and businesses to the global energy supply crunch that has sent fossil fuel costs soaring in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

Campaigners are also likely to call for any economic stimulus package to be focused on driving climate action and building out low carbon infrastructure. Meanwhile, concerns remain that it could fuel further political nationalism and authoritarianism as well as carbon-intensive stimulus packages in some countries.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

The proposed stimulus package calls for a "renovation wave" of buildings and infrastructure in support of the Green Deal, as well as investments in circular economy efforts, renewable energy projects, clean hydrogen infrastructure, green transport networks, and an enhanced Just Transition Fund for workers.

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GreenBiz

MAY 29, 2020

Should stimulus packages focus on finding the way back to growth by kicking business as usual into overdrive, or could they accelerate the shift that has already started towards a more resilient, low-carbon circular economy? Policy & Politics. Circular Economy. Risk & Resilience. Supply Chain. Resilience. Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 1, 2019

Job Description: The Center for Biological Diversity seeks a full-time Clean Transportation Advocate/ Staff Attorney in our Climate Law Institute to join our bold and progressive campaign to advance the urgently needed transition away from fossil fuel vehicles to zero emissions transportation in California and around the country.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 1, 2019

Job Description: The Center for Biological Diversity seeks a full-time Clean Transportation Advocate/ Staff Attorney in our Climate Law Institute to join our bold and progressive campaign to advance the urgently needed transition away from fossil fuel vehicles to zero emissions transportation in California and around the country.

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Business Green

MARCH 14, 2022

Reports over the weekend suggested the government is poised to announce a sweeping new Energy Independence Plan in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which is expected to feature a host of measures to accelerate renewables and nuclear development, issue new gas exploration licenses, and diversify fossil fuel supplies.

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Business Green

JULY 14, 2020

CO2 price in EU emissions trading scheme breaches €30 per tonne-mark amid political push for 'green recovery'. Higher carbon prices typically lead to higher costs for fossil fuel energy, improving the economics of clean energy sources and energy efficiency upgrades.

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2022

By taking Britain down its ruinous path, the political class in Westminster has made a decision on behalf of the rest of us without any public debate being held, saddling taxpayers with a debt that few politicians are brave enough to quantify publicly and even fewer economists are clever enough to forecast accurately. "For

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