Governing the sustainability commons
GreenBiz
JULY 21, 2022
Effective voluntary programs have clearly defined objectives, indicators, monitoring programs and graduated sanctions
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Climate Cruelty and Local Governments
The Environmental Blog
JUNE 4, 2021
Local governments are uniquely impacted by climate change. But climate change’s cruelty extends to American governance, too. The level of government least able to mitigate and adapt is the level of government most affected. Climate Change Local Governments
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Green Government Policies Save Lives
U.S. Green Technology
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
Government officials recognize the importance of conservation services and team up with professionals to develop solutions. The post Green Government Policies Save Lives appeared first on U.S. The green revolution is influencing various industries and promoting sustainable lifestyles.
Government policy spurs investment in Chinese climate tech
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
China’s net-zero goal has strengthened the financing landscape for the country’s climate tech sector
How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular
Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute
The Carbon Zero, Circular Economy, is easily the most profoundly important result of digital transformation. Industry 4.0 has a massively cumulative impact on dematerialization (in all forms) and resultant decarbonization (both emissions and embodied) throughout the economy. Join panelists Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Jimmy Jia, Fabienne Durand, and their moderator Roger Strukhoff as they discuss how bending the carbon/GHG heavy linear economy to the circular is one of the hidden benefits of digital disruption.
The power of procurement: How governments can purchase a greener future
GreenBiz
AUGUST 9, 2022
By embedding socially responsible and sustainable procurement criteria into their own purchasing habits, governments can reduce climate impacts in meaningful and direct ways
US government must ensure responsible offshore wind development
GreenBiz
AUGUST 15, 2022
As the Department of Interior prepares for its first offshore wind leases, they must also work to protect the waters in which they're sited
More consumers are serious about climate change. Are business and government listening?
GreenBiz
JANUARY 24, 2022
Consumers around the world need governments and companies to help activate behavior change
6 Cities and Local Governments Accelerating Zero Carbon Buildings
The City Fix
APRIL 27, 2022
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Should the government spend big on carbon removal?
GreenBiz
MAY 12, 2022
State and federal lawmakers pitch spending billions to scale up the nascent industry
The UK Government’s deregulation agenda is dangerous
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
Instead, the UK Government is pursuing a dangerous agenda of deregulation that puts the very laws protecting wildlife at even greater risk. Defra has more EU retained law than any other Government department, with 570 retained laws on environmental issues.
Local governments must take responsibility for clean heat
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 9, 2022
Net zero energy goals for heating need to be owned and delivered by regional and local governments, according to a new report led by the University of Birmingham. Again, the way to do this is by devolving decision-making to local governments.”.
Should the U.S. government buy Greyhound?
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
The federal government should nationalize it and expand its low-carbon, affordable services. The bus company is for sale. Electric Vehicles Equity & Inclusion Green New Deal Policy & Politics railroad Transportation & Mobility
Government U-turn on promise to reform farming post-Brexit
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 13, 2022
The Government has broken its promise to reform farming post-Brexit. In its National Food Strategy published today (13 June), the Government’s commitment to provide a third of its farming budget for Landscape Recovery has been abandoned.
How government procurement creates a snowball effect for corporate climate action
GreenBiz
AUGUST 25, 2022
What you need to know about how federal procurement rules will affect companies’ climate strategies
Fuel bills could rise 90% under Government’s hydrogen plans
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
This comes as the Government is preparing to decide next year whether to allow blending of up to 20% hydrogen into the gas network and is due to make a decision on rolling out hydrogen for home heating on a mass scale in 2026.
New lawsuits challenge UK government’s “greenwashing and climate delay”
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 12, 2022
Both ClientEarth and Friends of the Earth are taking the government to court over strategies intended to advance the transition to a low emissions future. The Government claims that those producing pollution should bear the cost of managing it.
How U.S. government procurement can lead the clean economy
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
government procurement can lead the clean economy. After 50 years of incremental progress in making its purchasing more sustainable, the federal government still faces tremendous challenges to making acquisitions value sustainability, reduce carbon and halt climate changes to our environment. Every decision the government makes with its $600 billion of annual purchasing power has an impact — it could and should be a positive one. How U.S.
New government must act decisively to grip the energy crisis, says CBI
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 25, 2022
1) To target support at those households and firms most in need, the UK Government should: Urgently introduce targeted interventions for the most vulnerable households, through existing mechanisms like the Energy Bills Support Scheme. Governments in devolved nations should do the same). (3)
Government funding for ammonia-to-hydrogen project in the Midlands
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 19, 2022
It forms part of the UK Government’s commitment to enable 10GW of hydrogen production capacity by 2030, with projections indicating that hydrogen will form up to 35 per cent of UK final energy consumption by 2050. A consortium led by Gemserv has secured around £6.7
Government to consider further relief for energy intensive industries
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 17, 2022
The UK Government is consulting on the option to increase the level of exemption for certain environmental and policy costs from 85% of costs up to 100%.
Stranded at sea: 2000 cattle face culling by Spanish government
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
Stranded at sea with roughly 2000 cattle, two ships face are "crying out for help" from the Spanish government
Not-so-bright new dawn? Observers respond to the Government’s Growth Plan 2022
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
Quite apart from its seemingly frosty reception with global investors, the government’s Growth Plan 2022 policy statement also elicited bafflement from environmental commentators, many of whom seemed dismayed by its apparent “dash for gas”, and volte face on protecting the environment.
Institute for Government slams 'incoherent' government net zero policymaking
Business Green
MAY 18, 2022
Policy decisions surrounding new coal mines, air passenger duty, and North Sea oil and gas are undermining the government's net zero agenda, think tank warns. A lack of joined-up policy making has often undermined cross-government ambitions," the IfG report states. "In
Government of Canada launches Hydrogen Strategy
Charged
JANUARY 21, 2021
Be that as it may, governments in Europe and Japan have big plans to subsidize hydrogen technology. The Strategy is the result of three years of research and analysis, with input from 1,500 experts and stakeholders from industry, government and academia. Source: Government of Canada.
Australian government stumbles in climate crisis response
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 30, 2020
The Australian government appears conflicted in its efforts to adopt environmentally progressive policies following the country's recent bushfires and record temperatures
“Top down governance is flawed”, says report on local government and net zero
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
New research from UK100 contains a stark warning from two major UK business leaders that the current model of ‘top down’ climate governance is “hindering the full potential for climate action at the local level.”. The report focuses on in-country local government climate networks.
Risk of recycling crisis as UK Government ‘deaf’ to industry concerns about Red Diesel ban
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 31, 2022
The body representing Scottish SME resource and waste management operators says recycling services across the country are under threat following the UK Government’s refusal to exempt the sector from today’s cutting of the Red Diesel exemption.
New US government rule allows drilling in forested land
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
government legalizes oil and gas drilling within forested land. A new rule published by the U.S. This action threatens forest ecosystems, reversing decades of work to protect forested areas
US Government Awards Planet EOCL Contract
Planet Pulse
MAY 25, 2022
government’s industry-defining procurement vehicle for unclassified commercial satellite imagery and represents the Federal government’s significant investment in and commitment to the commercial remote sensing sector and the capabilities and value it provides.
Planners call on government for stronger direction on climate action
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
An overwhelming majority of UK planners want the next government to give stronger direction and more resources to enable local planners to deliver net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
How to Apply for Government Grants and Loans
CleanTech Alliance
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Source: USA.gov, accessed September 9, 2019 Free Money from the Government The federal government does not offer grants or “free money” to individuals to start a business or cover personal expenses, contrary to what you might see online or in the media. Websites or other publications claiming to offer “free money from the government” are often scams.
Anti-Climate Politicians Tipped for Top Roles in Truss Government
DeSmogBlog
AUGUST 3, 2022
None of those who have so far been tipped for Truss’s cabinet are among the 21 MPs to have publicly backed the Net Zero Scrutiny Group (NZSG), a caucus of Tory backbenchers that formed last year to oppose many of the government’s net zero policies.
Government has failed to tackle fast fashion, despite the problem worsening, says report
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 9, 2021
In comparison, research published by the University of Cambridge earlier this year showed that there have been 14 government strategies containing 689 policies to tackle obesity. This stark difference in government policy and attention demonstrates that,?despite
Is governance the unexplored secret behind Patagonia’s business success?
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 18, 2019
Contrary to what you might expect, the company doesn't offer employee stock options, in part so it can continue to push boundaries of corporate behavior. Corporate Strategy Employee Engagement
Turning action into law: government’s accountability legislation a critical step
Clean Energy Canada
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
We particularly welcome the new requirement that the federal government report on its own climate-related financial risks and opportunities, under the purview of the finance minister. Media Releases Climate Policy Federal Government
Government unveils business Energy Bill Relief Scheme
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
The government has today unveiled plans for a new Energy Bill Relief Scheme, which will effectively extend the energy price freeze provided to households to all UK businesses, charities, and the public sector.
Federal government’s new climate plan is brave, honest, and historic
Clean Energy Canada
DECEMBER 11, 2020
VICTORIA — Merran Smith, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s climate plan update : “When it comes to climate action, honesty is the best policy. Media Releases Federal Government
Government awards £30m to cutting-edge highway decarbonisation projects
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 8, 2022
Cutting-edge, innovative ideas to decarbonise the UK’s highways are to benefit from tens of millions of pounds in Government funding. Transport Minister Trudy Harrison said: “Investing in innovation is a priority for this Government.
The Australian government unveils plan to end plastic pollution
Inhabitat - Innovation
MARCH 15, 2021
With the National Plastic Plan, Australia aims to address challenges with biodegradable, recyclable and compostable plastics
Government sets out new targets on air quality, water pollution, waste and woodland cover
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 17, 2022
The UK government announced new environmental targets in four key areas of air quality, water, waste reduction and woodland cover on 16 March. On air quality, the government has proposed a legally-binding target to halve the levels of PM2.5
Governing an ocean of plastics
Eco-Business
MARCH 2, 2022
An effective international agreement on ocean plastic pollution should account for all aspects of plastics production – from manufacturing to disposal, and it must involve governments, the private sector, and the public
UK government funds regional battery-electric buses
Charged
DECEMBER 8, 2021
The UK government has announced the first five winners of its Zero Emission Bus Regional Area (ZEBRA) funding program, which is designed to enable transport authorities outside London to fund zero-emission buses.
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