Business Green

MARCH 27, 2023

The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) said the government had not been consistently completing legally-required Post-Implementation Reviews (PIRs) of environmental and other related laws, which it warned risked undermining environmental protection efforts and accountability in the UK.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2024

and EU to drop their landmark climate change laws, spreads falsehoods about green policies, and fondly recalls an attempt to cancel a major climate conference. government to spur green technology investment. The UK government has given £20 billion more in support to fossil fuel producers than renewables companies since 2015.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The post NSW passes climate bill to write 70 pct by 2035 emissions reduction target into law appeared first on RenewEconomy. In a triumph of multi-partisanship, NSW Parliament has passed legislation to cut the state's emissions by 70% by 2035, and reach net zero by 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The Government has claimed that it is “on track to reach its target to protect 30% of UK land and sea for nature 2030”, but the department responsible cannot provide any evidence to back-up these assertions, as new findings reveal, which were published on 10 October by environmental groups. Image credit: Marc Barrot , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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Renew Economy

JUNE 7, 2023

ACT votes on law to ban new gas connections for homes and businesses, in a major coup for electrification and a new blow to the fossil fuel lobby. The post ACT passes first law in Australia banning gas in new homes, as fossil empire strikes back appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Firms including Tesco, Nestle and Waitrose want UK government proposals expanded to encompass all deforestation, not just that defined as illegal. The government's proposals would see large companies operating in the UK obligated to show where forest risk commodities including cocoa, soy, rubber and leather, originate.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Akerman, a top-100 US law firm with over 700 employees, has launched three new teams under the umbrella of its Energy and Infrastructure Sector Team, focusing on renewable energy and other high-tech infrastructure.

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Green Living Guy

JULY 29, 2022

Thousands of local governments and subsidiaries can directly contract with Blink for electric fleet charging solutions through a preferred vendor agreement. The post Blink Charging to Increase EV Charging for Florida Law Enforcement and Public Safety Agencies appeared first on The Green Living Guy.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Government hails law as 'biggest piece of legislation in the UK's history', setting out a raft of reforms designed to build a greener, more secure energy system

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Scottish government admits it has 'fallen short' of requirement to publish detailed emissions data and pledges to remedy the issue 'as soon as possible'

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

On 1 November green groups submitted a letter of complaint to Defra after the Government failed to meet a legal deadline on setting new environmental targets. If it finds there has been a serious failure to comply with environmental law, then further action is possible. Read the complaint in full, and see list of signatories, here.

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Charged

JULY 19, 2023

The unreliability of public charging stations is a public scandal, and government regulators in several countries are stepping in to try to force the charging industry to raise its game. The government said that a measure recently adopted in the Netherlands, which also requires 99% uptime, served as a model.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Calls grow for a rethink of the controversial Retained EU Law Bill, amid concerns over threat to worker, consumer, and environmental protections. The Bill has become a cause celebre for arch-Brexiteers within the Conservative Party, who are keen to see the government bring an end to any EU influence over UK laws as quickly as possible.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2020

Ambitious draft climate law would immediately ban new oil, gas and coal projects and end subsidies for fossil fuels. The draft law, which parliament must still approve, follows the Spanish government's declaration of a climate emergency earlier this year. per cent over the next decade.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2023

But green groups and government watchdog the OEP warn environmental protections still under threat under government’s controversial Retained EU Law Bill

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Business Green

DECEMBER 6, 2020

The Environment Bill is a key piece of legislation that will lay out a framework for environmental law and its enforcement post-Brexit. This Bill is government's opportunity to secure a strong governance system that will help ensure environmental laws are properly implemented and complied with by all public bodies.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

German economy and climate minister says tweak to nuclear exit law will only entail a limited extension until spring next year, due to the technology's risks. The post German government proposes limited extension of “high risk” nuclear appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Renew Economy

JULY 24, 2022

The Albanese government should take lessons from existing climate laws to ensure it follows best practice. The post Four lessons for Labor in making its climate targets law appeared first on RenewEconomy. We can't afford to get this wrong.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Office of Environmental Protection identifies 'possible failures to comply with environmental law in relation to regulatory oversight of untreated sewage discharges'

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Austria is the latest country to be facing a lawsuit brought by some of its youngest citizens who say their government is failing to protect them from the worsening climate crisis. For years, Fridays for Future has been demanding the revision of the Climate Protection Law in order to (finally) establish compliance with the Paris Agreement.

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Energy Transition

JANUARY 16, 2024

The campaign was dominated by other issues: the surveillance of opposition politicians by special services, the role of state-run media, migration policy and the unprecedented enrichment of politicians from the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party.

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Business Green

APRIL 25, 2023

Government announces plan to put targets to reduce storm overflows on a legal footing, as MPs block Labour's rival bill for tackling water pollution crisis

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Charged

MAY 28, 2021

For almost a decade now, Tesla has been fighting state governments for the right to sell its vehicles directly to customers—something which has historically been prohibited in most US states. Tesla sure would appreciate changing the law, so that this is not required! Not this year. Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 27, 2021.

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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. While subject to consultation, the revised targets are to be incorporated into the Environment Act , which became law on 10 November last year. Air quality. g/m 3 to 10 ?g/m Woodland cover.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Good Law Project, Friends of the Earth and ClientEarth will bring their legal challenge of the Government’s threadbare net zero strategy to the High Court, in a hearing due on 20-22 February 2024. Last year, they successfully challenged the Government’s original net zero plan.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

That's why we’ve tapped Elemental Excelerator ’s expertise and experience to unravel the complexities of accessing non-dilutive government funding (in the US). We’ll walk you through the essential steps to prep your climate tech startup for the competitive government grant process. Total funding: $1.2T

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 4, 2021

Reducing the reliance of water companies on storm overflows is important to help cut pollution in waterways, and earlier this year the Government announced it was working with Philip Dunne MP on shared ambitions to tackle high levels of sewage in UK rivers, following the introduction of his Private Member’s Bill in 2020.

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Financial Times: Energy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Roles of government, Environment Agency and Ofwat in monitoring and enforcement of discharges by water companies under scrutiny

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Business Green

JUNE 27, 2023

Government again rejects Lords' attempts to add environmental protections to Retained EU Law Bill, but agrees to consult publicly over future changes to EU-derived law

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Business Green

APRIL 19, 2021

Detailed analysis of more than 100 EU exit statutory instruments laid by Defra prompts campaigners to warn of 'significant governance gaps in the application, interpretation and enforcement of environmental law' post-Brexit. Ministers have insisted that the process was necessary to ensure continuity of environmental legislation.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The post New French law mandates solar panels on new parking lots appeared first on RenewEconomy. The French Senate has approved a bill that will require parking lots with a minimum of 80 spaces to be covered with a canopy of solar panels.

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Business Green

JANUARY 25, 2024

Good Law Project to argue exclusion of onshore wind development from recent National Policy Statement is not compatible with climate goals

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The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

ISDS is a corporate tribunal system, where a panel of unelected lawyers decides whether a company is owed compensation if the actions of national governments leave its assets “ stranded ”.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 7, 2023

Proposed laws to curb antibiotic use on UK farms drafted after closed-door meetings with industry contain loopholes that could undermine the fight against deadly drug resistant bacteria, campaigners have warned. The UK government has since weakened that commitment, however, saying only that it would implement “similar provisions.”

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

Good Law Project is supporting Rights Community Action to take Michael Gove’s levelling up department to the High Court. The High Court will also decide whether the government has failed properly to apply its own Environment Act 2021, which requires policy to be assessed for its environmental impacts.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

TORONTO — Sarah Petrevan, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement after the federal government tabled legislation holding it accountable to meeting its climate targets: “Climate targets are important signals in the fight against climate change, but promises are nothing without accountability and a plan to meet them.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The post South Australia passes green hydrogen law, with support from anti-wind cross bench appeared first on RenewEconomy. South Australia hydrogen act passes after support from One Nation and SA Best, founded by anti-wind campaigner Nick Xenophon, overcame delaying tactics from Greens and Liberals.

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