Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The Chancellor is expected to announce a flurry of fresh fiscal and planning policies in his so-called mini-Budget tomorrow, in response to inflation which has risen to its highest level in almost four decades, prompting growing concern about the risks of the UK economy dipping into recession in the coming months.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2021

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has admitted there exists a "slight tension" between the government's efforts to fully decarbonise the UK economy and its recent decision not to block plans for the country's first new coal mine in 30 years.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Liz Truss restated her commitment to net zero, renewables, and nuclear power, as well as North Sea oil and gas, in her keynote speech to the Conservative Party conference this morning, which saw the embattled Prime Minister decry climate activists who briefly interrupted her from the audience as "anti-growth". he asked on Twitter.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

billion to wildfire victims and billions of dollars more to insurers and county and local governments. If we are not able to secure that deal, the state is prepared to take it over,” Newsom said at an energy and environmental policy event last week in Sacramento. “We are pursuing a deal with PG&E.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

In December 2021, after months of lobbying, strong pushback from pro-gas and pro-nuclear supporters, and informal alliances between governments, the Commission asked the Platform on Sustainable Finance to provide feedback on a draft amendment that included gas and nuclear in the taxonomy, thereby recognizing them as sustainable.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

Today Conservative MP Chris Skidmore delivered his hotly-anticipated verdict on how the government should deliver on the UK's net zero emissions targets, arguing that far from backing off from the transition, the UK must go further and faster to realise the huge economic opportunities offered by decarbonisation. G overnance.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 14, 2020

” Grid imbalances have become more challenging to manage with the growth of intermittent wind and solar power as a significant contributor to day-to-day electricity supplies, EIM advocates have noted. While energy imbalance markets have brought benefits to the Western U.S.,

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

This was made clear in the Committee on Climate Change's landmark advice to government on reaching net zero by 2050, published last May. As the new 2050 target, now enshrined in law, is to reduce emissions to net zero, it is important to distinguish between gross zero and net zero. This is especially acute for demand-side policies.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In a busy week for EU climate policy, nuclear energy received a “strategic” label making it eligible for the same benefits as renewables. The law that would mandate more supply chain monitoring and emissions tracking.     Over the channel the tide is pulling in the opposite direction.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 17, 2022

President Joe Biden has signed into law the most significant piece of legislation supporting clean energy and climate change mitigation in US history. With this law, the American people won and the special interests lost,” Biden said at a bill signing ceremony on 16 August. By Jennifer Runyon and John Engel. Transmission.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 17, 2023

This annual assessment acts as a “stick” policy to push shippers to decarbonize and ratings will become more stringent over time, with the threshold for each decreasing by ~2% each year—meaning ships that receive an A in 2023 could get a B rating in 2024 with the same CII score. The biggest shipping companies (i.e.,

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

If you have an environmentally-minded investor or pension holder you are likely already aware that it stands for 'Environmental, Social and Governance', and that it is supposed to signal that your money is being put towards assets that are environmentally and ethically sound. What exactly is ESG investing?

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

The field of sustainability in business offers many career paths, including roles in corporate, consulting, government and entrepreneurship. Government and Non-profit. A non-profit or government path will often focus on either a specific cause, e.g Sustainability Careers. Consulting. Entrepreneurship. Sustainability Engineer.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Companies need to be informed as new policies are enacted across the globe and ensure their practices abide by these changes. Many businesses have faced instability and uncertainty over the last few years from the combined impact of shifts in power, the U.K.’s Competition Law and Sustainability Agreements. In the U.S.,

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 20, 2021

Renewable energy’s rapid growth is accelerating a national shift to a carbon-free electric power system. and Puerto Rico have adopted laws or executive orders setting goals for reaching 100% clean electricity by 2050 or sooner. This drop happened thanks to policy, market and technology drivers. And 46 U.S. About the Authors.

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38 North Solutions

JULY 30, 2022

The Rhodium Group released preliminary analysis of the bill finding that the Inflation Reduction Act would cut US net greenhouse gas emissions down to 31% to 44% below 2005 levels in 2030 compared to 24% to 35% under current policy. Should this bill become law, from 2022-2024, these credits are extended and restored to their full value.

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Business Green

AUGUST 17, 2022

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss seek to burnish green policy credentials as Tory leadership contest edges towards final fortnight – but beyond the rhetoric, how much more have we learned?

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

The field of sustainability in business offers many career paths, including roles in corporate, consulting, government and entrepreneurship. Government and Non-profit. A non-profit or government path will often focus on either a specific cause, e.g Sustainability Careers. Consulting. Entrepreneurship. Sustainability Engineer.

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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. 

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law also set aside $8 billion to create hydrogen production ‘hubs’ across the US. When the government incentivizes, let’s say battery electric vehicles, a consumer of electricity, it does not require that new power generation must be built to support that vehicle,” Bekemohammadi said.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

This progress is not the result of any particular pro-EV policies of the state government. In 2015, California enacted a law that allowed utilities to have a central role in rolling out infrastructure, but included measures designed to protect independent charging operators.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Accelerating the build-out of clean energy will reduce costs and make the UK more secure, write Josh Freed and Isabelle Chan of US think tank Third Way, which released a new policy paper on the topic on 29 September. With the right national policies, this shift could also spur a reindustrial revolution.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

For years, China’s booming economy was a horse every government wanted to hitch its wagon to. In October 2015, Cameron and China’s President Xi Jinping signed another deal for China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) to take a one-third stake in the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 20, 2020

That doesn’t mean, however, that renewable energy groups and states pursuing clean energy policies now support the broader changes that FERC’s December order has forced on PJM, including the controversial minimum offer price rule (MOPR). in ways that could lead to FERC's order being overturned.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

Some of these cases have been brought under consumer fraud or protection laws that penalise companies for misrepresenting their products to the public. ” Wilkinson returned to this dilemma in his conclusion, again noting the dangers posed by “emissions and discharges” caused by fossil fuels and nuclear power.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

It has been widely discussed and debated, in public view, among scientists, media, governments, business and society as a whole.” based Center for International Environmental Law has reported. All shared Wilson’s goal of producing an authoritative account for governments on how the world could power itself to the end of the century.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

announced plans Wednesday to separate its financially challenged nuclear power plant fleet and other generation assets from its multistate regulated utilities business. That scandal has scrambled Exelon’s efforts to seek out state aid for its financially struggling nuclear power plant fleet in Illinois. Exelon Corp.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Congress is under pressure to pass both bills Monday to ensure continued funding of the federal government and complete a politically pressing extension of coronavirus pandemic relief measures passed in March. highlighted them in a Sunday summary of the legislation's contents.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

Meanwhile, nuclear demand heightened with the UK Government laying out its plan to quadruple nuclear power by 2050 to 24GW and China approving construction for four new reactors. Hawaii replaced its final coal-powered facility with a 565 MWh battery.    U.S. emissions decreased by 1.9%

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2021

Meanwhile, the EU is also continuing to develop proposals to implement a levy on imports of carbon intensive products, with an expectation that a carbon border tax plan could emerge in July that would mark a world first for such a policy. Russian parliament approves law to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Everyone wins.".

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

In it, BP notes that it played a leading role in an influential 2019 carbon capture study from the National Petroleum Council , a government advisory committee that represents industry views to the Department of Energy. Another document furthers those concerns. Internal documents from the U.S.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Amazon deforestation, coal legal challenges, and Nigeria's new climate law all feature in this week's BusinessGreen Global Briefing. The government's annual report revealed that deforestation rose 22 per cent in the past year, depsite recent assurances from President Jair Bolsonaro that he would crack down on illegal logging.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Soon after pipeline construction began in 2018, the United States passed a law threatening sanctions on the Swiss ship laying the pipe. Then Poland’s government agency responsible for monopoly regulation forced European partners to relinquish their share, creating another delay. The United States is a signatory.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

A slow transition away from fossil fuels would be “more expensive” than a rapid shift to renewable energy, according to a new study, a conclusion that stands in sharp contrast to fossil fuel industry talking points aimed at heading off aggressive climate policy currently being shaped in Congress. trillion budget package.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The pledge also calls on international banks to include nuclear in energy lending policies to help finance project-killing infrastructure expenditures. Nuclear is having its moment in the sun. Italy installed its National Platform for Sustainable Nuclear Power in September. Renewable Energy Fund for US deployment.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The government of North Macedonia has launched a tender to develop two large scale solar farms on the site of an old coal mine in the country, securing praise from an EU-backed agency in the process. UAE nuclear power plant clears final hurdle. New $1m sustainable food innovation competition launched.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Tuesday’s letter takes up three ISO-NE policies for specific critique. The first is called Competitive Auctions With Sponsored Policy Resources, or CASPR ( PDF ), a complicated effort to balance zero-marginal-cost wind and solar power against fossil fuel and nuclear-powered generators in ISO-NE’s forward capacity auction.

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