The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 23, 2024

The firm, which is a member of the oil and gas lobby and audits Santos , insists there was no conflict of interest between its work for industry and government. The firm, which is a member of the oil and gas lobby and audits Santos , insists there was no conflict of interest between its work for industry and government.

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The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The Coalition, which claims to back a target of net zero by 2050, seems to oppose any policy that could help get us there, while the Labor government often appears on the back foot when defending even their modest policies.

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 31, 2024

Santos, Woodside, Adani and Gina Rinehart feature among donors to major political parties in 2023. The post Millions in fossil fuel money rained on major political parties last year appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Terra Infirma

DECEMBER 1, 2023

We cover the start of Jonathan’s journey in the Beyond Petroleum days of BP and discuss a very wide range of business issues relating to Net Zero including CBAM, the Hydrogen Economy, Bioenergy, ESG investing and recent UK Government policy changes.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Constance, a former NSW cabinet minister, told a public meeting on Monday hosted by the Coalition Against Offshore Wind that the federal government needed to put the brakes on plans to create an offshore wind zone between Wollongong and Gerringong. The zone is one of six offshore wind zone areas announced by the Albanese government.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Since the current government assumed office, it has introduced several cornerstone emission-reduction measures, including carbon pricing, which is widely accepted as one of the most cost-effective ways to cut climate pollution. Now is not the time for provincial infighting or campaigns to axe our most effective climate policies.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 13, 2022

New farming policy stripped of ambition to aid nature recovery, says conservation group. 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.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The government's mooted policy changes will damage, but not derail the net zero transition - but Sunak's political cynicism threatens to burn down something precious I must admit, I didn't think they would do it. On the policy front, it is worth looking at the detail of what is being proposed. How wrong was I?

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Low Impact

AUGUST 8, 2021

There’s a question we often hear: “why don’t you start a political party?” Political parties write their manifestos, that members of the public read (OK, that part is pure fantasy). The party that gains the most votes forms the government (if you’re lucky). How can national governments regulate multinational corporations anyway?

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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

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A federal appeals court in Canada breathed new life into a youth-led constitutional climate lawsuit against the Canadian government , allowing it to proceed towards trial on a narrower scope and partially reversing the trial court’s ruling that the entire case should be tossed. Initially filed in 2019 by 15 young Canadians, La Rose v.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The scale of the electoral gamble the government is undertaking by reviving plans for fracking in the UK and weighing plans to roll back environmental protections was again underlined today by a major new Opinium poll. Over three quarters say they would be 'proud' of voting for a party that takes action to boost renewables.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 26, 2023

This net zero scepticism has quickly entered the upper echelons of Westminster politics, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak saying that policies to achieve the UK’s legally binding climate targets shouldn’t “hassle” households and should be “proportionate and pragmatic”. The NZSG has extensive ties to the GWPF.

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Politics Climate change Global warming Policy 82

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 29, 2020

The House of Lords EU Environment Sub-Committee has urged the government to take account of the priorities of UK industry, to build trust with the European Union by strengthening its Environment Bill and to work with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on approaches to show how the UK will deliver high environmental ambitions.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 7, 2021

Senior Administrative Analyst for Policy and Government Affairs | CleanPowerSF | San Francisco. The PGA team is responsible for SFPUC’s public policy and political strategy at the local, state and federal level around water, wastewater, energy, climate change, infrastructure financing and workforce development.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 26, 2022

Neither major political party can be bothered with vehicle emissions standards, let alone a policy that might change consumer behaviour. The post Teals and Greens are the only political groups focused on the main issue appeared first on RenewEconomy. Utterly hopeless.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The existential battle against global heating requires connecting science, politics and community life, often much harder than it looks Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast A lot of the time, politics feels incremental. But every now and again, a big thing happens suddenly.

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38 North Solutions

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Vice President, Policy 38 North is seeking a highly motivated Vice President (VP) to join our fast-growing team of clean energy and technology policy experts. About 38 North 38 North is a bipartisan consulting firm that provides business development and public policy services to innovative companies and organizations.

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The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Decision to abandon key policy decried as ‘economically illiterate’ reaction to short-term political pressures Colder, damper, sicker, poorer and less employed: Britons in the near future are likely to be worse off if the next government fails to invest in a cleaner and greener economy, business experts and green campaigners have said.

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EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

With corporate political spending and lobbying under increasing scrutiny and a new administration advancing financially material, government-wide climate action, financial institutions have good reason to reassess their climate lobbying. They must actively support the public policies needed to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2024

A new campaign is calling on MPs to break the fossil fuel sector’s “chokehold” on politics in a critical election year. Lawmakers returning to work today (Monday) were greeted with smoke flares and a demand to “Stop Polluting Politics” from a banner hung off London’s Westminster Bridge.

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Forbes Green Tech

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Political polarization and short-termism impede the development of a rational wildfire policy response. State-level zero emissions policies alone will not address wildfires in the short-run. Along with forest management, communities need to enact policies to better prepare for wildfires.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 15, 2021

An influential think tank with close ties to MPs has hired a head of policy who called the government’s climate policies “socialist” and likened proposed green legislation to a “Soviet Five Year Plan”. Political Affiliations. It was one of at least ten IEA events at the party conference.

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Elemental Excelerator

JANUARY 23, 2024

And while Canada’s coast faces countless climate threats, Elemental Policy Lab Fellow Na’im Merchant said it also could become important for climate resiliency as an unparalleled resource for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) methods. What inspiration or lessons did you take from your career for how to approach CDR policies?

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Cross-party political support has driven the 'meteoric rise' of UK offshore wind industry, an approach that should be taken for other critical technologies, Tony Blair Institute contends. An efficient transition also depends on "strategic systems thinking", it adds. Want to help celebrate and showcase the best of the green economy?

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Net Zero Festival: Leading figures from IEA, Carbon Tracker and Ceres unite in calls for more ambitious government action to shift away from fossil fuels. However, both he and his fellow panellists stressed the need for government intervention to drive the real change. — Carbon Tracker (@CarbonBubble) September 30, 2021.

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Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2020

When you think of Green Parties, no matter the country you're in, you instinctively associate them with left-wing politics. This typically manifests itself in the form of left-wing, anti-capitalist economic policies. The label of ‘watermelons' captures the essence of this; green on the outside but, red really on the inside.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 13, 2022

The new Forest 500 report , published today by environmental group Global Canopy, assessed 350 top companies and 150 financial institutions that fund them, finding that a third of companies have no policies in place at all to ensure their products are not driving deforestation. Of the 150 financial institutions providing over $5.5

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Planet Pulse

DECEMBER 20, 2023

However, this year the Somali government intends to change that. However, in this instance the Somali government will be assisted by both the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and other development partners. It is paramount for good governance. Citation: Somalia National Bureau of Statistics, Federal Government of Somalia.

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Business Green

AUGUST 20, 2021

Expected power sharing deal with SNP would take Green Party into government for the first time anywhere in the UK. Under the deal, the Scottish Greens are expected to sign up to the bulk of the Scottish Government's policies, but will also retain opt-outs on a number of issues, according to various reports.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

DECEMBER 17, 2019

2nd Annual Future of Carbon Policy Forum. The 2nd Annual Future of Carbon Policy Forum brought together over 100 participants to build momentum and collaboration in achieving carbon reduction goals in the state. Update to State GHG Limits Mo McBroom, Director of Government Relations, Nature Conservancy. December 12, 2019.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Carbon pricing has always been a thorny political issue, but as Ministers weigh how to drive the next phase of the net zero transition some experts believe it has a critical role to play. As ever, fears abound in government that expanding carbon pricing in certain areas could risk a public backlash by heaping further costs onto consumers.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Global body calls on governments to establish 'credible and irreversible' climate policies that drive 25 per cent cut in emissions by 2030. Stop-and-go policies and further procrastinating on the grounds that "now is not the time" will only exacerbate the toll," the report states.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 24, 2024

The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) filed its latest accounts on 18 January, showing an income of £280,000 for the year ending 30 September 2023, a drop of £110,000 from the previous year. Pearson has claimed that green policies will cause “life as we know it” to “[return] to the pre-industrial age”.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak chose the very day of the summit to announce that his government will push off the deadlines for phase-outs of methane gas-burning boilers, as well as sales of new gasoline and diesel-fueled cars. The success of this case has inspired a wave of similar lawsuits in several other countries, many of them successful.

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Government Fossil fuels Climate change Ocean acidification 66

Business Green

MAY 25, 2021

Long-awaited Heat and Buildings Strategy expected in coming weeks backed by consultation on policy options to accelerate roll out of heat pumps. The government has set a goal to install 600,000 heat pumps per year in the UK by 2028, a significant increase on the estimated 30,000 which are currently rolled out per annum.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

With a heated party conference season just over, a whirlwind of policy announcements from both the government and the Opposition, and a General Election on the horizon, now is the time for us all to pause, take stock and try to rebuild agreement. But that was perhaps always the easy part.

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