Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 16, 2019

Vermont Law School (VLS) offers three environmental masters degrees. A master's degree from VLS is different from other law degrees. Instead of studying theories about how policies work, VLS master's candidates learn the law and how to use it to effect change. MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY (MELP) Climate change.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JULY 7, 2021

Clean Energy Field Organizer | Iowa Environmental Council | Des Moines. The Iowa Environmental Council is a 501(c)3 nonprofit environmental law and policy organization that educates, advocates, and builds coalitions to make Iowa a better place to live, work and explore. Set up and staff tables at community events.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

"There’s a lot of beautiful things that happen out of [Richmond]," says Khamphanthong, a community organizer with the Asian Pacific Environmental Network whose family emigrated from Laos in the 1980s. But at the same time, when you look at the reality of it, it is sad.". To many, cap and trade highlights a contradiction. As the U.S.

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Front And Centered

AUGUST 8, 2023

It’s going to take much more action and accountability to develop policies and programs that truly grapple with the crisis at hand, but here’s one step forward the Legislature took last session and how our coalition was involved. For more about how we do policy and the outcomes of this session, check out this previous blog entry.)

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

While subject to consultation, the revised targets are to be incorporated into the Environment Act , which became law on 10 November last year. Kate Nield of environmental law firm ClientEarth said the target date was “far from ‘world-leading’”. Evidence of the pubic health problem presented by PM2.5

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Front And Centered

DECEMBER 3, 2020

By Sameer Ranade , Civic Engagement and Policy Manager. It contains 26 policy recommendations spanning four categories on how state agencies can incorporate EJ into their responsibilities. The Environmental Justice Task Force (EJ TF) report with recommendations on how Washington State can achieve EJ has been released!

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The first, the Nature Restoration Law, includes plans to restore 20 percent of degraded ecosystems in the EU. The findings come at a crucial time for nature-friendly laws in Europe, which scientists say are critical to securing the bloc’s food supply and tackling both climate breakdown and biodiversity collapse.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 1, 2024

Animal agriculture giants are waging a disinformation war, threatening public health and the planet,” said Nicholas Carter, the report’s lead researcher. “We Major changes in law, education and academic institutions could strengthen media and scientific literacy and promote transparency around emissions. which was funded by a $2.9

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2022

It integrates three key concepts: environmental health, financial viability, and social and economic justice. There is a common misconception that sustainable agriculture is synonymous with organic agriculture. But in reality, sustainable agriculture can encompass a wide range of practices, both organic and non-organic.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

This story was originally published by Southerly , in partnership with Scalawag and Environmental Health News for its Powerlines series, which looks at climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South. However, like Ahoskie, Joyner’s community wasn’t quick to organize against the plant. . “I Danielle Purifoy.

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NRDC onEarth

MAY 19, 2023

.” ### NRDC ( Natural Resources Defense Council ) is an international nonprofit environmental organization with more than 3 million members and online activists. Established in 1970, NRDC uses science, policy, law, and people power to confront the climate crisis, protect public health, and safeguard nature.

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Front And Centered

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Growth Management Act (GMA) is a state law that requires this work, and it’s really important! Finally, in the 2023 legislative session, we saw progress on policy. When it became law in 1990, the GMA aimed to protect critical areas and ecosystems in our state. What is the Growth Management Act, and why is it important?

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GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. Over the past several decades, public health and environmental concerns have made controlling smog a top national policy goal in China and enforcement an increasingly critical issue for companies to navigate. Contributors.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 15, 2021

Lew Milford founded CEG in 1998, after working over several years on clean energy and utility restructuring dockets in New England while with the Conservation Law Foundation. With CEG, Milford focused on how state and communities could develop sound renewable energy policies, programs, and finance tools.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Here is an AASHE summary of 2860 sustainability focused academic programs comprising 672 organizations in 27 countries including 52 U.S. States and Territories 9 Canadian provinces. can be searched by Sustainability Topic, Academic Discipline and Office or Department.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 8, 2020

The United States Environmental Protection Agency defines environmental justice as “the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.”

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

The outcomes of the proceedings, experts say, could significantly advance climate justice and accountability as well as clarify the requirements under international law for governments to curb climate breakdown. This is carbon theft,” Willers said.

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Front And Centered

MAY 4, 2023

There was a lot on the line this year as the legislature was responsible for, among other things, creating a new two-year state budget, responding to climate and environmental challenges, and tackling other issues related to housing, homelessness, drug possession, and the ongoing mental health crisis.

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Andrew Winston

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Organizations are motivated by pressure from their employees, their customers, their investors, other stakeholders, and their own values — as well as growing clarity about the opportunities (and requirements) of the big economic and tech transitions already underway (like, say, decarbonizing the whole world).

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 30, 2022

Sustainable Law Firms. Law firm sustainability is a strategic business shift that aims to prevent socially and environmentally damaging operations in the legal industry. This could be by reducing an organization’s carbon footprint while also establishing a healthy work-life balance for employees.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Bernard Goldstein, a young professor at the New York University School of Medicine, researched the health impacts of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) produced by gas stoves. The industry used these studies to influence public opinion, undermine public health efforts, and block regulation. DEMELLE That’s incredible.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In February 2021, German agribusiness giant BASF hosted a virtual wine tasting, a seemingly cozy affair swirling glasses of Portugal’s finest in front of a webcam debating the future of EU agricultural policies. Invited to the event was a small group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As governments continue to be intransigent, and the fossil fuel industry uses its influence to hamstring transformational climate policies, courts represent an important lever to bring about change. A two-week hearing on the case before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg, Germany concluded on Monday.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Exhibit A: law firms. According to a new report from Law Students for Climate Accountability, most of the top 100 law firms in the United States "provide far more support to clients driving the climate crisis than clients addressing it." Will job-seeking law students truly shun firms seen as bad actors?

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 31, 2020

Atyia Martin has worn many hats—there’s her emergency management hat, her diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) hat, her public health hat, even her FBI hat! a partner to organizations in cultivating racial equity. There are lots of folks from the transportation department, the public works department, public health, law enforcement.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Named Farm to Fork, it calls for less fertiliser and pesticide use, and more organic production. But now Europe is poised to enact laws that would not only recognise the harms of chemical-intensive agriculture, but also to ensure that synthetic pesticide and fertiliser use is significantly reduced. See Table.).

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Europe’s leading farming lobby group Copa-Cogeca has used the war in Ukraine as a pretext to push back behind the scenes against flagship EU laws to protect nature, DeSmog can reveal. It urges European decision makers to “protect our health and the environment, and to make our agriculture resilient”.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A CSR strategy is implemented by an organization to: minimize harm, practice fair business, be responsible along a global supply chain, exercise philanthropy and create a self-oriented human resource management system. Yes, good CSR practices can create a socially sustainable organization. The following example shows how.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 1, 2023

But Buffalo’s organization has been quietly receiving contributions from Canadian Natural (CNRL), one of the largest oil and gas producers in Canada. Those disclosures are required under Canada’s Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act, an anti-corruption law requiring companies to report payments to governments and other entities.

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Front And Centered

APRIL 14, 2020

This bill would have required that all transportation packages be evaluated through community-centered criteria that embraces equity, environmental justice, accessibility, safety, health, economic vitality, and other key values. Here are important policies that we tracked and helped shape or opposed this legislative session.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JULY 6, 2021

The Iowa Environmental Council is a 501(c)3 nonprofit environmental law and policy organization that educates, advocates, and builds coalitions to make Iowa a better place to live, work and explore. Clean Communities Manager | Iowa Environment Council | Des Moines, IA. Strong written and verbal communication skills.

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Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2023

Elemental Excelerator, a nonprofit investor in climate tech for social change, welcomes five new climate fellows to its Policy Lab. Created in 2021, the Policy Lab was founded to accelerate and implement solutions at the seam of technology, policy, equity and justice.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Desired Qualifications: Ability to learn and apply new skills across interdisciplinary fields, including technology assessments, engineering, economics, statistics, and policy. Experience or exposure to energy policy/law, including appliance standards and/or building energy codes. Outstanding analytical and conceptual skills.

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Grist

JUNE 14, 2023

In March 2020, 16 youth plaintiffs filed suit against the state, alleging that by enacting policies that promote fossil fuel production, the state government violated their constitutional right to a healthy environment. United States, also organized by Our Children’s Trust, will soon become the second.) A federal case, Juliana v.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 1, 2021

There has been progress over the past few decades that has led to more girls attending and completing school, fewer girls forced into early marriage, more women serving in positions of leadership and greater gender reform laws. Provide fair, affordable access to reproductive rights and health. gigaton reduction in emissions by 2050.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 4, 2021

Review and approve employee expense reports to ensure compliance with company policies, and pay in a timely manner per established payroll calendar. Strong communication skills and able to effectively communicate across employee levels within the organization. Assist in completing quarterly and yearly payroll filings and W-2s.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The trade association “played a key role in creating climate denialist organizations such as the Global Climate Coalition,” Franta said. Geoffrey Supran, associate professor of environmental science and policy and director of the Climate Accountability Lab at University of Miami, noted that California “is a bellwether for U.S.

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