Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

Generations-old conversations about injustice have been borne out by death rates amongst BAME communities; and the urgent need to build resilience to shocks like climate change has been illustrated by the impacts of this health crisis on economies and societies.

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Front And Centered

MARCH 26, 2024

The following is a statement by the Front and Centered Coalition Leadership regarding I-2117: The campaign to repeal these recently enacted laws represents a reckless and bad faith effort by a wealthy individual and his politics of despair and division to undermine well-intentioned policy for the environment, education, and healthcare.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Ted Boutrous of law firm Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher , an attorney for Chevron and chief architect of Big Oil’s legal arguments in these cases , said in a statement that “addressing climate change requires a coordinated international policy response, not meritless local litigation over lawful and essential energy production.”

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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! The GMA is a state law that determines how cities and counties plan to manage population growth by dictating what can be built where, which type of projects should be prioritized, and how the jurisdiction will be livable for its residents.

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Sustainability Consulting

JULY 21, 2021

Part of the reason is cultural perceptions of women’s roles in society and part is outright discrimination, often enshrined in law that keeps women from senior positions. Women who are educated and employed earn more money, achieve career goals, and face fewer health issues.”

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2022

We know that these pollutants are bad for our health, and the significant reductions we saw in pollinator numbers and activity shows that there are also clear implications for the natural ecosystems we depend on.”. Previous laboratory studies by members of the Reading team have shown that diesel fumes can alter floral odours.

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Defend Our Future

MARCH 20, 2024

Food insecurity According to a study from the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health , one in four young adults in 2020 faced food insecurity, with Gen Z adults being twice as likely. This makes securing equitable access to affordable, climate resilient and healthy food a personal issue for our generation.

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Varuna

MAY 11, 2020

Those same facts also suggest that our systems – public health, governmental, technological, - are actually more fragile than we thought. So, while we are in the middle of COVID19 what can we learn to aid our plans to ensure we are better prepared, resilient, for the next shock or pandemic? Resilience Planning. Or any pandemic.

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Front And Centered

JANUARY 14, 2022

Harris-Talley (37th LD), is the way we move toward a just and regenerative energy system that puts the health and well-being of current and future generations first at every stage of the energy process, from generating power to lighting and heating our homes. We cannot go back to disconnections and debt. Priorities Front and Centered Shaped.

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Business Green

MAY 3, 2020

Domestic laws in many civil law countries include provisions recognising hardship. Moreover, and regardless of whether the law applicable to the contract contains any such provisions, parties may include in their contracts clauses that provide for the possibility of renegotiating or terminating the contract for reasons of hardship.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 18, 2024

The strategy aims to boost supply chain resilience of critical goods. The strategy forms part of a wider government initiative to back businesses and grow the UK economy by helping companies build resilient supply chains and maintain supplies of critical goods and raw materials. Davies , Michael D.

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2020

As with all UK businesses, we are committed to ensuring that all possible efforts are made to save lives and tackle the current health crisis and resulting economic downturn. Since the Climate Change Act came into law, the UK has made significant progress in reducing its emissions at the same time as delivering economic growth.

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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. After graduation from Georgetown Law, he first worked for the federal government to enforce civil rights laws among government contractors.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Greater community resilience – Sustainable buildings also support community resilience to withstand the impacts of climate change. It also puts pressure on developers and builders to stay on top of the continually evolving laws, regulations and certification requirements surrounding green building.

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Front And Centered

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Rather than requiring California and Québec to meet Washington standards, Ecology this week announced it is prepared to offer up legislation this coming session that would weaken the Washington law.

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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! Previously, Martin was the chief resilience officer for the City of Boston, where she worked to improve the city’s climate resilience and justice.

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Front And Centered

DECEMBER 13, 2023

“For example, funds being allocated toward community-led projects are promising, and we need to see that the details of such programs actually reflect community needs and priorities, including funds for community stewardship of the land and property for climate resilience.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2020

The government has temporarily relaxed laws around establishing car-free streets in England, in a move that should free up space for social distancing and allow essential workers to walk and cycle to work more safely while further improving air quality.

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Front And Centered

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In this pursuit, we can put justice at the center through a new Health Environment for All (HEAL) Act building on the just released Environmental Justice Task Force report. Plan for climate resilience. Build Foundational Infrastructure for Resilience and Just Transition. Transition to renewable resources. 2021 POLICY PRIORITIES.

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Business Green

APRIL 21, 2020

Against the backdrop of the serious health challenges we are currently facing, leaving coal behind in exchange for renewables is the right decision, and will repay us in kind with improved health, climate protection and more resilient economies.".

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The UK government this weekend moved to strengthen its climate resilience strategy, having previously seen its adaptation efforts slammed as being "ramshackle" and akin to Dad's Army. We must act now to ensure our communities and economies are resilient to the climate shocks which are coming," she said.

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Defend Our Future

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Beyond that, tax credits for buying American-made electric vehicles (EVs) are built in along with money to build EV charging stations, and funds to invest in long-term, climate resilient solutions for farms. Collectively, these investments are expected to bring us much closer to reaching President Biden’s goal of reducing U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 21, 2020

This year’s $173 million plan, which includes $94 million in reservation fees to place a hold on hundreds of 2-megawatt diesel generators for quick deployment, “is not a long-term resiliency strategy,” CPUC administrative law judge Colin Rizzo wrote in the proposed decision. How PG&E got to this point.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2022

It integrates three key concepts: environmental health, financial viability, and social and economic justice. And sustainable farms tend to be more resilient to extreme weather events, like droughts and floods. And in some cases, sustainable agriculture is even being mandated by law. The Benefits of Sustainable Agriculture.

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Business Green

AUGUST 14, 2020

Environment Minister Rebecca Pow said the coronavirus crisis had shone a light on the importance of the natural world and the "positive impact nature can have on our health and wellbeing".

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2020

For decades, our food system has overemphasised producing commodities with maximum efficiency and productivity, often at the expense of building supply chain resilience and equity. When systems lack resiliency, the biggest burden is almost always felt by the weakest link in the chain, threatening already vulnerable populations.

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AutoGrid

JANUARY 16, 2023

The federal law includes incentives of up to $4,000 for used EVs, an intervention geared to spur adoption across different income levels. As a counter punch, a new law requires all passenger vehicles sold in California to be EVs by 2035. EVs can follow a similar path. million EVs this decade. including at military bases.

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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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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2020

For many, the current system has failed to deliver health, wellbeing, and prosperity. For example, the laws of nature, the laws of physics, the inter-connectedness of human and natural systems, the emerging clarity about our interdependence and what we value as societies, and the importance of science to inform evidence-led decision making.

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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. Front and Centered opposes this effort as this market mechanism does not reduce pollution in impacted communities.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

First, the decision creates a $100 million equity resilience program to promote battery storage as a means of providing backup power for vulnerable customers in high fire threat areas. What's new. Our most recent action regarding the program adopts several significant changes. California faces unprecedented risks from wildfires.

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

Blank scholar at UC Davis School of Law. Project appraisal is one of the key elements in the feasibility analysis of any initiative, which means that the financial health of any project or initiative is crucial for its forthcoming success. Marjan Kris Ramos Abubo. Energy markets, Procurement & Sustainability Consultant at E&C.

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Front And Centered

MARCH 7, 2019

Additionally, improvements need to be made before this bill becomes a law. Legislators in the House should protect the provisions of SB 5116 that advance climate justice — including the requirement that all electric utilities provide energy assistance to households with lower incomes.

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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”. Playing the Long Game.

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Michael Grossman

JUNE 24, 2020

Dear Colorblind: If you want to build a coalition, start a non-profit with a mission to help achieve equality before the law or make it easier for everyone to vote. Continuing the organic produce example, more people will buy pesticide-free food if they see good health and longevity as more critical than thriftiness.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

As such, the WWF said a resilient, 'nature-positive' economy must be established in the wake of the pandemic, an effort that will require multi-stakeholder collaboration and action across the private and public sectors. "We We are wrecking our world - the one place we call home - risking our health security and survival," she said.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JUNE 8, 2022

The Draft Scoping Plan anticipates that these activities will restore health and resilience to overstocked forests, prevent carbon losses from severe wildfire, reduce health costs related to wildfire emissions, and improve water quantity and quality. These include: Treating 2–2.5

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