Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 6, 2022

This week, Energy Innovation Policy and Technology LLC® and the Innovative Green Development Program (iGDP) released the latest China Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) , an open-souce and peer-reviewed model that estimates the environmental, economic, and public health impacts of hundreds of climate and energy policies up to 2060.

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Energy Innovation

JUNE 16, 2022

This week, Energy Innovation released new rese arch evaluating California’s climate progress and identifying a policy pathway that would reaffirm California as a climate leader. The Deeper Decarbonization Scenario shows California can rapidly cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while creating jobs and improving public health.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The IEA has released its annual review of Hungary’s energy policy, stating that energy efficiency needs to be central in the coming years for the European country to reach its net zero targets, The Hungary 2022 Energy Policy Review states how Hungary has significantly increased its climate ambitions since the last review.

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Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 19, 2020

This week, Energy Innovation launched a significant model update to the United States Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) , our open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan model that estimates the environmental, economic, and health impacts of hundreds of climate and energy policies. This update is timely. As of version 3.0,

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Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

In April, daily emissions fell by as much as 17 percent , and total 2020 emissions may be 7-11 percent lower than 2019 (as projected by the Energy Policy Simulator , and a new opinion piece in Nature by Hanna et al., Figure 2 Mean survey results of recovery policy archetypes (2008-2020) aggregated using relativity-adjusted scores.

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2021

The proposed ban forms part of a wider package of policies that are set to be delivered following the passage of the government's Environment Bill later this autumn. We need now to take a leading role in banning unnecessary single-use plastics to see real benefits for the nation's and the world's wildlife.".

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Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2022

In our work deploying first-of-their-kind projects with climate tech entrepreneurs, we hear again and again that policy barriers present constant challenges, regardless of the industry in which they operate. It’s clear that we need to accelerate climate policy innovation with the same urgency and equity lens that we devote to tech innovation.

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2020

A group of moderate Conservative MPs has served up a raft of policy recommendations designed to help deliver on the Prime Minister's pledge to "build back greener" from the Covid-19 recession, including proposals to bring forward the petrol and diesel car sale ban to 2030, plant tens of thousands of trees, and create a domestic carbon tax.

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Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Energy Innovation has launched its largest-ever update to the United States Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) , our open-source and peer-reviewed computer model that estimates the environmental, economic, and health impacts of hundreds of climate and energy policies. energy use, while also enabling exciting new policies.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2020

Both the Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Business Secretary Alok Sharma are said to be looking hard at investment in sustainable energy jobs and infrastructure as a central part of the Covid-19 recovery package. But what would that ambitious package of green stimulus measures for home energy efficiency look like?

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 25, 2023

Any potential human health implications, for example through contact via bathing or recreation, remain unknown. Richard Benwell, CEO of Wildlife and Countryside Link, said: “A harmful chemical cocktail is being stirred up in UK rivers, putting wildlife and public health at risk. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2020

The report, published today by the sustainable business body, joins a growing library of studies that have argued the government should place climate action at the heart of its promised coronavirus economic stimulus packages.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

5 sustainable packaging developments to watch in 2021. For companies with sustainable packaging goals, 2025 is fast approaching. That’s the year when many have pledged to become zero waste, or to use 100 percent reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging. Loop isn’t the only reusable packaging platform seeing strong growth.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The planned targets were intended to drive progress in areas such as river quality by encouraging stronger government policy and providing certainty for business. The new version will have to show clearly how the government’s policies will deliver on its targets. g/m 3 , against a recognised health standard of 10?g/m

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

Ways to reduce waste include recycling, composting, and reducing packaging. Finally, businesses can advocate for policies that protect the environment. Air leaks can contribute to dangerous chemicals being released, leaving employees vulnerable to health issues, such as allergies, asthma, and other respiratory problems.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2021

It is also calling on the Government to put in place policy measures that will enable multi-million pound investment in state of the art recycling and reprocessing facilities that will enable the UK to process all of its plastic waste domestically and play a central role in the UK’s decarbonisation plans. The following could be achieved: ?

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Energy Innovation

JULY 28, 2020

Despite clean energy’s economic and job opportunities, and scientific warnings that net zero emissions are needed by 2050 to prevent the worst impacts of climate change , Trump’s federal government has worked to implement policies that increase pollution. It is also designed, at its core, to generate economic and health benefits.

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

The government can adapt what has worked well from its swift and immediate response and apply such learning to the economic recovery by putting climate-friendly policies at its core. Economic stimulus packages provide a perfect opportunity to reflect this. We remain in the middle of a global health crisis.

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Business Green

APRIL 15, 2020

Think tank urges world leaders to build a low-carbon, circular economy in the wake of the health crisis. The Club of Rome has urged G20 leaders and other heads of state to work together to implement green recovery packages and fiscal stimulus plans during and after the coronavirus pandemic.

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 11, 2022

Packaging and food waste are some of the most common things in your daily life that you recycle. Recycling your clothes helps reduce waste in landfills and protects the environment (and human health) from toxic chemicals contained in clothing. But what happens to old clothes? Why Recycle Your Clothes?

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 6, 2024

The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act would dramatically cut the amount and toxicity of plastic garbage New Yorkers throw away by targeting the source. It would reduce plastic packaging in New York by half over the next 12 years, and it would prevent a slew of toxic chemicals from being used in those materials.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

We have repeatedly warned that when strike action goes ahead it could have major public safety and health implications. Mr Plant’s salary is £25,000 higher than his direct predecessor despite the pay policy expecting a 10 per cent reduction in the remuneration package over an outgoing appointment.

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2022

Scottish Widows has tightened its fossil fuel investment policies to reduce its exposure to firms invested in thermal coal and tar sands as part of package of divestments worth £1.5bn, the pension giant announced today.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2022

Landmark circular economy package aims to boost longevity of products, boost consumer protections, and tackle greenwash. Executive vice-president for the European Green Deal, Frans Timmermans, said the proposals had been designed to "end the model of 'take, make, break, and throw away'" that hurt the planet, human health, and the economy.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 7, 2021

Not only are caustic cleaners an irritant when handling and can damage drain lines through long-term use, but these corrosive chemicals can eventually seep their way into local water supplies, threatening both wildlife and human health. Small But Mighty.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2020

A 20/20 view of sustainable packaging. Sustainable packaging is a keystone issue for corporate sustainability. Then the pandemic hit, and the market changed — characterized by higher demand for single-use packages and bags, and lower availability of recycled materials. Used packages need to be recycled. Cheryl Baldwin.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

At the eleventh hour, right-wing politicians have launched a bid to block the passing of the EU’s flagship nature protection law, which scientists have described as a “cornerstone of food security and human health”. The Nature Restoration law is a crucial part of this package.”

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The package forms part of a €10.9 billion) investment agreement in new financing to accelerate climate action and clean energy, business investment, health and sustainable transport investment across Europe and around the world. “As billion) is intended to go into modernisation projects for health and urban development.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Veggie burgers are safe, but green groups warn debate has distracted from broader Common Agricultural Policy proposals set to be voted on this afternoon that they warn could devastate small farmers and nature. No awareness means no pressure and accountability so the outcome is no surprise. They just don't care.".

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Only such a package of immediate measures and deep reforms will restore some certainty and enable our manufacturers re-start investing in a better, more resilient future. Brigitte Amoruso is senior energy and climate change policy specialist at Make UK.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2021

The analysis, which looked at more than 3,500 fiscal policies across the world's 50 largest economies, finds that just 2.5 per cent of all Covid-induced spending to date had "positive green characteristics". For instance, roughly 16 per cent of recovery spending could bring positive air pollution impacts, but 16.4

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Business Green

JUNE 3, 2020

Titled A Green Recovery: How We Get There , calls for a series of transformative recovery packages that mobilise significant investment in green infrastructure and ensure that radical policy changes transform business and operating models across five priority areas: clean transport, green buildings, smart power, nature, and a circular economy.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

Published to coincide with the government's 'Green Day' package of energy security and net zero policy announcements, the Green Finance Strategy aims to drumming up some of the £50bn to £60bn of annual capital investment the government estimates will be required over the next decade to put the UK on a pathway towards net zero emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 14, 2023

By Wendy Furgusson, Associate, Environment and Health, Ramboll With Natural England’s recent changes to planning policy causing a reduction in the number of new homes built from 240,000 a year in 2018-19 to a projected 111,000 by 2025, awareness of nutrient pollution as a problem is becoming more widespread.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The first analysis from the Green Economy Coalition, which was launched today , studied 32 countries and found that two-thirds have no or minimal green recovery policies in place. We need to prioritise green economic policies across the board and when it comes to low income countries they will need financial support to do that.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

The growing global consensus on the need to build a green recovery from the economic wreckage of the coronavirus crisis has been yet further underlined by a set of green policy demands released today to mark World Environment Day by host of influential institutions, including the OECD and the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

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EDF + Business

DECEMBER 11, 2023

We are operating beyond planetary boundaries for the safe and just use of physical materials, which is creating harmful health outcomes, economic losses, and untenable levels of greenhouse gas emissions. 20x Global consumption of plastics has increased twentyfold in the last 50 years, and 40% of plastics are used for packaging.

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