GreenTechMedia
JANUARY 31, 2020
Yet, as the original purposes of these laws has been largely achieved, states can now accelerate deeper progress towards want we really what: a 100 percent clean electricity grid that is also affordable and reliable. Under New York's RPS, only hydropower under 30 megawatts is eligible for certain renewable energy credits (RECs).
Business Green
MARCH 27, 2020
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday announced it was suspending its enforcement of environmental laws in response to the crisis, informing companies they would not be pursued for environmental infractions during the outbreak. The government said the policy was temporary, but provided no end date.
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AGreenLiving
AUGUST 5, 2020
In the first global report on dam construction areas, it has been revealed that most governments are bypassing or rolling back laws in order to construct dams in these protected areas. For example, two hydropower projects in Romania pose a danger to Natura 2000 sites. Conservation Letters + WWF Image via Hans Linde.
Business Green
JANUARY 19, 2023
Hydropower dam proposals have ballooned across the Balkans over the last two decades, as the leaders of some of Europe's poorest regions have looked to tap their abundant natural resources to secure access clean energy. But the picture is much more complicated. Clearly, England's rivers need all the help they can get.
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Given its de facto status as a sustainable industry, shareholders are more likely to demand transparency and accountability beyond that mandated by laws such as the U.K. Major community resistance against wind farms, and indeed other solar and hydropower projects, has resulted in significant financial costs to renewable sector investors.
Business Green
DECEMBER 12, 2022
Next year, a recovery in nuclear and hydropower output from decade-low levels in 2022 should also help to narrow the expected gap in supply. The permitting process for new solar and wind farms also needs accelerating, while proposed changes to tax laws should be pushed through to help drive electrification of the economy, the IEA argued.
GreenTechMedia
APRIL 23, 2020
Saturday marked the one-year anniversary of the passage of perhaps the most ambitious law ever adopted by a U.S. Local Law 97, one of 10 bills in the sweeping Climate Mobilization Act , requires New York City’s 50,000 largest buildings to reduce their carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2030 and by 80 percent by 2050.
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