The upsides and downsides of Maine's new EPR law
GreenBiz
AUGUST 13, 2021
The governor of Maine recently signed an extended producer responsibility program into law. But there are still plenty of issues to hash out
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Governor Inslee Signs Climate Commitment Act into Law
CleanTech Alliance
MAY 17, 2021
Source: PRNewswire, May 17, 2021 Today Governor Jay Inslee signed the Climate Commitment Act (CCA), SB 5126, into law. The legislation paves the way for net zero carbon emissions by the year 2050.
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Moore’s Law is our 'secret weapon' for a sustainable civilization
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Renewable energy can take advantage of this huge increase in computing power, along with artificial intelligence (AI), robotic deployment, and automation, in a way that fossil fuels cannot
How Eco Laws Benefit the Environment
Green Living Guy
JUNE 7, 2021
There is the problem of plastic pollution, climate change, the death of animals, insects, and flowers,… Read More How Eco Laws Benefit the Environment. The post How Eco Laws Benefit the Environment appeared first on Green Living Guy.
EPA suspends environmental law enforcement
Inhabitat - Innovation
MARCH 30, 2020
Businesses will not face any repercussions for polluting American air, land or water, as long as they can claim their practices are related to COVID-19
What you need to know about the new infrastructure law's climate provisions
GreenBiz
JANUARY 19, 2022
These five areas of grid and clean energy investments are receiving $1.2 Trillion in funding for everything from battery R&D to transmission lines to residential energy costs
"Ecocide" could soon be punishable by law
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 1, 2020
International lawyers are now working together to define the new crime of ecocide
The CleanTech Alliance Supports the Law Carbon Fuel Standard Bill
CleanTech Alliance
JANUARY 24, 2020
By Lindsay McCormick and Jon Okun On January 16, 2020, the CleanTech Alliance Executive Committee voted to support the low carbon fuel standard bill, Washington HB 1110, subject to review of the final language. The Alliance believes that the Low Carbon Fuel Standard issue is one of great import to the State of Washington and […]. Alliance News
India’s new farming laws driven by WTO demands
Eco-Business
MARCH 7, 2021
India's farmers oppose new laws liberalising the agricultural sector, and critics say the laws will benefit big businesses rather than farmers
The law firm fighting climate crime
Eco-Business
SEPTEMBER 20, 2020
[PODCAST] In its latest case, an Australian law firm is representing 8 teenagers as they fight a decision to build a coal mine. Eco-Business spoke to lawyer David Barnden about winning the legal case against climate change
Judges to consider legal challenge to new planning laws
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
A legal bid to halt sweeping changes to planning laws in the UK will be heard in October. The post Judges to consider legal challenge to new planning laws first appeared on Envirotec.
Dundee to host conference on climate change science and law
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 27, 2019
Scotland will host world-leading experts in climate change law and science in September, as they attend a major conference on global climate at the University of Dundee. The conference will examine the current legal framework after the adoption of the Paris Agreement and the Katowice Climate Package, changing litigation strategies, the role of human rights law; and how the law may have to change to reflect where severe weather events are attributed to individual emitters. “We
Will California's ingredient transparency law spur safer cleaners?
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
Disclosure, like many cleaning products, remains the best disinfectant. Chemicals & Toxics Consumer Products Design & Packaging Transparency
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Iskra smart energy meters comply with Germany’s Eichrecht calibration law
Charged
JUNE 16, 2022
Germany’s Eichrecht standard is designed to ensure transparent measurement and billing of energy dispensed from EV charging stations.
Beyond Highways: Funding Clean Transportation through the US Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
The City Fix
MAY 6, 2022
President Biden has touted the potential climate benefits of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which makes historic investments in transportation, the country’s largest and fastest-growing source of greenhouse gas emissions.
Washington State Passes New EV Law
Rinexii
MAY 27, 2022
In order to make the bill as clear as possible, Governor Jay Inslee wanted to keep the two related changes to law separate. Late this March, Washington State passed a new bill targeting EV sales inside Washington state.
The role of antitrust law in creating energy democracy
Renewable Energy World
AUGUST 18, 2021
Law is one very important way of addressing the challenges of climate change. When monopoly utilities go out of their way to squash competition, solar advocates can use antitrust law to secure their rights. Originally published at ILSR.org.
Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act is signed into law
Inhabitat - Innovation
NOVEMBER 27, 2019
In a bipartisan win, the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act has been signed into law, making serious harm to “living non-human mammals, birds, reptiles or amphibians” a federal crime
North Carolina energy law adds urgency on housing, weatherization funding
Renewable Energy World
OCTOBER 28, 2021
With bipartisan energy compromise now law, advocates and some Democrats look to the budget to help protect the state’s poorest ratepayers. The law requires Duke to own most new generation resources including renewables like solar and wind. By Elizabeth Ouzts, Energy News Network.
Peacocks in precarious position after Miami loosens laws
Inhabitant
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Peacocks in southern Florida could be pushed from their habitats after the Miami-Dade commission loosened a law protecting them. On Tuesday, the commission voted to allow cities to opt-out of a 20-year-old law protecting the peacocks. Still, the commission explained that cities can only do so if they find a safe way to move the animals
Property industry likely to be breaking the law by failing to disclose air pollution levels
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 18, 2021
The post Property industry likely to be breaking the law by failing to disclose air pollution levels first appeared on Envirotec. Image credit: Alex Segre/Shutterstock.
Colorado law creates transparency at rural electric co-ops
Renewable Energy World
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
After moving to Colorado, Joe Smyth found he was barred from participating in his generation and transmission cooperative — despite a Colorado law promoting co-op transparency. Colorado has long had a law ensuring cooperative transparency and access to board meetings.
New York Governor Hochul signs law phasing out ICE vehicles in 2035
Charged
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed into law a bill that will ban the sale of new gas-powered cars and trucks in the state by 2035. Sources: Bloomberg Law , Reuters , GM Authority.
Massachusetts Enshrines Net Zero Emissions by Mid-Century in Law
GreenTechMedia
JANUARY 5, 2021
Under the law, which still awaits the governor’s signature, Massachusetts must reduce emissions 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 and 75 percent 1990 levels by 2040.
Singapore law firm launches sustainability practice
Eco-Business
JANUARY 5, 2021
With finance and investment firms in Asia gradually shifting towards sustainability, it's important to stay ahead of ESG compliance, say lawyers at Rajah & Tann
'Historic' labour law raises fear Indian workers will pay price
Eco-Business
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
India's parliament passes three laws to connect more workers with welfare amid concerns that compromises on their legal rights
Indonesian omnibus law’s ‘whitewash’ of illegal palm oil shocks its authors
Eco-Business
MAY 13, 2021
Indonesian lawmakers appear outraged at a scheme from a law they already passed that grants amnesty to oil palm plantations operating illegally inside forest areas
Omnibus law could slow rather than drive Chinese investment in Indonesian energy
Eco-Business
JUNE 1, 2022
Controversy around the ‘unconstitutional’ law adds to an uncertain legal environment, while global shifts in fossil fuel finance may force an investment rethink
Top Law Firms Called Out for Serving Fossil Fuel Industry Clients in New Climate 'Scorecard'
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Read time: 4 mins With lawsuits against major fossil fuel producers over climate damages on the rise , a new report and initiative examines how prestigious law firms are enabling climate breakdown.
Texas fails to change dealership law—Tesla still can’t sell directly to state residents
Charged
MAY 28, 2021
Texas’s state legislature meets only every other annum, and this year it will end its session without changing its auto dealer franchise laws, as John Voelcker reports in The Drive. Tesla sure would appreciate changing the law, so that this is not required!
Colorado Green Lights New Air Quality Law
Rinexii
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
The new law will require oil producers to monitor their preproduction and beginning stages of production in the state much more strictly. This new law is thought to be the first of its kind for the US. Although the law is stricter, it was well received by the oil industry. Lynn Granger, executive director of the American Petroleum Institute-Colorado, praised the new laws as “feasible” while still making practical improvements.
Measures to reduce harm from storm overflows now law
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 4, 2021
This ambition has now been turned into action, with the government confirming that a number of key policies will be made law. ” The post Measures to reduce harm from storm overflows now law first appeared on Envirotec.
How Exxon Is Using an Unusual Law to Intimidate Critics Over its Climate Denial
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 18, 2022
xxonMobil is attempting to use an unusual Texas law to target and intimidate its critics, claiming that lawsuits against the company over its long history of downplaying and denying the climate crisis violate the US constitution’s guarantees of free speech. By Chris McGreal , The Guardian.
Students find obscure law that could make university fossil fuel investments illegal
Grist
MARCH 22, 2021
What happens next could have broad implications, since UPMIFA is a uniform law that every state in the U.S., This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Students find obscure law that could make university fossil fuel investments illegal on Mar 22, 2021.
Boracay resort owner arrested for allegedly violating environmental laws
Eco-Business
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
As part of the Philippine government’s rehabiliation drive in the famed tourist destination, a Filpino proprietor has been charged for allowing his hotels to occupy the seashore, encroach on forest land and block wastewater
Since 2018 law, Iowa utilities are doing a lot less to help customers save energy
Renewable Energy World
JULY 8, 2021
Iowa’s largest utilities have dramatically scaled back efforts to help customers conserve energy since a 2018 law gutted the state’s efficiency requirements. Alliant and MidAmerican filed revised five-year energy efficiency plans after the law took effect.
Climate Law Institute
Women in Cleantech and Sustainability
MAY 1, 2019
Job Description: The Center for Biological Diversity seeks a full-time Clean Transportation Advocate/ Staff Attorney in our Climate Law Institute to join our bold and progressive campaign to advance the urgently needed transition away from fossil fuel vehicles to zero emissions transportation in California and around the country. The post Climate Law Institute appeared first on Women in Cleantech & Sustainability. Position: Clean Transportation Advocate/ Staff Attorney.
Climate Law Institute
Women in Cleantech and Sustainability
MAY 1, 2019
Job Description: The Center for Biological Diversity seeks a full-time Clean Transportation Advocate/ Staff Attorney in our Climate Law Institute to join our bold and progressive campaign to advance the urgently needed transition away from fossil fuel vehicles to zero emissions transportation in California and around the country. Position: Clean Transportation Advocate/ Staff Attorney. Location: Sacramento, Oakland, or Los Angeles California. .
Rightwing Lobby Group ALEC Driving Laws to Blacklist Companies That Boycott the Oil Industry
DeSmogBlog
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
The influential rightwing lobby group the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is driving a surge in new state laws to block boycotts of the oil industry. Similar laws are also being promoted to protect the gun industry from boycotts. By Chris McGreal, the Guardian.
Lawsuit Challenges Permits for Some of Texas' Largest Polluters, Alleges State Fails to Enforce Federal Laws
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 13, 2021
Read time: 6 mins Four environmental groups sued Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) chief Andrew Wheeler last week, alleging that the agency stood by while Texas failed to enforce the nation’s federal environmental laws and adequately control air pollution in the state
New Virginia law prevents HOAs from blocking solar installations
Solar Power World
MARCH 12, 2020
It strikes a fair balance between… The post New Virginia law prevents HOAs from blocking solar installations appeared first on Solar Power World. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has signed HB 414/SB 504.
Virginia GOP targets clean energy law, but options for rollback are limited
Renewable Energy World
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Those and other provisions in Virginia’s sweeping Clean Economy Act now face political uncertainty, though policy experts predict that much of the 2020 law will be able to withstand a partisan challenge thanks to Democrats’ narrow control of the state Senate.
California law seeks to improve conditions for pigs
Inhabitant
AUGUST 18, 2021
While eating meat is the norm in the U.S., many people wish farm animals a happier life pre-burger. Which is why Californians overwhelmingly passed animal welfare initiative Proposition 12 in 2018
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