DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2023

Elite law schools in the United States are disproportionately funneling their students into jobs serving fossil fuel clients, according to a new report published Thursday. LSCA, an organization of law students working to hold the legal sector accountable for its role in the climate crisis, has previously scrutinized the top ranked U.S.

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Canary Media

MARCH 6, 2024

A three-year effort to revamp California’s moribund community-solar market , spurred by state law and backed by solar industry groups, consumer advocates, environmental-justice organizations, labor unions and the state’s homebuilding industry, may now be in jeopardy. On Monday, the California Public Utilities…

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

Data on air pollution seem to reveal that nearly 8 million[1] (25%) UK addresses have air pollution levels above World Health Organization limits. The post Property industry likely to be breaking the law by failing to disclose air pollution levels first appeared on Envirotec.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

One challenge which EMR faces is how it handles a series of non-biodegradable chemicals found in some plastics which are categorised as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). As the recycling industry innovates to embrace its role as a key player in the UK’s journey towards a more sustainable society, new challenges continue to emerge.

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Canary Media

AUGUST 15, 2023

based nonprofit Groundswell, sees a world of new opportunities opening up for the churches, colleges and community centers her organization helps to… Michelle Moore, CEO of the Washington, D.C.–based

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Several US states passed laws to control the concentration of 1,4-dioxane as a product ingredient. The new laws did not yet affect wastewater concentrations, but it seems a foregone conclusion that this would happen. Our Ellenox system uses electrochemical oxidation to mineralise organic pollutants.

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Green Living Guy

MARCH 30, 2024

Especially as international law takes a stand against this destructive practice. It’s endangering marine ecosystems and livelihoods that rely on the health of our oceans. However, there is hope on the horizon.

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Energy Central

MAY 24, 2022

trillion in funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) contains substantial opportunities for innovators, cleantech businesses, community organizations, and local governments across the U.S. Our first entry into the Breaking Down the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law blog series provided an overview of.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

climate law – the Inflation Reduction Act – is one good marker for setting ambitious standards, so long as it is supported by a rigorous methodology that is yet to be released. The top tier of clean hydrogen in the new U.S.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 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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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 18, 2021

Ultimately, Su’s call to be an agent of change in her community drew her back to the United States as an attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity , a nonprofit membership organization known for its work protecting endangered species through legal action, scientific petitions, creative media, and grassroots activism.

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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. This may not be the end of law changes.

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Charged

DECEMBER 15, 2023

ISO 14001 is a group of standards from the International Organization for Standardization related to environmental management. It is designed to help organizations minimize the negative impact of their operations on the environment, comply with applicable environmental laws and regulations, and continually improve in these areas.

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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. Previous campaign and/or issue organizing experience .

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Green Living Guy

JUNE 27, 2020

First of all, the first-ever global assessment of environmental rule of law finds weak enforcement. All despite prolific growth in environmental laws and agencies worldwide. So expansion of laws and enforcement but doing nothing over Continue Reading. Mind you it’s a global trend!

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Impact Alpha

MAY 4, 2023

ImpactAlpha, May 4 – Boston-based environmental advocacy organization Conservation Law Foundation and Massachusetts Housing Investment Corp., a community development finance institution, raised $42. The post Healthy Neighborhoods Equity Fund closes $42 million for inclusive real estate in New England appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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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

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.

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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.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) of 2021 authorized $335 million for battery recycling and second-life programs. Organizations interested in providing information, and/or participating in the various programs offered under the BIL, can respond between now and October 14, 2022. “The

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 8, 2024

The idea originated in what they saw as flaws in France’s 2017 duty of vigilance law, which requires all large businesses headquartered in France, and international corporations with a significant presence there, to set out clear measures to prevent human rights violations and environmental damage — even among their subsidiaries.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2024

Living systems have evolved to reconstitute waste — creatures like dung beetles fill an ecological niche of breaking down other organisms’ faeces — but waste is a problem that still plagues human systems. Cities tend to deviate from the universal scaling law as they grow wealthier.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2020

At that point, EU REACH will be brought into UK law and UK REACH will begin; UK REACH will be a replication of EU REACH but will apply only to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), while EU REACH will continue to apply to the EU, EEA and Northern Ireland.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

While there is a way to go to reverse the decline, this shift is gaining momentum following regulatory change such as the EU Nature Restoration Law in July 2023, and greater investment in nature-based solutions. However, the landscape is evolving, albeit slowly, towards an approach that better values and protects the oceans.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

She has contributed to law conferences, diplomatic events, and environmental summits as well as podcasts, interviews and articles for publications and broadcasters ranging from TIME Magazine to the New York Times and from The Guardian to the BBC. What she realized was that the aspect that protects our rights is actually criminal law.

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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

As a prominent leader in Minnesota's solar industry, All Energy Solar finds it essential to support solar law change. The company involves itself in organizations working towards progressing Minn.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The initiative is the product of a nine-organization collaboration that has the backing of climate campaigner and former U.S. Climate-centered legal disputes will proliferate as climate-impacted regions, entities and communities increasingly turn to the law to sue carbon-emitting ones. Vice President Al Gore. Pull Quote.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Backed by the Austrian chapter of the youth climate strike organization Fridays for Future, a group of 12 children and adolescents launched a landmark constitutional climate case against the Austrian government on Tuesday. BREAKING NEWS : Today, 12 children take the Austrian Climate Protection Law to the Constitutional Court!

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The main thing is that you have a consistent document type for your data so that it can be organized in a way that it can be used. With these things automated, you can then work on organizing the data in a way that is beneficial to your business. Another benefit to PDF editors is that they have special conversion tools with them.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 20, 2021

Replate works with restaurants, caterers, food distributors, offices and other organizations to directly deliver their surplus food to those in need in local communities. Like so many other businesses and organizations, Replate encountered a major challenge with the sudden shift to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Developers, building owners, local governments, utility companies, contractors, communities, geothermal installers, colleges or university campuses, and other organizations approved by the program are eligible for award of the grant. from the Heat Beneath Our Feet bipartisan initiative. Source: Colorado Energy Office The post Colorado, U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

“Combined with law,” says the group, “these approaches will open up a new field of precision toxicology that will transform approaches to chemical safety management in the same way that precision medicine is informing healthcare.” John Colbourne, of the University of Birmingham, leads PrecisionTox.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 5, 2020

In a disproportionate number of low-income black neighborhoods, redlining, segregation and weak zoning laws have led to the proliferation of junk food outlets and a lack of healthy alternatives. Communities of color also lose out at the other end of the food chain. This has certainly not been the case in the past.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 11, 2024

He compared it to the Indian Act of 1876, a notorious federal law that attempted to erase the culture of First Nations peoples. Credit: CNRL disclosures Neither Buffalo’s organization nor CNRL responded to detailed questions about the financial contribution. “I The IRC received $250,000 from CNRL in 2022 alone.

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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

APRIL 4, 2024

“The Carbon Majors research shows us exactly who is responsible for the lethal heat, extreme weather, and air pollution that is threatening lives and wreaking havoc on our oceans and forests,” said Tzeporah Berman, international program director at the grassroots environmental organization Stand.earth, in a press release. In the U.S.,

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 23, 2020

It will take a massive war-time mobilization effort to effectively address the climate emergency, argues Saul Griffith — inventor, MacArthur genius fellow, CEO of Otherlab , and co-founder of Rewiring America , an organization dedicated to creating millions of American jobs while combating climate change. How much will it cost?

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