Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The Sustainability and Compliance Division is involved with establishing environmental policies and programs; implementing health, safety and compliance activities; advancing clean energy technology; and integrating green practices into City and community activities. What is it like to be an ESDer? Watch this video: Day in the Life.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2021

More real estate owners, operators, developers and investment firms see the appeal of future-proofing properties from climate shocks such as floods and fires; from market shocks such as high prices for scarce fossil fuels; and from policy shocks such as any future laws requiring climate disclosures or that tax or penalize greenhouse gas emissions.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

But private microgrid developers argue the plan doesn’t go far enough to allow private investment to bolster resilience for this year’s fire season, or to meet the mandate of a 2018 law calling for tariffs to allow commercial microgrids to flourish. Slow progress on microgrid policy. megawatt solar array and 8.8-megawatt-hour

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

In the four years since Nancy Mahon assumed responsibility for CSR and sustainability strategy at The Estée Lauder Companies — she's currently senior vice president of corporate citizenship and sustainability — her team has launched a series of new initiatives that are a "first" among her organization's sector. OK, there's tax incentives.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

In the six years since Nancy Mahon assumed responsibility for CSR and sustainability strategy at Estée Lauder Companies — she's currently senior vice president of corporate citizenship and sustainability — her team has launched a series of new initiatives that are a "first" among her organization's sector. Clancy: I have two more questions.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which represents many of the world’s biggest economies, and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) predict that global meat production will continue to rise in the coming decade as incomes increase in developing countries.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Truterra is still developing its protocol, but Nick Reinke, a strategy manager at the organization, said soil sampling and additionality will be critical parts of a methodology that he will seek to have approved by one of the certification bodies. The tech giant will pay the latter to sequester 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 27, 2020

More recently, it energized on-site two solar arrays — one at its Melville, New York, campus that will produce 1,800 megawatt-hours of power annually, and a smaller one at the Aveda brand’s campus in Minnesota. In mid-June, the company issued a series of sweeping new racial equity policies , including reaching “U.S.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 27, 2020

More recently, it energized on-site two solar arrays — one at its Melville, New York, campus that will produce 1,800 megawatt-hours of power annually, and a smaller one at the Aveda brand’s campus in Minnesota. In mid-June, the company issued a series of sweeping new racial equity policies , i including reaching “U.S.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 16, 2022

But local and national policies can address potential pitfalls and ensure that RECs can indeed be a mechanism for energy justice in the transition. Policy implications and solutions. Laws and governance around RECs should be kept as simple and straightforward as possible to avoid becoming a barrier to entry into such communities.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Still others are driving sustainability at nonprofit organizations and consultancies. Badalian received an environmental law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School, which helped shape his policy work, he says. Environmental Protection Agency and Natural Resources Defense Council. Myisha Majumder. Stacia Betley, 29.

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Mearth

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Explore how others may try to disrupt your corporation with blockchain technology, and how your organization might use it to leap ahead as an alternative. ?Carving The Law provides, amongst other issues, for the fee arrangements and payment establishments that comprise the Brazilian Payment System. And the U.S.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

Still others are driving sustainability at nonprofit organizations and consultancies. Badalian received an environmental law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School, which helped shape his policy work, he says. Environmental Protection Agency and Natural Resources Defense Council.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 30, 2021

All four have been roundly panned by government agencies, environmental groups, tribal governments, Native American organizations and the public at large. Whichever update the BLM and BIA choose will have to take account of an array of competing goals. Bureau of Indian Affairs together released a set of four update possibilities.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 8, 2021

And that hefty price tag became more daunting when House Bill 2118 , signed into law by Democratic Gov. The bill that became law was stripped of its original funding source, a tax on dyed diesel fuel, which is used in farm machinery and other non-highway vehicles. Ralph Northam, was left unfunded.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 16, 2024

Hard-won federal policies like the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act put that target within reach. A report from Columbia University’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law identified nearly 230 local measures across 35 states that have been enacted to restrict renewable energy development. One of those names is John Droz.

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Andrew Winston

DECEMBER 22, 2021

It captures a huge array of corporate goals, announcements, partnerships, government action, and more. MLB moving 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta over Georgia voting law… here. HSBC announces thermal coal phase-out policy… here. Organic Valley launches RE financing program for farmers… here.

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Mosaic

DECEMBER 27, 2022

And even getting new construction to go electric is a trial—as attorney general, Healey had no choice but to rule that state law prohibited town ordinances from banning gas hookups in new buildings. But the law also gives “big amounts of discretion” to the state’s Utilities Commission, and their plan remains unclear.

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