DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The EPP is vociferously opposing two major pieces of legislation from the EU’s Green Deal, a historic package by the bloc to reduce its emissions in line with global climate targets. The first, the Nature Restoration Law, includes plans to restore 20 percent of degraded ecosystems in the EU. Credit: Ian Nixon and Brigitte Wear.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 29, 2022

According to the EU Commission , “The objective of these dialogues is to offer invited stakeholders the possibility to exchange with DG ENER officials on the European Green Deal package”. The 2022 dialogues’ theme will take into account political and legislative agendas, as well as the national context of each hosting country.

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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. “The

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GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

Industries getting particular focus when it comes to VOC management in China include electronics, packaging and printing, pharmaceuticals, petrochemical, chemical, industrial coating, oil storage and transportation. This enshrined into law China’s first air emissions management plan and formalized an approach to regional collaboration.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 11, 2019

New European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled Europe's Green Deal on Wednesday, a package of 50 far-reaching policy ideas that are still missing many key details, calling it a "man on the moon moment" for Europe.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The change will be introduced as an amendment to the EU's climate law. The Commission is likely to have found a target that is achievable and politically palatable to all member states. billion of grants and loans available from its recovery package. Further details were also revealed on Thursday of the €672.5

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2020

That is the broad conclusion from a global review of climate litigation carried out by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), which analyses climate-related legal actions in the year since May 2019.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2023

That is the hypothesis advanced in a new report published today by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The authors anticipate the upcoming Fit for 55 package in particular is set to trigger several new cases.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

By putting in place the enabling primary legislation that bridges legal gaps, creates new laws, or brings clarity to existing laws. Indeed, in WBD’s recently published 2024 Energy Transition Outlook Survey Report, businesses still identify effective legislation as a key accelerator of the energy transition.

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2020

The government may have secured plaudits this morning for its new £3bn energy efficiency package , but calls are continuing to build for the Chancellor to deliver a wider green recovery package when he delivers his economic update to Parliament tomorrow.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

While many are hearing the need to align immediate spending packages with longer-term goals, the idea of a green recovery is being met with political opposition from many quarters. The EU Climate Law should be swiftly enacted, and the 2030 target for greenhouse gas emission reductions strengthened to at least 55 per cent.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Meanwhile, the mini-budget that triggered Truss' downfall provided only £1bn of additional funding for energy efficiency schemes, despite repeated warnings that energy saving measures represented the most effective means of enhancing energy security and minimising the multi-billion pound cost of the government's energy bill support package.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The Retained EU Law (Reformation and Reform) Bill has been heavily criticised by environmental campaigners, who have warned it could impact as many as 570 retained laws that come under the remit of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, including rules around air and water quality, marine protection, and wildlife habitats.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

The regulation, which will come into force in 20 days' time, strengthens the interim 2030 emissions reduction target automakers in the EU have to meet, as well as enshrines the 2035 phase-out date into law. Now is the time for strong, decisive and progressive policy and leadership."

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Front And Centered

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

We require a Just Transition because the physics of climate are unforgiving, because it’s the right thing to do, and because it’s the only politically possible path toward what we really need. Rather than subsidizing large corporate polluters, there are bills that shift the responsibility for harmful products back to the producers.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Despite the continued CEO efforts and rising customer, employee, investor and political interest, many businesses are struggling to integrate sustainability into the core of their operations. There’s been a 38-fold increase in sustainability-related laws and regulations since 1972. Is our packaging also safe for people and the planet?

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Business Green

MAY 3, 2020

The political instability and greater uncertainty associated with these events may also impede or reduce investment and economic growth. Domestic laws in many civil law countries include provisions recognising hardship.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JULY 6, 2021

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. Success in areas requiring strategic thinking and political shrewdness. Strong data analysis skills. Health and Dental Insurance.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

Agnès Pannier-Runacher, French Minister for the energy transition - who led the negotiations - hailed the agreement on the Fit for 55 package as "a crucial step in attaining our climate objectives".

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Business Green

JUNE 20, 2021

To comply with this court order, the Dutch government has committed to implement a €3bn package of emissions-reduction measures and to reduce the capacity of its remaining coal-fired power stations by 75 per cent. Mark Clarke is a partner and Gwen Wackwitz an associate at law firm White & Case.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2020

It comes as the Treasury prepares a crucial package of recovery measures which are expected to be announced in Parliament next month, as the government attempts to combat the worst economic crisis in decades. Business stands shoulder to shoulder with political leaders and consumers in its desire for ambitious change.".

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JULY 7, 2021

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. Understanding of Iowa’s political landscape and governmental processes. Health and Dental Insurance. Flex Savings Account. Simple IRA.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The government has today unveiled its hotly-anticipated suite of legally-binding environmental targets for England, confirming a sweeping package of goals to reverse species loss, increase tree cover, reduce waste, and tackle air and water pollution over the next two decades.

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2022

Customers are facing a cost-of-living crisis that has been driven by international gas prices so - while the support package announced recently was very welcome - we also need to be very careful of any actions that could inadvertently push up the cost of investing in new generation, forcing consumers to pay higher energy bills for longer," he said.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The Global Biodiversity Framework is set to provide the political certainty that all large businesses and financial institutions will be required to assess and disclose risks and impacts on nature. The package is by no means flawless but this is not the end. Two weeks' ago, we had a mountain of differences to resolve.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 28, 2023

The move towards easier-to-recycle packaging formats seems well underway, but the issue of funding for waste and recycling is still up in the air, without the investment the EPR policy was intended to provide. A statement from the group said she was hopeful that “the damage done to any remaining ambition isn’t terminal”. The good news?

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The new season of British politics returned with a bang this weekend, channelling the same chaotic energy that has made the last few years such compelling, dramatic, watch through your fingers, viewing. It needs to regain focus, kick out extremists and make the press an ally, not a target of political partisan attacks," the paper advised.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Delivering on the heat pump target represents a huge technical challenge even before you consider the potential for political headwinds. Whilst that is a demonstrably untrue statement, it is absolutely true that the established energy rating scheme, recognised in law, offers a distinctly cold shoulder to the installation of heat pumps.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

BlocPower's " Civilian Climate Corps " program launched in September, after the New York City Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) awarded the company a $37m contract, paid for with funding from the $2.2bn federal COVID stimulus package, known as the CARES Act. Robert Clark falls into this latter category. From Bed-Stuy to nationwide.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

Industries getting particular focus when it comes to VOC management in China include electronics, packaging and printing, pharmaceuticals, petrochemical, chemical, industrial coating, oil storage and transportation. This enshrined into law China’s first air emissions management plan and formalized an approach to regional collaboration.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

Industries getting particular focus when it comes to VOC management in China include electronics, packaging and printing, pharmaceuticals, petrochemical, chemical, industrial coating, oil storage and transportation. This enshrined into law China’s first air emissions management plan and formalized an approach to regional collaboration.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

She is a chicken farmer, a zoo doctor, a firefighter, a polar marine biologist, a park ranger and a political candidate. Mattel seeks for all products and packaging to comprise recycled or recyclable materials by 2030, and in June it brought sugarcane-plastic toddler stacking rings to market. One in five is Black.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The EAC also reiterates calls for an overhaul and extension for the troubled Green Homes Grant programme , following weeks of negative headlines arising from administrative problems with the scheme and confirmation from the government last week that it is withdrawing over £1bn from the initial budget of the stimulus package.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 6, 2021

For example, despite nearly every survey showing that a sizable majority of consumers want to reduce their own plastic waste, the pandemic has necessarily increased the use of single-serve and disposable products and packaging. But political action starts with public demand (at least in theory), so it’s an encouraging sign.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2023

Calls for the government to match its ambitious goals with stronger regulations to crack down on pollution and greater investment in nature recovery are only set to mount as the Chancellor preps his first Budget and the government proceeds with its controversial plans to strip out EU law from the UK's statute book.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Building upon years of research on activism, democracy, and climate politics, Fisher explores the state of the climate movement today to understand how radical direct action is evolving as the climate crisis worsens. And that is through law enforcement and counter movements becoming really repressive, and escalating violence.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 7, 2024

Most famously, the governor of Florida kept battling one of the world’s most beloved brands, Disney, over the company’s position on state laws targeting the LGBTQ+ community. Some in the investment community even pushed back on anti-ESG laws — partly because, as one analysis concluded, those state laws could cost taxpayers $708 million.

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