Econaur

APRIL 22, 2020

It was the planet’s largest civic event at the time and compelled governments to take concrete actions, including passing environmental laws and establishing environmental agencies. The risks faced by ignoring the threats of environmental destruction must be understood and addressed with protections and policies.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JUNE 1, 2021

CALSTART’s Bus Team works with manufacturers, suppliers and transit operators to develop next-generation technologies, accelerate sales of near-zero and zero-emission buses, and supports pioneering public policies that are helping to make clean transit a reality across the nation.

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Organic Climate change Transportation Health 40

EDF + Business

JANUARY 25, 2024

Hello and Happy New Year from the Climate Policy Leadership Team! While the report paints a stark picture, there is reason to hope , and policy will play a large role in addressing that risk and cutting emissions. 2024 is shaping up to be a busy year, with climate at the forefront. Check out EDF’s blog for more on 30C.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 6, 2023

three climate policy packages since 2021. BIL “the backbone” : The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), aka Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), was signed into law in November 2021, and is the “backbone,” providing much of the infrastructure these technologies need to scale at speed. Total funding: $1.2T

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 7, 2023

Featuring imagery of snow-dashed Alpine mountains and idyllic lakes, the campaign website urges law-makers to avoid a ban on boilers and include “renewable gases” in the definition of a “zero-emission” building. The group requested mayors to sign a position statement arguing that nobody should be “left behind” on the path to net zero.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Our Regulatory Team filed comments on behalf of IREC and our partners Fresh Energy, the Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC), and Vote Solar asking the Commission to ensure that the solar installer complaints be counted.

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Energy Energy Electricity Law 104

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

So like other gorgeous and ecologically sensitive spots around the globe, these islands off the coast of Washington state have worked hard to develop sustainability policies to balance the needs of the land with the desires of humans. Tourists often make the wrong call when they encounter seal pups born in the late summer.

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Sustainability Real Estate Climate change Earth Day 36

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

The community provides resources and support for members, including events, webinars, and peer-to-peer learning opportunities. Does your company offer an explicit policy for transgender healthcare coverage? An open-book management policy builds trust, which lays the foundation for strong relationships. Train staff accordingly.

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Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 78

Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

  In other news the EU parliament passed a law to restore 20% of the EU’s land and sea by 2030, England requires all new buildings to improve biodiversity, and the US Congress finds something they can agree on with nuclear policy, while the SEC may be set to announce watered down rules on reporting. 

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Energy Monitor Investment Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 111

Business Green

JANUARY 15, 2021

But delivering a fundamental reshaping of the financial system, as BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink acknowledged was necessary in his influential annual shareholder letter last year, is going to require more than green ambition and the occasional coal exclusion policy. Rating agencies, in my experience, rarely pick this up.

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Sustainability Investment Fossil fuels Carbon 90

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2023

In 2015, the NPPC, which claims only 3 percent of pig farmers as members, joined NCBA in lobbying to repeal a law that went into effect in 2013 allowing beef and pork producers to put “Made in the USA” labels on their product. Penzer told DeSmog he believes that it is illegal for Checkoff funds to go toward policy work.

Agriculture 89

Agriculture Fossil fuels Methane Sustainability 89

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MARCH 11, 2021

In October 2019, the TCI published a Framework for a Draft Regional Policy Proposal, which described the TCI-P’s key design elements. See Latham’s blog post TCI Releases Framework for Draft Policy to Reduce GHG Emissions From Transportation.).

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The position entails research and content creation centered on climate change impacts and solutions, energy and climate policy, and other related issues. . Researching climate and energy-related issues, drafting memos and briefs; • Tracking and analyzing relevant policy developments globally, including climate and energy commitments; .

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Policy Education Law Climate change 40

DeSmogBlog

JULY 8, 2021

Prior to the hearing in Louisiana, environmental advocacy groups, including Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy, Red, Black & Green New Deal Initiative at the Movement for Black Lives, and The Alliance for Affordable Energy, held a webinar about CCS.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

As a result the US is soon set to join the growing numbers of major economies - the UK, EU, China, and Japan, among others - with national net zero targets, which is all rapidly being translated into ambitious policies and regulations. But there is still a long way to go.

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Investment Climate change COP Fossil fuels 95

Energy and Cleantech Council

APRIL 2, 2021

This is the fifth in our First 100 Days series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the early days of the Biden administration. Join us on April 12 for a webinar on ESG. In this timely webinar, we’ll discuss: The multiple market developments leading towards a rationalized corporate reporting system.

Government 52

Government Demand Law Politics 52

Energy and Cleantech Council

APRIL 2, 2021

This is the fifth in our First 100 Days series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the early days of the Biden administration. Join us on April 12 for a webinar on ESG. In this timely webinar, we’ll discuss: The multiple market developments leading towards a rationalized corporate reporting system.

Government 52

Government Demand Law Politics 52

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

During the same year that Last Generation was blocking roads in Germany, farmers used the exact same tactic , blocking roads with their tractors to protest a renewable energy policy that they don’t feel provides enough incentives for biogas. Not a single farmer was punched in the face or dragged off the road by their hair.

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Fossil fuels Organic Law Africa 145

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

District Court for the District of Oregon on Monday, attorneys with Our Children’s Trust – the Oregon-based nonprofit law firm spearheading youth-led constitutional climate litigation in the U.S. The state failed to put on any case at all,” said Patrick Parenteau, emeritus professor of law at Vermont Law and Graduate School.

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Fossil fuels Climate change Law Policy 77

Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

Join us for a webinar Jan 25th on Sightline Climate’s 2023 investment trends, insights, and discussion. EPA announced $1bn to replace diesel buses with electric and low-emission buses , fueled by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's $5bn allocation for cleaner school buses.   Want more deals? Thanks for reading!

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Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 115

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

API’s Climate Action Framework outlines the group’s preferred points of climate policy, including carbon capture projects akin to Exxon’s at Shute Creek , and Stein’s email clarifies that the industry’s climate priorities aim to keep positioning fossil gas as essential to the energy transition and climate action.

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Carbon Fossil fuels Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 98

GreenTechMedia

MARCH 24, 2020

The idea is simple: Ask the IRS to clarify that existing law protects projects from losing access to those credits if supply disruptions prevent them from meeting deadlines. Treasury Department’s Office of Tax Policy. Elizabeth Crouse, a partner at K&L Gates, agreed. "It

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Packaging North America Law Politics 100

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2023

Montana has repealed its 30-year-old energy policy – including a 2011 amendment that prioritized fossil-fuel development. Montana first enacted a state energy policy in 1993. Steve Gunderson introduced legislation to repeal the state energy policy. Greg Gianforte signed it into law on March 16. In the lawsuit, Held v.

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Policy Fossil fuels Energy Energy 84

GreenTechMedia

JUNE 1, 2020

By law, California must have 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2045, and an executive order signed by former Governor Jerry Brown calls for economywide carbon-neutrality by the same year. If you can’t have a fiscal response because of a lack of general fund dollars, you can think about a [different] policy direction you could go.”

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