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Climate Law Institute

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

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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Climate Law Institute

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

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.

Law 40
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If the government wants growth, it needs to embed environmental protections in planning

Business Green

With the political situation moving so quickly, what may happen next is far from certain. Secondly, potentially retiring a significant chunk of retained EU laws by the end of 2023 ‘unless it is specifically re-written or otherwise kept'. Take the laws we have as a legacy of the European Union for example.

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Lyft's 100% EV strategy requires a policy blitz

GreenBiz

Lyft Director of Sustainability Sam Arons pointed to Lyft's policy work in Colorado during the Political Climate podcast last week. Jared Polis to modify the state's law around Colorado's electric vehicle tax credit and make it available to ride-hailing fleets. . Policy & Politics. Pull Quote. Transportation & Mobility.

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'Go for it': Climate advisors urge government to deliver green recovery blitz

Business Green

The CCC's latest assessment comes almost exactly a year after the UK became the first major economy in the world to set a net zero target in law for 2050 , and the Committee warned little progress had been made in most areas since the legislation passed.

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'Well off track': Institute for Government warns UK's net zero efforts are slipping behind schedule

Business Green

In June 2019, the UK government committed to cutting its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, becoming the first major economy to enshrine such a commitment in law. Indeed, today saw two further reports along similar lines from the CBI and trade body techUK, both of which warned the government needs to step up its climate efforts.

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The American chestnut tree is coming back. Who is it for?

Grist

His relatives participated in political acts such as the occupation of Wounded Knee by Indigenous people from across the U.S., In the majority opinion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg wrote that both Indian law and the need to treat people equally “preclude the Tribe from rekindling embers of sovereignty that long ago grew cold.”