GreenBiz

MARCH 28, 2022

The new rules: Green investing become a matter of serious concern for regulators — not to mention companies and investors.

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Investment 327

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Water Fittings Regulation 4 compliant valves in production at Aquacheck Engineering’s manufacturing facility in Rochdale, Lancashire. Government regulations set legal requirements for the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of water fittings, systems, and appliances.

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Innovation Health Waste Waste 242

GreenBiz

AUGUST 30, 2022

Sponsored: The SEC regulation proposal includes mandatory Scope 3 reporting for enterprises. Find out what you can do to prepare and why you should not wait it out!

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Energy Storage News

MAY 10, 2024

A cost recovery application for 90MW of battery storage, filed by Barbados Light & Power Company (BLPC), has been only partially approved by the eastern Caribbean island nation’s regulator.

Batteries 109

Batteries Policy 109

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 19, 2023

Image credit: Kerckweb / Shutterstock.com Scotland’s environmental regulator has issued a civil penalty of £75,000 to a health food supplements manufacturer for failing to provide a leakage detection system on equipment containing powerful greenhouse gases that trap heat in the atmosphere and contribute to climate change.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 19, 2023

The rules include a labeling mandate and will eventually require battery makers to meet certain levels of recycled content for critical minerals found in batteries, such as cobalt, lithium and nickel.

Batteries 438

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 11, 2023

The EU Deforestation Regulation , a significant leap forward in sustainable commerce, focuses on mitigating the EU’s deforestation footprint. Targeting commodities like cattle, palm oil, soy, cocoa, rubber, coffee, and timber, it’s a regulation that businesses operating within the EU must take seriously.

Energy Monitor 150

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Biodiversity Law 150

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The 900,000 heat network consumers in the UK will judge regulation to have failed if it does not deliver cheaper, fairer and more reliable heating systems that are fit for the future, said non-profit consumer group Heat Trust, in a warning issued to government and Ofgem on 16 October.

Energy Monitor 130

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Government Demand 130

POWER Magazine

MAY 9, 2024

California regulators have denied Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E’s) plan to sell a multibillion-dollar stake in the utility’s power generation fleet to a New York-based investment firm.

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Investment Electricity 64

Canary Media

MARCH 29, 2024

The controversial plan to require California’s three biggest utilities to start charging their customers based on how much money they make has been shelved by state regulators — at least for now. Instead, the California Public Utilities Commission is proposing a less radical — if not necessarily less controversial —…

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Electricity 107

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Industry leaders from the Residential Property Surveyors Association (RPSA) and the Property Care Association (PCA) are calling for urgent regulation of the spray foam insulation industry as lenders tighten restrictions leaving as many as 250,000 homes “unmortgageable”. Regulation is needed, and it is needed now.”.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Are you ready to transform your business into a sustainable powerhouse? The CSRD is more than just a reporting obligation — it intends to transform the business sector into a more sustainable, resilient economy.

Sustainability 327

Sustainability Resilience Organic 327

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 7, 2024

A northern Alberta Indigenous community is suing the Alberta Energy Regulator for the effects of an ongoing environmental disaster at an Imperial Oil tar sands mine. The AER is supposed to regulate the energy sector in Alberta to ensure safety and environmental responsibility,” said Chief Adam in a statement.

Energy Monitor 120

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Energy 120

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MAY 2, 2024

EPA will regulate legacy CCR surface impoundments and CCR Management Units for the first time. This significant new regulation was part of a suite of four power sector rules EPA finalized on the same day. By Stacey L. VanBelleghem , Karl A. 4 Key Takeaways From the Final Rule 1.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Construction Electricity 59

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2022

This document helps members interpret the regulations for the 2022 accreditation year. “The actual regulations pertaining to the shipments of plastics and the EA’s interpretation of them relating to the issue of PERNs is complicated. Baled plastic bottles (image credit: Burke Museum , CC BY-NC 2.0

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Plastics Packaging Recycling Recycling 241

POWER Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2023

California’s Diablo Canyon nuclear plant can continue operating at least through much of 2030 after state energy regulators on Dec. 14 voted to keep the facility open an additional five […] The post California Regulators Vote to Keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Open Another Five Years appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Energy Energy 132

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 29, 2023

Clear and consistent regulation is key to driving maritime decarbonisation. IMO regulation should be goal based and technology neutral with the ambition of achieving convergence between global and regional measures. The most effective way of doing this is through regulation.

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Methane Carbon-neutral Sustainability Innovation 130

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The end of the Brexit transition period at 23:00 GMT on 31 December marks a key moment of change for those trading chemicals between the UK and the EU that are controlled under the Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulations.

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Organic Law Europe Waste 246

Business Green

APRIL 4, 2024

UK regulator plans to focus on cutting gas, electricity, business travel, water and waste emissions in short term on course to achieving net zero across its operations and supply chain by 2050

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Waste Waste Electricity 77

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 3, 2022

Government agencies and nonprofit organizations all around the world are moving forward with ESG regulations and requirements. Plus the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) has created the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) in order to create rules and regulations surrounding ESG reporting.

Investment 147

Investment Sustainability Government Demand 147

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The regulations aim to provide a legal framework for China’s carbon allowance trading market by strengthening requirements and designating responsibilities. The Regulations fill in the regulatory vacuum that has existed since 2021. By Hui Xu , Paul A.

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Carbon Carbon-neutral Government 59

FuelCellsWorks

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Exporters and developers need to consider full value chain emissions associated with hydrogen, says new WoodMac report BEIJING/LONDON/HOUSTON– The future of low-carbon hydrogen hinges on global policymakers introducing regulations and.

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Carbon Hydrogen Europe 111

Impact Alpha

AUGUST 31, 2023

The European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, known as SFDR, is making waves in the investment industry. The legislative measure, introduced in 2019, The post Is Europe’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation delivering on its promise? appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Sustainability 111

Sustainability Investment Policy 111

Energy Central

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

In 2023, the European Union (EU) adopted the regulation on the use of renewable and low-carbon fuels in maritime transport, also known as the Fuel The regulation intends to promote sustainable commercial maritime shipping in the EU by setting mandatory limits for the greenhouse EU Maritime regulation of energy used on board of ships.

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Transportation Carbon Sustainability Energy 52

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Packaging EPR laws represent a critical lever to improving the packaging supply chain.

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Packaging Law 338

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2021

New solid fuel local space heaters will have to be type-tested to measure the environmental performance of the devices, under regulations coming into effect at the start of the new year. From 1st January 2022, a new regulation will impose Ecodesign requirements for solid fuel local space heaters.

Energy Monitor 130

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels Organic 130

Energy Storage News

MARCH 20, 2024

The European Union’s new Batteries Regulation will be a driver of change in how the energy storage system industry thinks about procurement and managing batteries at the end of life.

Batteries 79

Batteries Energy Energy Recycling 79

GreenBiz

JUNE 12, 2023

Get ready for a nice warm bowl of alphabet soup.

Sustainability 536

Sustainability 536

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

On 5 February 2024, the European Parliament and Council of the EU announced that they had reached a provisional political agreement on the text of the ESG Ratings Regulation (the Regulation). The agreed text was subsequently published on 14 February 2024. Refer to this Latham blog post for previous commentary on the proposal.

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Politics Sustainability Government 52

Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Developer Kyon Energy has claimed the largest approved BESS in Europe for a 275MWh project in Germany, just as regulators extend grid fee exemptions for energy storage by three years to 2029.

Europe 130

Europe Energy Energy Investment 130

Renew Economy

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The post Regulator rejects community challenge to VNI West transmission plans appeared first on RenewEconomy. AER dismisses complaints about the process used to determine the route for the VNI West transmission project, delivering a win for AEMO and Transgrid.

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Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Flexibility is key in ensuring an effective and durable regulation. To be effective, the regulations must help establish a clear path to decarbonization for the electricity sector. Indeed, a number of provinces explicitly cite the 2035 target or the regulations in their energy strategies. It’s vital we move now.”

Electricity 77

Electricity Natural gas Government Policy 77

Renew Economy

JUNE 1, 2023

Regulator sets exit fee for households seeking to quit gas as they electrify, and allows networks to impose higher fixed charges to recoup investments in face of death spiral. The post Fossil gas death spiral: Regulator caps exit fee to “socialise” cost of mass disconnection appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Investment Government 129

Energy Storage News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A 110MW/440MWh battery storage project in New York has been given the green light by regulators, ahead of the launch of tenders which could create a significant market opportunity in the state.

Batteries 109

Batteries 109

EnergyTrend

APRIL 3, 2024

Germany has streamlined regulations for balcony solar power plants Germany'sBundesnetzagenturhasupdatedtheregistrationrulesforbalconysolarsystems,aimingtoreducebureaucratichurdlesandpromotetheirwidespreadadoption.Then.

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Solar Power Europe Energy Energy 52

PV Tech

JANUARY 15, 2024

The European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) has written an open letter to the EU calling for “robust regulation” of forced labour in the solar supply chain.

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Europe 62

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2021

A trade group comprising European suppliers of waste-to-energy technology, ESWET, has welcomed the European Commission’s proposal to revise the waste shipment regulation to reduce waste exports and treat municipal waste in Europe under EU standards, but calls for coherent and clearer rules for intra-EU shipments.

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Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 130