DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Read time: 5 mins New Jersey has now joined the wave of lawsuits seeking to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for climate impacts. Tags: Hoboken new jersey climate accountability climate lawsuits fossil fuel industry American Petroleum Institute ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) Chevron (NYSE: CVX) shell

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 18, 2024

Pallets are being produced at three sites – York, Burton, and Peterborough – and fitted with RFID tags, which will enable pallet tracking. Companies interested in using the service and benefiting from the LOOP pallet PayBack of up to £4 per green pallet, should email: setmeup@thepalletloop.com to kick start the account creation process.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Titled the “Children’s Fundamental Rights and Climate Recovery Resolution,” this Congressional resolution , though nonbinding, demonstrates one way that Congress can play a key role in supporting the growing calls to hold the federal government and fossil fuel companies accountable for the devastating damages of the climate crisis.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 7, 2020

Lawsuits demanding accountability and action on the existential threat of climate change continue to take hold across the world with some significant new developments and new cases emerging over the past year, according to a new report on trends in global climate change litigation.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 15, 2020

While the bankruptcy process could be an opportunity to hold accountable either these firms, or the firms acquiring the assets via bankruptcy, it instead has offered more opportunities for companies to walk away from cleanup responsibilities — while often rewarding the same executives who bankrupted them. .

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 11, 2020

By most accounts, the translucent plastic pellets are considered pollution, but government bureaucracy and regulatory technicalities are making accountability for removing these bits of plastic from the river’s banks and waters surprisingly challenging. Tags: plastic production Mississippi River Formosa RISE St.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 24, 2020

Read time: 7 mins Minnesota has officially joined the climate accountability movement with the announcement on Wednesday, June 24 of a groundbreaking lawsuit against fossil fuel behemoths such as ExxonMobil and Koch Industries and the nation's largest oil and gas lobbying group for alleged deception on climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 30, 2020

Read time: 10 mins Meaningful regulation of the fracking, industry is a non sequitur to Sharon Wilson, organizer for Earthworks’ Oil & Gas Accountability Project. Tags: Sharon Wilson Permian Basin methane fracking Earthworks TExas Commission on Environmental Quality

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

It placed the price tag at up to 10.5 Finally, there is collaboration among the leading nongovernmental organizations focusing on sustainability reporting and accountability. Finally, there is collaboration among the leading nongovernmental organizations focusing on sustainability reporting and accountability. Risk & Resilience.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Researchers identified at least five high-profile Instagram accounts which appeared to promote the UAE as a climate leader during the summit. The posts shared the same hashtags and tagged the same official COP28 Instagram account. Each influencer published one pro-COP28 video. Credit: Instagram. degrees celsius goals.”

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GreenBiz

MARCH 3, 2021

That fuel also accounts for 6 percent of its annual operating budget. The larger commercial vehicles — such as Class 8 trucks — are more difficult to electrify due to a lack of models from manufacturers and a higher price tag than their diesel equivalent. Swapping all that diesel and jet fuel with batteries and biofuels won't be easy.

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Mearth

JANUARY 20, 2021

Following Mearth’s official Instagram account. Tagged 3 friends in your shared post. Pop Quiz Mechanics: To join Mearth’s Pop Quiz, simply answer the questions correctly posted on Mearth’s Facebook Stories. Increase your chances of winning by: Liking and following Mearth’s official Facebook page.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 2, 2020

Read time: 3 mins In its latest end of year accounts, the Global Warming Policy Foundation ( GWPF ), the UK ’s most prominent climate science denial group, has reported that its total income has increased by around £75,000 over the last year – an increase of almost 20 percent.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 4, 2021

Most investors and companies still don’t put a price tag on natural capital, or the cost of losing it, and biodiversity becoming a top "theme" only means people have begun talking about it. That said, huge as it sounds, that $7 trillion represents only a fraction of the more than $100 trillion in global assets under management.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 25, 2020

These lumps of hydrocarbons historically played a vital role in America’s electricity mix, accounting for a third of the country’s energy production as recently as 2008. coal production has dropped 40 percent since its peak 12 years ago, and the commodity accounted for only 14 percent of the country’s electricity generation last year.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 30, 2020

This defensive strategy involves vigorous public records requests, and in some cases legal action or intervention, to try proving a supposed conspiracy by those working to hold polluters accountable. Tags: ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) chris horner Energy Policy Advocates climate liability

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 23, 2020

Supreme Court Manufacturers Accountability Project FTI Consulting Energy In Depth chris horner Tags: climate liability U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 23, 2021

Supplied by John McCluskey, Key Account Manager at Thomas Hardie Commercials, the 6x4s are powered by Volvo’s D11K engine generating 380 hp and up to 1,800 Nm of torque, while the 8×4 tridems benefit from Volvo’s larger D13K engine producing 420 hp and 2,100 Nm of torque. The demonstrator performed exceptionally and ticked all the boxes.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

But Tillerson's appearance was just one of several recent watershed moments for efforts to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for its dominant role in causing climate change. Tags: #ExxonKnew ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) rex tillerson New York Attorney General Mandy Gunasekara climate liability

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 28, 2019

Thunberg was far from the first young person to speak up in an effort to hold the powerful accountable for their inaction on climate change, yet the recognition of her efforts come at a time when world leaders will have to decide whether — or with how much effort — they will tackle climate change. Tags: Greta Thunberg climate youth

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 23, 2020

It also serves as an exciting, moving account of author Charlotte Dennett’s decades-long journey to expose the truth behind her father’s death. Tags: Middle East oil politics Central Intelligence Agency First, it’s a comprehensive history of U.S. Her father, Daniel Dennett, was a U.S. Her father, Daniel Dennett, was a U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

to the growing list of state and local governments pushing for oil and gas majors to be held accountable in court. There is no justice without accountability,” said Mayor Brandon Johnson in a statement. That is why we are seeking to hold these Defendants accountable.”

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 22, 2020

It developed the sustainability-minded audience by capturing a list of terms that someone interested in sustainability may use in their Twitter bio, or by tagging accounts that a climate activist may follow. To reach these rankings, Zoomph’s platform started with about 342 million anonymized profiles.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 29, 2022

The GBB calculator will be powered by Aclymate’s technology and solution, one of the leading carbon accounting software companies in the industry. . Emissions Tagging and Categorization – Assign your emissions to your offices, employees or vehicles, to understand how they contribute to your footprint.

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Charged

JUNE 1, 2020

Plug & Charge, based on the ISO 15118 standard, enables direct communication between an EV and a charger, eliminating the need for a card or RFID tag. Kennedy says Tritium’s Plug & Charge solution is more secure than existing card-swipe or RFID tag payment methods. “A

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 16, 2019

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The process is a big hassle for the prepared food sector, but food waste is an even bigger problem for the planet, accounting for 8 percent of greenhouse gas emissions according to the U.N. Because source reduction has such strong economic benefits, the sustainability aspect gets to tag along. Food and Agriculture Organization.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Despite such growth, fully electric car sales still account for just five per cent of the UK total. However, a new study from fleet management firm LeasePlan suggests this headline price difference can be misleading as it does not account for the lower running costs of electric vehicles.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 8, 2020

These indirect expenses accounted for 72 percent of the increase seen in reactor construction costs between 1976 and 1987, a period in which the amount of money needed for containment buildings rose by almost 118 percent. This mismatch between expectation and reality has dogged the nuclear industry in several markets.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The key price point for battery packs to become cheap enough for manufacturers to produce mass market EVs for around the same price tag as typical petrol and diesel vehicles is thought to be around $100/kWh, and BNEF yesterday estimated prices could hit that tipping point as soon as 2024.

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Front And Centered

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

In spring of 2021, Front and Centered worked with Statewide Poverty Action Network and the People’s Economy Lab to create the Just Futures project with the aim of creating a community vision, measures, and strategies for state accountability in the economic recovery from COVID-19. We weren’t looking for simple answers.

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Michael Grossman

MAY 4, 2023

Having An Account Is Not The Same As Being Active There’s an old aphorism that 20 percent of the people will end up doing 80 percent of the work. In addition to the price tag, many companies in the sector starve their marketing department, preferring to invest in more engineers. ? So for most companies, the answer is no.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

In the shorter term, meanwhile, Wood Mackenzie predicts EV sales in China, Europe and the US will hit seven million a year by 2025, before doubling to 15 million a year by 2030 as price tags drop due to economies of scale, cheaper battery technology, and impending bans on fossil fuel vehicle sales. million units sold annually.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Software companies have a growing responsibility to account for their contribution to global climate change, and they can make a big difference with subtle changes in how they operate and with whom they do business – oftentimes broadening their brand appeal and saving money in the process.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The report notes that replacing a gas boiler with an air source heat pump reduces a household's gas consumption by around 70 per cent, if the provenance of electricity provided by the grid is taken into account. per cent of the nation's GDP, according to the report.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Software companies have a growing responsibility to account for their contribution to global climate change, and they can make a big difference with subtle changes in how they operate and with whom they do business – oftentimes broadening their brand appeal and saving money in the process.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

The researchers did not attempt to account for any deaths caused by the storm.). Still, the study is a good start for scientists looking to put a price tag on disasters brought on by warming temperatures, vicious hurricanes, and rising seas. And that, according to Strauss, may actually be an underestimate. billion).

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