DeSmogBlog

JUNE 29, 2023

Rishi Sunak has confirmed that a fossil fuel-funded think tank helped to draft his government’s laws targeting climate protests. Sunak’s statement yesterday appears to confirm openDemocracy’s allegation that sections of the 2022 law were ‘directly inspired’ by Policy Exchange’s report. million to the party since 2014.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 3, 2023

It has been banned from sale since 2014 in the UK and it is now against the law to cause floating pennywort to grow in the wild. Floating pennywort (Hydocotyle ranunculoides) is a menace for river users – stopping angling, water sports and river and canal navigation and often clogging up boat propellers.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 16, 2024

But a growing chorus of California legislators say that nonenforcement stance violates a groundbreaking law they fought to pass just months ago — and they, along with dozens of environmental groups, are demanding that regulators change course. They’re pointing to AB 1167, signed into law by California Gov. billion in the deal.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Ungaran (55 MW) – Semarang and Kendal Regency, Central Java Province PLN, as the holder of geothermal working area licenses, commits to developing its Geothermal Working Areas (approximately 260 MW) assigned by the Government of Indonesia under Geothermal Law No. For Tulehu, 5 (five) exploration wells have been drilled by PLN.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 23, 2022

The EU Commission’s delegated act of the Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU has thus imposed stricter cyber security requirements for these devices, including smartphones, tablets, electronic cameras and wearables such as smartwatches and fitness trackers, but also toys and baby monitors. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Charged

JULY 7, 2021

The company offers a zero-investment model for charging hosts, who benefit from France’s LOM law (Loi d’Orientation des Mobilités) and by attracting customers. “We have been working with its founder Aurélien since 2014 when we invested in his previous company and are convinced of his and his team’s ability to become a European leader.”.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Bonta’s office is expected to lead the litigation going forward, with assistance from outside counsel including San Francisco-based plaintiffs’ law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, but the attorney general’s office could not confirm by publishing time. Office of the California Attorney General in Sacramento, California.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In fact, when California passed its landmark 2006 climate law — which directed the state to cut greenhouse gas emissions down to 1990 levels by 2020 — supporters claimed that it would save thousands of lives through improved air quality alone. New York may offer an interesting model.

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Grist

AUGUST 12, 2021

Much of the field builds on seminal research from the Climate Accountability Institute, which in 2014 published a paper quantifying the top fossil fuel companies’ contribution to global warming. We’re citing the hell out of it,” said Pat Parenteau, a law professor at Vermont Law School.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

From 2014 to the end of March 2020, third-party installers had added 2.4 The settlement comes soon after a FERC ruling on PURPA that is expected to give utilities more control over rates paid to qualifying facilities, a decision that is likely to make the law less valuable for developers and perhaps limit its use.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

From 2014 to 2016, over 360,000 smart meters were installed there.” The process of replacing meters with LZO meters is one of the elements of the company’s obligations under Energy Law. “Tauron Distribution implemented the largest pilot programme for meter replacement in Poland, covering the city of Wrocław.

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2020

Government promises to enshrine target to achieve 65 per cent recycling rate by 2035 in UK law as it publishes new Circular Economy Plan. Its great news that the government has listened to our call to enshrine the ambitious 65 per cent recycling target into UK law," she said.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 3, 2024

Unlike other vehicular components that might bear serial numbers or unique identifiers, catalytic converters are generally anonymous once detached, making them difficult for law enforcement to trace back to a specific crime. This step increases the chances of recovery and helps law enforcement trace the part back to a specific crime.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The UK Government awarded it subsidies under the Contract for Difference (CfD) scheme in April 2014, and it was to start running by September 2018. It is led jointly by Biofuelwatch, Stand.earth, Dogwood Alliance, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) and the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC).?. ?.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2021

New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has shed light on a spate of mutilated cats found dead in London between 2014 and 2018. It also provides law enforcement colleagues with the ability to review any future investigations from a scientifically supported and evidence-based approach.”. Notes to Editors.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 6, 2024

In 2014, Stringer was one of only two MPs on Parliament’s Energy and Climate Change Committee to vote against accepting the conclusion of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that humans are the dominant cause of global warming. But it can’t do both,” said Jolyon Maugham, director of the Good Law Project.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 21, 2023

They are being represented by attorneys with the Center for Constitutional Rights and Tulane University Environmental Law Clinic. The parish is split by the Mississippi River with the two majority Black districts — the 4th District and 5th District — across the river from each other.

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Grist

JULY 25, 2019

The four existing Geneva Conventions and their three additional protocols are globally recognized treaties to regulate the conduct of war, including establishing standards under international humanitarian law for the treatment of wounded troops in the field, soldiers shipwrecked at sea, prisoners of war, and civilians.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 23, 2024

While modern cars may be all too easily modified to produce ear-splitting bangs, pops and other eruptions, a growing hazard for the modern city dweller (at least if they value being able to sleep or concentrate on a task), the technology to pinpoint such vehicles, for law enforcement purposes, is not-so-trivial.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 28, 2022

The facility is expected to be operational within the next 12 months to meet the rapidly growing demand for electric vehicles as electrification across Europe intensifies under efforts to meet sustainability targets set as part of the Fit for 55 climate law.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

NES and VIVAVIS have more than 10 different existing DSO customers in Switzerland, and this certification will ensure that existing and future customers receive a smart meter solution that is certified to be compliant with the data security requirements as defined in local law in Switzerland.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Ramos, Republic Act 6957 or the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Law paved the way for a rapid development of energy projects. 2001 – Republic Act 9136 or the EPIRA Law was passed, seeking the electric power industry by the privatization of generation, transmission, distribution, and supply of the power sector. MW to 123 MW.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 16, 2022

In April, its board voted to oppose that law, arguing that it would lose its “seat at the table,” only to be replaced by investors that “may not have the same interest in long-term sustainability as CalPERS”. Sharfman, of George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School. CalPERS sign during a drought in California in 2014.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Those challenging Shell’s activities on the Wild Coast argue that the approval of the permit to explore oil on the coast occurred under old laws. The company received approval in 2014 under rushed circumstances, just months before new environmental laws came into effect.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 9, 2020

was the first major economy to enshrine a net-zero carbon goal in law, and in the recent election parties on all sides pledged support to a green industrial revolution to one extent or another. cable company win offshore wind contracts in Europe in 2012 and 2014. Last November UKEF guaranteed a 9.2 government-owned renewables investor.

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2021

Major supermarkets, food suppliers, and investors once again urge Brazil's government to withdraw proposed law they warn could exacerbate rainforest destruction. As such, today's letter argues the measures set out in the bill "are counter to the narrative and rhetoric we have seen internationally from Brazil".

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 27, 2020

Switch was able to subscribe to this project thanks to a Nevada law allowing large industrial customers to source their own power. Part of what made the new project possible is that Roy factored clean-energy siting into his search for the location to build Citadel back in 2014, Kramer said. ” Why this happened in Nevada.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2022

Just over 800 cases were filed between 1986 and 2014, but more than 1,000 have been brought before the courts since then. Law and disorder. In the United States, the lack of clear, overarching climate laws has contributed to some cases. Tarantino, a partner in the San Francisco-based law firm Morrison Foerster, explained.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Under state law AB 327 , California’s utilities provide Integration Capacity Analysis (ICA) maps online showing DER hosting capacity on individual grid circuits. This kind of automated, data-driven way for new DERs to match up with grid needs is a key goal of ICA process launched in 2014, Stanfield noted.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2019

wind capacity, its solar generation has inched up from 952 megawatts in 2014 to 3.2 In a June investor presentation, NextEra said undergrounding distribution laterals could cost $25 to 35 billion over 20 to 30 years, which it would be allowed to recover from ratepayers under the new law if regulators approve the utility's plan.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MAY 17, 2019

The denial of certiorari follows a 2014 refusal by the Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit decision in a similar case, commonly known as Rocky Mountain I , that upheld the constitutionality of California’s LCFS program under the same reasoning. Indeed, long-term offtake agreements for LCFS credits generally have not been available.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The Ohio Power Siting Board last month had 7,783 MW of solar projects in its regulatory pipeline , almost all of which had applications pending before the effective date of a new siting law that is expected to complicate future projects. That plan was reversed after Ohio lawmakers passed House Bill 6 , the state’s nuclear bailout law.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 8, 2020

The United States Environmental Protection Agency defines environmental justice as “the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.”

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Business Green

APRIL 27, 2022

West Cumbria Mining, backed by venture capital company EMR, first proposed the mine in 2014, and was backed by Cumbria County Council. After the UK parliament passed more stringent carbon targets in 2019, setting in law the goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, questions about the climate effects of the mine mounted.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Richard Smith, a partner at legal firm Sandstone Law, commented: “Contributing to the fight against climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions is, for many, another cost that is hard to bear, even if they want to reduce the carbon footprints of their businesses.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Under our state laws, if convicted, this company will be sentenced to fines and restitution. That’s why we are, once again, calling for stronger laws to hold these companies accountable and protect Pennsylvanians’ health, and demanding DEP toughen up the independent oversight we need them to provide for the industries they regulate.”.

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Charged

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Governments often use selective law enforcement to blunt the effects of unwanted policies instituted by previous administrations. TIGTA says that, of the 239,422 EV tax credits claimed between 2014 and 2018, it has identified 16,510 as potentially erroneous. Is this what’s going on with an audit of federal EV tax credit claims?

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