DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

French environmental organizations Notre Affaire à Tous, Friends of the Earth France, and Oxfam France last week filed what they say is the world’s first climate lawsuit against a commercial bank, suing BNP Paribas over its continued funding of fossil fuels. They also say that the financial sector more broadly is on notice.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

Under Italian law, a request for mediation is a mandatory prerequisite for filing a defamation lawsuit. Total is seeking a judicial ruling that would force the organizations to withdraw their report and all references to it, with a penalty of 2,000 euros (around $2,200) per day for every day the materials remain publicly available.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The request comes from nonprofit environmental law organization Earthjustice on behalf of demand response aggregator Voltus. But a string of court cases has since cemented that authority, including the 2016 U.S. FERC’s authority was strengthened by this summer’s decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 6, 2024

A wave of farmers protests in Europe earlier this year were jumped on by populist politicians, resulting in the watering down of measures including a law to restore nature – ignoring that many of the farmers’ concerns were unrelated to green rules. She began her political career in 2016 with Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 5, 2021

In 2016, the Illinois Legislature passed the groundbreaking Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA) with bipartisan support. Originally published on ILSR.org. The legislation includes strategies to make solar energy more accessible to low and moderate income communities through community solar projects, rooftop solar, and brownfield solar.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 26, 2024

Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon , Associate Professor, University of Calgary Trevor is Clean Energy Canada’s communications director and has been with the organization since 2016. She holds a law degree in civil and common law and a BA from McGill University. Before starting at Clean Energy Canada, she worked in the U.K.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2020

Under the law all unsold items must be reused, sold, or recycled. It follows a 2016 law passed in France requiring all supermarkets to donate unsold food to organisations redistributing it to people in need, rather than throwing it away. EU Parliament urged to adopt 'sustainability charge' on meat.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Kari Carney is the Executive Director of 1000 Friends of Iowa , a non-profit organization “engaging local residents around responsible and equitable land use.” Josh Mandelbaum, Senior Attorney at the Environmental Law & Policy Center, was elected to Des Moines City Council in 2017. Des Moines Citizens Task Force on Sustainability.

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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. Outraged by oil spills, smog and polluted rivers, 20 million people took to the streets, protesting what they recognized as an environmental crisis.

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Green Tech Challenge

MAY 3, 2019

increase from 2016. This calls for consumer behaviour change, impact innovation in the business sector, policy change and law enforcement by governments. Organic straws, food containers made from bamboo, banana leaves used to package fresh produce, and reusable shopping bags. Thailand earned US57.5

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Grist

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Food and Agriculture Organization notes, if aquaculturists remove rocks or native sea grasses to plant massive seaweed farms, they could disrupt ecosystems and even alter coastal currents. A 2016 law requires the state air resources board to implement a strategy to reduce these emissions by 40 percent from 2013 levels by 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

“Climate litigation is a formidable tool to put pressure on the State and ask to strengthen its efforts in the climate fight,” said Marica Di Pierri, spokesperson for A Sud, the organization bringing the lawsuit. “As That’s why we have decided to [bring] the first Italian climate lawsuit.”.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

MARCH 7, 2019

Thanks to a bill Governor Baker signed into law in 2016, Massachusetts is authorized to procure up to 1600MW of offshore wind energy through public solicitation. The successful “83C” procurement held in 2017 resulted in the award of a long-term contract to our client Vineyard Wind for an 800MW project, now underway.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Given its de facto status as a sustainable industry, shareholders are more likely to demand transparency and accountability beyond that mandated by laws such as the U.K. In theory, the renewable energy industry is in a strong position to address such concerns. Modern Slavery Act. But in reality, this will remain challenging.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 17, 2022

So, it’s not like these neighborhood cops just doing a patrol and checking in,” Eugene Kung, a staff attorney with West Coast Environmental Law, told DeSmog. “In In short, the clans that oppose Coastal GasLink say that both Indigenous and Canadian law are on their side. “When I first read the letter, I nearly cried.

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The Innovation Award for the fellow who recommends the most creative approach to reducing a host organization’s emissions or an innovative solution for overcoming barriers. Radhika also manages a global coalition of over 30 leading organizations to spur innovation in the air conditioning industry through the Global Cooling Prize.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 25, 2023

Telles was joined on the stage by Joaquim Alvaro Pereira Leite, who served as an environment minister under Bolsonaro, and Antônio Cabrera, a former agriculture minister, known as a critic of laws protecting Indigenous territories from conversion into livestock ranches. trillion in 2022.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Within the Green Deal, the EU’s “Farm to Fork” strategy includes a 50 percent reduction in pesticide use and a 20 percent reduction in fertilizer use, and a 25 percent increase in organic farming. CropLife has echoed COPA-COGECA’s arguments against pesticides reduction plans and the intensification of organic agriculture across Europe.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Home Energy Monitoring 98

DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

In 2016, he presented the social media coverage of the company’s Make the Future London festival. Few of the posts flagged that they were paid adverts (something that wasn’t required under Indian law until this year ), though they all used a similar format and included Shell corporate hashtags. million views.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 13, 2021

based grassroots organization opposing LNG, told DeSmog. “By Just Phase 1 of LNG Canada,” Andrew Gage, a staff lawyer with West Coast Environmental Law, told DeSmog, referring to B.C.’s November 2016. November 2016. A recent analysis by environmental organization Stand.earth found that the B.C. in February 2016.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 17, 2023

“Kill Zone” The first time Mayfield and many other Chester residents heard of Penn America Energy’s plans was in June 2022, when the regional public media organization WHYY revealed that the company had been shopping around plans to build an LNG terminal on Chester’s Delaware River waterfront since as early as 2016.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 11, 2015

Key California solar policies that helped drive the adoption of the technology are expected to sunset in the next few years, and uncertainty looms over whether the federal government will renew the 30 percent solar Investment Tax Credit for residential consumers, which is slated to expire at the end of 2016.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 4, 2024

Made from organisms such as small fish, krill and algae, the majority of marine ingredients are used to make feed for the growing market of farmed fish, with pig feed, pet food and nutraceuticals (supplements for humans) also important destinations. Devlin Kuyek worries that UN collaborations are no substitute for accountability.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

But by using a provision in state law that allows operators to apply for multiple extensions to plugging inactive wells, he claimed he was able to offload the problem wells and stay in the oil business. One 2015 law required a special bond to be posted for wells that have been inactive for longer than two years.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

But by using a provision in state law that allows operators to apply for multiple extensions to plugging inactive wells, he claimed he was able to offload the problem wells and stay in the oil business. One 2015 law required a special bond to be posted for wells that have been inactive for longer than two years.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2022

Mills, an organic vegetable gardener and self-described energy geek who prefers gin and tonics to ganja, spent 40 years at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab before retiring in 2018 as a senior scientist, although he remains an affiliate there. Several organisations are trying. And not every state has the same energy mix.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Finley, who is based in Dorset, UK, but has been the Cook Islands’ ambassador to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) since 2006, has been praised for his contributions to the agency by its Secretary-General. as well as her retainer. Finley’s address is the same as that given on the IPTA’s website.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

In 2016 Coco founded Athena Alliance, a digital platform for learning and agency for the top women in business striving for the c-suite and the boardroom. Before that, Veena practiced law in India. Veena received a Masters in Law degree from Washington University in St. from Brooklyn Law School. Louis and a B.A.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 29, 2020

In 2016, the California Penal Code § 653o went into effect, banning the sale and import of athletic shoes made from kangaroo leather, or k-leather. I’ve ordered pairs of Tiempo Legend 8 Elite to see if Nike was following the law,” Ferber said. CHE and other organizations are now collaborating to end the use of kangaroo leather.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

and in February this year, representatives from five Canadian health organizations described it as the “ greatest public health challenge of the 21st century. ” [iii]. Similarly, the World Health Organization has pronounced it to be the defining health issue of the 21st century. [iv] The World Health Organization. May 1, 2019.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

But a coalition of more than two dozen frontline community groups and environmental justice organizations in Ohio are trying to change that. Credit: Ted Auch, FracTracker Alliance, 2016. While it is a federal law, it gives states leeway to apply for “primacy,” which is the ability for states to govern their own injection wells.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 13, 2020

The first amendment places a price cap on all LCFS credit transfers at $200 in 2016 US dollars, adjusted for inflation. CARB received several comments from organizations representing traditional and low-carbon fuel producers. The amendments include six key changes to the LCFS program: Maximum Tradable Price for LCFS Credits.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 13, 2020

The first amendment places a price cap on all LCFS credit transfers at $200 in 2016 US dollars, adjusted for inflation. CARB received several comments from organizations representing traditional and low-carbon fuel producers. The amendments include six key changes to the LCFS program: Maximum Tradable Price for LCFS Credits.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which represents many of the world’s biggest economies, and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) predict that global meat production will continue to rise in the coming decade as incomes increase in developing countries.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2022

In practice, it means a rotating cast of environmental experts will act as a proxy for Nature on the company board, where they will be legally bound to speak on behalf of the natural world, in a manner similar to how a guardian acts on behalf of a child in a court of law. From there, the notion of what was possible became clear," says Rose.

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Unsustainable

JANUARY 27, 2020

According to a statement published by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China in 2019, China is in the process of revising its Solid Waste Law. Of all waste that was generated, 58% was recycled across Australia in 2016-2017. This comes down to about 11% per capita.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. This enshrined into law China’s first air emissions management plan and formalized an approach to regional collaboration.

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