GreenBiz

APRIL 7, 2021

magnitude earthquake in Aceh, Indonesia, in 2016, disaster managers were able to able to identify which communities were at greatest risk due to rapid access to data. Indeed, there are big payoffs for both civil society and governments that implement open data policies. Delfina Grinspan. Wed, 04/07/2021 - 01:30. Enhanced monitoring.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2019

IEMA research shows that leading businesses recognise real benefits from embedding and developing sustainability approach (see IEMA’s document “Beyond the Perfect Storm” , published 2016).

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 3, 2025

Early priorities pegged in the document include The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017; and The Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016. A bonfire of regulations is not the way forward, says the document at another point, in a section about untangling green tape.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2020

And it may seem unlikely that an industry as carbon-intensive as aviation — a hard-to-abate sector, in the argot of the climate policy crowd — might somehow emerge with its green credentials flying high in a climate-constrained world. Technology, policy, finance. The biggest piece that we need is policy,” Foster-Rice said.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 5, 2025

They’re some of the most obstructive actors towards climate policy, Emmett Connaire, a senior analyst at the Carbon Majors project and one of the authors of the report, told DeSmog. InfluenceMap gave climate policy lobbying scores to the top 10 investor-owned companies, all oil, gas, and coal firms.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

And, if you want to consult those lists in their entirety, here are the links: 2016 , 2017 , 2018 and 2019. Sara Bogdan (formerly Lindenfeld) (2016). Jillian Lennartz (2016). James Connelly (2016) left the Living Future Institute after eight years to become CEO of My Green Lab, a nonprofit in the life science Industry. .

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 6, 2020

billion in 2016, while Google acquired Nest for $3.2 But that deal fell apart amid the larger unraveling of the would-be renewables supermajor in March 2016. Sunrun said it could cut redundant costs by consolidating business divisions such as accounting and policy, and reducing similar spending on technology, among other areas.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2022

Leading shareholders claim successful engagement with bank has secured new commitments to phase down fossil fuel financing and tighten lending policies. and update the scope of its oil, gas and thermal coal policies by the end of this year. and update the scope of its oil, gas and thermal coal policies by the end of this year.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 7, 2022

Just 13 financial players out of hundreds assessed from around the world have restrictions in place against funding oil and gas industry expansion, according to the Oil and Gas Policy Tracker. Now, the tracker has broadened its reach, assessing the fossil fuel policies of 369 banks, insurers, and investors.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

By 2016 (and accounting for the rebound from that crash), it stood at about $400 billion. As diversity, inclusion and equity become a greater focus of corporate sustainability policies and programs, the methodology for their evaluation is the least advanced. billion and Total’s cancellation of $9.3 billion in Canadian oil sands assets.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Meanwhile, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ( IPBES ) has warned that biodiversity is declining in every global region. The exposure draft responds to these pressures, building on the latest authoritative insights and extensively revamping the 2016 Standard ( GRI 304 ).

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Charles McAllister, Director of policy at UK Onshore Oil and Gas, told the Daily Mail that firms were preparing to offer people a 25% cut in their energy bills in return for supporting drilling operations. In August there were signs that fracking firms might attempt to secure consent by approaching individual households with inducements.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Report finds volume of fossil fuel subsidies from G7 nations increased 15% between 2016 and 2023 with the US spending the most. The post Fossil fuel subsidies now more than $A2 trillion just in G7 countries appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

A coherent policy response that catalyses action to deliver emissions reductions across all sectors is required. Between 2012 and 2016, peak coal phase-out years, the UK achieved an annual average rate of decarbonisation of 6.9%. A more coherent and more ambitious policy response is required across all sectors of the economy.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

In 2016, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a U.N. Policy already is playing a key role elsewhere. United Airlines began buying SAF in 2013, and in 2016 became the first airline to use SAF on a continuous basis. The industry has responded or at least has been pushed to do better.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2024

Internal BP emails show that its UK executives were reassured by a controversial oil industry group that they could “shape [the] internal thinking” of a 2018 report on carbon taxes produced by the right-wing think tank Policy Exchange. The emails were among hundreds of documents released by a powerful committee of U.S.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2021

The government's 'green Brexit' plans have been taking further shape this week, with confirmation the long-awaited post-Brexit environmental watchdog is set to begin its work this summer and fresh calls from independent advisors for Ministers to ensure climate and environmental issues are made "integral" to the UK's trading policy.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

However, insurance policies typically do not cover them, so the farmer is forced to take on the extra up-front costs and risk. million certified organic acres, an increase of 9 percent over 2016. One example of the financial challenges sustainable farms face comes in the form of crop insurance. These farms accounted for 5.5

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

When approached for comment, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) distanced itself from the discussions, saying they were “independent of government” and had “not been part of our policy-making process”. “No for the climate compatibility checkpoint?. “?Discussions Discussions ?on

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 7, 2024

From 2006 until the board was disbanded in 2016, those tax records reveal, the foundation gave hundreds of thousands of dollars in charitable donations annually to Canadian think tanks with long records of questioning the science of climate change and attacking government policies that could address the crisis.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

A 2016 report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) highlighted that between 2008 and 2013, air pollution levels in urban areas increased by eight per cent, and spotlighted the need to support the introduction of vital actions aimed at combating this public health emergency. 2016 Jan; 8(1): E31–E40. [ii]Royal Thorac Dis.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The order caps a lengthy and contentious battle over DTE’s long-range IRP, which it and Consumers were required to develop for the first time under Michigan’s comprehensive 2016 energy law. A PSC administrative law judge ruled in December that this was a violation of the 2016 state law that set up the IRP process.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

But also] systemic and institutional racism, policies, education.". The violent North American wildfire season , the midwestern and southern winter storms last week and 2020 ending as the hottest year on record, tying with 2016, have made it clear we are entering a new phase of climate catastrophe.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

Flooded streets in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in October 2016. In light of this, it is essential that governments and the engineering profession consider this when designing and implementing national policies and strategies for adaptation to future coastal flooding.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 20, 2020

Back in 2016, First Solar proved in a California pilot project that utility-scale solar farms can provide critical transmission grid services. First Solar’s 2016 project with California grid operator CAISO and the U.S. Four years later, the leading U.S.-based How it works: Staying ahead of the curve.

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Solar Industry

MAY 15, 2024

The United States has exceeded 5 million solar installations, according to data released by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie, coming eight years after the country reached its one million installation milestone in 2016.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 11, 2024

.” United States financial giants JPMorgan Chase , Citigroup , and Bank of America topped the “dirty dozen” list of the banks that gave the most to fossil fuels since 2016, at $430.9 trillion since 2016 and $347.5 billion, $396.3 billion, and $333.2 billion respectively. In 2023, U.S. 2 spot with $37.04

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Clean Energy Canada

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In this webinar, Clean Energy Canada VP of policy and strategy Rachel Doran, communications director Trevor Melanson, director of public affairs Joanna Kyriazis, and policy advisor Jana Elbrecht will present the reports’ main findings and unpack its implications. The door to cleaner homes and lower bills must be open to all Canadians.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

She was previously Director of Policy and Strategy for the BC Greens, as well as an independent consultant, providing policy advice and strategic planning services to non-profit organizations and governments. He is also an adjunct research professor in Carleton’s School of Public Policy and Administration.

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Forbes Green Tech

MARCH 19, 2021

The company’s Autopilot system, which is considerably less than a fully autonomous driving technology, has been at the center of at least three fatal accidents involving Tesla vehicles since 2016.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Now the alliance is launching a hunger strike to demand that the victims of a 2016 environmental disaster in central Vietnam caused by Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation, a subsidiary of the Formosa Plastics Group, be compensated for their losses, that the polluted area be restored, and that those who have been jailed for protesting be released.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Last year, for example, Sephora became the first major cosmetics retailer to broadcast its policy on chemicals. We needed a credible and innovative resource to help us assess alternatives to chemicals within our policy, to ensure they were safe, and that we were avoiding regrettable substitution," Klekas said. "We Data driven.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott , a director of the UK’s principal climate science denial group, the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), has been reappointed by the government as an adviser to the prestigious Board of Trade. The GWPF has gained a number of high profile directors over the last year.

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Solar Power World

MAY 8, 2020

The Department of the Treasury responded to a request from a bipartisan group of senators to extend the ITC safe harbor deadline by one year for energy projects that started construction in 2016 or 2017, saying in a letter that it “plans to modify the relevant rules in the near future.”

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 2, 2021

According to the authors, plastic pollution is a global threat, and actions to drastically reduce emissions of plastic to the environment are “the rational policy response” Plastic is found everywhere on the planet: from deserts and mountaintops to deep oceans and Arctic snow.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 24, 2024

The UK’s most prominent climate science denial group has seen its income drop to the lowest level since 2016, DeSmog can reveal. The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) filed its latest accounts on 18 January, showing an income of £280,000 for the year ending 30 September 2023, a drop of £110,000 from the previous year.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

May, who was UK Prime Minister from 2016 to 2019, was speaking last night at an event hosted by the Conservative Environment Network (CEN), which represents more than 100 Tory MPs who back policies to cut emissions and protect nature. In her speech, May called on Conservatives to unite ahead of the UN COP26 climate summit.

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