GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Few grid policy battles have been fought as bitterly as those surrounding replacements for net-metering, which determines how much rooftop solar customers get paid for power they export to the grid. Utility Duke Energy tossed out the conventional playbook when proposing a net-metering successor for its South Carolina territory.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The system works by setting a limit on the total amount of greenhouse gases released by refineries, power plants and other large emitters, and requires polluters to obtain permits to cover their share. In-state emissions were offset by purchasing cleaner power and carbon credits from other projects that reduced emissions elsewhere.).

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Maine now has about 90 megawatts of solar installed, putting it in the bottom ten states according to rankings from Wood Mackenzie and the Solar Energy Industries Association. Maine also set a goal of 100 percent renewable energy by 2050. Energy Information Administration. But hydropower and biomass dominate that total.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

New Jersey looked like the promised land for energy storage. Phil Murphy campaigned in 2017 on a clean energy platform that pushed for a 100 percent clean grid by 2050. When Murphy won and took office, he signed sweeping clean energy legislation in May 2018 that turned his goals into law.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

California regulators have approved a microgrid plan directing $200 million to help communities build networks that can supply power through the state’s extended wildfire-prevention blackouts, a task expected to take years to move from planning to completing its first projects. Slow progress on microgrid policy.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

Where these commitments are not achieved, companies will face underperformance penalties, with Ofwat having new powers to levy fines from 2020. ” She added: “As last week’s £90m fine for Southern Water showed, environmental laws must not be undermined.” Anglian Water and Thames Water were rated as 3 star (good).

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

Earlier this year, Danone became the first listed company to become an "enterprise à mission," a new type of corporation created by a 2019 French law. And investors are engaging with the approach — in 2018, Soubeiran estimates he had 70 interactions with shareholders; last year, it had more than doubled to 190. Cecilia Keating.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 1, 2020

For the past nine years, Chicago-based utility ComEd has earned excessive profits from a regulatory structure set in place by a 2011 state law whose passage has been linked to a bribery scandal that’s embroiled key state lawmakers and ComEd’s former CEO. The workings of the 2011 Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

MAY 14, 2021

Renewable energy, energy storage and other technologies can help growers not only minimize their electricity bills – a substantial operation expense for the typical indoor farm – but also give them a leg up in the State’s licensing process. I. Environmental Impacts of Cannabis.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

A key area where businesses can focus their carbon reduction efforts is manufacturing processes, both in terms of energy usage and the carbon footprint of raw materials. For most industries, a better option is to reduce the carbon intensity of operations with carbon reduction technologies and strategies.

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Front And Centered

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Washington passed 100% clean electricity into law earlier this year, and with public input government agencies are currently drafting rules to guide utilities on how to comply with the law by phasing out fossil fuel emissions and integrating equity in their service models. 100% Clean Energy by 2045 is now the law in Washington!

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 9, 2020

Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson recently signed a law establishing a mandatory Building Energy Performance Standard in the city, which is the second-largest in Missouri. The standard will be set to ensure that 65 percent of the buildings in each property type will have to save energy to comply with the law. In 2018 St.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Intended to fill the policy vacuum emerging from the UK’s departure from the EU on 31 January, the Environment Bill has been eagerly anticipated, and seemingly gives government the power to set legally binding targets on all aspects of the environment in future. Before publication the Bill had promised a legally binding target on PM2.5

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. Energy & industry. Happy Monday!    Lots of spice for clean investment this week. The picture was less rosy for new wind and heat pumps, both of which have suffered from high interest rates.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 15, 2020

CCAs like East Bay Community Energy counter that the decision undermines their local clean energy and energy storage projects, and could raise prices for their customers. Over the past decade, CCAs have grown from procuring energy for a handful of communities to serving almost half of PG&E’s 5.5

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 30, 2021

There are 2,600 megawatts of solar power capacity installed in the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). In concept, community solar allows people who otherwise can’t use solar power to access the benefits of solar panels: having a source of clean energy that also cuts down your electric bills.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

New EU rules boosting repairability and energy efficiency of TVs, fridges and lighting products will consumer costs and emissions, argues Andrew Warren. New EU ecodesign laws will require electricity-consuming products to be easier to repair or recycle, as well as even more energy efficient. The UK has been no exception.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MAY 2, 2024

Karg , Phil Sandick , Jacqueline Zhang , Bruce Johnson , and Samuel Wallace-Perdomo This post is the second in a series on four key power plant rules that the Environmental Protection Agency recently released. It discusses the rule on requirements governing disposal of coal combustion residuals at inactive power plants.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

megawatts in 2018, according to numbers from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. The Solar Energy Industries Association said the change would “more fairly and accurately compensate larger solar projects.” Total solar installations on Long Island dropped from 111.7 megawatts in 2016 to 83.2

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Charged

JANUARY 6, 2020

Electric SUVs are starting to appear at the high end of the market, but so far no one has built a viable electric pickup. And in September, Amazon changed the game for Rivian by announcing a history-making order of 100,000 electric delivery vans. Charged : Rivian calls its electric drivetrain a skateboard platform.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The OEP aims to be fully operational in the New Year, when it expects Parliament formally enable the OEP's powers and functions in law. The OEP will also offer independent advice and oversight on the law and other environmental matters.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

MAY 14, 2021

Renewable energy, energy storage and other technologies can help growers not only minimize their electricity bills – a substantial operation expense for the typical indoor farm – but also give them a leg up in the State’s licensing process. I. Environmental Impacts of Cannabis.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The global electric racing championship Formula E has been a huge success by any measure. Automakers like Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Nissan, and Jaguar have embraced the series, which is surely the world’s most prominent showcase for electric vehicle performance. Medeiros told us.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 2, 2024

London’s public transport network has hosted more than 240 advertising campaigns by oil and gas companies including Shell, BP, and ExxonMobil since Mayor Sadiq Khan set his “ zero carbon city ” goal in 2018, DeSmog can reveal. The project has since been approved and described by environmental law firm ClientEarth as a “carbon bomb”.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 1, 2020

In a landmark move, California regulators last year redirected the Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP), the state’s main support mechanism for behind-the-meter batteries, to focus more than half of its $1.2 billion budget through 2024 on providing backup power to protect its most vulnerable populations.

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Business Green

JULY 31, 2021

A raft of UK supermarkets and retailers have also threatened to boycott products from Brazil over a law proposed in Brazil's parliament that environmental campaigners claim could authorise yet further destruction of the rainforest. Even before Bolsonaro came to power, fires on embargoed land were a problem.

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R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 30, 2020

Law firm Haynes and Boone recently released its updated Energy Bankruptcy Reports. Over the entire five-year period, 208 oil and gas producers have filed for bankruptcy since Haynes and Boone’s Oil Patch Bankruptcy Monitor began tabulating E&P filings, involving approximately $121.7 billion in aggregate debt.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The circumstances surrounding his termination are documented among thousands of pages of public records and internal company documents that provide a penetrating look into the multi-billion dollar stakes of negotiations between governments and state-sanctioned monopolies that are shaping the future of energy systems in Oregon and beyond.

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Clean Energy Trust

MAY 21, 2020

From mobile phones to computers to electric vehicles, the convenience of on-demand power is driving demand for batteries of all shapes and sizes. Some battery systems for utility-scale energy storage are becoming so large that they need their own buildings for space. Batteries have become ubiquitous in our daily lives.

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Green Tech Challenge

MAY 3, 2019

World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), 2018). In 2018 Thailand indefinitely shut down one of its most popular beaches, Maya Bay. This calls for consumer behaviour change, impact innovation in the business sector, policy change and law enforcement by governments. Thailand earned US57.5 billion in tourism at the close of 2017.

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Vote Solar

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

In 2016, the Legislature passed an energy bill that included a provision for an MMRC. The MMRC provision stated: Any such minimum contributions shall ensure that all distribution company customers contribute to the fixed costs of ensuring the reliability, proper maintenance and safety of the electric distribution system.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 25, 2022

.” The Ohio and Pennsylvania advocacy groups sent the Austin Master samples to Marco Kaltofen, a nuclear forensics scientist in Massachusetts who has extensive experience examining radioactive waste from the nuclear weapons, nuclear power generation, and oil and gas industries.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MAY 17, 2019

2018 Year in Review: Public agencies prevailed in 65% of CEQA cases analyzed. Over the course of 2018, Latham & Watkins lawyers reviewed all 57 California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) cases, both published and unpublished, that came before California appellate courts. Read the full CEQA Case Report Year in Review 2018.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

To identify the powerful actors most actively lobbying against these key EU regulations and policies, DeSmog analysed corporate reports, lobbying records, official position papers, responses to public EU consultations, media events, and meetings held with various EU bodies over the past two years. Meet the Industry Trade Groups.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

However, the European Commission has estimated that achieving the current 2030 climate and energy targets will require €260bn of additional annual investment, equal to about 1.5 per cent of 2018 GDP. Alongside implementing strategies to reduce our footprint and move to renewable energy, carbon offsetting is an essential tool. "It

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

DECEMBER 10, 2024

These wells are used for geologic sequestration of anthropogenic carbon dioxide, which has been identified as a key component in meeting greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets and advancing energy security. We will continue to monitor these developments and provide updates as new information becomes available.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Details of the Decision In a unanimous decision, the Court found that Article 8, Section 1 of the Framework does not conform with the Constitution and ordered the National Assembly of Korea to amend the law by February 2026. 3 Latham & Watkins will continue to monitor global climate-related litigation developments.

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