Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

While subject to consultation, the revised targets are to be incorporated into the Environment Act , which became law on 10 November last year. Kate Nield of environmental law firm ClientEarth said the target date was “far from ‘world-leading’”. Evidence of the pubic health problem presented by PM2.5 Water quality. Woodland cover.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

There’s a lot of beautiful things that happen out of [Richmond]," says Khamphanthong, a community organizer with the Asian Pacific Environmental Network whose family emigrated from Laos in the 1980s. But at the same time, when you look at the reality of it, it is sad.". California has done exactly that.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2023

Elite law schools in the United States are disproportionately funneling their students into jobs serving fossil fuel clients, according to a new report published Thursday. LSCA, an organization of law students working to hold the legal sector accountable for its role in the climate crisis, has previously scrutinized the top ranked U.S.

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Solar Power World

MARCH 5, 2020

Today, a diverse group of environmental, labor, and civic organizations sent a letter to New York State legislative leaders urging them to reform renewable energy siting to help New York State meet the legal mandates of the 2019 climate law for 70% renewable energy by 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 23, 2020

Saturday marked the one-year anniversary of the passage of perhaps the most ambitious law ever adopted by a U.S. Local Law 97, one of 10 bills in the sweeping Climate Mobilization Act , requires New York City’s 50,000 largest buildings to reduce their carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2030 and by 80 percent by 2050.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Si2 is a nonprofit organization that provides impartial research and analysis about corporate responsibility issues for institutional investors and maintains a rich database of information on shareholder resolutions, including support levels and the most detailed and precise issue taxonomy available in the marketplace. Industry support.

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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. and Washington state.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

While many companies have stepped up in some fashion to address the urgency of the moment, few have done so in ways that could help advance the kinds of long-term structural changes needed to ensure that the organization's lofty statement has enduring impact. But their 2019 statement is unlikely to lead us in that direction.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Backed by the Austrian chapter of the youth climate strike organization Fridays for Future, a group of 12 children and adolescents launched a landmark constitutional climate case against the Austrian government on Tuesday. BREAKING NEWS : Today, 12 children take the Austrian Climate Protection Law to the Constitutional Court!

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 23, 2020

DeWine’s call to overturn House Bill 6 at a Thursday press conference came just a day after he expressed support for the law, saying it is needed to retain zero-carbon energy output — and several thousand jobs — from the Davis-Besse and Perry nuclear power plants.

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2020

Dawn Rittenhouse was director of sustainable development for DuPont from 1998 until 2019. In my experience, successful crisis management forces organizations to see externalities and ecosystems which have not always been self-evident. Take time to be observant before deciding on how sustainability can be a solution. .

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 21, 2020

Federal agents have arrested Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder on charges of organizing a years-long criminal conspiracy to pass a controversial law that offered billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies to keep bankrupt utility FirstEnergy Solutions from closing down its nuclear power plants.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 28, 2020

But solar developers got some help too, with the IRS allowing for investment tax credit-qualified equipment bought in 2019 to be delivered into October and providing added assurance that developers will receive benefits as long as they have “reasonable” expectation that equipment will be delivered in the required timeframe.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 26, 2020

Despite its long-time leadership in wind and solar energy, Germany still had 44 gigawatts of coal plants running at the end of 2019, and parts of the country remain economically reliant on coal. There are also compensation packages for workers in mines and power plants who lose their job as a result of the coal exit laws.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Canadian environmental organizations welcomed the news, by and large calling it a much needed cap on pollution. The draft regulations, which are now proceeding through their public consultation phase, aim to cap greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas sector at 35 percent below 2019 levels by 2030. billion ($47.95

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 4, 2024

“The Carbon Majors research shows us exactly who is responsible for the lethal heat, extreme weather, and air pollution that is threatening lives and wreaking havoc on our oceans and forests,” said Tzeporah Berman, international program director at the grassroots environmental organization Stand.earth, in a press release. In the U.S.,

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Front And Centered

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Many of the policy recommendations were sculpted from the stories gathered at the ‘community conversations’ we hosted – in person and then virtually – with ten different Front & Centered member organizations across the state. These are just snippets of the recommendations. Read the full report to go deeper!

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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

APRIL 19, 2022

The organization that paid for the ad, and dozens of similar Facebook ads so far in 2022, was set up to spread pro-oil propaganda on behalf of the Alberta government. The province earlier set aside a budget of $80 million for the Canadian Energy Centre in its 2019 Budget, paid for by climate taxes on the province’s biggest polluters.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The request comes from nonprofit environmental law organization Earthjustice on behalf of demand response aggregator Voltus. When they are needed for emergencies, as they were during the 2019 polar vortex, they haven’t performed very well, he added.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 5, 2021

in 2019, and 76.2 By under-declaring their emissions, and based on the annual average ETS carbon price of around €21 per ton in 2019 and €27 in 2020 and 2021, the two plants together may have avoided paying the EU between €26.6 Three years later, Bulgaria passed new laws restricting offshore ownership. for 2018, 79.5 and Cyprus.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In 2019, a mere 16% of executives stated sustainability as a built-in business function. The majority (50%) of organizations thought sustainability was “ fairly well ” integrated, as opposed to an ideal “ extremely well ” target. There’s been a 38-fold increase in sustainability-related laws and regulations since 1972.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Under the Act, passed in 2019, most buildings over 25,000 square feet—roughly 50,000 residential and commercial properties across the city—must meet new energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reductions by 2024, and stricter limits in 2030. This was the first foray for many building owners to understand how much energy they use.

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Grist

JANUARY 12, 2023

Between 1998 and 2019, Exxon gave more than $37 million to organizations that sought to sow confusion about the scientific consensus around climate change and obstruct efforts by governments to take action. The judge who ruled in Exxon’s favor said at the time that the case was “a securities fraud case, not a climate change case.”.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Here is an AASHE summary of 2860 sustainability focused academic programs comprising 672 organizations in 27 countries including 52 U.S. Related Comprehensive Green School Information and Resources 2010 - 2019 Subscribe in a reader States and Territories 9 Canadian provinces. Click here to access the summary.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

At a fundamental level, the federal securities laws enforce a straightforward proposition,” Sanjay Wadhwa, acting director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, said in a statement announcing the settlement, “investment advisers must do what they say and say what they do.” which defends corporate clients, noted in an advisory to clients.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In 2019, the Governance Accountability Institute (G&A) announced that 90% of large companies (S&P 500 Index) published sustainability and responsibility reports. Yes, good CSR practices can create a socially sustainable organization. Sustainability and CSR Trends. Benefit #1: CSR presents new business opportunity.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In France, three non-governmental organizations sued the oil company Total over alleged “inadequate” environmental and human rights assessments of its oil project in Uganda and Tanzania. Royal Dutch Shell alleging that Shell’s contributions to climate change violate Dutch and human rights law.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 24, 2020

The idea is simple: Ask the IRS to clarify that existing law protects projects from losing access to those credits if supply disruptions prevent them from meeting deadlines. ” For solar projects seeking the full 30 percent ITC, the problem is “a little different — and a little more immediate,” Jenner said.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 3, 2021

But while the spotlight has been on the pesticide chemical’s potential dangers, a 2019 trial against Monsanto revealed another tale of bad behavior and its use of glyphosate: a story of corporate efforts to target journalists and activists dedicated to reporting on the risks posed by Monsanto’s products.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 1, 2024

The advert was produced by CleanFoodFacts.com, a site run by the Center for Organization Research and Education (CORE) – a network established by veteran industry lobbyist Richard Berman. Major changes in law, education and academic institutions could strengthen media and scientific literacy and promote transparency around emissions.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 16, 2020

This is why it’s more important than ever to have partners and organizations like Greentown Labs, whose mission is to solve the climate crisis through entrepreneurship and collaboration. We are proud to welcome this organization to our City and look forward to the continued partnership.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

But private microgrid developers argue the plan doesn’t go far enough to allow private investment to bolster resilience for this year’s fire season, or to meet the mandate of a 2018 law calling for tariffs to allow commercial microgrids to flourish.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 5, 2021

As of 2019, FEJA generated 200 megawatts of community solar , further advancing the state’s success in renewable energy implementation. Increasing Access for All. 25 percent of ISFA’s $12.16 million budget is set aside for environmental justice communities. 25 percent of ISFA’s $12.16

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Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Exhibit A: law firms. According to a new report from Law Students for Climate Accountability, most of the top 100 law firms in the United States "provide far more support to clients driving the climate crisis than clients addressing it." The study analysed litigation, transactional and lobbying work conducted from 2015 to 2019.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Here are all the references to climate change from the Canadian federal leaders English Language debate that took place on October 7, 2019. The UN is a dysfunctional organization, and we must be able to fight for our country. We need a World Trade and Climate Organization. We need a World Trade and Climate Organization.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 26, 2022

Foster organic farming. Costa Rica received the 2019 Champions of the Earth award , which is the highest environmental honor of the United Nations. The Costa Rican government has prioritized sustainability through the enactment of green policies and laws. Promote ecotourism. Preserve the natural environment. million per year.

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