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In stopping climate change, time is as important as tech

GreenBiz

This article originally appeared on the author's personal blog, and was written in that capacity. A useful way to think about the effort and timescales required is to consider the " Carbon Law ," which was coined by my friend Johan Rockström. So, what does the Carbon Law say? The Carbon Law outlines a possible path forward.

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Bankability, procurement, patents and optimisation: Energy-Storage.news Guest Blog picks from 2024

Energy Storage News

As the year draws to a close, we look back at some of the brilliant Guest Blog contributions published on Energy-Storage.news in the last 12 months.

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Legal Battle Over California’s Climate Disclosure Laws Continues as Plaintiffs File a Motion for Preliminary Injunction

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

Read this Latham Client Alert for more detail on these laws. Read this Latham blog post for more detail on the implementation of these laws by CARB, which issued an Enforcement Notice for SB 253 stating that CARB will not penalize in-scope entities for incomplete compliance when first disclosures under the law are due in 2026.

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Delayed environment laws spark calls for urgent government action on water and fracking

The Guardian: Energy

The environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, said last year she planned to introduce legislation in 2023 to reform the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act after major reviews found the law was failing and Australian nature was in poor and deteriorating health.

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Patents for gravity energy storage: Who is filing them and what’s being protected?

Energy Storage News

Patent lawyer Ben Lincoln from Potter Clarkson returns to the Energy-Storage.news Guest Blog, this time looking at gravity energy storage.

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The role of antitrust law in creating energy democracy

Renewable Energy World

Law is one very important way of addressing the challenges of climate change. When monopoly utilities go out of their way to squash competition, solar advocates can use antitrust law to secure their rights. The myth of the regulatory compact. The Salt River Project.

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A truly clean energy system runs on a clean conscience

GreenBiz

For Shalanda Baker, a professor of law and public policy at Northeastern University, thinking about a clean energy future means thinking about the daily, weekly and sometimes invisible ways that people in deprived communities can control their power supply.