DeSmogBlog

MARCH 11, 2024

He compared it to the Indian Act of 1876, a notorious federal law that attempted to erase the culture of First Nations peoples. Credit: CNRL disclosures Neither Buffalo’s organization nor CNRL responded to detailed questions about the financial contribution. “I The IRC received $250,000 from CNRL in 2022 alone.

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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. First, a refresher. Somewhere, Professor Friedman must be smiling.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 16, 2024

But a growing chorus of California legislators say that nonenforcement stance violates a groundbreaking law they fought to pass just months ago — and they, along with dozens of environmental groups, are demanding that regulators change course. They’re pointing to AB 1167, signed into law by California Gov. billion in the deal.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 27, 2024

If we were playing poker this would definitely be a tell,” Keith Stewart, senior energy strategist with Greenpeace Canada, told DeSmog. “Due to changes to the Competition Act, this archived information is provided solely for historical information and reference purposes,” it reads. CCS: ‘Integral’ or ‘Limited’?

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

Blank scholar at UC Davis School of Law. It is definitely something I will keep my eyes on. It is apparent that any organization that doesn’t consider ESG will be exposed to future operational risks. Marjan Kris Ramos Abubo. There was also a lot of talk on incorporating ESG in emerging markets, and I completely agree with that.

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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. Some highlights include : A definition of EJ that builds on the definition used by the U.S.

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2023

The organic movement forged a path for a federally recognised standard for food - Should regenerative follow its course? But it's still the wild west, and these developments haven't resulted in a shared standard or even a definition that everyone agrees upon. In 1990, Congress passed the Organic Food Production Act.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

check all that apply) All International UK Sign Up Whitelaw set the tone early in describing C-59 as “sneaky legislation,” stating that the law (which was part of an Omnibus bill) was “slid under the door” and that “parliamentarians pulled a fast one” in implementing it. What Is ‘Green Hushing’? Greenhushing is not a new term.

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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

JANUARY 25, 2021

We’ve evolved as has the entire definition of sustainable business. The concept of sustainability has also changed from a focus on the planet to an expanded definition that includes not only saving the planet but taking care of workers, the local community and contributing to “good” causes around the world.

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Fairsnape

JUNE 3, 2020

It embraced regenerative principles and definitions, mandated regenerative design, construction, facility operation and technologies and successfully scale jumped into an exemplary regenerative city. It embraced, and adapted, regenerative programmes such as the Living Building Challenge, Well Build Standard and Building with Nature. .

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

In the four years since Nancy Mahon assumed responsibility for CSR and sustainability strategy at The Estée Lauder Companies — she's currently senior vice president of corporate citizenship and sustainability — her team has launched a series of new initiatives that are a "first" among her organization's sector. For instance, our climate work.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

More than half of the participants turned out to be unfamiliar with the meaning of mitigation in its climate change context, instead associating it with law or insurance, where the term refers to minimizing losses. Only 15 percent of those interviewed in the study mentioned climate change in their initial definition.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A CSR strategy is implemented by an organization to: minimize harm, practice fair business, be responsible along a global supply chain, exercise philanthropy and create a self-oriented human resource management system. Thinking about the above definitions, you’d be right to believe that CSR refers to the social aspects of sustainability.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 29, 2024

That’s because a state law passed in 2021 regulating carbon capture includes a provision allowing companies to claim a wide range of project information — including location — as trade secrets. Fossil Economy Campaign Manager for the Center for International Environmental Law. “It

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

In the six years since Nancy Mahon assumed responsibility for CSR and sustainability strategy at Estée Lauder Companies — she's currently senior vice president of corporate citizenship and sustainability — her team has launched a series of new initiatives that are a "first" among her organization's sector. For instance, our climate work.

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

This article describes my view on how a project-driven company should be structured and organized using the latest in 21st century thinking. I use an idea on energy-independence services to show how I would shape my own business, starting with the why (purpose) all the way to the how (non-negotiables) and the what (organization).

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 2, 2020

At a time when many startups are having to plan and pivot to navigate the economic downturn, we turned to a cleantech leader who’s no stranger to piloting organizations through challenging periods. . ER: When you entered state government, you left your job at a law firm and headed to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.

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Front And Centered

MARCH 7, 2019

Additionally, improvements need to be made before this bill becomes a law. Keep in mind this doesn’t factor in air pollutants like particulates, volatile organic compounds, ammonia and sulfur dioxide — hardly clean energy. A similar loophole should be eliminated for a Vancouver-based gas power plant.

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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. They just don’t want to be the first.

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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. “The investors are asking, ‘How do I know whether the IRS is going to treat this as an excusable disruption?

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

To give an example, Green Business Bureau member, Hit Promotional Products , won a one million dollar bid because they were the only business that had a definitive sustainability plan. Initiatives are organized by the business area they impact, such as operations, business practices, cafeteria, transportation, bathrooms and office space.

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Front And Centered

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Growth Management Act (GMA) is a state law that requires this work, and it’s really important! The GMA is a state law that determines how cities and counties plan to manage population growth by dictating what can be built where, which type of projects should be prioritized, and how the jurisdiction will be livable for its residents.

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Defend Our Future

MAY 10, 2023

While Trees Forever provided the materials and tree planting expertise, Campus Ambassador Lauren Litterer educated attendees on the benefits of tree cover in densely populated cities, why equitable tree distribution is so important, and how the recently-passed climate law is making this all accessible. It definitely put a smile on my face.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

So, “we still have parts of HB 6 on the books that have been shown by a court of law to not only have been moved forward illegally — but that remain in place because of the party in power — which are harming human health,” Leppla said. “If Ohio also remains embroiled in a corruption scandal relating to House Bill 6. HB 458, signed by Gov.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 28, 2024

This has made it much harder to redistribute wealth in fair ways through minimum wage laws or taxation structures. But that changed pretty quickly at the very end of the 18th and into the early 19th century, and one of the reasons was that ordinary people organized a consumer boycott of sugar. It’s directly related to injustice.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

I've come across many definitions in my time working on this topic. There isn't really an accepted definition of what genetic modification is, and that has certainly caused some problems. Such crops became known as genetically modified organisms (GMOs). That's why European law in this area is controversial.

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Greentown Labs

JULY 22, 2020

In college I worked on energy transparency, and the work we did turned into one of the first laws about energy transparency. I helped organize one of the country’s first anti-apartheid demonstrations. The other big piece of me is that the day after I graduated from college, I went to work for the Sierra Club in Washington, D.C.,

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

The PR firm boasts on its website that the expedition organically reached 600 million people on social media and was so successful that it increased “positive attitudes towards [Shell]” by 12 percent, and made Shell’s audience “31 percent more likely to believe” that the oil company is “committed to cleaner fuels”. million views.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 2, 2020

At a time when many startups are having to plan and pivot to navigate the economic downturn, we turned to a cleantech leader who’s no stranger to piloting organizations through challenging periods. ER: When you entered state government, you left your job at a law firm and headed to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 28, 2020

Multiple studies and ESG indices provide definitive correlations between BOD diversity representation and higher company performance. Our organization is inclusive and events are open to people of all genders. Before that, Veena practiced law in India. Veena received a Masters in Law degree from Washington University in St.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

JUNE 15, 2022

The event featured three panels, which explored the changing laws, technologies, and industry dynamics at play in the battery storage sector, Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG), and electric transmission planning respectively. Since 2011, when FERC issued Order No.

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Front And Centered

MAY 25, 2022

Legislative and Government Relations Advocate It’s been one year since the Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Act was signed into law! Instead of designating FnC as the environmental justice organization to receive the dedicated funding, there will be a competitive granting process FnC will need to apply for.

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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. ‘Full Confidence’ of Cook Islands.

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Charged

MAY 8, 2023

But buses, school buses, all those things will definitely be a part of it. FERC [the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission] is the federal organization that regulates the independent system operators. Charged : Do you think SB 233 has a good chance of being signed into law? The Emergency Load Reduction Program is part of that.

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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. Of course, we already know that it is extremely salty and that it has heavy metals and other organics that are dangerous and harmful to human health and the environment.” EPA vs. State “Primacy”.

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