GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Now FERC is being asked to put that authority to a new use: ending a decade-old provision allowing individual states to opt out of letting demand response companies enlist customers to turn down their energy use to support the power grid. “But if the aggregations do include demand response, the opt-out can apply,” she said.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2022

One year ago, I called for more clarity and transparency on Scottish climate policy and delivery. Since the Scottish Climate Change Act became law in 2009, the Scottish Government has failed to achieve 7 of the 11 legal targets. For sectors in which policy is significantly devolved to Scotland (e.g. Agriculture and land.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2021

Of almost 1,700 adults polled, 68 per cent said they supported setting a target date in law to remove all deforestation from UK supply chains, with just four per cent opposed to such a move, according to the survey, which was commissioned by WWF. Further details on the proposed legislation are expected to emerge in the coming months.

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Solar Power World

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Solar advocates fight back, and the laws are either halted or passed, to either the joy or detriment of the solar industry. Advocates… The post California and Florida solar markets have similar demands in different net-metering battles appeared first on Solar Power World.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 30, 2019

By 2025, we expect a majority of states to have passed laws setting a renewable energy target between 80 and 100 percent, and we predict some states will have significant renewables penetration, including 50 percent in California and Hawaii and 40 percent in New York. late afternoon and evenings) and greatest solar energy production (i.e.

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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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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’”. g/m 3 by 2040, in addition to a 35% reduction in population exposure to PM2.5

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2023

McDonald’s is at the forefront of a campaign against new laws to reduce packaging waste in the EU, in what has been described by some insiders as the largest-scale lobbying effort they have ever witnessed in the European Parliament. But policies encouraging reuse, she says, will require “systemic change”.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

Over the past several decades, public health and environmental concerns have made controlling smog a top national policy goal in China and enforcement an increasingly critical issue for companies to navigate. More than a decade ago, national policies laid the groundwork for reducing air emissions in China. Air emission reform in China.

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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. Policy Exchange, the CLC, and BP have been approached for comment.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Environmentalists have long warned that demand for the pellets is endangering irreplaceable primary forests in areas including parts of Estonia, British Columbia in Canada and the southeastern United States. . The post Biomass Lobby Makes ‘False’ Claims to Sway EU Law-makers appeared first on DeSmog.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 9, 2021

Recognize the growing demand for more information on the impact that firms have on the climate and the environment. Policy & Politics. Agree on the need for a baseline global reporting standard for sustainability, which jurisdictions can further supplement. Pull Quote. The writing on the wall is clear. Corporate Governance.

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altenergymag

JUNE 18, 2020

The laws were developed under the coordination of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia in cooperation with the Energy Community Secretariat to implement energy efficiency policy in the country.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 15, 2020

Would there be enough solar panels, wind turbines and batteries to meet demand and project deadlines, given the widespread factory shutdowns? the focus is quickly shifting to demand, as the reality dawns that a global economic slowdown may be inevitable. ” The bigger concern now, Chase said, is the demand side of the equation.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The commissioners cited multiple complementary benefits as justification for the decision: greenhouse gas emissions reductions, the ability to soak up surplus renewable electricity, and grid demand flexibility. Last August, the CPUC voted to revise the primary policy barrier that had blocked the fuel-switching incentives.

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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. That's why Danone has signed the green recovery appeal at the European level, because we believe the transformation and the renegotiation of the agriculture policy is instrumental to that.".

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2020

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday announced it was suspending its enforcement of environmental laws in response to the crisis, informing companies they would not be pursued for environmental infractions during the outbreak. The government said the policy was temporary, but provided no end date.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Alice Hardiman, Head of Policy & Advocacy, RSPB England said: “During the most restrictive parts of lockdown we heard how people across the country connected with the nature in their local area like never before and how those who lived in urban areas longed for better access to green and beautiful wildlife havens.

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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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Charged

JUNE 8, 2022

Corporate watchdog SumOfUs recently delivered a petition to Toyota signed by more than 110,000 members, including 10,000 Toyota drivers, demanding that the carmaker stop “lobbying to prevent electric vehicle mandates and clean air laws.”.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The United States is in a golden era for climate policy. The policy has been a long time coming, yet came to fruition quickly, responding to the urgency of the climate crisis and the opportunity to legislate before midterms. How the policy will unfold is impossible for me to imagine. Demand for energy storage is on the rise.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The assessment, published last week, reveals that the volume of waste produced in England remained largely the same in the five years since the government introduced its 2013 Waste Prevention Programme policy, with overall waste in England at the close of 2017 "at similar levels" to those five years earlier.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The first, the Nature Restoration Law, includes plans to restore 20 percent of degraded ecosystems in the EU. The findings come at a crucial time for nature-friendly laws in Europe, which scientists say are critical to securing the bloc’s food supply and tackling both climate breakdown and biodiversity collapse.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

A promising new clean energy policy may not be as effective as promised, a group of researchers contend. The Clean Peak standard jumped from policy proposal to law of the land in Massachusetts in just a couple years. A Clean Peak incentive should shift clean power from other times of day into those crucial, high demand hours.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Want to find out more about how contract law and litigation can help drive forward the net zero transition? They allow you to take a recommendation or ambition - for instance net zero as defined by the Oxford Principles - and code it into law into a way that is legally enforceable.". You can sign up for a free pass now.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

When Murphy won and took office, he signed sweeping clean energy legislation in May 2018 that turned his goals into law. Murphy's campaign platform, and the law, included something quite radical at the time: the goal of 600 megawatts of energy storage by 2021 and 2,000 megawatts 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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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2022

The passage of the Bill into law will mean that all the devolved nations of the UK now have their own dedicated climate legislation in place, alongside the overarching target set through the UK-wide Climate Change Act. "The Friends of the Earth can finally welcome a climate law for Northern Ireland," the group said.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

This figure can go up to 70% during periods of peak cooling demand. As both the population and the industrial sector grow, there is also a higher demand for energy. The KAPSARC paper cites the example of the 2020 Saudi mining investment law. “Energy in this region is subsidized by governments.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

This model gives the structure organizations need to meet the economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic demands of Business. . To meet the demands of the modern, ethical economy , Carroll’s CSR pyramid needs updating. To obey the law, To be ethically responsible, To give to philanthropic causes. . What is CSR.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 6, 2021

Consider a recent global survey conducted by the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law, focused on climate change risks and their related costs. But political action starts with public demand (at least in theory), so it’s an encouraging sign. Economists, for example. The corporate view.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 2, 2021

The UK must act now to ensure a stable supply of technology-critical metals (TCMs) essential for its transition to clean energy and the delivery of its ten point plan for a green industrial revolution, according to a new Policy Commission report produced by the University of Birmingham.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 11, 2020

Environmental and health and safety law imposes certain duties on site operators which, if not complied with, can result in legal proceedings, fines and reputational damage. For example, if the spill affects neighbouring land there can be claims for clean-up costs under the law of nuisance. Written records.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Yet in response to a Freedom of Information request to see any assessments, evidence or policy papers detailing progress towards the 30×30 target, Defra could provide nothing.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

This model gives the structure organizations need to meet the economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic demands of Business. . To meet the demands of the modern, ethical economy , Carroll’s CSR pyramid needs updating. To obey the law, To be ethically responsible, To give to philanthropic causes. . What is CSR.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 2, 2024

As millions of voters across the EU prepare to head to the polls from 6-9 June, conspiracy theories and misinformation on food and farming could pull voters towards the far right and parties opposing climate-friendly laws. In the eyes of its critics , green reforms agreed in the last EU term would destroy farming.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 23, 2021

It’s clear that a dedicated infrastructure is currently lacking, production costs outweigh less-clean competitors, and that government policy shows technology agnosticism is a myth. Policy-driven benefits. Strong, clear policy frameworks are key in meeting our ambitious renewable energy targets and are currently lacking.

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