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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Charged

JUNE 16, 2022

It’s designed to be physically compact, supports both three-phase and single-phase chargers, and features digital signing for the charging event. Iskra’s WM3M4C is a smart energy meter intended for energy measurement in EV charging stations. Source: Iskra.

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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. The European Parliament is expected to vote on the law in the next 12 months.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The Labour Party has been accused of helping biomass energy giant Drax engage in “green spin” by holding a climate event at its upcoming conference sponsored by the North Yorkshire company. The Green Party called it “green spin at its worst” while campaign group Biofuelwatch described the event as “deeply concerning”.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 12, 2021

I’m an investigative journalist and I’d been arrested twice in 2018, both times for allegedly trespassing on what’s known as “critical infrastructure,” a felony under a then-new Louisiana law that — at the urging of the oil and gas industry — redefined pipelines and their construction sites as critical infrastructure. (In In the U.S.,

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

MANCHESTER – Conservative MPs gave resounding backing to the fossil fuel industry this week at a conference event paid for by U.S. Concerns about the environmental and economic concerns relating to CCS, raised by DeSmog at the event, were dismissed by Chevron executive Andrew Kulpecz. oil giant Chevron.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

Our energy systems, like most legacy systems, are infused with racial injustices that do particular harm to Black communities, families and individuals because many of our laws and institutions were designed for that purpose. Do justice. Systems produce outcomes according to the values on which they are founded, and the outcomes are clear.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The research looked to explore this and identified biodiversity loss, sea-level rise, and extreme weather events as the most crucial topics to tackle in terms of overall impact, urgency, and geographical reach. The oceans can provide various ‘services’ to help tackle these issues, and fourteen solutions were evaluated.

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The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 17, 2024

It details the havoc wrought on New York by 2021’s Hurricane Ida and 2012’s Hurricane Sandy , and other deadly climate events such as extreme heatwaves across the US this past summer. Continue reading.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

European law-makers are due to vote on a revised renewable energy directive next week, part of the EU’s Green New Deal to slash carbon emissions by 55 percent by 2030. The post Biomass Lobby Makes ‘False’ Claims to Sway EU Law-makers appeared first on DeSmog.

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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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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 13, 2020

Read time: 5 mins A New England-based environmental law group is taking major oil companies to court, claiming the firms have failed to adapt some of their petroleum storage terminals to withstand increasingly severe storm and flooding events worsened by the climate crisis. .

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

"Finance professionals make up a fraction of the global population but are positioned to make and incentivize decisions that can shape the trajectory of the global economy," observed Ogechukwu Anyene, energy consulting manager at PowerAdvocate, who was part of the Emerging Leaders cohort at GreenBiz Group’s inaugural GreenFin event.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 11, 2021

We were able to create technical tools for the conservation teams to better track the animals and some of the key issues surrounding them; and to engage law students to draft a white paper that is going to go public soon with real recommendations to lawmakers about how to deal with wildlife crime.

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Grist

AUGUST 12, 2021

The specific field of science that examines the connection between extreme weather events and human activity is called “climate change attribution.” We’re citing the hell out of it,” said Pat Parenteau, a law professor at Vermont Law School.

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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.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 10, 2024

(check all that apply) All International UK Sign Up In its original complaint, Oregon’s most populous county argued that oil and gas companies’ decades-long climate deception helped lead to the heat dome that killed 69 people in Multnomah — an event scientists said would have been “virtually impossible” without climate change.

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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. Criminal liability for environmental offences can arise in the event of a regulatory breach. Liability and legislation. But it doesn’t have to be complicated.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 2, 2024

Hardline farming groups pledged to “sweep away” EU decision-makers at a “lunch and discussion” event, which was hosted by MCC Brussels on April 9. MCC Brussels also did not respond to requests for clarification about the event or offer further comment. billion in Hungarian state funding.

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2020

As unprecedented as these times are, and as uncertain as the near future may be, some past events offer small but important parallels that could yield tools and ideas for how to proceed. 11, I was in Malaysia watching events unfold from half a world away. But we never experienced anything like the coronavirus pandemic.

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The Verge: Energy

JULY 16, 2024

In a complaint filed in San Juan yesterday, Puerto Rico’s Department of Justice says that the companies violated trade law by promoting fossil fuels without adequately warning about the dangers. Greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels are supercharging storms and other extreme weather events while rising seas eat away at island shorelines.

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Fossil fuels Climate change Global warming Law 143

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

She has contributed to law conferences, diplomatic events, and environmental summits as well as podcasts, interviews and articles for publications and broadcasters ranging from TIME Magazine to the New York Times and from The Guardian to the BBC. What she realized was that the aspect that protects our rights is actually criminal law.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

In this episode, Jones reveals a little-told backstory of his "nerd" childhood and early life, his transformation at Yale Law School, and the painful time he briefly joined, and then left, the Obama Administration. "I To learn more about future speakers and attending a live event, go to Powerhouse.fund and click on the events tab.

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Green Technology

MARCH 31, 2025

Speakers: James Richmond , President, First Note Finance inc Cameron Weist , Partner, Weist Law Cameron Weist, Partner, Weist Law Cameron A. Weist, a founding partner of The Weist Law Firm and California Municipal Advisors LLC, boasts over thirty years of experience in public finance law.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 2, 2021

Review waste management law with a view to removing barriers to recycling and reusing technology-critical metals. A launch event and discussion of the report will be held on the 27th April 2021 10.30-12.30AM. Establish a UK Technology-Critical Metals Observatory to act as a central information point for government. 12.30AM.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2022

“We think that is likely to be happening because there has been more development and therefore more people and therefore more sewage, and because climate change is causing more violent weather and therefore more rain and heavier rainfall events.”. Not doing so will lead to more flooding events.”. No more marking of own homework?

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2023

Matt Higginson, an environment manager for the Environment Agency in south London and Kent, said: “Jack Selby broke the law for financial gain. He also skipped fees for managing a lawful waste operation.” Not only did he charge customers but treated waste illegally.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Ted Boutrous of law firm Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher , an attorney for Chevron and chief architect of Big Oil’s legal arguments in these cases , said in a statement that “addressing climate change requires a coordinated international policy response, not meritless local litigation over lawful and essential energy production.”

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 2, 2024

As the science connecting climate change to more frequent and severe weather events becomes clearer, there is mounting evidence that members of the fossil fuel industry coordinated to downplay that link — evidence that could be valuable to lawsuits seeking accountability.

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Business Green

MARCH 14, 2022

Fresh advice from Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) explores how competition law could be leveraged to help meet UK's net zero and environmental goals. It has confirmed it plans to bring forward more detailed guidance in this area.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

People have gotten used to having to jump quickly to change the system," EMF Chair MacArthur said Tuesday at the GreenBiz Circularity 20 virtual event. CLOs have to keep up with a rapidly evolving patchwork of state laws governing plastic use and disposal, driven by activists, regulators and consumers. Chief legal officers .

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2024

Policy Exchange has been credited by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for helping to draft laws that have cracked down on climate protests, and has in the past received money from the oil and gas major ExxonMobil. The think tank would go on to author a report in 2019 that proposed tough new policing laws to crackdown on climate protestors.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Panel discussion at the 2024 Taiwan International Geothermal Conference (source: ThinkGeoEnergy) During the opening of the event, Deputy Economy Minister Tseng Wen-sheng emphasized that geothermal energy is an essential component of the nation’s Net Zero 2050 goals. This year’s event builds up on last year’s inaugural TIGC.

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Andrew Winston

APRIL 22, 2024

Multiple countries have their own laws mandating disclosure of carbon emissions in operations and supply chains, including the elaborately named German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (in German, the amusingly one-word-named Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz). alone had 28 extreme weather events costing more than $1 billion in 2023.

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Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Enforcement of environmental protection laws is difficult, especially in remote areas where illegal activities are prevalent. Satellite monitoring provides critical support for these efforts by enabling real-time surveillance of land changes and helping officials enforce environmental laws more effectively.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 16, 2024

UK gas infrastructure operator National Gas hosted an Onward event at the 2023 Conservative conference on the UK’s “need” for hydrogen, entitled “Gassed up”. Policy Exchange has received funding from fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil, and has been credited by Sunak for helping to draft laws that have cracked down on climate protests.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

We’re betting on the dealers, we’re not going to go direct,” said CEO Jim Farley at the dealers’ event. Dealerships will still set their own prices, as required by law (automakers only “suggest” a retail price). (Dealers who don’t choose to go electric at the moment will have another chance to apply for Model e certification in 2027.).

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