Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The Government has claimed that it is “on track to reach its target to protect 30% of UK land and sea for nature 2030”, but the department responsible cannot provide any evidence to back-up these assertions, as new findings reveal, which were published on 10 October by environmental groups. Image credit: Marc Barrot , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 21, 2024

Under a newly proposed law, ads like these could be banned in the state of Pennsylvania. In June, the Canadian Parliament passed new amendments to the country’s Competition Act, which governs competition between businesses to protect Canadian consumers, by adding a new provision regulating environmental claims in advertising.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Good Law Project, Friends of the Earth and ClientEarth will bring their legal challenge of the Government’s threadbare net zero strategy to the High Court, in a hearing due on 20-22 February 2024. Last year, they successfully challenged the Government’s original net zero plan.

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The Guardian: Energy

MAY 13, 2024

One of the members of a Senate committee that reviewed the draft laws, independent senator Lidia Thorpe, said the legislation “should be setting off alarm bells” because “it could mean that Australia becomes the world’s nuclear waste dump”.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2024

and EU to drop their landmark climate change laws, spreads falsehoods about green policies, and fondly recalls an attempt to cancel a major climate conference. government to spur green technology investment. Truss writes that current environmental policies should be scrapped in favour of a “free market” approach.

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2023

The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) said the government had not been consistently completing legally-required Post-Implementation Reviews (PIRs) of environmental and other related laws, which it warned risked undermining environmental protection efforts and accountability in the UK.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

The High Court has given the green light for a judicial review of Michael Gove’s policy on green homes. Good Law Project is supporting Rights Community Action to take Michael Gove’s levelling up department to the High Court. Rights Community Action’s chief executive, Naomi Luhde-Thompson, said: “This is a policy disaster.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2020

Ambitious draft climate law would immediately ban new oil, gas and coal projects and end subsidies for fossil fuels. The draft law, which parliament must still approve, follows the Spanish government's declaration of a climate emergency earlier this year. per cent over the next decade.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Calls grow for a rethink of the controversial Retained EU Law Bill, amid concerns over threat to worker, consumer, and environmental protections. The Bill has become a cause celebre for arch-Brexiteers within the Conservative Party, who are keen to see the government bring an end to any EU influence over UK laws as quickly as possible.

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Business Green

JANUARY 25, 2024

Good Law Project to argue exclusion of onshore wind development from recent National Policy Statement is not compatible with climate goals

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Energy Transition

JANUARY 16, 2024

The campaign was dominated by other issues: the surveillance of opposition politicians by special services, the role of state-run media, migration policy and the unprecedented enrichment of politicians from the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party.

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Business Green

APRIL 19, 2021

Detailed analysis of more than 100 EU exit statutory instruments laid by Defra prompts campaigners to warn of 'significant governance gaps in the application, interpretation and enforcement of environmental law' post-Brexit. Ministers have insisted that the process was necessary to ensure continuity of environmental legislation.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

The UK government announced new environmental targets in four key areas of air quality, water, waste reduction and woodland cover on 16 March. While subject to consultation, the revised targets are to be incorporated into the Environment Act , which became law on 10 November last year. Air quality. g/m 3 to 10 ?g/m Woodland cover.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 25, 2024

The only way to mitigate those risks is to cut emissions at speed and scale and strengthen the grid – and that requires public policy. Decarbonizing has begun, but public policy is crucial to ensuring the necessary reductions to stabilize the climate. This is especially true when it comes to climate-related policy.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Good Law Project and Ecotricity CEO Dale Vince threaten court action unless government reviews airports planning policy before the final approval process for third runway begins. We think that's unlawful.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Barry Sheerman, MP for Huddersfield, and Chairman of the WCRAQ has submitted a Ten-Minute Rule Bill to the House of Commons, asking the Government to update the MOT test to include an efficiency test for DPFs (diesel particulate filters). The UK Government needs to act, says the group. Update the law to save lives. Government.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 4, 2021

Reducing the reliance of water companies on storm overflows is important to help cut pollution in waterways, and earlier this year the Government announced it was working with Philip Dunne MP on shared ambitions to tackle high levels of sewage in UK rivers, following the introduction of his Private Member’s Bill in 2020.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

That's why we’ve tapped Elemental Excelerator ’s expertise and experience to unravel the complexities of accessing non-dilutive government funding (in the US). We’ll walk you through the essential steps to prep your climate tech startup for the competitive government grant process. Total funding: $1.2T

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2021

German government proposes new goal to slash emissions 65 per cent against 1990 levels by the end of the decade, as revamped French climate law moves forward. Finance Minister Olaf Scholz confirmed the government would now aim to cut emissions by 65 per cent by 2030 against 1990 levels, up from a previous target of 55 per cent.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

For the good of future generations, we must retain existing laws and improve protections for nature, writes Joan Edwards, director of policy for The Wildlife Trusts. Instead, the UK Government is pursuing a dangerous agenda of deregulation that puts the very laws protecting wildlife at even greater risk. They defend 18.8

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 7, 2023

Proposed laws to curb antibiotic use on UK farms drafted after closed-door meetings with industry contain loopholes that could undermine the fight against deadly drug resistant bacteria, campaigners have warned. The UK government has since weakened that commitment, however, saying only that it would implement “similar provisions.”

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

It will stage a one-day conference later this week focusing on the key issues facing the sector – including landfill capacity, recycling policy, and carbon reduction – and how these can be best addressed alongside specific Scottish and UK Government objectives.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Guardian Australia revealed on Monday that the NT government abandoned a proposal to set net zero rules for direct emissions from new onshore gas projects after companies including Santos and Inpex objected, according to documents released under freedom of information.

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Business Green

MAY 13, 2022

Long-awaited publication of government's environmental principles for policymaking triggers warnings from NGOs that green protections could now be watered down. Before, all ministers and public authorities were legally bound to consider the principles in policy making that could affect the environment," Greener UK said in its briefing paper.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 2, 2020

But a significant minority of investors remains wary of shifting regulations, according to research in May from Ashurst, an international law firm. Much of this was in response to tougher government stances on climate change and decarbonization, said Antony Skinner, global co-head of power and utilities for Ashurst.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2024

Fossil fuel giants BP and Shell were given “ample opportunity” to privately influence proposals for taxing oil and gas companies that were later backed by the government, new documents reveal. However, according to Bill McGuire, professor emeritus of geophysical and climate hazards at UCL, the policy is popular among oil and gas companies.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2021

WWF calls on government to set legally-binding target to eradicate both legal and illegal deforestation from UK supply chains. Our poll shows an overwhelming majority of people in the UK want to stop the things they buy and the food they eat from causing deforestation overseas, and the UK government has a duty to respond.".

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Charged

JANUARY 4, 2023

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act have put a lot of money on the table for deploying charging stations and incentivizing EV purchases. Local governments will play a large role in ensuring that the funds are invested effectively. Source: Electrification Coalition.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2020

Campaigners hope precedent set by high profile Heathrow ruling could force government into a rethink over continued support for new fossil fuel projects. It's hard to see how the government could resist our case," Monbiot said. The Heathrow judgment hung on the government's national policy statement on airports.

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Business Green

AUGUST 25, 2022

Wildlife charity RSPB has urged Tory leadership candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to "urgently" commit to protecting nature laws, claiming that recent anti-regulation rhetoric from both candidates could jeopardise the UK's nature protection goals.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Landmark legislation passes into law, but concerns remain over how new Environmental Land Management System will be enacted. The government said the Act would provide a boost to the farming industry after years of "inefficient and overly bureaucratic policy dictated to farmers by the EU".

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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. Sunrise over Edinburgh. That ambition should be applauded, but only if targets are achieved.

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Front And Centered

JANUARY 23, 2020

She joins our staff as Policy Manager. Her work has focused on fossil fuel infrastructure and land use for the past five years, as an environmental policy researcher at Sightline Institute. from Vanderbilt University Law School. She was also a member of the Black Law Students Association and Legal Aid Society.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2020

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen claims law will see net zero taken into account 'in all future policy and legislation'. A Europe-wide 'Climate Law' that would legally require all EU members to build net zero economies by 2050 has been unveiled today by the European Commission as the key pillar of its Green Deal vision.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 29, 2020

.'s largest-ever solar project, received its government planning approvals this week. The developers say they will not seek any government subsidy and will not participate in the contracts for difference (CFD) auction next year. ” Government auction? has a net-zero target enshrined in law.

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Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2023

Specifically, the plan commits the government to creating and restoring at least 500,000 hectares of wildlife habitat, through 70 new projects including 25 new or expanded National Nature Reserves. As such the response to the new plan welcomed the new ambitions, but also questioned whether the government will now deliver on its goals.

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Planet Pulse

AUGUST 14, 2024

Learn how earth observation technology has evolved to support government compliance strategies and enforcement of regulatory frameworks. Government agencies tasked with regulatory compliance oversight and enforcement often face visibility challenges. risk of falling trees) to protect personnel who will evaluate the violation on-site.

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