DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

At the eleventh hour, right-wing politicians have launched a bid to block the passing of the EU’s flagship nature protection law, which scientists have described as a “cornerstone of food security and human health”. Scientists have condemned the call, as well as six other amendments that could see the law delayed or weakened.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Pollution, poverty and race collide in many other disadvantaged communities across California — and the country — and some argue that the state’s climate policies haven’t helped. To many, cap and trade highlights a contradiction. But "it doesn’t feel like anything is changing.". Climate change is usually seen as a global problem. As the U.S.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The Government of Chile has officially published Law No. 21,711, which improves Law No. The law seeks to facilitate the development of shallow geothermal energy uses by excluding them from the previous concession regime. With this publication, most of the provisions of the law have entered into force.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

MAY 26, 2021

The FAIRR Initiative and the Jeremy Coller Foundation are hosting the first international law and policy conference on the future of protein. The post RETHINKING PROTEIN: Accelerating law and policy in the global food system appeared first on AgFunderNews. The summit […].

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2020

COVID-19, says the group, is at least the sixth global health pandemic since the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918, and although it is believed to have its origins in microbes carried by animals, like all pandemics its emergence has been entirely driven by human activities, says the report released on 29 October.

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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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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. Policy & Politics.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 4, 2021

This ambition has now been turned into action, with the government confirming that a number of key policies will be made law. ” The post Measures to reduce harm from storm overflows now law first appeared on Envirotec. a duty on water companies to publish data on storm overflow operation on an annual basis.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Michael Clarke, Scotland Chair, Nature Friendly Farming Network, says: “As Scotland sets forth future food, and farming policies and funding for environmental restoration, we stand on the precipice of transformational change. Nearly all (96%) want environmental standards that mitigate climate and restore nature to be enshrined in law.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

million households – lacking easy access to nature (and the huge health and wellbeing benefits that come from it), the voluntary organisations coalition Wildlife and Countryside Link has warmly welcomed new Green infrastructure Standards from Natural England (announced on 31 January). Let’s get these standards in law.”

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 31, 2023

All The Wildlife Trusts along the route of the River Wye are calling for: Welsh and English Governments to place an immediate policy moratorium on any new or extended intensive livestock production units (poultry, cattle and pig) in the Wye catchment.

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Charged

MAY 18, 2021

Now an administrative law judge has given the proposed policy a green light, ruling that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) can move forward with plans to adopt the Clean Cars Minnesota program. In 2019, Minnesota announced plans to join the 14 states that enforce their own strict vehicle emissions standards.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The government is facing yet more legal action over its environmental strategy, after a coalition of green and health groups today formally submitted a complaint to the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) alleging Defra has acted unlawfully by missing the legal deadline to set new targets through the Environment Act.

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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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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 17, 2025

The shift to EVs will save Canadian households money, said Thomas Green, senior climate policy adviser with the David Suzuki Foundation. These arguments dont sit well with Dr. Arguments against EV mandates ignore the substantial harms that fossil-fuel-driven vehicles inflict upon the health of people across Canada, said Vipond.

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Front And Centered

JUNE 20, 2020

Advocacy by Front and Centered, our members, and allies helped create this Task Force during the 2019 Legislative Session in order to develop strategies that address environmental health disparities with guidance from the communities most impacted by pollution. Prioritizing Investments in Impacted Communities.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Evaluating regulations, subsidies, pricing mechanisms, and hybrid policies. The latest, most urgent call to action from the IPCC has increased attention on policies to reduce CO2 emissions and enhance carbon sequestration. Regulation: The most effective carbon reduction policy option is regulation.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 4, 2020

But subsidiary utility Commonwealth Edison’s involvement in a bribery scandal has complicated this and other key policy efforts in its home state. “These new policies and oversight will ensure this will not happen again.” “We have taken robust actions to address these [issues]," Crane said.

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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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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

states have passed laws designed to prevent towns, cities, and other local governments from crafting new natural gas bans or enforcing those laws, according to the report. states with new laws preventing natural gas bans, many didnt have any local natural gas restrictions to begin with, InfluenceMap notes. So far, 26 U.S.

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Front And Centered

DECEMBER 3, 2020

By Sameer Ranade , Civic Engagement and Policy Manager. It contains 26 policy recommendations spanning four categories on how state agencies can incorporate EJ into their responsibilities. The Environmental Justice Task Force (EJ TF) report with recommendations on how Washington State can achieve EJ has been released!

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GreenBiz

APRIL 6, 2021

It will be interesting to track how those habits shift as we enter the post-pandemic era, but for now consumers aren’t willing to trade their own health for that of the planet. Some of the more interesting survey findings come from groups who seem more credible than consumers — or, at least, have fewer incentives for virtue-signaling.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 10, 2024

NW Natural “has routinely misrepresented” the climate harms of gas while undermining the energy transition “in an effort to frighten customers and discourage policy makers from using their authority to protect the public,” according to the county’s amended complaint.

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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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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 16, 2019

Vermont Law School (VLS) offers three environmental masters degrees. A master's degree from VLS is different from other law degrees. Instead of studying theories about how policies work, VLS master's candidates learn the law and how to use it to effect change. MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY (MELP) Climate change.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2021

A Swiss law that would have taxed polluters for their emissions and used the revenue to offer public healthcare rebates and fund climate solutions was narrowly defeated in a national referendum over the weekend in what has been dubbed a cautionary tale for policymakers around the world looking to implement carbon pricing policies.

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

Blank scholar at UC Davis School of Law. Project appraisal is one of the key elements in the feasibility analysis of any initiative, which means that the financial health of any project or initiative is crucial for its forthcoming success. Marjan Kris Ramos Abubo.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

But the law is too lenient. The charity published details of 18 local authorities who have emerging BNG policies above 10%, and said that these success storties “show that there’s real appetite among Local Authorities to go further for nature, but there’s a real risk that without support many areas lose out on this opportunity.

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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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The Verge: Energy

JUNE 19, 2024

The Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act is now waiting for President Joe Biden’s signature to become law. Other groups are concerned about health and environmental risks with nuclear energy.

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Front And Centered

JANUARY 21, 2021

Held between October 2019-September 2020, these conversations reflect the voice of communities most burdened by pollution as a result of their race, health, wealth, and where they live, among other key factors. The HEAL Act aims to make EJ the priority of state environmental laws and programs.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 26, 2022

About 50 years ago, Costa Rica began to promote a series of novel environmental policies. Sustainability policies established. Investment policies were introduced to reverse the current unmaintainable situation. Government policies were framed under the following axes: Establish national parks. Promote ecotourism.

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Energy Innovation

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

By Olivia Ashmoore This week, Energy Innovation Policy & Technology LLC® and RMI published 48 state Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) models. The free, open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan EPS model empowers users to analyze the effects of hundreds of climate policies. climate goals. With the release of the U.S.

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Front And Centered

AUGUST 8, 2023

It’s going to take much more action and accountability to develop policies and programs that truly grapple with the crisis at hand, but here’s one step forward the Legislature took last session and how our coalition was involved. For more about how we do policy and the outcomes of this session, check out this previous blog entry.)

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

The government is failing to back up its climate commitments with credible action, with almost all its green policy efforts marred by uncertainty, delay, and a insufficient engagement with the public about the scale of changes ahead, and time rapidly running out for Ministers to get the UK's net zero agenda on track.

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2021

Business regulation and tax policy could be subject to a 'future generations law' to assesses its impact on young people if a new 'Youth Manifesto' is enacted. Manifesto by young people signals demand for climate action from business.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

This was due to ongoing scientific research and publications such as Silent Spring , plus the creation of bodies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commissions (EEOC), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

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