NRDC onEarth

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Governor Newsom approves new law that will prepare the electrical grid and reduce the time needed to energize EV charging stations and electrify buildings.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 26, 2020

officials have proposed a law to make large companies operating within the U.K. comply with environmental laws and show where their products originate. People around the world have watched with increasing horror as Amazon forest destruction has accelerated in recent years.

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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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NRDC onEarth

OCTOBER 26, 2023

million stable, affordable homes for California’s most vulnerable residents just became law. The visionary social housing study bill that identifies pathways to 1.4

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Renew Economy

AUGUST 29, 2024

South Australia to lock its 2027 target of 100 per cent net renewables into law as BHP looks to double its copper smelting and refining operations in the state. The post South Australia to enshrine 100 pct net renewable target in law as BHP looks to double smelting capacity appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Peacocks in southern Florida could be pushed from their habitats after the Miami-Dade commission loosened a law protecting them. On Tuesday, the commission voted to allow cities to opt-out of a 20-year-old law protecting the peacocks.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2024

The tax code incentivizes the purchase of private jets and large SUVs, which is at odds with U.S. climate priorities.

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Canary Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Three years ago, Washington state legislators passed a landmark climate law that positioned the Evergreen State among the nation’s frontrunners in climate action. Now that status is at risk, thanks to an upcoming ballot initiative this November. The 2021 Climate Commitment Act introduced a statewide cap-and-invest…

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GreenBiz

MAY 28, 2024

The European Union finally passed the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. Here’s an early look at how CSDDD will affect corporate supply chains.

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Energy Storage News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Three-quarters of the lithium-ion battery supply chain could have exposure to forced labour, contravening US and EU laws and potentially leading to products being blocked from those markets, a report said.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JUNE 26, 2024

The new law will provide developers with tax rebates as high as 40 percent on project costs Canada has just passed a major clean hydrogen investment tax credit (formerly known as the C-69 bill), which will provide H2 developers with tax rebates as big as 40 percent off their project costs when they develop within the country.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

During the visit, consultations were held on the Draft Law on Geothermal Resources and Natural Mineral Waters. The Draft Law will be shaped with the completion of these consultations and the process. JESDER Chairman Sentürk emphasized that this meeting, which he hoped would benefit the sector, was an important step for its development.

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FuelCellsWorks

JANUARY 30, 2024

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has ratified a pivotal law, Law No. 2 of 2024, aimed at incentivizing green hydrogen production projects and its derivatives. This landmark legislation grants up.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 15, 2024

Columbia Law School researchers identify 33 of the most pervasive myths about solar, wind and electric vehicles and rebut them using transparent, fact-based responses. The post Technology denial: Columbia Law School debunks 33 biggest myths about solar, wind and EVs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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PV Tech

MARCH 13, 2024

The European Parliament has approved a law requiring member states to deploy solar installations on buildings and renovate them to improve their energy efficiency.

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GreenBiz

MAY 16, 2024

Companies will be required to report their emissions and climate-related risks to their business.

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Law 309

GreenBiz

MAY 16, 2024

Companies will be required to report their emissions and climate-related risks to their business.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Senate Bill 253, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act ( SB 253 ), and Senate Bill 261, the Greenhouse Gases: Climate-Related Financial Risk Act ( SB 261 ), were signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom in October 2023 and amended by the more recent Senate Bill 219 ( SB 219 ). ↩︎ See Bolger v.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2019

Scotland will host world-leading experts in climate change law and science in September, as they attend a major conference on global climate at the University of Dundee. We hope that by bringing together experts from geoscience, climate science and law, we can clarify crucial concepts that have thus far stalled affirmative climate action.

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 11, 2024

Draft laws for mandatory reporting of climate-related risks have been released by federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers. The post Draft laws usher in compulsory climate risk disclosure appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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NRDC onEarth

OCTOBER 11, 2023

It’s time for Youngkin to stand in court and explain himself for attacking state climate law. It won’t be easy for him to evade his constitutional responsibility.

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TechXplore

JUNE 10, 2024

Switzerland approved a law on Sunday aimed at accelerating the development of renewable energies, as part of the country's bid to attain carbon neutrality by 2050.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

In a bipartisan win, the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act has been signed into law, making serious harm to “living non-human mammals, birds, reptiles or amphibians” a federal crime.

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The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The absence of the climate bill – from the list of 14 legislative priorities circulated with the Liberal party and crossbench MPs – reignited claims that WA Labor is in thrall to the gas industry and failing to address the climate crisis.

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PV Tech

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Gretchen Whitmer has signed a number of bills into law to increase the contribution of renewable energy to the Michigan energy mix.

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Canary Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Local Law 97, New York City’s groundbreaking, multistage effort to rein in carbon emissions from its big buildings, is facing its first major test — and it’s just a preview of the much steeper challenges to come. Last week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) released proposed guidelines for how owners of the…

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 30, 2022

Sustainable Law Firms. Law firm sustainability is a strategic business shift that aims to prevent socially and environmentally damaging operations in the legal industry. E.g. Delta Air Lines and Microsoft Corp pledged to drastically curb their carbon emissions, taking into account the carbon footprint of their associated law firms.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The law implements key recommendations of the Climate Action Council and is an important step toward the state’s goal of 2 million electrified and electricity-ready homes by 2030. “We are thrilled that Governor Hochul has signed this bill into law.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A national industry group representing gas producers is quietly paying for digital advertisements urging Canadians to “speak up” to their elected officials against laws addressing climate change and public health, DeSmog can reveal. Screencap from ad that doesn’t disclose CGA’s connection.

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EnergyTrend

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

China Passes New Energy Law to Boost Renewable Energy and Low-Carbon Transition, Effective January 2025 OnNovember8,the12thsessionoftheStandingCommitteeofthe14thNationalPeople’sCongress(NPC)votedtopasstheEnergyLawofthePeople’sRepublicofChina.Thislaw,cons.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2023

Laws, regulations, treaties and decisions related to habitats, air quality, climate change, renewable energy, farming and fishing proposed for scrapheap under government plans

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Renew Economy

JUNE 7, 2023

ACT votes on law to ban new gas connections for homes and businesses, in a major coup for electrification and a new blow to the fossil fuel lobby. The post ACT passes first law in Australia banning gas in new homes, as fossil empire strikes back appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 7, 2024

In compliance with the provisions of paragraph 8 of article 8 of Law 1437 of 2011 and Decree 1081 of 2015, the Ministry has enabled a space for citizens to submit their observations, comments and proposals until October 16, 2024. The full text of the draft decree can be accessed via this link (in Spanish).

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

A legal bid to halt sweeping changes to planning laws in the UK will be heard in October. The post Judges to consider legal challenge to new planning laws first appeared on Envirotec. RCA has also been granted costs protection under the Aarhus rules for environmental claims.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

These words were coined to help individuals overcome alcoholism and other addictions, but they may be just as apt to describe the hyperbolic reaction to new truth-in-advertising requirements recently passed into law by the Canadian government from the oil patch and their surrogates. Stay tuned for further developments on this important issue.

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Canary Media

MAY 3, 2024

One year ago, New York state passed one of the country’s most ambitious clean energy and climate justice laws. The Build Public Renewables Act authorized the New York Power Authority, a state-owned public power utility, to build and own clean energy projects for the first time. If the state falls short of its…

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The post NSW passes climate bill to write 70 pct by 2035 emissions reduction target into law appeared first on RenewEconomy. In a triumph of multi-partisanship, NSW Parliament has passed legislation to cut the state's emissions by 70% by 2035, and reach net zero by 2050.

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