GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 23, 2020

It will take a massive war-time mobilization effort to effectively address the climate emergency, argues Saul Griffith — inventor, MacArthur genius fellow, CEO of Otherlab , and co-founder of Rewiring America , an organization dedicated to creating millions of American jobs while combating climate change. How much will it cost?

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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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GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. This enshrined into law China’s first air emissions management plan and formalized an approach to regional collaboration. Policy & Politics. China’s new frontier for VOC regulations. Shuying Xu. Tue, 03/23/2021 - 01:15.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Si2 is a nonprofit organization that provides impartial research and analysis about corporate responsibility issues for institutional investors and maintains a rich database of information on shareholder resolutions, including support levels and the most detailed and precise issue taxonomy available in the marketplace. Policy & Politics.

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Green Market Oracle

MAY 22, 2020

This includes individuals, businesses, all levels of government, as well as international organizations and multinationals. While laws, rules and regulations are undeniably critical, to address the scale of the threat we face we need action independent of censure or sanction.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

On October 7, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping series of climate and environmental laws into effect, cementing the Golden State’s reputation as a leader in climate action. The law covers over 5,300 companies that make over $1 billion annually. Big business in the Golden State has expressed opposition to the law.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 1, 2019

Job Description: The Center for Biological Diversity seeks a full-time Clean Transportation Advocate/ Staff Attorney in our Climate Law Institute to join our bold and progressive campaign to advance the urgently needed transition away from fossil fuel vehicles to zero emissions transportation in California and around the country.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 17, 2025

Atlas Network Partners Both MEI and MLI have been listed as partners in Atlas Network, a global alliance of anti-regulation organizations that have played a leading role in climate change denial and campaigns against environmental regulations. Electric vehicles are better both for individuals as much as the national economy.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 1, 2019

Job Description: The Center for Biological Diversity seeks a full-time Clean Transportation Advocate/ Staff Attorney in our Climate Law Institute to join our bold and progressive campaign to advance the urgently needed transition away from fossil fuel vehicles to zero emissions transportation in California and around the country.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JULY 7, 2021

Clean Energy Field Organizer | Iowa Environmental Council | Des Moines. The Iowa Environmental Council is a 501(c)3 nonprofit environmental law and policy organization that educates, advocates, and builds coalitions to make Iowa a better place to live, work and explore. Previous campaign and/or issue organizing experience .

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Our goal is to identify concrete ways to work together to create the change we all recognize is needed, commit to this change, and drive a larger industry-wide partnership between CEOs and organizations — the Renewables Forward Initiative. Invest in under-resourced communities. Why this matters.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

While not yet law, the bill now advances to the House of Representatives for further consideration. In order for these programs to become law, the House of Representatives will first have to pass the bill for the President’s signature. The House of Representative is expected to vote on the bill by the end of September. The post U.S.

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

Blank scholar at UC Davis School of Law. With the current social and political climate and the broader push for sustainability across all sectors, it is without a doubt that sustainable finance is integral to propelling us into the greener future. Marjan Kris Ramos Abubo. Investors can commit to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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Planet Pulse

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In remote regions of the world or those where political conflicts reduce access to protected areas, researchers and conservationists need solutions for monitoring activity that threatens wildlife and ecosystems. . We have to protect nature’s pristine areas,” explains Manuel Engelbauer, FZS’s South American program officer. Trust in data.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 21, 2024

Under a newly proposed law, ads like these could be banned in the state of Pennsylvania. Source: Meta ad library ‘Rapid and dramatic changes ‘ Canada’s new law, which threatens multi-million-dollar penalties for promoting false environmental claims, has had a sweeping effect since its passage.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

“The worry is that carbon removal will be something we do so that business-as-usual can continue,” said Sara Nawaz, director of research at American University’s Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy. “We Nawaz co-wrote a report released today titled “ Agenda for a Progressive Political Economy of Carbon Removal. ”

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In France, three non-governmental organizations sued the oil company Total over alleged “inadequate” environmental and human rights assessments of its oil project in Uganda and Tanzania. More generally, climate litigation has become a fundamental instrument to enforce political climate commitments, such as the Paris Agreement.

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Planet Pulse

JUNE 29, 2021

Amy has a fantastic track record of scaling legal organizations and navigating evolving legal and regulatory landscapes at rapidly growing technology companies. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. .

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 30, 2023

Political, market, and infrastructural barriers remain, dragging progress toward a clean economy — but your business has the power to mitigate these constraints. We explain how your business can support a political, market, and infrastructural reform to support renewable energy technologies and clean energy.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 25, 2023

“I even took off my farm boots and wore high heels to come here today,” Camila Telles told the audience of political activists, business executives, and students at April’s Liberty Forum, an annual conservative gathering in Brazil sponsored by the Atlas Network. Some camps supported the reelection of populist strongman Jair Bolsonaro.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Instead of enjoying carefree childhood hobbies , they are protesting, litigating, organizing, and public speaking about the importance of policy-based climate solutions. Look up parent-centric climate organizations like Parents for Future , Climate Mama , Science Moms , Climate Action Families.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Despite the continued CEO efforts and rising customer, employee, investor and political interest, many businesses are struggling to integrate sustainability into the core of their operations. The majority (50%) of organizations thought sustainability was “ fairly well ” integrated, as opposed to an ideal “ extremely well ” target.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Spears, founder of the Climate Cabinet, a national climate organization dedicated to winning elections, saw this challenge as a new project. She didn’t foresee, however, the high energy bills that would result from cranking up the gas heater when her apartment would turn into an icebox in the winter. So she got to it.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Here is an AASHE summary of 2860 sustainability focused academic programs comprising 672 organizations in 27 countries including 52 U.S. States and Territories 9 Canadian provinces. can be searched by Sustainability Topic, Academic Discipline and Office or Department.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 28, 2022

There’s this recognition that some spaces still need to be sacred and protected from industry,” Robin Lesko, a senior organizer with Food & Water Watch, told DeSmog. Activists say the ban has pierced the methane gas industry’s image as an invincible force in Pennsylvania politics. “If

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The Assembly is a network of social, environmental, and political groups that have banded together to oppose offshore oil drilling along Argentina’s Atlantic coast. The company’s stock immediately jumped by nearly 9 percent after the law was changed. When the law passed, the public reaction was immediate and intense.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 23, 2021

Rapid progress towards establishing net zero industry clusters can be facilitated by making best use of regional resources and organizations. Political will must be galvanized and renewed as we emerge from the fall-out of Covid-19, and energies refocused on climate change as soon as resource is available. Policy-driven benefits.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

At a fundamental level, the federal securities laws enforce a straightforward proposition,” Sanjay Wadhwa, acting director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, said in a statement announcing the settlement, “investment advisers must do what they say and say what they do.” which defends corporate clients, noted in an advisory to clients.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

That sends a clear political message that the industry “is less powerful and trusted than before,” Nick Caleb, a climate and energy attorney with Breach Collective, told DeSmog. The trade association “played a key role in creating climate denialist organizations such as the Global Climate Coalition,” Franta said. They’re important.”

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 29, 2024

That’s because a state law passed in 2021 regulating carbon capture includes a provision allowing companies to claim a wide range of project information — including location — as trade secrets. Fossil Economy Campaign Manager for the Center for International Environmental Law. “It

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The report comes four months after the two organizations announced a lawsuit against the company alleging Eni used “lobbying and greenwashing” to push for more oil and gas production, despite having known about the risks fossil fuels posed over the past 53 years.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 30, 2019

It was published in the International Journal of Human Rights As defined by by Polly Higgins, in a book titled Eradicating Ecocide: Laws and Governance to Prevent the Destruction of Our Planet (London: Shepheard-Walwyn, 2010). However, the final version of the Statute only included ecocide as a crime in times of war. section 7).

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 26, 2022

It was not until the early 1990s that political leaders realized the need for change, to significantly improve the environmental and social systems that the country’s economy relied on. Foster organic farming. The Costa Rican government has prioritized sustainability through the enactment of green policies and laws.

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Defend Our Future

OCTOBER 13, 2020

But as Defend Our Future’s Tucson organizer Karlyn Bradley explains, the stakes are high EVERY cycle for a lot of people. Defend Our Future’s New Mexico State Campus Ambassador argues young people aren’t always taught in school how to participate in the political process. Youth Turnout. Poll Workers. Mail-in Voting. Voter Suppression.

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Defend Our Future

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Richards experience organizing expands beyond the campus setting as he has worked for organizations like Environment Arizona and NextGen. Jesse Rodriguez, Flagstaff Organizer. Jesse is the Flagstaff Organizer in Arizona. Favorite Quote: “You can’t change the world alone. With an earnest interest in.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 21, 2023

As lawsuits mount against the fossil fuel sector for decades of sowing climate disinformation, the PR and ad agencies , banks , institutional investors , and law firms that work with the industry are also facing increased scrutiny. This overlap raises conflict of interest concerns, experts say.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 8, 2020

The United States Environmental Protection Agency defines environmental justice as “the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.”

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