GreenBiz

JANUARY 21, 2021

You may be pleasantly surprised to learn that somewhere in the organization people have been working on ESG initiatives and have been waiting for the conversation to reach the board. The COVID-19 lockdown in March created a dramatic shift in board member interest in ESG — from polite inquiry to a more urgent need to know. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

While many companies have stepped up in some fashion to address the urgency of the moment, few have done so in ways that could help advance the kinds of long-term structural changes needed to ensure that the organization's lofty statement has enduring impact. First, a refresher.

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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

OCTOBER 21, 2020

As the Northeast Organizer for Clean Water for North Carolina , she’d met with residents of a small, majority Black town called Ahoskie, 40 miles from her home. However, like Ahoskie, Joyner’s community wasn’t quick to organize against the plant. . “I Enviva had built its first North Carolina plant there two years before. .

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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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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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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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Clean Energy Canada

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Register now Speakers Rachel Doran, VP of policy and strategy As the vice president of policy and strategy, Rachel brings nearly 20 years of experience in policy, politics, and law to advance clean energy solutions for Canada’s sustainable economy. She holds a law degree in civil and common law and a BA from McGill University.

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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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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

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

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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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 4, 2024

It’s certainly interesting — or telling — that he made a political donation to the leader of the official opposition,” Emilia Belliveau, energy transition program manager for the non-profit organization Environmental Defence, told DeSmog. But he opposes national laws designed to address it.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 22, 2024

Companies and their trade groups had opposed nature-friendly laws in multiple countries, the report noted, including attempts to curb methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Regenerative agriculture”, which includes organic and no-till farming, has been widely touted by livestock companies as a solution to their rising emissions. In the U.S.,

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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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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

Under Italian law, a request for mediation is a mandatory prerequisite for filing a defamation lawsuit. Total is seeking a judicial ruling that would force the organizations to withdraw their report and all references to it, with a penalty of 2,000 euros (around $2,200) per day for every day the materials remain publicly available.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 6, 2024

A wave of farmers protests in Europe earlier this year were jumped on by populist politicians, resulting in the watering down of measures including a law to restore nature – ignoring that many of the farmers’ concerns were unrelated to green rules. She began her political career in 2016 with Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia.

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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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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The hike is just one example of the links – uncovered by an October DeSmog investigation – between large farming unions and six influential MEPs who oppose nature-friendly laws, all of whom, like Dorfmann, are members of the conservative European People’s Party, or EPP.

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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

MAY 17, 2024

Those numbers say to me that he doesn’t believe we need to actually roll up our sleeves and work on climate change in a meaningful way,” said Bea Bruske, president of the Canadian Labour Congress, a national labour organization that’s been supporting ongoing federal legislation to foster climate-friendly union jobs.

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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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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The human rights organization characterized the company’s filings as a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation, or SLAPP, to “intimidate and silence activists from speaking out about the possible environmental damage caused by the company’s exploitation of Kosovo’s natural resources.”. Speaking Out. Public Interest.

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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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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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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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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 29, 2023

While there, Jones edited a 1997 Fraser Institute book entitled Global Warming: The Science and the Politics , which contained essays by people like Willie Soon and Patrick Michaels , prominent spreaders of doubt about the foundations of climate science whose work has been funded by fossil fuel companies. “It government.

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