DeSmogBlog

JULY 16, 2024

But a growing chorus of California legislators say that nonenforcement stance violates a groundbreaking law they fought to pass just months ago — and they, along with dozens of environmental groups, are demanding that regulators change course. They’re pointing to AB 1167, signed into law by California Gov. billion in the deal.

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Charged

JUNE 19, 2023

The Spanish term raitero refers to the practice of neighbors providing rides to community members in need. The organization has about 120 regular clients. A Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grant paid for 30 charging stations placed strategically around the town. Huron is a small agricultural city in the Central Valley.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Here are all the references to climate change from the Canadian federal leaders English Language debate that took place on October 7, 2019. The UN is a dysfunctional organization, and we must be able to fight for our country. We need a World Trade and Climate Organization. We need a World Trade and Climate Organization.

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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

MARCH 11, 2024

He compared it to the Indian Act of 1876, a notorious federal law that attempted to erase the culture of First Nations peoples. Credit: CNRL disclosures Neither Buffalo’s organization nor CNRL responded to detailed questions about the financial contribution. “I The IRC received $250,000 from CNRL in 2022 alone.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Hand in hand with gas levels comes particulate matter, more commonly referred to as PM, the health risks of which are understood to be especially acute with PM2.5 can also enter the bloodstream, with impacts on cardiovascular, respiratory, and other organ systems. Whilst both can penetrate deep into the lungs, PM2.5

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

Diverse compounds are emitted by everything from motor vehicles to power plants, and include both greenhouse gases and short-lived climate pollutants – which are known to fuel global warming – as well as a host of volatile organic compounds that can lead to short- and long-term health problems in humans. World Health Organization.

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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. He has also referred to the Green Deal as a “massive plan of layoffs for our farmers”. “We

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Refer to the membership options here. The Inflation Reduction Act signed into law in 2022 directly supports ESG principles and incentivizes ESG investing, allocating $369 billion for climate change and green energy investment. General ticket: $15. This event is complimentary for all WCS members. No promo codes needed.

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Charged

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes $7.5 At first, this seemed a bit pretentious of Tesla—a “standard” usually refers to something that’s used by more than one company. billion in subsidies for public EV charging infrastructure. $5 However, the EV industry quickly and enthusiastically embraced NACS.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 27, 2024

Due to changes to the Competition Act, this archived information is provided solely for historical information and reference purposes,” it reads. This information does not constitute an active representation of Imperial.” “If CCS: ‘Integral’ or ‘Limited’?

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Planet Pulse

MARCH 9, 2024

In this post, we’ll describe how organizations are staying competitive in light of regional and global-scale issues by using broad area management to effectively monitor, measure, and report on assets across space and time. Organizations that manage or monitor assets across vast areas and time frames benefit from broad area management.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2022

The FCBA Technical Institute for the woodworking industry was tasked with reassessing direct reading methods because many companies were failing to meet the exposure limit but there was an unacceptable financial burden on SMEs due to the testing with the reference gravimetric method. References.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JULY 2, 2021

Refer to the membership options here. a leading thought and practice innovator in mindfulness-based antiracism and social justice, Professor of Law at the University of San Francisco and author of the award-winning book, The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness.

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Front And Centered

MAY 13, 2024

Washington State’s communities of color, low-income communities, and Indigenous peoples—often referred to in state law as “ overburdened communities ”—are disproportionately feeling the impacts of environmental degradation and increased exposure to harmful pollutants.

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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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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Using the principles of ESG, investment decisions are made based on an organization’s Environmental, Social and Governance performance, as explained: Environmental performance: Selected criteria are used to evaluate and manage a company’s environmental risks. Every company, as a legal entity, requires governance. ESG Benefits.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

🦴 BIL “the backbone” : The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), aka Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), was signed into law in November 2021, and is the "backbone," providing much of the infrastructure these technologies need to scale at speed. — three climate policy packages since 2021.

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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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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 10, 2022

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Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In the race to mitigate climate change and find new forms of clean power to replace fossil fuels, interest in natural hydrogen, also referred to as white hydrogen , has surged in multiple nations. What’s more, in order for exploration to truly being in Switzerland, Gaucher notes that laws would need to be amended.

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Planet Pulse

AUGUST 14, 2024

They may not have the personnel to procedurally evaluate every organization, square mile, or infrastructure project for which they hold responsibility. Some organizations will choose to ignore compliance requirements because they rarely witness enforcement. For example, the Flock constellation sits at about 475 km or nearly 300 mi.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Some of the most difficult-to-understand words were mitigation , referring to efforts to reduce emissions to slow down climate change, and carbon-neutral , when there’s no net increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. The takeaway from the study: “many of the terms were unfamiliar or perceived as needlessly complex.”.

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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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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A CSR strategy is implemented by an organization to: minimize harm, practice fair business, be responsible along a global supply chain, exercise philanthropy and create a self-oriented human resource management system. Social: This refers to a business’s impact on social systems. Examples include deforestation and burning fossil fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2022

The organization that paid for the ad, and dozens of similar Facebook ads so far in 2022, was set up to spread pro-oil propaganda on behalf of the Alberta government. It’s a ridiculously ineffective program,” Drew Yewchuk, a lawyer with the University of Calgary’s Public Interest Law Clinic, told DeSmog.

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Grist

JUNE 12, 2024

Earth Day organizers educated people about the value of sorting through their trash and advocated for community recycling programs. Corporations responded by creating the first anti-litter organization, Keep America Beautiful, founded in 1953 by the American Can Company and the Owens-Illinois Glass Company.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 12, 2024

Expediting the permitting process for geothermal Dr. Bryant Jones, Executive Director of US-based nonprofit organization Geothermal Rising (GR), provided expert testimony during a House Committee on Natural Resources hearing in 12 December 2023 on a proposed amendment to the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

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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. Royal Dutch Shell alleging that Shell’s contributions to climate change violate Dutch and human rights law.

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Fossil fuels Climate change Organic Law 93

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

The outcomes of the proceedings, experts say, could significantly advance climate justice and accountability as well as clarify the requirements under international law for governments to curb climate breakdown. Human rights organizations hailed the UN’s adoption of the resolution as a critical step in the fight for climate justice.

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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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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 5, 2021

Workers say conditions inside the Bobov Dol plant are so bad they fear for their safety, while locals refer to the surrounding town as “Robov Dol,” meaning “city of the exploited people.”. Three years later, Bulgaria passed new laws restricting offshore ownership. The ownership histories of several of the other plants are unclear.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

It does, however, refer to a conspiracy. While conspiracy is not charged, the lawsuit references it “for the purposes of establishing that California state court is the correct jurisdiction and venue for this case,” Caleb explained. API was instrumental to the execution of this plan. They’re important.”

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

There are both private and public service careers that help organizations and businesses create more environmentally friendly products or operate more sustainably. Sustainability directors and managers often lead a small organization of full-time employees or team of part-time representatives from various organizations within a company.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In other words, a building that is organized instead of chaotic. And I just thought a building as an organism operated by children would be so much fun. Are they still referred to? McDonough: I see them referred to all the time. But we were not required to by law. I designed a daycare center that was solar-powered.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In a statement responding to the summit’s shortfalls, Greenpeace International Executive Director Mads Christensen said that lagging governments should expect to be held accountable “on the streets, in the courts and at COP28,” the last a reference to the upcoming international climate treaty conference in Dubai. In the U.S.,

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 17, 2022

So, it’s not like these neighborhood cops just doing a patrol and checking in,” Eugene Kung, a staff attorney with West Coast Environmental Law, told DeSmog. “In In short, the clans that oppose Coastal GasLink say that both Indigenous and Canadian law are on their side. “When I first read the letter, I nearly cried.

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