The new EU law that’s looking to stamp out greenwashing
GreenBiz
APRIL 4, 2023
Another month, another progressive policy announcement from the European Union, this time aimed at stamping out greenwashing by companies operating within its borders.
Lyft's 100% EV strategy requires a policy blitz
GreenBiz
JUNE 24, 2020
Lyft's 100% EV strategy requires a policy blitz. So essentially Lyft has to act as a catalyst — using policy, economic and industry tools — to spur the broader transportation ecosystem to more rapidly adopt zero-emission vehicles. Lyft is committed to using the most powerful tool we have to fight climate change: policy influence.
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Are lawyers and accountants doing enough on climate change?
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 13, 2020
Exhibit A: law firms. According to a new report from Law Students for Climate Accountability, most of the top 100 law firms in the United States "provide far more support to clients driving the climate crisis than clients addressing it." Will job-seeking law students truly shun firms seen as bad actors?
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Green day unravelled: Pundits respond to policy package
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 15, 2023
An apocalyptic “meh” seemed to greet the government’s bumper package of energy- and climate-related policy announcements and documents released on 30 March, which appeared short on new ideas and sources of funding. A central plank was the policy paper “Powering Up Britain” , which presented plans for tackling energy security and net zero.
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Can we protect nature by giving it legal rights?
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Around the world, communities are using "Rights of Nature" laws to defend waterways, species and more from human threats.
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The innovation buzz from Stockholm World Water Week
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
It’s not just about technology, it’s about laws, public policy and social engagement.
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A circular approach to electrification and renewable energy
GreenBiz
APRIL 26, 2021
That is largely because they have a policy at the federal level that requires the implementation of recovery. laws — especially solid waste laws — treat recycling and disposal the same, making it more difficult to recycle and more difficult to reuse equipment. Phipps: What policies are you referring to? . In the U.S.,
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The big unsettled policy question about clean hydrogen: How to use it.
Canary Media
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
clean hydrogen policy appears to be stuck in neutral — and not everyone is convinced that’s a bad thing. Last October, seven “clean hydrogen hub” projects were awarded a collective $7 billion in potential funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. These massive infrastructure projects are meant to…
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Increasing number of local authorities require over 10% Biodiversity Net Gain
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 9, 2024
Law firm Carter Jonas conducted the research, analysing the emergence of BNG policies and guidance within local planning authorities (LPAs) in a series of research from spring 2022. However, this figure is set to increase substantially as 17 (5.6%) have such a policy emerging through their local plan review. of the county.
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4 things we can learn from Indigenous wisdom
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
Even with the various layers of policies, laws and penalties in place to keep businesses in check, Mitchell believes the "destruction of the earth has become a pay-to-play endeavor. If you have money to violate the law, you can go ahead and do it."
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How the EU’s new ‘toxic-free’ vision could shape your safer chemicals strategy
GreenBiz
JANUARY 14, 2021
Just as its current policies have inspired imitation, it’s likely that these new policies will drive significant changes in the U.S. federal statutes and regulations, many state laws increasingly rely on the chemical hazard criteria and analyses from REACH (the principal European chemical regulation) and other EU laws and regulations.
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Law Firm Sustainability: 6 Steps for Creating an Eco-Friendly Practice
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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Scientists Condemn Last Minute Push to Overturn EU Nature Law
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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How cities can influence the energy system
GreenBiz
AUGUST 12, 2020
cities and counties transition to clean energy for their own operations and communities, many are finding that stakeholders and policies beyond their jurisdictions affect their ability to purchase clean energy. Influencing statewide energy policy. Partnering with investor-owned utilities. Engaging in state-level regulatory proceedings.
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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?
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. Both had to wrestle with outside factors that affected emissions, such as the Great Recession and California’s other climate policies.
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Revealed: Ads Urging Canadians to Oppose Climate Laws Paid for by Gas Industry
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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Puerto Rico’s electricity system is at a crossroads
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 12, 2019
The territory's new energy policy became law earlier this year — and regulators are deciding what mix of renewables it has.
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We need stricter MOT tests to eliminate air pollution, says campaign group
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
Update the law to save lives. The policies and frameworks are there, and all the Government needs to do is update the law. ‘I believe air pollution is one of the greatest public health crises of our time and that good policy can help to reverse some of its distressing implications. . Government.
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Five smart policies can turbocharge clean US manufacturing
Canary Media
NOVEMBER 1, 2024
is beginning to see new growth in domestic manufacturing, driven by investments in breakthrough industrial technologies in the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. After decades of stagnation, the U.S. These two ambitious pieces of legislation — aiming to help companies cut their pollution,…
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Chile officially publishes new geothermal law
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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Canada passes clean hydrogen investment tax credit law
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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New policy proposal dims hopes of reviving community solar in California
Canary Media
MARCH 6, 2024
A three-year effort to revamp California’s moribund community-solar market , spurred by state law and backed by solar industry groups, consumer advocates, environmental-justice organizations, labor unions and the state’s homebuilding industry, may now be in jeopardy. On Monday, the California Public Utilities…
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A truly clean energy system runs on a clean conscience
GreenBiz
JULY 2, 2020
For Shalanda Baker, a professor of law and public policy at Northeastern University, thinking about a clean energy future means thinking about the daily, weekly and sometimes invisible ways that people in deprived communities can control their power supply. Making sure policies are embedded in them is really important.
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Net zero legal challenge to be heard by High Court in February
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Good Law Project, Friends of the Earth and ClientEarth will bring their legal challenge of the Government’s threadbare net zero strategy to the High Court, in a hearing due on 20-22 February 2024. Instead of being transparent about the risks facing its climate policies, the Government is actively trying to prevent people from seeing them.
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Puerto Rico extended a key rooftop solar policy. Then came the lawsuit.
Canary Media
AUGUST 1, 2024
Earlier this year, Puerto Rico passed a law that extends the island’s highly successful rooftop solar program through 2031. Lawmakers and solar advocates say the measure is needed to maintain the clean energy boom that’s helping households and communities across the U.S. territory to keep the lights on during the…
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The Solar Policy Scoop: December 2024 A guide to recent legislation and research throughout the country.
Solar Power World
DECEMBER 2, 2024
Maura Healey in November signed a new climate bill into law that prioritizes clean energy siting and permitting, clean energy procurement and net crediting for community solar. Massachusetts legislature passes new climate bill that includes siting, permitting reform Boston, Massachusetts Massachusetts Gov.
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How 'Buy Clean' policies will help decarbonize heavy industries
Canary Media
OCTOBER 27, 2023
It took many years of work to establish the federal consumer protection laws and programs that… We like to compare our options before opening our wallets. We want to know what ingredients are in our shampoo and how many calories are in our ice cream.
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“Tough cop on the beat,” or new plod enforcing old “broken laws”? Labor’s EPA gets a grilling
Renew Economy
MAY 28, 2024
The post “Tough cop on the beat,” or new plod enforcing old “broken laws”? Legislation to set up Australia’s first national environment protection agency promises strong new powers and penalties to protect the natural environment. Critics are not so sure.
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Australia risks being ‘world’s nuclear waste dump’ unless Aukus laws changed, critics say
The Guardian: Energy
MAY 13, 2024
One of the members of a Senate committee that reviewed the draft laws, independent senator Lidia Thorpe, said the legislation “should be setting off alarm bells” because “it could mean that Australia becomes the world’s nuclear waste dump”.
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Queensland writes clean energy and climate targets into law, but LNP baulks at “risky” renewables
Renew Economy
APRIL 18, 2024
The post Queensland writes clean energy and climate targets into law, but LNP baulks at “risky” renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy. Pressure grows on federal Labor as Queensland passes ambitious 2035 emissions reduction target with bipartisan support. But LNP refuses to agree to renewables target.
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The UK Government’s deregulation agenda is dangerous
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
For the good of future generations, we must retain existing laws and improve protections for nature, writes Joan Edwards, director of policy for The Wildlife Trusts. Instead, the UK Government is pursuing a dangerous agenda of deregulation that puts the very laws protecting wildlife at even greater risk.
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Taiwan publishes new geothermal project development policy
ThinkGeoEnergy
MAY 15, 2024
” The new law, which came into effect on the 13th of May, provides the regulatory framework for geothermal exploration and development permitting. and Claire Lai via LinkedIn The post Taiwan publishes new geothermal project development policy first appeared on ThinkGeoEnergy - Geothermal Energy News. Source: Rootlaw.com.tw
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Liz Truss Book Calls for Climate Laws to be Abolished and Boasts of Effort to Cancel UK COP Summit
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 18, 2024
and EU to drop their landmark climate change laws, spreads falsehoods about green policies, and fondly recalls an attempt to cancel a major climate conference. Truss writes that current environmental policies should be scrapped in favour of a “free market” approach. The book also spreads false claims about climate policies.
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High Court agrees to hear legal challenge over Gove’s green homes ‘roadblock’
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 17, 2024
The High Court has given the green light for a judicial review of Michael Gove’s policy on green homes. Good Law Project is supporting Rights Community Action to take Michael Gove’s levelling up department to the High Court. Rights Community Action’s chief executive, Naomi Luhde-Thompson, said: “This is a policy disaster.
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Pro-geothermal policies being pushed in the US at federal, state levels
ThinkGeoEnergy
MARCH 12, 2024
This is naturally a welcome development for geothermal development, especially as policy support seeks for the establishment of research institutes, more streamlined permitting procedures, and funding bodies for geothermal projects. “The world is watching the United States for how it designs its portfolio in the energy transformation.
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World needs ambitious target of 0% new plastic waste by 2040
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
In an article published on 9 November in Nature Reviews Earth and Environment , Professor Steve Fletcher, Director of the Global Plastics Policy Centre at the University of Portsmouth, sets out his reasoning for the ambitious target. For the treaty to work it’s vital for there to be a single target and an agreed strategy.”.
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The Supreme Court Gets Clean Water Supremely Wrong
NRDC onEarth
JUNE 29, 2023
The Supreme Court got the facts, the law, and the policy wrong in its recent ruling attacking wetland protections under the Clean Water Act.
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Climate disclosure laws are useful, but they won’t drive down emissions
Renew Economy
MARCH 7, 2024
Australia’s mandatory climate disclosure laws might nudge corporate Australia towards a greener future, but they won't drive rapid decarbonisation. The post Climate disclosure laws are useful, but they won’t drive down emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan
GreenBiz
JUNE 23, 2020
Government policies that stimulated the growth of solar accounted for 60 percent of that price decline. Even without those policies — they soon expire — renewables are more than competitive against fossil fuels. The economics of solar and wind including storage costs are quickly undercutting the economics of oil as a prime mover.
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Don’t stop now on climate policy, scientists tell EU ahead of elections
Financial Times: Energy
JANUARY 17, 2024
Independent adviser says parts of existing green plans must be passed into law as soon as possible
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Are climate activists spreading the right type of message?
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 5, 2022
With the right pieces in place, the activist can then step into the role of reformer where they work alongside policymakers to change laws and institutional policies.
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Scotland’s climate targets are in danger of becoming meaningless, warns advisory group
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 7, 2022
One year ago, I called for more clarity and transparency on Scottish climate policy and delivery. Since the Scottish Climate Change Act became law in 2009, the Scottish Government has failed to achieve 7 of the 11 legal targets. For sectors in which policy is significantly devolved to Scotland (e.g. Agriculture and land.
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McDonald’s Leads Lobbying Offensive Against Laws to Reduce Packaging Waste in Europe
DeSmogBlog
MAY 8, 2023
McDonald’s is at the forefront of a campaign against new laws to reduce packaging waste in the EU, in what has been described by some insiders as the largest-scale lobbying effort they have ever witnessed in the European Parliament. But policies encouraging reuse, she says, will require “systemic change”.
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