GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

And that anything businesspeople might do otherwise would be part of "the socialist view that political mechanisms, not market mechanisms, are the appropriate way to determine the allocation of scarce resources to alternative uses.". Companies that pollute their local communities risk poisoning their customers.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It is vital that all political parties commit to a rapid programme of investment and expansion for important wildlife habitats and protected sites.” We need political leaders who will shoot for the moon in tackling the existential challenges we face, not bury their heads in the sand.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2022

Farming and rural land management,” he said, “impacts a higher proportion of our water bodies – 45% – than any other source, mostly through what is called diffuse pollution,” he said, referring to chemicals from things like fertilizers and pesticides, which run off the land and pollute water courses. An easier finger to point.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 14, 2024

On Friday, the Coalition finally released the long-awaited details of the nuclear plan it will take to the election and, once again, asks us not to be afraid of the price tag, the higher climate pollution and a range of other variables. These issues can be broadly listed under three headings: the economics, the environment and the law.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 26, 2024

As revealed by The Mirror and Good Law Project in the former’s print edition, Lilley controls a series of companies that own 12,000 hectares of farmland in the Stavropol region of Russia, in the south west of the country, used to produce cereals and oilseeds. Farage also has a history of denying climate science and attacking green policies.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 24, 2024

The GWPF’s director Benny Peiser has claimed that it would be “extraordinary anyone should think there is a climate crisis”, while the group has also expressed the view that carbon dioxide has been mis-characterised as pollution, when in fact it is a “benefit to the planet”.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 17, 2025

Gas cars pollute our communities, make us sick and increase healthcare costs while EVs are much cheaper to maintain, said Green. Gas-powered cars release a range of toxic air pollutants which impact our immediate health. Recent reporting by DeSmog further highlights that Cenovus funded astroturfing groups that opposed climate laws.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Key players in California energy politics. Successes that have inspired women to get involved in politics. Mary Hughes , a longtime political strategist, is president of Hughes & Co., a strategic communications and political consulting firm in Palo Alto. The post Politics and You ! REGISTER. ?

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2021

A Swiss law that would have taxed polluters for their emissions and used the revenue to offer public healthcare rebates and fund climate solutions was narrowly defeated in a national referendum over the weekend in what has been dubbed a cautionary tale for policymakers around the world looking to implement carbon pricing policies.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2024

In Colorado, fossil fuel interests are vigorously opposing legislative bills meant to clean up the state’s heavily polluted air. When lobbying firms represent both the polluter and the people experiencing pollution, it represents a pretty clear conflict of interest,” he said.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 11, 2024

The GWPF’s director Benny Peiser has suggested it would be “extraordinary anyone should think there is a climate crisis”, while the group has also expressed the view that carbon dioxide has been mis-characterised as pollution, when in fact it is a “benefit to the planet”. DeSmog has previously revealed that the Conservative Party received £3.5

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Front And Centered

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Elections are a critical component of our work to move what’s politically possible towards what we really need: a Just Transition. It also made law out of the climate investment framework we co-created in I-1631 and put real money behind it. The Climate Commitment Act (CCA) was a landmark policy.

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Sustainability Consulting

JULY 21, 2021

Everyone loves a good TED Talk, here’s one of our favorites: Educating and empowering women and girls is one of the most important things we can do to confront carbon pollution and could result in a reduction of 80 tons of CO2 equivalent emissions says Omani scientist, activist, and athlete Rumaithat Al Busaidi in her compelling TED Talk.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

New analysis suggests three million working days a year are lost to air pollution. The research, conducted by CBI Economics and funded by the Clean Air Fund, suggests three million working days a year are currently lost due to the impact of air pollution on public health.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Were it ever to secure planning approval and raise the necessary finance the project would require the demolition of hundreds of homes, the rerouting of the busiest corner of the UK's busiest motorway, and some kind of quasi-magical mechanism for complying with air and noise pollution rules.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 23, 2021

This expert panel came together in direct response to a growing political appetite for real answers to the climate and ecological crisis.”. None of our international laws protect the environment as an end in itself and that’s what the crime of ecocide does,” Sands added. This would close the door on “the old polluting ways”, she said.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 2, 2024

Cas Mudde, a professor specialising in the populist radical right at University of Georgia, says MCC Brussels’ support of protests fits with the eurosceptic agenda of Orbán, whose political director chairs the think tank’s parent group. “The The group described the MCC Brussels gathering as “a hopeful day”.

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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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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Brausch for The Verge Homeowners who want to reduce their carbon footprint by getting rid of polluting appliances have the US government’s full support. The pollution from using a gas heater was also a major concern. Illustration by Nico H. Not so with apartment dwellers. It was a great work-from-home spot,” Spears said.

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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 “Make Polluters Pay” campaign billboard in New York’s Time Square on September 18, 2023. They’re important.”

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 21, 2024

Under a newly proposed law, ads like these could be banned in the state of Pennsylvania. Any legislation that makes it harder for polluters to mislead the public will also make it easier to rapidly shift our economy towards clean energy,” Meisel said.

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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

APRIL 5, 2024

The IEA has extensive influence in politics and the media. Peiser has previously claimed that it would be “extraordinary anyone should think there is a climate crisis”, while the GWPF has expressed the view that carbon dioxide has been mischaracterised as pollution, when in fact it is a “benefit to the planet”.

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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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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Guardian and the Good Law Project also revealed today that EnQuest Heather, a subsidiary of EnQuest, had been awarded a new oil and gas licence. Jolyon Maugham, executive director of the Good Law Project told DeSmog that: “The Electoral Commission records these contributions as donations to the Conservative Party.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

But it also reflects a deeper evolution in the politics of climate change and in the attitude of activists, social scientists, media professionals, and lawyers. Climate-washing frames climate litigation in a new way, and it may be useful to keep polluters in check in relation to climate goals. Pushing for Prevention.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

They argue that the laws will cause a drop in EU food production and lead to widespread economic losses. The European Parliament’s committees are expected to vote on pesticide laws (the “SUR regulation”) from July. But the laws have been the subject of intense lobbying, and have run into growing political resistance.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

In 1971, Eni set up a new company in Rome to study pollution problems called Tecneco. Eni also understood the need to limit fossil fuel pollution decades ago, according to the report. Experts say Big Tobacco and other polluters used the “we need more research ” refrain as a delay tactic.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 29, 2023

Rishi Sunak has confirmed that a fossil fuel-funded think tank helped to draft his government’s laws targeting climate protests. Sunak’s statement yesterday appears to confirm openDemocracy’s allegation that sections of the 2022 law were ‘directly inspired’ by Policy Exchange’s report. million to the party since 2014.

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Front And Centered

MARCH 26, 2024

The following is a statement by the Front and Centered Coalition Leadership regarding I-2117: The campaign to repeal these recently enacted laws represents a reckless and bad faith effort by a wealthy individual and his politics of despair and division to undermine well-intentioned policy for the environment, education, and healthcare.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 19, 2024

The GWPF’s director Benny Peiser has suggested it would be “extraordinary anyone should think there is a climate crisis”, while the group has also expressed the view that carbon dioxide has been mis-characterised as pollution, when in fact it is a “benefit to the planet”. The GWPF and NZW have a number of political ties.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2021

From litter and pollution to overfishing and habitat destruction, today’s unsustainable commercial fishing has a significant negative impact on the oceans’ ecosystems. Further, the shipping industry responsible for transporting seafood near and far has a higher rate of pollution than all but five countries. Use lead-free fishing gear.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 6, 2024

But an October report by the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) and Beyond Plastics found that only 4 out of the 11 chemical recycling facilities that have been built in the U.S. are fully operational — and even if all of them were fully operating, their combined capacity would represent just 1.3

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2024

A DeSmog investigation – compiled in this interactive map – reveals the scale of this network, mapping the connections between oil, gas and coal companies, wealthy political donors, right-wing think tanks, anti-climate media outlets, and senior figures in the ruling Conservative Party. percent (£1.8

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Grist

DECEMBER 16, 2019

By the second day, the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department and the county’s Air Pollution Control District had issued an air-quality warning, and local libraries and nonprofits urged residents to protect themselves from the harmful smoke and ash, offering free N95 respirator masks. According to Emily Williams, a Ph.D.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 7, 2023

Climate change, pollution and extinctions are intensifying, causing instability, displacement and conflict. Political and economic decision-makers often seem powerless, if not complicit. Despite growing pledges to act, greenhouse gas emissions are breaking records. To quote U.N. Our system of governance is reaching its limits.

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