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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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Read time: 17 mins This story is a part of Covering Climate Now’s week of coverage focused on stories with the theme of 'climate politics'. The groups represent industries worth billions of dollars, and are supported by some of the world’s largest polluters. .

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

What Ahoskie got was approximately 50 direct jobs, local tree loss, noise , heavy traffic, air pollution, and combustible dust from wood drying and processing that threatens their health and enjoyment of their homes. Clean Air Act, and even exceeds regulation standards in controlling air pollution at its facilities. . “We

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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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Business Green

AUGUST 25, 2022

Wildlife charity RSPB has urged Tory leadership candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to "urgently" commit to protecting nature laws, claiming that recent anti-regulation rhetoric from both candidates could jeopardise the UK's nature protection goals.

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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

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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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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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

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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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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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

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

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The Chancery Law Project is bringing together all sections of the legal profession to try and drill climate action into contracts, regulation and national laws. Effective contracts can provide a legal framework to drive climate action and cut emissions without waiting for policymakers to pass laws.

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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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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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DeSmogBlog

MAY 17, 2024

More than 100 of Poilievre’s anti-environmental votes came from opposing amendments and challenges brought forward by May and other opposition MPs attempting to lessen the bill’s pollution and climate impacts, according to records reviewed by DeSmog. But we don’t have a credible climate plan now from the Liberals.”

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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

MAY 14, 2024

One of the major backers of broadcaster GB News is now employing a leading right-wing lobbying company that has ties to polluting interests. CT Group was founded by political consultant and lobbyist Lynton Crosby in 2002. Hiring CT Group appears to be the latest attempt by the Legatum Group to expand its political influence.

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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 8, 2024

Policy Exchange has been credited by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for helping to draft laws that have cracked down on climate protests, and has in the past received money from the oil and gas major ExxonMobil. Polluters are given allowances that allow them to emit only a set quota of carbon; if they exceed their allowances they can be fined.

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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

JULY 22, 2024

Global meat and dairy giants are investing just a fraction of their revenues into cutting emissions despite being among the world’s largest polluters, according to new estimates. The report found that the industry had instead used “extraordinary political access” to push back against nature-friendly laws. In the U.S.,

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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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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

But climate targets alone, even if they are enshrined in law, won't get us to net zero. These are bold commitments that demonstrate the UK can take the lead on issues of environmental protection.

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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

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The rights to life, health, food and water, cultural rights and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment are being violated and will continue to be violated, and the rule of law will continue to be undermined, unless the ISDS system is eliminated,” Boyd reports. Boyd is calling on states to reform or leave these treaties.

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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

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

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

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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