DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2023

Elite law schools in the United States are disproportionately funneling their students into jobs serving fossil fuel clients, according to a new report published Thursday. LSCA, an organization of law students working to hold the legal sector accountable for its role in the climate crisis, has previously scrutinized the top ranked U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

In September 2021, the WHO noticeably reduced its yearly average PM (Particulate Matter) guideline values to 5 µg/m3, and in March, the UK government announced a consultation on new target levels for air pollutants to be included in the Environment Act, including a reduction in the PM2.5 target to 10 µg/m3 by 2040. Particulates and health.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

This is what experts refer to as a prime example of corporate greenwashing. According to Johnathan White, lawyer and expert on corporate climate accountability at environmental law charity ClientEarth, this is because sustainability communication has “gone through the roof,” especially over the past five years.

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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 29, 2019

government passing a new law that will require automakers to sell a growing percentage of electric vehicles in the province: “British Columbians are excited about electric cars and the chance to cut both their fuel costs and pollution. Not only do electric cars help cut pollution and clean up the air we breathe, in B.C.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

European law-makers are due to vote on a revised renewable energy directive next week, part of the EU’s Green New Deal to slash carbon emissions by 55 percent by 2030. The article misleadingly refers to a report of ours, which [lists] emergency measures governments *could* turn to *if* Russia cuts off all gas to the EU this winter.

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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.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 4, 2021

Only a handful of super emitters are responsible for an enormous amount of the methane pollution in the Permian basin, according to a new study. The solutions to this major source of pollution have been known for quite a while, said David Spence, a business professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law.

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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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Charged

JANUARY 24, 2025

It opened in 1948 as New York International Airport, although it was typically referred to then as Idlewild. Noise pollution – EVs are much quieter than their non-electric counterparts and lessen the impact of noise pollution on the health of airport workers.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Those and other provisions in Virginia’s sweeping Clean Economy Act now face political uncertainty, though policy experts predict that much of the 2020 law will be able to withstand a partisan challenge thanks to Democrats’ narrow control of the state Senate. The result of the two laws has been a flood of renewable energy projects.

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Grist

AUGUST 12, 2021

While that might seem like a no-brainer to some, it’s a finding that could have big implications for lawsuits seeking to hold polluters accountable for disaster damages. We’re citing the hell out of it,” said Pat Parenteau, a law professor at Vermont Law School.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The plastics and petrochemical industries’ latest purported solution to the plastic pollution crisis – chemical or “advanced” recycling – is essentially a public relations and marketing strategy designed to distract from the urgent need to curb plastic production, a new report contends.

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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.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Speaking to The Guardian , Ruth Chambers of the Greener UK coalition referred to “ongoing concerns” about the fact that the OEP’s budget and board will be decided at ministerial level, and that we might end up with “weaker legal status for environmental principles”. Plastic waste ban: A red herring?

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

That’s what these people in these positions are paid to do”, she says, referring to trade associations such as the IMS and AAA. We just have too many animals,” Dragsdahl says, referring to Denmark’s colossal livestock population. For Jacquet, though, such promises are little more than reputation management. Meat Industry Playbook.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2021

Dr Steve Mahon, CEO of Mura Technology, said: “We are at the tipping point of an environmental catastrophe – it’s time to seize the initiative and put an end to plastic pollution across the world. iii) Plastic Oceans UK – Key Facts on Plastic Pollution / Plastic Oceans: The facts. (iv) Science Advances Research article.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2022

Annual publication of this data is a requirement of the Environment Act – which passed into law in November 2021. The Act also requires the Government to develop a Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan, to be presented to parliament in September 2022, setting out how they’re going to stop sewage pollution. Map reference.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2022

To top it all off, funding for the Canadian Energy Centre comes directly from the province’s tax on industrial polluters. The province earlier set aside a budget of $80 million for the Canadian Energy Centre in its 2019 Budget, paid for by climate taxes on the province’s biggest polluters.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MAY 30, 2024

The Tribunal confirmed that States party to UNCLOS must take measures to prevent marine pollution caused by climate change, on top of their obligations under the Paris Agreement. Davies , Sophie J. Lamb KC , Michael D. Those that fail to do so face the risk of future UNCLOS proceedings.

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Charged

JUNE 19, 2023

The benefits of new technology generally flow downward from the top of the income ladder, and lower-income communities tend to be the most affected by pollution and environmental damage. The Spanish term raitero refers to the practice of neighbors providing rides to community members in need.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2024

When Royal Dutch Shell lost a landmark climate lawsuit in The Netherlands, climate advocates said the Dutch court’s ruling put polluters and their financiers on notice. C target,” the letter asserts, referring to the Paris Agreement’s more ambitious climate objective. Since that agreement’s adoption in December 2015, ING has issued 83.2

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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

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: Meta Ad Library Angus’ legislation draws inspiration from a 1997 law restricting tobacco marketing.

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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. We need to support the rule of law and human rights around the world because we are world leaders. We are committed to a real plan that’s going to take on the biggest polluters.

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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

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.”. Under the Emissions Trading System (ETS) all major polluters must submit an annual report declaring how much carbon dioxide they emitted that year.

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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. Two years later, Policy Exchange published a report entitled “Extremism Rebellion”, in reference to the environmental protest group, calling for the police and the government to clamp down on eco protests.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The major polluter has a 19 percent share in Clair, an offshore oil field west of Shetland that holds an estimated eight million barrels of oil. None of the speakers on the panel referred to the major role of fossil fuels in bringing about global heating. Together with industry, they account for 90 percent of all global CO2 emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 24, 2021

Images and video of methane leaks have been increasingly commonplace in places like the Permian basin, where environmental group Earthworks has extensively documented rampant methane leaks at drilling sites, drawing attention to a vast source of once-overlooked climate pollution. La Spezia, Italy, near Cinque Terre.

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AutoGrid

AUGUST 25, 2022

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law last week, is a boon for virtual power plants ( VPPs )–a term commonly used to refer to the ability of digital software platforms to aggregate and optimize distributed energy resources ( DER ) through the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The new law never mentions VPPs.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 16, 2020

But it’s also meant to drive economic development and reduce pollution in low-income and disadvantaged communities, with half of its funds designated for projects in those areas. That provides a frame of reference for how many could be installed with the new funding, spokesperson Lindsay Buckley said in an email.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 28, 2023

MAG “ fiercely opposes ” next month’s expansion of London’s flagship anti-pollution measure, the ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ), and claims to have played a “key” role in April’s anti-ULEZ demonstrations held in central London.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Analysis of data from campaign group BankTrack finds that eight of the banks represented at the summit have continued to finance highly polluting coal, oil and gas through commercial and investment banking in the five years since the Paris Agreement was reached to pursue efforts to limit global warming to 1.5C. billion to £3.5

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The report refers to this gap between PR and real climate commitments as “climate-washing,” and gives the example of fossil fuel companies and major polluters that adopt communication strategies to create the perception that their activities are part of the solution to climate change, rather than the primary cause.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

pollution or on managing regulations and compliance. They typically define programs, products, processes and policies that reduce energy consumption, conserve water, minimize waste, encourage reuse of materials and reduce pollution output. In some instances, air quality engineers may design or modify pollution-control equipment.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 2, 2021

E looks to reduce a company’s energy use , waste , and pollution while helping to protect natural resources through conservation. Following the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference , commonly referred to as COP26, the agenda was set for the participating 23 countries to work to reach net-zero by 2030. ESG Benefits.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The energy produced by solar panels is pollution-free which many solar-powered homeowners would agree are their loveliest feature. Do your research and get references. 3) “ Solar is a scam.”. Common sense could tell you this is just plain wrong. You just need to make sure you are hiring a top-rated solar installer.

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