GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

The term "resilience" can be applied to a vast array of natural, built and social systems and refers to the ability to recover function following a significant, potentially unpredictable disruption. Large corporate energy buyers and utilities, in particular, hold the opportunity to build better and make things right. On resilience.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 12, 2021

I’m an investigative journalist and I’d been arrested twice in 2018, both times for allegedly trespassing on what’s known as “critical infrastructure,” a felony under a then-new Louisiana law that — at the urging of the oil and gas industry — redefined pipelines and their construction sites as critical infrastructure. (In In the U.S.,

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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 By having a reference air quality station on site at its Centre of Excellence in Braintree, Alphasense works with its customers to validate what they do.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MARCH 18, 2025

Background The CWA regulates the discharge of pollutants into the waters of the United States, which refers to bodies of water, including rivers, lakes, streams, and wetlands, that are subject to federal regulation under the CWA for the purpose of protecting water quality. the California Porter-Cologne Water Quality Act).

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Energy Central

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The Stefan-Boltzmann Law in physics enables us to determine not only the outward radiative flux from a body at a certain temperature, but also the maximum equilibrium temperature that any given single source of radiation could achieve in a target. There are online calculators such as here to which you may wish to refer.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

laws and regulations as of May 2021, and incorporates existing international laws. Energy Information Administration modeling forecasts increasing global energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions through 2050. The EIA released the International Energy Outlook 2021 on Wednesday , which makes assumptions based on U.S.

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Energy Central

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Second Law of Thermodynamics correctly stated reads: "In a natural thermodynamic process the sum of the entropies of the interacting thermodynamic systems never decreases."

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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. billion in the deal.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 27, 2020

Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Ohio doesn’t name FirstEnergy, referring instead to “Company A” and other unnamed subsidiaries. The affidavit filed by the U.S.

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Energy Central

APRIL 7, 2022

What is the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law? Additionally, there can be bit of confusion over the various names for the law—when the bill was originally being negotiated, it was referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework (BIF); this framework eventually became the.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

The EA’s downbeat appraisal made frequent reference to Southern Water’s record-breaking £90 million fine announced in early July, for sewage discharges believed to have caused significant damage to ecosystems along coastlines including that near the mouth of the Solent, pictured (image credit: James Stringer , CC BY-NC 2.0

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Grist

AUGUST 12, 2021

We’re citing the hell out of it,” said Pat Parenteau, a law professor at Vermont Law School. He’s paying attention to ongoing cases in California, where strong tort laws — a branch of laws that govern remedies for civil wrongs — could help cities like San Mateo and Oakland win cases against big polluters like Chevron.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Richard Smith, a partner at legal firm Sandstone Law, commented: “Contributing to the fight against climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions is, for many, another cost that is hard to bear, even if they want to reduce the carbon footprints of their businesses.

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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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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Senate Bill 253, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act ( SB 253 ), and Senate Bill 261, the Greenhouse Gases: Climate-Related Financial Risk Act ( SB 261 ), were signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom in October 2023 and amended by the more recent Senate Bill 219 ( SB 219 ). ↩︎ See Bolger v.

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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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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MARCH 3, 2025

3) Revisions to the CSDDD a) Timing and Scope The Omnibus further proposes changes to the CSDDD, the EUs human rights and environmental due diligence law that was adopted by the EU in June 2024 and is due to apply from July 2027. Following adoption, the amendments are published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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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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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MAY 30, 2024

While the Tribunal’s opinion addresses only the potential liability of States, it will likely be referred to by claimants in the increasing number of actions brought against companies. The Tribunal’s opinion may also have wider implications for companies facing climate change-related actions.

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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. Nonetheless, given the law of variable constants and proportions, it is likely that on rareor perhaps not so rareoccasions, some EVs will receive 100% solar energy.

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Solar Power World

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Law firm Wigdor LLP has brought another class-action lawsuit against New Jersey-based solar installer Momentum Solar. A former employee in the company’s call center, who is black, has alleged that management frequently referred to him by racial slurs, and was shortly terminated after filing a complaint.

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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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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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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

As an alternative to landfill, which is due to be phased out, the GAYA chain is positioned as the channel of reference for making use of non-recyclable waste to produce a storable renewable gas, which can substitute for natural gas and as such has multiple end uses, in sectors such as sustainable mobility, industry and the tertiary sector.

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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. A Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grant paid for 30 charging stations placed strategically around the town. Other inventive models for EV ride-sharing are popping up around the country.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 2, 2024

The poster – an advert for the country’s radical right party Lega per Salvini Premier – refers to a conspiracy theory that has swept across Italy in the last 18 months. On the right, are the words, “Let’s Change Europe before it changes us” – and the dates of the upcoming elections.

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Energy Central

MARCH 17, 2025

An appropriate topic for any discussion of lawfare, whether lawsuits alleging violation of existing laws or legislation leading to new law, is the issue of standards of evidence. Standards of evidence refer to the amount of evidence or certainty required to prove a fact or claim in legal cases.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 18, 2021

Hawaii passed a law requiring 100 percent renewable electricity by 2045; that requires shutting down fossil fueled plants and replacing them with suitable alternatives. 2020 has been a period of great enlightenment among utilities with respect to behind-the-meter energy storage," Khan said, referring to batteries located on customer property.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 6, 2021

That high level of interest by developers “was very robust and possibly beyond initial expectations” when the laws were passed, said Dan Burgess, director of the Governor’s Energy Office. “I The laws mostly paved the way for new solar generation development.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

When Murphy won and took office, he signed sweeping clean energy legislation in May 2018 that turned his goals into law. Murphy's campaign platform, and the law, included something quite radical at the time: the goal of 600 megawatts of energy storage by 2021 and 2,000 megawatts by 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 27, 2020

These three laws provide lessons for other states interested in accelerating the transition to a cheaper, cleaner grid. All three laws enable using bonds for refinancing unpaid investment in coal-fired power plants upon early plant retirements. As coal collapses, securitization could rescue utilities and their consumers.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 2, 2021

That high level of interest by developers “was very robust and possibly beyond initial expectations” when the laws were passed, said Dan Burgess, director of the Governor’s Energy Office. “I The laws mostly paved the way for new solar generation development.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2021

It also provides law enforcement colleagues with the ability to review any future investigations from a scientifically supported and evidence-based approach.”. Reference: Hull, K. “I hope that this new analysis provides some comfort to the owners who previously believed that their beloved pets had been targeted maliciously.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 3, 2024

Unlike other vehicular components that might bear serial numbers or unique identifiers, catalytic converters are generally anonymous once detached, making them difficult for law enforcement to trace back to a specific crime. Article References: Winton R. National Insurance Crime Bureau. Report the theft immediately to the police.

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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. They’re important.”

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2021

The steam acts like molecular scissors, cutting longer-chain hydrocarbon bonds in plastics to produce the valuable chemicals and oils from which the plastic was originally made… Most recycling today uses mechanical methods that can degrade the quality of the plastics – a process often referred to as ‘down-cycling’. Geyer, J.R.

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