Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell paid no tax in Australia for 2016 Sonali Paul | Reuters | December 7, 2017 Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N Photo Gallery Image Exxon Knew Protest - Photographer 350.org and Chevron Corp CVX.N

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Legal Planet

JUNE 7, 2022

Over the past few years, there has been a push in both Europe and the United States for a “Green New Deal” in which decarbonization efforts would be pushed by aggressive, direct government investments in clean energy technology and infrastructure. Download as PDF. The post Will public power advance decarbonization?

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell paid no tax in Australia for 2016 Sonali Paul | Reuters | December 7, 2017 Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N Photo Gallery Image Exxon Knew Protest - Photographer 350.org and Chevron Corp CVX.N

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Bonomo, who first came to PennFuture as the organization’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in August 2016, has served as the organization’s President and Chief Executive Officer since October of 2017. energy technology policy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil CEO from 2006 to 2016. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) Rose asked Tillerson open-ended questions on a range of subjects, including climate change and national energy policy. But in nearly every instance, Rose listened politely, refrained from challenging Tillerson on the facts, and went on to his next question.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

War in Ukraine Likely to Speed, Not Slow, Shift to Clean Energy, I.E.A. Learn more about voting policies and rights in your state and register to vote at Rock the Vote , a nonprofit dedicated to engaging young people in politics. Humans are decimating wildlife, report warns ahead of U.N. biodiversity talks – Mongabay.

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Cresforum

JULY 17, 2020

The “fly-in” – being held virtually this year – will stress to conservative lawmakers the economic benefits of the clean energy sector at a time when the country needs an economic boost and Americans need jobs. Since the introduction of the Green New Deal last year, Republicans have staunchly opposed the politically unviable proposal.

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Legal Planet

JULY 28, 2022

The big news today is the deal with Manchin to provide billions of dollars of funding for clean energy. There’s people living in Livingston Parish, for example, flooded in 2016, whose lives — everything in their life was destroyed,” he said. In contrast, funding for climate resilience has drawing power even for Republicans.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Economics is a vital link in any political system as there is a need to provide employment and funding for public services and investment and to ensure markets function. Energy Conservation. We live in an age of dwindling fossil fuels and inaction on renewable energy. Conservation Economics. Conservation Movement.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 24, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen President Biden used Earth Day to ramp up his administrations commitment on tackling climate change, protecting the environment and investing in clean energy technologies. Biden said: “I will put tens of thousands of young people to work at the forefront of our climate resilience and clean energy future.”

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Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2021

Because of this decentralization in energy policy, it’s hard to see the complete picture. While by no means exhaustive, the information that I collected helps tell the story of energy policy on the ground across America during the Trump Administration from 2016-2020. This led to progressive policies in unlikely places.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Glasgow — Today at COP26, Canada, US, Mali, UK, and 20 other countries and institutions from both developed and developing countries launched a joint statement committing to end direct international public finance for unabated coal, oil and gas by the end of 2022 and prioritize clean energy finance.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

But Breakthrough Energy calculated that the cost of new transmission, distribution, and storage would be $1.5 25] And that amount does not include the costs associated with local and state political opposition. Market impacts of a nuclear power plant closure,” American Economic Journal, Applied Economics , 2016, p. trillion. [25]

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Setting federal clean air policy aside, there are modest victories to celebrate for the United States clean energy transition. strongly assisted by low natural gas prices and competition in wholesale energy markets. clean energy industry is humming. Energy Information Administration, 2018 will also see.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule repealing the Clean Power Plan and finalizing the final Affordable Clean Energy rule in its place. The court dismissed the proceedings 11 days after the effective date of the U.S. West Virginia v. 15-1363 et al. Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act. filed Sept.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 28, 2024

The group is behind expensive media campaigns to defeat legislation that would protect communities from harmful emissions resulting from oil and gas extraction, and incorrectly blames high gas prices in California on state politics. A Chevron 2023 report says the company lobbies “ethically, constructively and in a nonpartisan manner.”

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

In an unpublished decision, the Ninth Circuit said its 2016 opinion reversing a district court’s striking down of the listing of the bearded seal adjudicated the same issues and was the controlling law of the circuit. California Federal Court Ordered Publication of Obama-Era Energy Conservation Standards in Federal Register.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Those who have been historically left behind and suffered the brunt of environmental disaster and climate damage should be the ones who make decisions about what a worldwide energy infrastructure should look like. Lois Bower-Bjornson is the Southwestern Pennsylvania field organizer with the Clean Air Council.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

Since then, EPA has consistently regulated GHG emissions from motor vehicles, although the scope of EPA’s GHG emissions regulations has been the subject of a political tug-of-war. entered into more than 70 contracts to procure renewable energy, totaling more than 13,000 megawatts. Last year, local governments in the U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2023

Earlier in his political career, Bettencourt served as Republican House Majority Leader, and as the public face of the conservative agenda in the state’s House of Representatives. Bettencourt, encouraged New Hampshire residents to go out and buy flood insurance. We can make a difference.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The package does nothing to invest in proven and inexpensive clean energy technologies, nor is it a comprehensive economic strategy for the state. Meanwhile, these giveaways are a polluter’s dream come true. Rather, this is slapdash industrial policy at its worst that will perpetuate Pennsylvania’s addiction to fossil fuels.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Several factors¾including the effects of the economic recession, shifts in energy markets from coal to natural gas and renewable energy sources, and carbon pollution mitigation and clean energy programs like renewable portfolio standards¾have been identified as principal drivers of these reductions. [2]. 5, 2016), [link].

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

United States: Hundreds of Tesla Workers Walk Off Job in Nevada Labor Dispute NBC News | February 29, 2016 Hundreds of union construction workers walked off the job at Tesla Motors' battery manufacturing plant in northern Nevada on Monday to protest what union organizers say is the increased hiring of out-of-state workers for less pay.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

United States: Hundreds of Tesla Workers Walk Off Job in Nevada Labor Dispute NBC News | February 29, 2016 Hundreds of union construction workers walked off the job at Tesla Motors' battery manufacturing plant in northern Nevada on Monday to protest what union organizers say is the increased hiring of out-of-state workers for less pay.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

United States: Hundreds of Tesla Workers Walk Off Job in Nevada Labor Dispute NBC News | February 29, 2016 Hundreds of union construction workers walked off the job at Tesla Motors' battery manufacturing plant in northern Nevada on Monday to protest what union organizers say is the increased hiring of out-of-state workers for less pay.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

United States: Hundreds of Tesla Workers Walk Off Job in Nevada Labor Dispute NBC News | February 29, 2016 Hundreds of union construction workers walked off the job at Tesla Motors' battery manufacturing plant in northern Nevada on Monday to protest what union organizers say is the increased hiring of out-of-state workers for less pay.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 11, 2023

United States: Hundreds of Tesla Workers Walk Off Job in Nevada Labor Dispute NBC News | February 29, 2016 Hundreds of union construction workers walked off the job at Tesla Motors' battery manufacturing plant in northern Nevada on Monday to protest what union organizers say is the increased hiring of out-of-state workers for less pay.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 1, 2023

United States: Hundreds of Tesla Workers Walk Off Job in Nevada Labor Dispute NBC News | February 29, 2016 Hundreds of union construction workers walked off the job at Tesla Motors' battery manufacturing plant in northern Nevada on Monday to protest what union organizers say is the increased hiring of out-of-state workers for less pay.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

United States: Hundreds of Tesla Workers Walk Off Job in Nevada Labor Dispute NBC News | February 29, 2016 Hundreds of union construction workers walked off the job at Tesla Motors' battery manufacturing plant in northern Nevada on Monday to protest what union organizers say is the increased hiring of out-of-state workers for less pay.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2023

Lauren Connelly, of the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce , noted in April of 2022 the Allegheny Conference released a report outlining how accelerating decarbonization and a transition to clean energy sources are critical to the future competitiveness of the Pittsburgh Region. Read more here. We’ll have to wait and see.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit Decision Vacating Affordable Clean Energy Rule. Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com. .

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HumanNature

JANUARY 20, 2022

Student in the Department of Political Science at Colorado State University How climate change offers opportunities to revitalize and reconnect with rural communities Rural voices are increasingly lamented as forgotten and unacknowledged. The politics of resentment?: This feeling is not untrue. Climate.gov. link] Cramer.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

But, as you noted, despite all the groundwork leading up to the 2015 rule, the Clean Power Plan was immediately challenged, and in 2016—before it went into effect—the Supreme Court stayed the rule. It sets a framework for states and utilities across the country to fully reckon with their power plants’ carbon emissions.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017. 34-2016-CR-00187 (N.D. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a motion by a truck trailer manufacturers trade group to stay the final rule adopted by the U.S. Republican National Committee , No.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

Yaw did not mention renewable energy in this announcement.] Yaw noted the IEO would be modeled after Pennsylvania’s Independent Fiscal Office , which was created by Act 120 of 2010, and Act 100 of 2016. So it seems to me, and I love it when people say, oh, well by 2035 we're going to have totally clean energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

To maintain leverage on Capitol Hill, Koch Industries ’ political action committee (PAC), affiliates and employees also contribute significantly more to federal candidates, party committees, outside groups, leadership PACs and 527 groups than their counterparts at BP America , Chevron , ExxonMobil or Shell. Decades of Disinformation.

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