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Fighting Climate Change and Unhealthy Air, California Wants to Electrify Trucks, Too

Union of Concerned Scientists

This is an integral step towards cleaning our air and reducing climate-warming emissions. California’s fleet of commercial trucks and buses is responsible for an outsized impact on air quality and climate change. For example, 10 percent of vehicles added to fleets in “Group 1” in 2025 must be zero-emissions.

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The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: What Happens Now?

Law Columbia

Photo by Mathias Reding on Unsplash Climate change litigation has finally reached the world’s highest court. On March 29, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the obligations of States with respect to climate change.

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Electric Vehicle Sales Continue to Grow, Despite What Some Automakers Are Saying

Union of Concerned Scientists

That’s not just what I think, it’s not just what is required to slow climate change, it’s what many of the world’s automakers have publicly stated. However, most of the automakers making the switch are offering adaptors next year and making the hardware change with model year 2025 vehicles. The future of cars is electric.

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Nestlé commits more than $1B to coffee sustainability amid climate change concerns

Environmental News Bits

Nestlé, which previously vowed to source all its coffee sustainably by 2025, also plans to get 20% of its coffee sourced from regenerative agricultural methods by 2025. Half … Continue reading Nestlé commits more than $1B to coffee sustainability amid climate change concerns.

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What Fixed Charges on Your Electric Bill Could Mean for Charging an EV in California

Union of Concerned Scientists

Prompted by a state law, California’s utility regulator has proposed to change the way electricity is billed by adding a fixed monthly charge to all rate plans and making a corresponding reduction to the cost for each unit of electricity used. Making sure that EVs are cheaper to recharge will help make that possible.

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Whitepaper: Devising a Roadmap to Meet Corporate ESG Goals: Clock is Ticking to 2025

Capaccio

Two main pillars are the pressing demands brought by climate change and a heightened public and regulatory scrutiny toward environmental justice. In response to these demands, many organizations created ambitious goals for 2025 and 2030 and now the deadlines to show results are fast approaching. .

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SEC Final Rule on Climate Change and GHG Disclosure

Greenbuilding Law

The Final Rule, in another change from that proposed, permits a business to hire non auditor assurance providers, which will allow other than just the Big 4 and other large accounting firms to report on climate change and calculate GHG emissions.