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California Coastal Commission Concurs With BOEM’s Consistency Determination for Morro Bay WEA

Clean Energy Law

In the first half of 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has moved swiftly toward the first offshore wind lease sales in California , currently anticipated to occur in the fall. BOEM has identified a total of five proposed leases across two areas — the Humboldt Wind Energy Area (WEA) and the Morro Bay WEA.

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Commercial PACE: Filing the Financing Gap for GHG Reductions in Commercial Building

Greenbuilding Law

Commercial properties account for a significant portion of global emissions, making it crucial to find innovative ways to fund energy efficiency upgrades to those existing buildings. The webinar is complimentary, but you must register here.

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ESG Often Led by Renewable Energy

Greenbuilding Law

As opposed to the renewable energy portfolio standards adopted for utilities in many U.S. When in a geographic area where it is available, we strongly encourage the purchase of Green-e off site renewable energy. The not for profit is a trusted independent third party verifier in clean energy certification.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The court stated: “Plaintiffs’ claims for public nuisance, though pled as state-law claims, depend on a global complex of geophysical cause and effect involving all nations of the planet (and the oceans and atmosphere). It demands to be governed by as universal a rule of apportioning responsibility as is available.” filed Feb.

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Policy News: July 27, 2021

ESA

billion for climate and clean energy-related research. This includes research about atmospheric composition, water and carbon cycles, computational modeling of climate systems, renewable energy technologies, materials sciences, and social, behavior and economic research on human responses to climate change.

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Special Policy News #7: The Transition

ESA

The Trump orders were “found to be inconsistent with, or present obstacles to, the policy set forth in” President Joe Biden’s January executive order directing agencies to focus on combating climate change and bolster clean energy jobs, the secretarial order states. “I NSF – Advisory Committee for Polar Programs Meeting (Apr.

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Policy News: May 17, 2021

ESA

Senate Commerce Committee: The Committee voted to advance the Bolstering Long-term Understanding and Exploration of the Great Lakes, Oceans, Bays and Estuaries (BLUE GLOBE) Act ( S. Spain approves ‘milestone’ clean energy climate bill – Al Jazeera. 140 ), which is sponsored by Sens. Federal Register Opportunities. Justice Dept.

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