Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 1, 2023

Read the full story at Retail Dive. Alongside others pursuing sustainable manufacturing, Walmart partnered with Rubi Laboratories, a San Francisco-based biotech company, to introduce carbon capture technology in its supply chain and experiment with garments made from captured carbon emissions, the retailer announced Thursday.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The Legislature also increased efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions with the passage of Assembly Bill 1279 and Senate Bill 1020, setting net zero emissions targets and renewable energy and zero-carbon targets for California retail electricity sales. None of the amendments, however, more broadly limit CEQA’s reach.

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E2 Law Blog

JANUARY 13, 2022

7428) would require fashion retailers and manufacturers to disclose environmental and social due diligence policies and allows citizen lawsuits to enforce the terms of the proposed legislation. Covered retailers would be required to disclose their due diligence practices on their website within a year of enactment of the bill.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 19, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently developing a regulation to reduce climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from trucks, known as the Phase 3 GHG standards, which would in theory result in increased adoption of electric trucks.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

On average, GreenChill food retailers maintain emissions rates that are approximately half the industry average. This is roughly equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions from consuming over 11 billion gallons of gasoline. supermarkets, or over 13,000 stores. Click Here for the complete release.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 6, 2022

It would raise the cost of electricity for 5 million retail power customers, increase greenhouse gas emissions associated with electricity generation, and eliminate key grid-support services that hydropower provides. More coal and natural gas will certainly increase greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector. But how much?

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The company attributed the decline to an increase in renewable electricity at both retail and production units, improving energy efficiency in its … Continue reading Ikea makes strides in reducing carbon footprint, attributes progress to clean energy initiatives

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. SB 6 and AB 2011 enable residential development in zones where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Home improvement retailer Lowe’s announced today a series of new climate commitments, including a goal to achieve net zero emissions across its value chain by 2050. Read the full story at ESG Today.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 29, 2023

Public utility commissions are tasked with designing retail electricity rates that allow utilities to cover their costs and ensure that customers receive reliable and affordable electricity service. Not unreasonably impair incentives for conservation, energy efficiency, and beneficial electrification and greenhouse gas emissions reduction.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 2, 2022

At the other end of the spectrum, a recent poll of “retail” investors—individuals with investments such as mutual funds or stocks—found that 70 percent support the SEC requiring corporate climate-risk disclosure. Take the oil and gas industry.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 14, 2022

It would raise the cost of electricity for 5 million retail power customers, increase greenhouse gas emissions associated with alternate sources of electricity generation, and eliminate key grid-support services that hydropower provides.

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Cresforum

AUGUST 2, 2021

Considering recent summer and winter weather-induced blackouts, accomplishing this critical goal while reducing carbon emissions and maintaining affordable electricity prices is challenging states, regulators, investor-owned utilities, and retail power providers alike.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The AEPS program, which began in 2005, requires that 18 percent of electric power provided through retail sale in Pennsylvania comes from qualified alternative and renewable energy sources.

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CEQA Developments

JUNE 8, 2023

The 15% VMT reduction threshold for residential and retail projects from the prior version of the 2022 Guidelines (also addressed in the May 2, 2022 blog post) remains in place. BAAQMD does acknowledge, however, that consistency with a local greenhouse gas reduction strategy per CEQA Guidelines section 15183.5(b)

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Online retailer Shein plans to cut emissions across its supply chain by 25% by 2030, the company announced in September. Read the full story at Supply Chain Dive. The targets are among the first public steps to cut carbon emissions for the company, which has become a formidable player in the U.S. fast fashion market.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2022

His research will take place in both outdoor fields as well as in the farm’s 40,000-square-feet, state-of-the-art, soil-based greenhouses. Pocono Organics’ USDA certified organic CBD products are made with ROC hemp and are available both online and in-store at numerous regional retailers. We are so proud to be partners with them.”

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 11, 2024

The shift will cut down on greenhouse gas emissions, with recycling taking fewer resources and requiring less energy … Continue reading Pandora changes metal supply to recycled gold and silver

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Brag

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

According to EPA, many of the organizations being recognized are working to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and combat the climate crisis. For example, several winners offer products with concentrated formulas that reduce water consumption and plastic use. Many of these businesses are owned and operated by immigrant entrepreneurs.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 16, 2022

“Our partnership with ESMC and CIF will support the delivery of carbon- and water-smart commodities to our many retail customers while strengthening farm operations and bolstering rural economies across our region.” ESMC is targeting up to 500,000 acres enrollment in 2022 with its market program launch, Eco-Harvest.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 24, 2017

We can, and thus ought to, curb the effects by releasing less greenhouse gasses (GHGs). The utility pays the retail rate plus any other adders for excess generation. The customer is paid the retail rate—about. The retail rate is. new distributed generation with the retail rate, this method seeks to. previous post.

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Acoel

MAY 11, 2022

They also note that carbon released from disturbed peatlands represents about 5% of global anthropomorphic greenhouse gas emissions. government proposal to end retail sale of peat for horticultural use in England and Wales. Peatlands range from the treeless blanket bogs of Scotland to forested tropical swamps in the Congo.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 2, 2017

Walmart, the largest retailer in the world, made headlines recently as it launched its Project Gigaton , an effort to help its supply chain go green and cut by a billion metric tons its carbon footprint. . But Walmart is willing to cut its many suppliers greenhouse gases emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 2, 2021

The company also provided incremental incentives and appreciation pay to its front-line workers in manufacturing and retail workers globally, enhanced its facilities with new safety equipment to allow for physical distancing and procured personal protective equipment (PPE) and hand sanitizer for employees and suppliers alike.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2022

And it helps lower greenhouse gas emissions to slow climate change and its negative effects.” Fifteen projects are in the Philadelphia region, including projects at Drexel University; Esperanza College; 990 Spring Garden, a retail/maker/office space; the Tower Place and Coventry House residential buildings, and others.

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Ocean Conservancy

JULY 21, 2022

GGGI also co-hosted a side event and panel in the SDG media zone, and announced at a plenary session that Walmart, the largest retailer in the world, has become a member of the GGGI. The team called attention to the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) movement to make gear marking mandatory.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2022

A clean energy standard requires a percent of retail electricity sales to come from low and zero-carbon electricity sources. The AEPS requires a certain percentage of energy purchased by utility companies for use by Pennsylvania consumers to fall under designated tiers of energy.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Protecting wildlife habitat and farmland, tackling greenhouse gas emissions, leveling environmental injustice and fixing housing shortages all depend on this type of development. Creating retail spaces in neighborhoods is important to realize the latter objective. Answer: Creating viable new retail spaces (e.g.,

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Vermont Law

JUNE 28, 2016

Food waste is a potent source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Methane accounts for 10% of anthropogenic, or human caused, greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. In fact, food waste accounts for 7% of greenhouse gas emissions around the world, with each ton of wasted food producing 3.8 By Bonnie Smith.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 21, 2013

On August 21, CCCL released a new white paper that evaluates the legal workability and constitutionality of regulating imports into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or “RGGI” (for background on RGGI, the Northeastern states’ cap-and-trade program for carbon dioxide, see prior posts ).

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CEQA Developments

JUNE 27, 2023

Finally, the Court rejected Lucas’s next line of attack, which was to assert that many of the Project’s environmental impacts – including traffic, air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, land use/planning, noise, and public service impacts – were not exempt from further review because they were found to be less than significant in the 2014 EIR.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

AUGUST 11, 2023

Founded in 2020, East Denver Food Hub is a social enterprise that builds relationships with wholesalers, retail markets, and institutional partners to demystify the supply chain, address food insecurity, support the viability of local agriculture, and develop community wealth creation initiatives that promote economic justice.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Some companies may also carry substantial reputational, regulatory and legal risks after years of significantly contributing to greenhouse gas emissions, blocking climate policy and misleading the public about the harm caused by their products. Retail Employees Superannuation Trust ).

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Many forms of climate action may find their basis in the police power, especially as municipalities continue to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make their communities more resilient in order to blunt the harmful impacts of climate change. Local Government Brief 9). Law Professors Brief 8).

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 17, 2013

In other words, rather than just considering the greenhouse gas emissions from individual projects, environmental impact statements are now regularly considering how a proposed project will be affected by anticipated sea level rise, increased storm surges, more intense heat waves, and the like. Adaptation/Resilience Assessment. 3] [link].

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 22, 2023

served at least 150,000 North Carolina retail jurisdictional customers as of January 1, 2021. So the law requires a balancing of consumer costs/system reliability and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Duke Energy’s proposed plans assumed energy efficiency improvements at 1% of “eligible” retail sales.

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HumanNature

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Imagine the sheer futility of the greenhouse gas emissions stemming from the production of that wasted food— hurting the planet for no reason. However, there are several easily attainable solutions that can be implemented by retailers and consumers to reduce food waste.

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