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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Often working from home themselves, they empathized with employees and other stakeholders, some refusing to issue layoffs. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. and globally by 2040.

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A quiet revolution: Southwest cities learn to thrive amid drought

Grist

In the rolling hills around San Diego and its suburbs, the rumble of bulldozers and the whine of power saws fill the air as a slew of new homes and apartments rise up. billion gallons in 2007 to 57 billion gallons in 2020 — a 30 percent decline. The key marker for residential use is gallons per capita per day.

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LNG Projects Make Claims of ‘Net-Zero’ to Ease Way for Expansion

DeSmogBlog

Gulf Coast typically receives much of the attention for the LNG rush , the Pacific Coast of Canada is home to multiple proposed LNG export projects, as energy companies scramble to export fracked gas from northeast British Columbia. British Columbia, Home to Cleanest LNG in the World? ’s LNG export terminals.

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Space: The Final Frontier of Waste?

Clean Energy Trust

One of the more recent efforts at regulating space debris, primarily focused on the active orbital operations of satellites, is a set of global guidelines that was released in 2007 by the United Nations’ Office for Outer Space Affairs in coordination with NASA and the European Space Agency. Unfortunately, this is much easier said than done.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

Often working from home themselves, they empathized with employees and other stakeholders, some refusing to issue layoffs. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. and globally by 2040.

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Greentech Media’s Last Ride on the Solar Coaster

GreenTechMedia

Greentech Media launched in 2007 before the solar industry as it looks today even existed. Residential solar prices more than halved from 2007 to 2021, reaching $2.97 New financing options have flooded the market for home installations and large-scale projects, changing how projects are funded and expanding markets.

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Industry Insiders Question Louisiana Regulators Over Cleanup on ExxonMobil Land, Amid Corruption Claims and Pollution Fears

DeSmogBlog

The wastewater well sits on land that’s owned by ExxonMobil, was drilled by ConocoPhillips, and eventually wound up run by a tiny start-up called Black Elk Energy that specialized in wringing out the last dregs of oil from aging wells. Unplugged oil and gas wells have contaminated groundwater and been responsible for deadly home explosions.