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What Were Europe’s Oil Majors Doing When GTM Launched in 2007?

GreenTechMedia

It’s 2007. With the exception of Total’s stake in SunPower, the trio was fairly quiet for 10 years post-2007. But as project economics and scale have improved, and governments are locking in decarbonization laws, a very different environment has been created. By the end of 2007, the U.K. BP’s big pivot.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Natura, which issues a regular environmental profit-and-loss statement , went carbon-neutral in 2007 and became the first public B Corporation in 2014. Logan Green has cited growing up with Southern California traffic and carpooling as a student in Zimbabwe for inspiring the launch of Zimride in 2007. million acres the 4.4

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Watt It Takes: Van Jones Reflects on the Origin of Green Jobs

GreenTechMedia

He helped spearhead the Green Jobs Act of 2007, the first time the country deliberately trained workers for the future clean economy. Later, he went to the White House to become President Obama's green jobs czar.

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New UN report could be a game-changer for climate lawsuits

Grist

Left: A young boy in Kivalina, Alaska, watches workers fill sandbags for a sea wall in 2007. We’re citing the hell out of it,” said Pat Parenteau, a law professor at Vermont Law School. Right: Coastal erosion has caused many houses, like this one near Kivalina, to sink into the ocean.

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Matter of opinion: What the 2021 Earth Day polls reveal

GreenBiz

I started doing this in 2007 and, with a few exceptions, continued it annually through last year. Consider a recent global survey conducted by the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law, focused on climate change risks and their related costs. This year, I’m changing it up, for several reasons.

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Catalytic Converter Theft: Explained

Hydrogen Fuel News

Unlike other vehicular components that might bear serial numbers or unique identifiers, catalytic converters are generally anonymous once detached, making them difficult for law enforcement to trace back to a specific crime. This step increases the chances of recovery and helps law enforcement trace the part back to a specific crime.

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Navigating the ban on single-use plastics

Envirotec Magazine

By Samantha Osborne, Commercial lawyer at national law firm Freeths With the ban on single use plastics now here, businesses must ensure that they understand the regulations and take steps to mitigate the impact the ban might have on their day-to-day activities. Image credit: Marco Verch Professional Photographer , CC BY 2.0

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