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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. No doubt those conversations will be at play in Starbucks’ 50th year.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. No doubt those conversations will be at play in Starbucks’ 50th year.

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The Real World: Climate Commitment Act and Gas Prices

Low Carbon Prosperity

The annual spring price ramp that we are once again encountering has averaged 74 cents per gallon since 2004. [1] This decades-long pattern is driven by the seasonal increase in demand and refinery switches to summer gasoline blends – and was not primarily driven by the CCA in 2023 as many opponents assert.

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The Real-World: Climate Commitment Act and Gas Prices

Low Carbon Prosperity

An average of $53 allowance price in 2023, translates to just under 43 cents per gallon based on the carbon intensity of gasoline). [1] This has averaged 74 cents per gallon since 2004. [2] As we showed in our original article, real-world carbon pricing experience suggests significantly less than full pass-through to the pump.

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The Real-World: Climate Commitment Act and Gas Prices

Low Carbon Prosperity

An average of $53 allowance price in 2023, translates to just under 43 cents per gallon based on the carbon intensity of gasoline). [1] This has averaged 74 cents per gallon since 2004. [2] As we showed in our original article, real-world carbon pricing experience suggests significantly less than full pass-through to the pump.

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The Real-World: Climate Commitment Act and Gas Prices

Low Carbon Prosperity

An average of $53 allowance price in 2023, translates to just under 43 cents per gallon based on the carbon intensity of gasoline). This has averaged 74 cents per gallon since 2004. This decades-long pattern has been driven by the seasonal increase in demand – and was not driven by the CCA in 2023 as many opponents will assert.

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A Texas Community Is Being Bombarded by Cancer-Causing Benzene. State Officials Have Known for Nearly Two Decades

DeSmogBlog

Its main facility, opened in 2004, now occupies about 8 acres along the San Jacinto River in Channelview. Joe Lopez died in 2004 of kidney failure triggered by diabetes at the age of 65. In fact, the agency rarely fines companies that violate Texas air pollution laws. But the agency didn’t fine or otherwise penalize K-Solv.