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Clean Energy Group announces retirement of Lewis Milford as President; Seth Mullendore named successor

Renewable Energy World

Lew Milford founded CEG in 1998, after working over several years on clean energy and utility restructuring dockets in New England while with the Conservation Law Foundation. That effort led to the creation of another national nonprofit in 2002, the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA).

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California grant money going to diesel and natural gas vehicles, not EVs

Charged

You can say we have tougher environmental laws, but we aren’t even hitting federal policy,” said Mark Lopez of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, a community organizer group. The program paid out $210 million over the past four years to help organizations to upgrade their diesel trucks. Source: The Guardian.

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Meat Industry Using ‘Misinformation’ to Block Dietary Change, Report Finds

DeSmogBlog

The advert was produced by CleanFoodFacts.com, a site run by the Center for Organization Research and Education (CORE) – a network established by veteran industry lobbyist Richard Berman. Between 2002 and 2021 Mitloehner and the CLEAR Center received close to $12.5

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

Bespectacled, tall, and barrel-chested, with blonde hair and a beard punctuated by gray, Cole stood confidently before a classroom of conference attendees at a University of Oregon environmental law symposium in 2008, less than a year before his death. Abascal gave Cole a desk and a phone, and Cole got to work. Early Influences.

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Should regenerative agriculture follow organic's path?

Business Green

The organic movement forged a path for a federally recognised standard for food - Should regenerative follow its course? But regenerative has an older, more established, type-A sister that could be a path to legitimacy: organic. In the 1980s, organic was the new buzzword for farmers, grocers and consumers.

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Exxon Knew. Did They, Though?

R-Squared Energy

Environmental departments in major oil companies are well-staffed with people who devote their careers to ensuring environmental laws are followed. Finally, you might argue that regardless of what ExxonMobil did or didn’t “know”, they have spent years funding anti-climate change organizations. They are oil companies, after all.

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Securing Your Seat on a Corporate Board of Directors • 2/25/21

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

From 2002 to 2012 Coco was President and COO of Taos, a Gartner global top 20 leader in IT cloud professional and managed services. Before that, Veena practiced law in India. Veena received a Masters in Law degree from Washington University in St. Veena received a Masters in Law degree from Washington University in St.