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The era of green finance

Renewable Energy World

Michael Castellarin, with Clairvest since 2002, handles industry research and investment origination, structuring and execution with a focus on waste management, environmental services, facility services and industrial services. Waste Systems, DTG Recycling and Arrowhead Environmental Partners.

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New Shell Files Could Aid Climate Cases, Attorneys Say 

DeSmogBlog

Some of these cases have been brought under consumer fraud or protection laws that penalise companies for misrepresenting their products to the public. In a March 1985 article in the journal Conservation & Recycling , T.G. ” Excerpt from a March 1985 article in the journal Conservation & Recycling by T.G.

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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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Bill McDonough at 70: A look back … and ahead

GreenBiz

McDonough: When we set up the circular economy, the first version for the 12th five-year plan, which came along later, it was interpreted really as "Please recycle." But we were not required to by law. That would include plastics that are recyclable. Makower: What did you learn? It had no depth. It is really hard.

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How can governments turn the tide of plastic pollution post-pandemic?

Business Green

Driven by the immediate priority to curb the spread of Covid-19 across the world last year, single-use plastic waste - thanks to a surge in demand for PPE equipment and disposal of items over recycling and reuse - is expected to have risen in 2020, stymying many efforts to turn back the tide on plastic pollution.

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'It doesn't have to be this way': Could surging demand for EV batteries supercharge human rights fears?

Business Green

Indeed, development policy had until recently worked hard to boost the uptake of cars: between 2002 and 2016, the World Bank invested more in roads than in education, health, and social services combined. It also calls on them to work towards using 100 per cent recycled content in batteries.

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How Shell Is Selling the Petrochemical Buildout as ‘Sustainable’

DeSmogBlog

Shell agreed to fund their relocation in 2002 — but Hawkins’ family was one of the few who decided to stay. Today, a peculiar sign still greets those who enter the town: residential homes are pictured next to an oil tank, surrounded by refinery towers, all basking together underneath the sun and blue sky.