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U.S. Crude Oil Export Surged to New Record in 2023

R-Squared Energy

refiners had a significant demand for crude oil, but they had spent decades investing billions of dollars into processing heavy, sour crude oil. crude oil exports have been Europe, Asia, and Oceania. BPD, slightly surpassing exports to Asia and Oceania, which stood at 1.7 From 2004 through 2007, U.S. In 2022, U.S.

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Actis’ sustainable energy infrastructure fund raises $4.7 billion

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, October 18 — London-based Actis has raised $19 billion since 2004 for private equity, energy and real estate investments. The new fund, The post Actis’ sustainable energy infrastructure fund raises $4.7 billion appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Replanting logged forests with diverse mixtures of seedlings accelerates restoration, says study

Envirotec Magazine

The experiment was set up by the University of Oxford’s Professor Andy Hector and colleagues over twenty years ago as part of the SE Asia Rainforest Research Partnership (SEARRP). Between 2004 and 2017, 43 million hectares of tropical forest were lost – an area roughly the size of Morocco (WWF).

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How Fossil Fuels Are Being Used To Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions

R-Squared Energy

In 2004, over 90% of homes used kerosene for cooking. Now over 90% of homes are using LPG – almost the entire population of Indonesia since 2004. In Asia, it was just over 6%. You don’t have rules and private sector companies tend not to want to invest. Rapier: What can you do to encourage that investment?

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Managing Director

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

We started in California and have expanded operations into China, India, Southeast Asia, and East Africa. Since 2004, New Energy Nexus (formerly known as California Clean Energy Fund) has leveraged billions in investment, invested in 100s of clean energy enterprises, and launched industry leading centers for solution collaboration.

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Tug of War: The Impact of Climate Change on Economic Development

Unsustainable

The governments want to increase their GDP, improve health and sanitation, provide education and jobs, increase investment, improve infrastructure, provide electricity to people; besides the economy and jobs, most of these things are not even an issue in developed countries anymore. How much is to be invested for climate change?

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ESG Reporting: Standards, Frameworks, Challenges and Benefits

Green Business Bureau

This is creating a soup of ESG interpretations , muddling what constitutes a sustainable investment vs what does not. This lack of standardization and interoperability marks a significant challenge for financial institutions globally, which is having a knock-on effect on the businesses looking for investment. ESG Benefits.

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