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Want to prevent California’s looming flood disaster? Grow a marsh.

Grist

When Jones Tract, a delta island, flooded in 2004, the damage cost $90 million to fix. Established in 2006 by the law AB32, the cap-and-trade system seeks to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions by harnessing market forces. Think of it as preventive medicine. Nor is the flooding of delta islands unprecedented.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Gutierrez joined NRG from Dynegy in 2004 as an energy portfolio director. He serves on the National Academy of Medicine and on boards including African Parks. Rather than invest capital directly in renewable-energy projects, he wants NRG to provide long-term contracts that improve their financeability. LinkedIn | Company profile.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

Gutierrez joined NRG from Dynegy in 2004 as an energy portfolio director. He serves on the National Academy of Medicine and on boards including African Parks. Rather than invest capital directly in renewable-energy projects, he wants NRG to provide long-term contracts that improve their financeability.

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The Railroad Industry Loved Modern Brakes and Safety, Until They Didn’t

DeSmogBlog

One of the best examples of this early support is a 2004 presentation by the Association of American Railroads in which it was arguing for regulators to allow the transport of nuclear waste by rail. Perhaps no one asked whether the NAS actually was capable of this testing before writing it into law.