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Blue Ridge Energy is building an 11-MW solar array for members

Renewable Energy World

This project will provide a local generation source and allow Blue Ridge Energy to work towards its goals of achieving a 50 percent reduction in carbon emissions from 2005 levels by 2030 and net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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Startup tackles decarbonizing industrial heat processes

GreenBiz

Even with decarbonizing the electric and transportation sector, to reach long-term goals of the Paris Agreement, the United States would need an 80 percent reduction from 2005 levels in economy-wide emissions by 2050.

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L’Oreal achieves carbon-neutrality across US operations

Renewable Energy World

The milestone has been achieved owing to a series of green projects deployed since 2005, including: 1) Energy Optimization : The company implemented a number of energy efficiency projects to reduce energy consumption at its sites, including installing LED lighting and high-efficiency air compressors and vacuum pumps.

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Spains first Passivhaus nursing home generates surplus energy

AGreenLiving

Built as an expansion of the nursing home that the firm had completed in 2005, the new addition provides additional bedrooms and stronger connections with the outdoors. The new nursing home extension is topped with an 18 kW photovoltaic array along with 20 solar thermal panels and rooftop seating.

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Are we entering a new era for utility-scale solar?

Renewable Energy World

and Canada committed to cut carbon emissions by approximately 30% between 2025 and 2030; Europe is aiming for a reduction of at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030; and India has committed to cutting emissions intensity by 33%-35% below 2005 levels and generating 40% of its electricity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030.

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House Committee Poised for Potential Subpoena of PR Firm for Climate Disinformation

DeSmogBlog

But it has been instrumental in an array of oil industry campaigns meant to sow doubt about climate change , attack climate scientists, and play up the benefits of fossil fuels. . As it happens, Gloria Dittus previously founded Dittus Communications, which was acquired by FTI in 2005. A powerful Washington, D.C.,

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What presidential hopefuls can learn from the original “Climate Corps”

EDF + Business

By Scott Wood The 2020 presidential candidates are starting to introduce an array of proposals to fight climate change. According to the Harvard Business Review , Walmart “aimed to double fleet efficiency between 2005 and 2015 through better routing, truck loading, driver training, and advanced technologies.

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