Charged

MARCH 18, 2021

The targets, which include a 50% reduction in GHG emissions from 2005 levels by no later than 2030, come from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The bill presents a sweeping set of both sector-specific and economy-wide policy proposals.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

clean energy sectors showed strong resilience in 2020, continuing a decade-long growth trend, BloombergNEF (BNEF) and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) find in their annual joint report. Energy demand for electricity and transportation fell by 3.8% Energy demand for electricity and transportation fell by 3.8%

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Energy and Cleantech Council

MARCH 9, 2023

The Needs Study began in January 2022 as part of DOE’s Building a Better Grid Initiative , which seeks to enhance the nation’s high-voltage transmission capability and overall grid resilience. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 authorizes DOE to designate National Corridors (i.e., Transmission needs will shift over time.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 7, 2021

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. Oriden is funded and backed by Mitsubishi Power Americas.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2021

Over 300 of America's largest firms back open letter to President Biden calling on him to set a 2030 target to cut emissions by at least 50 per cent against 2005 levels. To restore the standing of the US as a global leader, we need to address the climate crisis at the pace and scale it demands," the letter states.

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Mosaic

DECEMBER 26, 2023

With higher interest rates making consumers less willing to finance solar systems, these policies have led to reduced demand in certain markets. The solar industry is creating good-paying jobs, making community energy grids more resilient, and helping the U.S. reach its climate goals. Take extreme weather events as an example.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 6, 2022

The company, one of the first in the US to develop a plan for a large scale smart metering rollout as far back as 2005, is now planning its second-generation rollout. This was highlighted once again when perusing San Diego Gas & Electric’s latest four-year rate case filing covering its grid investment plans for the period 2024-2027.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

Danone, founded more than a century ago and famously declared an asset of national importance by the French government in 2005, has long prided itself on being a purpose-led business.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The legislation includes: The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which will spend roughly $370bn on decarbonisation and climate resilience over the next 10 years and is projected to get the US two-thirds of the way to its emissions goals by 2030. That's more money for climate action than all of the renewable-energy tax credits from 2005 to 2019.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Julian Barbiere, Head for Marine Policy at IOC UNESCO, reiterated: “MSP offers a practical way to create and establish a more rational use of marine space and the interactions among its uses, to balance demands for development with the need to protect the environment, and to deliver social and economic outcomes in an open and planned way.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 4, 2022

The case brought by West Virginia demanded the EPA should not have the authority to devise emissions caps based on the generation shifting approach the Agency took in the Clean Power Plan in 2015 – in essence limiting emissions across whole states.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

power sector were 33 percent below 2005 levels at the end of 2019, and a number of the nation’s largest utilities have committed to 80 percent or greater reductions by 2050. The electric power industry is a long-standing partner in this push toward a clean energy future, as demonstrated by its significant CO2 emissions reductions.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Between 2005 and 2019, greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. Diversification, whether it’s on a single farm or across a local economy, can make towns more resilient, the report says. It’s been called an early model of climate resilience. And the biochar industry still faces hurdles in scaling up production and demand.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The new interconnection bolsters the existing one, commissioned in 2005; a 66kV alternating current electricity link. which have proven essential to help cover electricity demand and integrate new renewable energy. Red Eléctrica invested €36 million ($35.5 Canary Islands interconnector.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 17, 2022

The Inflation Reduction Act stands to devote $369 billion to clean energy incentives , energy efficiency, green fuels, and more— actions researchers say could bring the US in line with its Paris Agreement goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40% from 2005 levels. Rural electric co-ops. The bill also would appropriate $9.7

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 28, 2021

The adaptations we’ve made may give our economy the resilience needed to reduce the environmental threats of our future. Across the globe, working from home and remote locations has grown by 159% since 2005. Remote Work Software Supports Disaster Resilience. The Rise of Remote-Based Work. COVID-19 comes as a watershed moment.

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Business Green

MAY 13, 2020

They are specifically calling for recovery packages to spur an accelerated transition to a net zero emissions economy by at least mid-century and for a wave of new federal investment in climate resilient infrastructure.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Minister for Climate Change James Shaw said that the changes would "bring climate and resilience into the heart of financial and business decision making". Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank promises to stop financing coal. Europe's train network gears up for growth.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Its purpose is both simple and expansive: to help us all avoid catastrophic planetary warming and to build resilience around the world to the impacts from climate change we already see.". Plant-based foods pioneer Oatly is reportedly seeking a $10bn US listing, as the oat milk specialist looks to build on surging demand for vegan foods.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In an updated submission to the UN on Wednesday the Brazilian government said it would aim to deliver carbon neutrality by 2060, but it left unchanged current goals to reduce emissions 37 per cent by 2025 and 43 per cent by 2030, compared to 2005 levels. Australia drops Kyoto carbon credit demand from Paris Agreement plan.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 20, 2022

ESG gained traction following the publication of the 2005 report Who Cares Wins. Customers and employees are also demanding business with a purpose. Both are strategic frameworks used to boost business resilience and help improve overall company performance. This report demonstrated that ESG investments make good business sense.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

We are committed to scale up efforts to make food production and agriculture more sustainable and resilient”. Fertiliser company Yara told DeSmog it had reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 45 percent since 2005, adding: “There is a tremendous urgency to reduce emissions, and we believe that we are a part of the solution.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Further bolstering that commitment, the Chinese premier today said China would cut CO2 per unit of GDP by 65 per cent by 2030, from a 2005 baseline, in addition to increasing its forest stock by six billion cubic metres over the same timeframe. billion kilowatts of solar and wind power by the same date.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

Danone, which was founded more than a century ago and was famously declared an asset of national importance by the French government in 2005, has long prided itself on being a purpose-led business.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

New Zealand, a nation of about 5 million people, in late January reported progress toward its goal to cut emissions by 30 percent over the next decade compared with 2005 levels — but recognized current measures won’t be enough to meet the Paris Agreement goals. million people find jobs since 2005. LinkedIn | Twitter.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

These actions, required by law since 2005, never have been implemented. AbilityOne increased its product lines to include more environmentally friendly, biobased products to meet federal demand. Through its network of 500 nonprofit agencies, the program provides the federal government products and services.

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Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The country has committed to unconditionally reducing GHG emissions intensity by 36 percent from 2005 levels, and to peak its carbon emissions by 2030. A low carbon economy will demand new skills both upstream and downstream. New cultural norms to reduce material consumption could affect demand for products and services.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

He was basically demanding that they start to talk about climate change on TV,” Davies said. After the particularly destructive 2005 and 2008 hurricane seasons, ExxonMobil, Chevron, and BP all prepared alternate sites for business operations, control centers, and data systems in parts of the United States not vulnerable to hurricanes.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The plan contains all of the essential ingredients of climate resilience: fossil free energy generation; reduction of short lived super pollutants; air pollution abatement; climate justice; restoration of nature's role as carbon sink. "Finally there is a climate action plan that has the potential to bend the warming curve in time," said V.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 20, 2020

Danone, founded more than a century ago and famously declared an asset of national importance by the French government in 2005, has long prided itself on being a purpose-led business. “If we protect biodiversity, we are basically protecting the diversity of DNA,” Soubeiran mused.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Whether or not the move indicates a softening of China's long term support for decarbonisation is contested, but it has highlighted how the transition away from fossil fuels is likely to lead to significant price volatility and energy security concerns, as economies battle to match supply and demand.

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

That includes almost five million jobs from clean energy investments, 900,000 in clean manufacturing supply chains, 400,000 in EVs and green transport, 900,000 jobs in energy efficiency, 150,000 jobs from environmental justice and climate resilience investments, and over 600,000 jobs from investments in natural infrastructure.

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Andrew Winston

MARCH 26, 2020

Many companies put out statements about impacts on supply chains and demand. One of the defining moments of corporate sustainability came in 2005 when Walmart’s leaders realized that the company was doing better than the government at getting supplies to people trapped by Hurricane Katrina.

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