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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

Happy Earth Day 2021! In just ten years, Jacobson has harnessed passion, determination and science to re-frame the way renewable energy is seen and, ultimately, accepted as a viable solution to climate change and air pollution. In 2005, Jacobson worked with Stanford students to begin mapping regions of the U.S.

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Gas Group That Calls Climate Goals ‘Pie in the Sky’ Got $1.2M from BC Government

DeSmogBlog

LNG leaves no polluting residue,” read speaking notes from 2017 attributed to Simon Coley, assistant deputy minister in the B.C. Premier David Eby made no mention of that during an Earth Day speech this year, in which he claimed that the province’s CleanBC Roadmap to 2030 is “one of the most progressive climate action plans in North America.”

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The Paris Agreement and World Leaders’ Summit on Climate: What you need to know

Defend Our Future

President Biden kept his promise to rejoin the Paris climate agreement on Day One of his administration. Soon after, the White House announced plans to convene world leaders for a Leaders Summit on Climate to be held April 22 and April 23 – around the Earth Day – aimed at enhancing climate progress globally.

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EU approves 2030 climate goals, as US preps plan to halve emissions

Business Green

With just hours to go until the start of President Biden's high profile Earth Day meeting of world leaders, two of the world's largest economies have finalised plans for ambitious new decarbonisation targets for 2030 that promise to provide a major boost to global efforts to tackle the climate crisis.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Growing up outside of Boston, Zack Angelini spent summers swimming, but one polluted river was off limits. "I Vartan Badalian’s mother has a favorite story to prove that being born on Earth Day imbued him with an innate concern for the environment. Zack Angelini, 29. Vartan Badalian, 28. LinkedIn | Twitter.

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Bold climate targets matter as Canada gears up for U.S. summit, but real action matters more

Clean Energy Canada

Thursday’s global Earth Day Summit will not only mark America’s return to international climate conversations, it’s expected the U.S. Thursday’s global Earth Day Summit will not only mark America’s return to international climate conversations, it’s expected the U.S.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

AGreenLiving

Zack Angelini, 29 Senior Environmental Stewardship Manager, Timberland; Malden, Massachusetts LinkedIn Growing up outside of Boston, Zack Angelini spent summers swimming, but one polluted river was off limits. One day while sitting in the car, she attempted to toss a piece of gum into a nearby trash can and missed.