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What Were Europe’s Oil Majors Doing When GTM Launched in 2007?

GreenTechMedia

It’s 2007. With the exception of Total’s stake in SunPower, the trio was fairly quiet for 10 years post-2007. But as project economics and scale have improved, and governments are locking in decarbonization laws, a very different environment has been created. By the end of 2007, the U.K. BP’s big pivot.

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Catalytic Converter Theft: Explained

Hydrogen Fuel News

Unlike other vehicular components that might bear serial numbers or unique identifiers, catalytic converters are generally anonymous once detached, making them difficult for law enforcement to trace back to a specific crime. This step increases the chances of recovery and helps law enforcement trace the part back to a specific crime.

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Navigating the ban on single-use plastics

Envirotec Magazine

By Samantha Osborne, Commercial lawyer at national law firm Freeths With the ban on single use plastics now here, businesses must ensure that they understand the regulations and take steps to mitigate the impact the ban might have on their day-to-day activities. Image credit: Marco Verch Professional Photographer , CC BY 2.0

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

R-Squared Energy

In December 2015 they got their wish when President Obama signed into law a $1.15 From 2004 through 2007, U.S. This situation caused a glut for domestic oil producers, who wanted an end to the decades-long oil export ban. trillion spending bill that contained several energy provisions. Notably, in 2023, U.S. million BPD.

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How using space tech helps humanity move toward a sustainable future today

The Environmental Blog

A National Forest Law prohibits lumbering in these areas adopted at the end of 2007. Campaign Researcher for Greenpeace Sergio Domingo talked about how their team uses EOSDA LandViewer to monitor deforestation in several of Argentina’s provinces (Santiago del Estero, Salta, Chaco, and Formosa) and report on findings. “A

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Watt It Takes: Van Jones Reflects on the Origin of Green Jobs

GreenTechMedia

He helped spearhead the Green Jobs Act of 2007, the first time the country deliberately trained workers for the future clean economy. Later, he went to the White House to become President Obama's green jobs czar.

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In D.C. Defamation Trial, Climatologist Michael Mann Confronts the Climate Deniers Who Maligned His Work

DeSmogBlog

Weatherford, a lawyer from the corporate law firm Baker Hostetler, stated in opening arguments that Mann was so disliked that “even his own family won’t come to court to defend him.” Many other scientists on the IPCC panel have also said they won the 2007 award, Mann testified.