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As Oil Giants Turn to Bitcoin Mining, Some Spin Burning Fossil Fuels for Cryptocurrency as a Climate Solution

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Flaring — or the burning of stranded natural gas directly at an oil well — is one of the drilling industry’s most notorious problems, often condemned as a pointlessly polluting waste of billions of dollars and trillions of cubic feet of natural gas. How does ExxonMobil plan to reach that goal? And Exxon is hardly alone.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

It uses blockchain to trace sourcing in India for guar, used in shampoos. Consumers Energy CEO since 2016, she was praised for preventing a bigger emergency two subzero Januarys ago, after a fire at a natural gas compressor threatened energy transmission. Since 2007, Cisco has reduced its GHG emissions by 55 percent since 2007.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

It uses blockchain to trace sourcing in India for guar, used in shampoos. ” Consumers Energy CEO since 2016, she was praised for preventing a bigger emergency two subzero Januarys ago, after a fire at a natural gas compressor threatened energy transmission.

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Climate Corps Alumni Advisory Board

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Members serving in the 2021-2022 term are: Trevor Anderson. (He/Him/His) Prior to this role, Hartmann was an Associate Partner with McKinsey and Company and leader in McKinsey’s Electric Power and Natural Gas practice in Australia where he led engagements focused on strategy and operations.

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Online Event - VERGE Energy Conference

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Leveraging Blockchain, AI and Machine Learning to Create Sustainable Fisheries (Panel Discussion): Global consumption of fish and seafood has more than doubled in recent decades, but more than a third of the world’s assessed fisheries are thought to be overexploited. Can I Do That In My Service Territory? Our Companies Set a Price on Carbon.

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The 2020 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

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Goksenin Ozturkeri’s interest in renewable energy dates back to his childhood in Turkey, a country that has long depended on natural gas imports, primarily from Russia, for much of its electricity. The digital technology startup is using blockchain to create an open-source platform for sharing data across supply chains.