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Phantom Gas and Missing Documents Reveal Gaps in Utility Oversight

DeSmogBlog

The circumstances surrounding his termination are documented among thousands of pages of public records and internal company documents that provide a penetrating look into the multi-billion dollar stakes of negotiations between governments and state-sanctioned monopolies that are shaping the future of energy systems in Oregon and beyond.

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Fenceline Community Groups in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Celebrate Mounting Victories

DeSmogBlog

James, with the help of Tulane’s law clinic, fought to protect their constitutional right to protest in Gramercy. It also walked back restrictive rules on its books related to marches. The law is on our side,” Lavigne told me. Robert Taylor in a trailer provided by FEMA, in front of his storm-damaged home on February 12, 2022.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Often working from home themselves, they empathized with employees and other stakeholders, some refusing to issue layoffs. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. and globally by 2040.

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Start Small: How I Went from Junior Analyst to Startup CEO in One Year

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

I started there with the expectation that real-world finance experience would be useful and that I could navigate to an area of the company that was closer to my interest in renewable energy It was important for me to have an impact and to be hands-on with renewables. It was a powerful experience. I read it through in two sittings.

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What Is B Corp? B Corp Certification Guide + Quick Assessment

Green Business Bureau

Does your company have an open-book management process that allows employees to access all financial and operational data? The minimum wage is not enough to meet the basic needs of employees – to cover housing, energy, food, and childcare costs. “[Open-book management] simply work. Monitor and evaluate the plan.

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Making the Impossible Possible

Mr. Sustainability

Detailing them all would require a book, if not several, to explain and goes beyond the scope of this blog. The largest crane vessel is Sleipnir, which has an installed power generation capacity of 98MW. It can readily be understood that the tremendous amount of power these vessels require, result in tremendous fuel consumption.

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On the Future of our Food

Mr. Sustainability

Lab-Grown Meat, Fake Meat & 3D Printed Pizzas Book Summary - There are currently several technologies in development that have the potential to provide the sustainable food of the future. This is a summary of the book ‘Kweekvlees, Fake Vlees & Pizza’s uit de Printer’ from Sebastiaan van de Water. About Food What is food?