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Stephen Salter obituary

The Guardian: Energy

Inventor of rare versatility, whose projects ranged from a wave power device to the first AI robot Stephen Salter, who has died aged 85, was the inventor of the Salter’s Duck, a wave-power device that was the first of its kind and promised to provide a new source of renewable energy for the world – until it was effectively killed off by the nuclear (..)

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Robert Priddle obituary

The Guardian: Energy

My father, Robert Priddle, who has died aged 84, was a civil servant and energy specialist who ultimately became the executive director of the International Energy Agency, a role he enjoyed and which he fulfilled in Paris, a city that he loved. Robert was born in Cheam, Surrey, to Albert, a stockbroker, and Alberta.

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Obituary: Julia Craik, leading solar campaigner and renewables-powered recording studio director

Business Green

Craik, managing director of the UK's first solar-powered recording studio, is remembered by friends and colleagues as a tireless champion for solar power who played an instrumental role in the campaign for the introduction of the solar feed-in-tariff.

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Obituary: Climate science pioneer and former IPCC chair Sir John Houghton

Business Green

Editor of landmark IPCC reports – who famously called global warming "a weapon of mass destruction" – has passed away in his native Wales at the age of 88.

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Paper recommendation: Michael Soulé (1936-2020) on Spirituality, Ethics, and Conservation Biology

Ideas 4 Sustainability

Numerous obituaries have been written to commemorate his life since then. Conserv Biol 2020 Sep 09 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13634 13634 Michael Soulé, widely regarded as the founding father of Conservation Biology, passed away in June 2020. The article … Continue reading →

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[Article] In Memoriam: Mike Rogers

Home Energy

The following obituary is from Mike’s wife Karen Sokol and his daughter Sabine. This past year, the home performance industry lost a dear friend. We pay tribute to one of our most tireless advocates and greatest contributors. It first appeared in the Vermont online news outlet Seventh Day on December 26, 2018.

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Energy Was The Top-Performing Sector In 2021

R-Squared Energy

There were many obituaries written on the energy sector. In 2020, the energy sector was the worst-performing S&P 500 sector. With the Covid-19 pandemic crushing energy demanding and sending prices reeling, the energy sector decline by 37%. What a difference a year makes.

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