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AB: What Might US Elections Mean for Renewable Energy?

3BL Media

Annual US carbon emissions declined steadily from 2001 to 2022—a stretch during which both parties were in the White House. And with the US, along with other countries, having pledged to meet net zero carbon emissions targets by 2050, we expect reliance on clean energy sources to increase regardless of election outcomes.

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Boeing Becomes Founding Member of UK Innovation Hub To Drive Sustainable Aviation Fuels Development

3BL Media

In order for the aviation industry to meet its net zero carbon emissions commitment by 2050 it will take all of us collaborating and investing in scientific research and testing,” said Brian Moran, Boeing’s vice president of Global Sustainability Policy and Partnerships. Boeing founded the AMRC with the university in 2001.

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Nicole Flippin Leads the Way to Robinson Nuclear Plant's Bright Future

3BL Media

Nuclear power provides a foundation of reliable, carbon-free energy that will be important as Duke Energy works toward achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. She worked in paper mills as an engineer before switching to the energy industry in 2001.

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Telling the Nuclear Story

3BL Media

She moved into plant leadership in 2001 as a mechanical maintenance first-line supervisor, followed by operations, receiving her senior reactor operator license in 2003. Lowering our carbon emissions can’t be achieved through renewables alone, although those are important, too.

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Mixing it up with energy savings

Envirotec Magazine

Having set its sights on achieving net zero carbon, the town of Fairfield (population 60,000), wanted to reduce the operating costs of its mixers that run 24/7, as part of a major Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) to replace aging assets with more modern and energy-efficient equipment. “The One of the energy saving Landia mixers.

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Changing the Profitability Paradigm: A Key Report Aims to Rally Global Investors Behind a Sustainable Approach to Finance

James Militzer

In 2001, the internet stock market crisis broke, and later that decade the subprime mortgage crisis sparked the 2008 global financial crisis — the largest since the Great Depression. These pillars focus on the goals of Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon and Zero Poverty.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030.