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Nucor, Helion to Build Fusion Power Plant to Decarbonize Steelmaking

ESG Today

based Nucor steel manufacturing facility, providing the facility with zero-carbon electricity. According to the companies, the collaboration marks the first fusion energy agreement of this scale, and a significant milestone towards industrial decarbonization.

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Microsoft to Source Clean Energy from World’s First Fusion Power Plant

ESG Today

According to Helion co-founder and CEO David Kirtley, the deal marks a significant milestone for the company, and for fusion-based power generally, seen by many industry participants as an important contributor to global decarbonization goals, but in only the earliest stages of advancing towards commercialization.

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Investing in Our Planet Through Science and Innovation

3BL Media

And to help us decarbonize and grow, we plan to build the world’s first net-zero carbon emissions integrated ethylene cracker and derivatives site in Alberta, Canada. million metric tons of certified low- to zero-carbon emissions polyethylene and ethylene derivatives. Published online at OurWorldInData.org.

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Decarbonization Pathways for Paraguay's Energy Sector

Sustainable Development Network

This work culminated in a new report, “ Decarbonization Pathways for Paraguay’s Energy Sector ,” published in November of 2021 by the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), and co-authored by the Quadracci Sustainable Engineering Lab at Columbia University, and Paraguay-based Centro de Recursos Naturales, Energía y Desarrollo (CRECE).

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ClearBridge Investments Extends Its Long History of ESG Integration

3BL Media

“ClearBridge is seeing the potential for potential for new investment opportunities addressing nature-related risks, with new business models reducing demand for high-impact commodities, responsibly managing land and sea ecosystems, reducing pollution or enabling decarbonization.”

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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. After joining Levi’s in 2013, Singh visited its factories in Turkey and India.

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Shifting the Burden of Proof: Why It's Now On the Fossil Fuel Industry to Defend Itself

3BL Media

Heck, it didn’t even seem to be enough in 2013 when John Cook and other researchers determined that 97.1% It will cost too much money to decarbonize our economy,” they protest. The consensus appears to be that it will cost too much money NOT to decarbonize our economy. You still need us,” they claim. “It " #blog [link].