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Petroleum workers journey into the world of renewable energy

Corporate Knights

In 2014, a global oil glut sent petroleum prices spiralling down. Last year, Statistics Canada released 2019 findings showing that jobs in the environmental and clean technology sector paid higher – $75,815 annually – than the average Canadian salary of $56,783. By 2016, oil prices were 70% what they were two years earlier.

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6 new finance solutions to drive energy transition in developing economies

Renewable Energy World

Since its launch in 2014, the Lab is an initiative of over 70 public and private investors and institutions accelerating investment solutions to support sustainable development goals in emerging markets. This Lab cohort also includes instruments with a regional focus on Brazil and Southern Africa.

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Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator Announces 12th Cohort Focused on Climate-Aligned Agriculture

3BL Media

“The selected companies have commercially viable technologies with tremendous potential to deliver environmental, economic, and societal benefits.” “As Wells Fargo supports scaling clean technologies,” said Robyn Luhning, Chief Sustainability Officer at Wells Fargo. As one of the top agricultural production lenders in the U.S.,

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Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator Selects Five Agtech Companies Targeting Global Food Resiliency

3BL Media

Co-administered by and housed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado, IN 2 ’s mission is to speed the path to market for early-stage, clean-technology entrepreneurs.

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CCUS Reliance to Maintain O&G Output Trends “Pure Fantasy”

Chris Hall

The IEA’s ‘ Oil and Gas Industry in Net Zero Transitions ‘ report, published ahead of COP28 in Dubai, estimates that in a 1.5°C

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New Report Shows How U.S. Can Slash Greenhouse Emissions

Sustainable Development Network

20, 2014 Researchers Map Low-Carbon Investments and Policy Changes A new report shows how the United States can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050, using existing or near-commercial technologies. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Nov. by 2050, and enhance its competitive position in the process.”

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Converging crises call for converging solutions

GreenBiz

That’s because the problems have the same solution: the rapid deployment of clean technologies across the economy. . But thanks to clean energy, this relationship is no longer true. For the first time in more than 40 years, global GDP grew in 2014 and 2015 — but emissions didn’t. . COVID, the economy and emissions.