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Petroleum workers journey into the world of renewable energy

Corporate Knights

By 2016, oil prices were 70% what they were two years earlier. Keats also joined an organization, Iron & Earth, that had been created by laid-off oil sand workers in the spring of 2016. In 2014, a global oil glut sent petroleum prices spiralling down. It was scary,” says Keats, who was laid off from the Kearl Lake project.

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'30 Under 30' and next-gen thinking

GreenBiz

Since our first cohort in 2016, the annual "30 Under 30" selection process has become both easier and harder. At age 69 and after more than three decades in the field of sustainable business and clean technology, I have no plans to sail off into the sunset (though there are days when the sunset beckons).

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Key Issues 2021 Environmental, Social, and Governance Report

3BL Media

and provides services to clean technology firms in the power generation, smart grid, energy management, and pollution control sectors. reduction in scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions compared to 2016 baseline. . As of year-end 2021, Key is ahead of pace to achieve its goals. . In 2021, Key invested $5.1

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Spotlight on the Bloomberg Legal & Compliance Department’s Pro Bono Service

3BL Media

The Department launched the Bloomberg Legal & Compliance Pro Bono Program in 2016 as a way for its attorney, compliance, operations and negotiation teams to use their knowledge, time and expertise to give back to underserved communities around the globe.

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Invest in Networks for Exponential Climate Wins

Stanford Social Innovation

This proved true in 2016 when both Brazil and the United States elected Presidents opposed to climate action. Clean technologies have gone mainstream, and bolder policy is helping millions more people reap the benefits. If one pillar is weakened, the entire effort can collapse. But 2023 also saw great progress.

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Think tank outlines possible clean energy industrial strategy for the UK

Envirotec Magazine

According to the UK Export Finance, clean trade could deliver up to £170 billion of export sales in goods and services for the UK by 2030. That doesn’t include opportunities in many of the rapidly emerging clean technology sectors. At 2016 prices, this would save around £6 billion per year.

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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. In 2016, the International Energy Agency confirmed that emissions and economic growth have decoupled. COVID, the economy and emissions.