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Bush administration that took little interest in regulation or climatechange. DuPont may have hired her in the hopes of boosting its troubled environmental image, but in her 12 years with the corporation, Fisher surprised many by bringing in changes that led to notable reductions in pollution.
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C and avoid the most catastrophic effects of climatechange, as outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on ClimateChange (IPCC). The WEF’s Global Risks Report 2023 highlighted failure to respond to climatechange and biodiversity loss among the most severe long-term risks facing the world.
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Our principal subsidiary, SCE, delivers power to customers entirely within the state of California, which has some of the most ambitious science-based climatechange goals in the U.S. This commitment covers the power SCE delivers to customers and Edison International’s enterprisewide operations, including our supplychain.
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