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… Program Overview The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) has developed this year-long, admissions-based online … leaders to catalyze the transition to a clean economy. Program Overview The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) has developed this year-long, admissions-based online …
… Bryan Garcia, the President and CEO of the Connecticut Green Bank, had a big decision to make. Garcia is a member … The governor chose the 15 members of the GC3 from state agencies, quasi-state agencies, business, and nonprofits. The GC3 recommendations would have to take into account … and 2045, making the issue extremely salient for the GC3. The GC3 remained divided as to what to do about Millstone. On the one hand, nuclear reactors do not emit greenhouse gases …
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