{"id":20369,"date":"2019-11-20T20:57:12","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T04:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=20369"},"modified":"2019-11-20T20:57:12","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T04:57:12","slug":"webcast-the-decarbonization-opportunity-utility-plans-for-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=20369","title":{"rendered":"Webcast &#8211; The Decarbonization Opportunity: Utility Plans for 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fmr-associated-content-region\">\n<div id=\"fmr-blog-mm-item\"><a class=\"colorbox init-colorbox-processed cboxElement\" href=\"https:\/\/www.3blmedia.com\/sites\/www.3blmedia.com\/files\/images\/3BL_Forum_191115.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3blmedia.com\/sites\/www.3blmedia.com\/files\/styles\/fmr_page_photos_blog\/public\/images\/3BL_Forum_191115.jpg?itok=7p-8RxIo\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"blog-img-caption\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fmr-tweet--contents\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"fmr-meta-container--top\">\n<p>NEW YORK, November 19, 2019\u00a0 \u2013 3BL Media\u2019s live professional development webcasts continue with a look ahead to a decade of climate action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"fmr-body\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-fmr-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p><b>Join us on Thursday, December 12, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET.<\/b><\/p>\n<div>Entergy is a leading utility that provides electricity to 2.9 million customers across Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Rick Johnson, Director, Sustainability and Ann Becker, Senior Manager, Sustainability will discuss climate change risk and opportunities to Entergy customers and its business.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/goto.webcasts.com\/starthere.jsp?ei%3D1270532%26tp_key%3D685a906a75&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1573843204013000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG7JrvJ3ZjBFREInmyOqDb9Do3gQw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe broad consensus of current scientific data on climate change indicates that, as an industry, we must do more to reduce our footprint and that of our customers and communities. Entergy sees this not as a choice but as a responsibility and an opportunity.\u201d said Entergy CEO, Leo P. Denault.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>3BL Media Executive Director, Robbie Lock, will lead the discussion which will include these topics:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Understanding utility climate risks and opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Planning for climate change<\/li>\n<li>Decarbonization opportunities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\u201c3BL Media is excited to host a discussion on Entergy\u2019s climate change strategy,\u201d says Robbie Lock, Executive Director at 3BL Media. \u201cUtilities will play a critical role in decarbonizing our electricity supply over the next decade, while also helping customers prepare for and be resilient to climate risk &#8211; we are encouraged by Entergy\u2019s in-depth approach to climate planning.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/goto.webcasts.com\/starthere.jsp?ei%3D1270532%26tp_key%3D685a906a75&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1573843204013000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG7JrvJ3ZjBFREInmyOqDb9Do3gQw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In October, 2018, the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 \u00b0C found that limiting global warming to 1.5 \u00b0C would require \u201crapid and far-reaching transitions in land, energy, industry, buildings, transport, and cities.\u201d Specifically, carbon dioxide emissions would need to fall by about 45 percent from 2010 levels by 2030. The private sector plays a key role in meeting this goal.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK, November 19, 2019\u00a0 \u2013&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20370,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20369\/revisions\/20370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}