Jacques works as Communications Director the Environmental Defense Fund in Louisiana and Restore the Mississippi River Delta, raising awareness to Louisiana’s land loss crisis, its far-reaching implications on people, wildlife and the economy, and the restoration solutions available to address it. Jacques leads a team that leverages public communications and innovative marketing strategies to build support for restoration of Louisiana’s coast. Prior to joining Audubon, Jacques worked as the Public Affairs Manager at Mother Jones in San Francisco, where he helped elevate the profile of the news organization and its reporting. Previously, he worked at Google in its advertising department and then on the company’s corporate communications team focusing on YouTube. Jacques graduated from Dartmouth College with a dual major in Spanish and Latin American Studies. Jacques is a native son of Louisiana, having grown up in the town of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish, where his family h
Georgia-Pacific will stop burning coal at its Green Bay Broadway mill
After using it for more than a century, Georgia-Pacific will stop burning coal at its Green Bay Broadway mill next Monday.
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GREEN BAY (NBC 26) â After using it for more than a century, Georgia-Pacific will stop burning coal at its Green Bay Broadway mill next Monday.
They are converting over to natural gas at the facility. The company invested nearly $27 million to make the switch. A spokesperson for the mill says it s a big step forward. This helps us improve a lot of things. Obviously, the environmental footprint, but also safety because a lot of that equipment was old and plus, we have more room for future investments here in the facility,â said Mike Kawleski, the Public Affairs Manager for Georgia-Pacific - Green Bay Operations.
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MONTRÉAL, Dec. 21, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ - Today, Canadian fashion retailer Groupe Dynamite Inc. announced the launch of an exciting new partnership with Uber, offering same-day delivery in Montréal. First national retailer in Canada to offer this service, Groupe Dynamite Inc. is proud to offer customers of its two brands, Garage and Dynamite, a convenient and timely delivery solution during this busy holiday season. Groupe Dynamite s partnership with Uber is the perfect way to deliver holiday cheer this December, says Liz Edmiston, President and Chief Executive Officer, Groupe Dynamite Inc. To be the first fashion retailer in Canada to offer same-day shipping with Uber is monumental for our company and demonstrates our commitment to providing customers with exceptional service.
Algorithms searching for child abuse could be banned under new EU privacy rules
Talks held last week failed to agree an exemption for scanning technologies used by tech giants to scan private messages
20 December 2020 • 6:00am
Algorithms used to scan online messages for images of child sexual abuse may become illegal next week, after EU officials failed to agree on legal exemptions for the technology before new privacy protections come into effect.
The new ePrivacy rules, which are set to come into force on December 21, are designed to stop tech giants from monitoring online messages and the metadata they come with, such as the time and place of conversations.