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Milton Carroll

Milton Carroll is Executive Chairman of the Board for CenterPoint Energy, Inc., a major domestic energy delivery company that includes electric transmission and distribution, natural gas distribution and competitive natural gas sales. Headquartered in Houston, CenterPoint serves more than five million metered customers. Carroll is also Chairman of the Board of Health Care Service Corporation which is a non-investor owned mutual insurance company. Carroll is a seasoned executive with expertise in the energy and utilities industries.

Carroll is the Founder and Chairman of Instrument Products, Inc., a Houston based company that specializes in manufacturing oil field equipment. Carroll is a former Commissioner of the Port of Houston Authority.
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International environment group calls on Exxon to cease gas flaring
As ExxonMobil yesterday continued to play up its Guyana investments at its virtual Annual Meeting of shareholders, global environmental and human rights organisation, the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) called on the company to heed environmental pollution warnings and immediately
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Source: The Dallas Examiner
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Youth Have The Energy And Smarts To Sustain Protests, Says Dixon
Dixon organized a June 6 ‘Say Their Names’ rally in North
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Source: The Charleston Chronicle
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UG’s GREEN Institute urges carbon tax on extracted crude oil
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is being urged to implement a carbon tax on the crude oil currently being extracted in the offshore Stabroek Block by ExxonMobil’s subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd (EEPGL) which could earn Guyana billions
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Exxon oil output falls as compressor problems continue
Production at Exxon-Mobil’s Liza-1 project in the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana, has plummeted from 80,000 barrels per day (bpd) to now between 25,000 and 30,000 bpd as compressor problems continue and the company would not increase flaring above about 15 million cubic feet of natural gas per
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Michael P. Johnson
Michael P. Johnson was the Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Williams, a natural gas processor and transporter. In this role, Johnson was responsible for leading all aspects of the company’s shared services units, which included Information Technology, Human
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Source: Savoy Network
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COMMENTARY: COVID-19 — My Personal Battle from a Positive to a Negative Result
A few days after my call with Rep. Reynolds, I received a call on my cell phone from U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on Wednesday, March
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
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Day Of Release Encourages Black Creatives To Unite In Sharing Projects They've Held On To And Create Anew - Blavity
SS: The significance of doing this at the same time on the same day together is the power of collective energy and us really centering and focusing on ourselves and the new path that we can create
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Source: Blavity News
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How Doing Pilates Improves Your Yoga Practice
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Source: Brothers on Sports
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For those reasons and more, Aventer Gray, pastor, mentor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist is inspiring women to own their womanhood and power by living life unfiltered through her new podcast, Ave
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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent
Rwanda: Cross-Border Trade Unscathed Despite COVID-19 - Minister Gatete
The Minister of Infrastructure Claver Gatete has said that cross border trade is progressing well, despite the measures in place to contain the Covid-19
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Source: allAfrica.com
Deadly cyclone cuts destructive path in India, Bangladesh
NEW DELHI, India (AP) — Wide swaths of coastal India and Bangladesh were flooded and millions were without power Thursday as Cyclone Amphan, the most powerful storm to hit the region in more than a decade, killed over 80 people and cut a path of destruction that is still being
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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West Africa: How West Africa Can Expand Power Supply and Meet Climate Goals
Our research shows that combining sustainably managed hydropower plants with new solar and wind power projects is a promising option for the West African
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Source: allAfrica.com
Kenya, Ethiopia, DRC ahead of region in benefits of Agoa treaty
According to data contained in the US Trade and Investment with sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Trends and New Developments report, Ethiopia at 81.9 per cent and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at 68.2 per cent are the other eastern Africa countries that have also taken advantage of the treaty to
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Source: The East African
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Ways for summer learning at home during COVID-19
Marchant says to foster creativity by suggesting children come up with their own “homemade” physical activity
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Source: The Birmingham Times
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PRESS ROOM: U.S. Bank Offers Financial Support and Demonstrates Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
A few days after my call with Rep. Reynolds, I received a call on my cell phone from U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on Wednesday, March
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
Africa: Inadequate Diets Are Making Populations Vulnerable to COVID-19
Johannesburg — AllAfrica's Nontobeko Mlambo spoke with Dr Jane Battersby, an Associate Professor at the University of Cape Town's African Centre for Cities, on the need to address malnutrition in all its forms by tackling injustices in food and health
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Source: allAfrica.com
What has happened to all of the money?
As Guyana prepares to transition to a new Government, people are demanding to know where has all the money gone that was transferred to the outgoing Granger Government in May
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Liar-In-Chief Donald Trump BIG MAD After Twitter Fact Checks His Fugazi Tweets
Twitter slapped two tweets from Donald Trump, alerting users that the information that he is sharing is “possibly misleading” because, honestly, it
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Source: The Urban Daily
Tedx Speaker Dena Crowder Offers 5-Minute Guide on Tapping into Your Own Power to Affect Meaningful Change (WATCH)
In 1971, Wadsworth A. Jarrell painted “Revolutionary (Angela Davis),” tapping into his own power and skills as an artist to amplify the message and mission of the Black Power and Civil Rights movements by dynamically depicting political activist and leader Angela
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Source: GOOD BLACK NEWS
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Never Put Off Tomorrow What’s Due Today: Don’t Procrastinate!
There are many possible definitions of procrastination, but, in essence, procrastination is the practice of doing less urgent or unimportant tasks instead of more urgent ones, or doing more pleasurable activities instead of less pleasurable
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Source: ThyBlackMan
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Rwanda: The Economic Impact of Disasters On Rwanda in 4 Months of 2020
A series of disasters have destroyed at least 3,117 hectares of crops, 124 roads and 64 bridges disrupting economic activities across the country between January and April this year, a report by the Ministry in charge of Emergency Management
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Source: allAfrica.com
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COMMENTARY: COVID-19 — My Personal Battle from a Positive to a Negative Result
A few days after my call with Rep. Reynolds, I received a call on my cell phone from U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on Wednesday, March
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Source: The New Journal and Guide
Peter J. Taylor
Peter J. Taylor is President of ECMC Foundation, an organization whose mission is to inspire and to facilitate improvements that affect educational outcome among underserved
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Source: Savoy Network
Stephen Jackson Doesn’t Think The NBA Should Return: “Nobody’s Gonna Be Talking About Getting Justice For All These Senseless Murders”
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Source: Cassius | born unapologetic | News, Style, Culture
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OIMEKE: Fuel marking and monitoring have curbed adulteration
Fuel marking and monitoring have curbed adulteration
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Source: Business Daily
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Kenya: Rwanda, Kenya Address Truck Standoff On Tanzania Borders
Tanzania cross-border cargo truck owners want unconditional access into Rwanda, protesting the Covid-19 control measures requiring them to terminate their trips at the Rwanda border, with exception of perishables and petroleum products as per the deal reached by the governments on May
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Source: allAfrica.com
MFA acquires work by 24 diverse contemporary artists
The Museum of Fine Arts has launched an aggressive campaign to acquire works by contemporary
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Source: The Bay State Banner
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