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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Their dreams are bright: Walkable, equitable cities. All combined, this year’s cohort reports to offices in 12 nations across six continents, including Brazil, Canada, China, India, Lithuania, New Zealand and Rwanda. Growing up outside of Boston, Zack Angelini spent summers swimming, but one polluted river was off limits. "I

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In West Virginia, Plan to Clean up Radioactive Fracking Waste Ends in Monster Lawsuit

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Proponents hailed it as one of the most important environmental projects undertaken by the oil and gas industry in recent U.S. It lies in the heart of north central Appalachia’s booming Marcellus and Utica gas fields — America’s top natural gas-producing region — and was built to process 600 truckloads per day of fracking wastewater.

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May Cleantech Roundup: COVID & EVs | Enormous Storage Investments | Scooter Consolidation |…

Clean Energy Trust

With that caveat, here’s what I found most interesting in cleantech over the past month: Analysts disagree on how COVID will impact electric vehicles in the US. In this article , one argues that lower fuel prices will dampen the appeal of electric vehicles. namely crossover SUVs and trucks. My vote is for the second perspective.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

AGreenLiving

The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30 GreenBiz Editors Mon, 05/17/2021 – 00:01 Their dreams are bright: Walkable, equitable cities. All combined, this year’s cohort reports to offices in 12 nations across six continents, including Brazil, Canada, China, India, Lithuania, New Zealand and Rwanda. Planet-healing fast food. in childhood.

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Polluters Rely on Old Rhetoric to Block Clean Energy Future

DeSmogBlog

Power plants are the second-largest source of greenhouse gases in the United States, and the pollution standards, which are open for public comment until August 8, will mark a new milestone in climate action. This not-so-fast rhetoric is nothing new. Joe Manchin III (D-WV) in a May 10 statement.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

Throughout the subsequent decade, the concept was embraced by countries including Austria, Denmark, Germany, Russia and Switzerland, but it wasn’t until 1975 that the first International Women’s Day was celebrated and adopted by the United Nations. Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister, New Zealand. percent of its GDP.