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Waste: an environmental justice issue we should be talking about

GreenBiz

"Too many Americans live without any affordable means of cleanly disposing of the waste from their toilets, and must live with the resulting filth," writes Catherine Coleman Flowers, an environmental health advocate, in her book "Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secret," published by The New Press in November.

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How racism manifests itself in clean energy

GreenBiz

As our institutions strain under the uprising in cities across the country, I’ve been struggling to comprehend the depth of racism in America. I understand why these moments of police violence, the senseless destruction of black bodies caught on tape, would spark a fire that rages across this country. Sarah Golden.

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PepsiCo CSO on embedding sustainability into 'day-to-day business'

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The latter commitment is one touted by members of The Climate Pledge, orchestrated by Amazon and Global Optimism, although PepsiCo isn’t a member of that campaign as of this writing. Did that experience influence the final shape of the climate goals? Andrew, an avid scuba diver who joined PepsiCo about 4.5 Photo courtesy of PepsiCo.

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How racism manifests in clean energy

LA CleanTech Incubator

As our institutions strain under the uprising in cities across the country, I’ve been struggling to comprehend the depth of racism in America. I understand why these moments of police violence, the senseless destruction of black bodies caught on tape, would spark a fire that rages across this country. Sarah Golden.

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How racism manifests itself in clean energy

AGreenLiving

How racism manifests itself in clean energy Sarah Golden Fri, 06/05/2020 – 00:00 As our institutions strain under the uprising in cities across the country, I’ve been struggling to comprehend the depth of racism in America. To name a few, consider that in America black people: Are on average exposed to 1.54

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How racism manifests itself in clean energy

AGreenLiving

How racism manifests itself in clean energy Sarah Golden Fri, 06/05/2020 – 00:00 As our institutions strain under the uprising in cities across the country, I’ve been struggling to comprehend the depth of racism in America. To name a few, consider that in America black people: Are on average exposed to 1.54

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Learning how to garden a forest

Grist

Eight years ago, I returned to my rural roots and found a home in the coastal range 70 miles north of San Francisco, on the unceded land of the Kashia Pomo people. Forest Service was founded in 1905 with fire suppression as a key policy. the next day, fundamentally changing the composition of the forests across the West.