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How an Application for Propane Fracking Attempts to Circumvent New York’s Fracking Ban

DeSmogBlog

The company is proposing to swap propane into the industry standard mix that usually calls for water. Tags: lpg fracking new york hydraulic fracturing propane fracking fracking bans new york state department of environmental conservation

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Event celebrates the mineral products industry’s contribution to conservation

Envirotec Magazine

Environmental and conservation organisations joined members of the quarrying industry on 23 October at The Royal Society in London, for the Mineral Products Association (MPA)’s ‘Quarries & Nature 2019’ event, which aimed to explore and celebrate efforts by this industry to preserve and restore wildlife.

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20 Sustainable Business Practices for Your Workplace and Office

Green Business Bureau

Install Water-Saving Fixtures. Limiting your office’s water use is another area where cost-savings and sustainability go hand-in-hand. You can conserve water in the office by installing WaterSense faucets and toilets in bathrooms and rain-sensing sprinkler systems in the green space outside your office.

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The UK's net zero target is under threat because there's no plan to pay for it

Business Green

Research by Inside Housing has put a price tag of £104bn on decarbonising all the UK's homes, with an upper estimate of £250bn - equivalent to just under a quarter of the government's total projected spending for 2022-23. Backing down now would leave the net zero agenda dead in the water.

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Ferguson encourages action towards a greener tomorrow??

Green Technology

Offer to provide a water or HVAC system assessment. Once the audit is complete, HVAC and plumbing contractors can offer customers conservation information, tips and resources such as upgrading to high-efficiency plumbing fixtures or upgrading homeowners’ HVAC systems with a smart thermostat. Did you know?

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How Sustainability Innovation Is Driving The Green Economy

Green Business Bureau

While nature doesn’t come with a clearly labeled price tag, sustainability innovation understands that there is great economic value in preserving ecosystems, natural resources, biodiversity, and cultures and communities around the world. GREEN COMPANIES TO RECOGNIZE. Even better, all EcoEnclose boxes are 100% recyclable and biodegradable.

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89 groups endorse the Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Act

Front And Centered

Front and Centered and HEAL Act endorsers representing doctors, faith leaders, environmental justice advocates, labor unions, farmworkers, scientists, family, immigrant and civil rights leaders and anti-poverty groups believe that everyone deserves clean air and healthy water.

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