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HEPCO, Obayashi commence geothermal exploration in Rusutsu, Japan

ThinkGeoEnergy

The Hokkaido Electric Power Company (HEPCO) with Obayashi Corporation have announced the start of an exploration campaign for geothermal power generation in the village of Rusutsu in Hokkaido, Japan near the southern foot of Mt. Shiribetsu.

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COP26: Fears grow over UN climate summit amid coronavirus fallout

Business Green

With travel bans in place across Europe, the US and Asia, airlines forced to cancel flights, and citizens in major economies including France, the US, and China either advised or forced to keep social contact to a minimum, huge swathes of the global economy are now heading into a state of lockdown.

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Mutual credit in Africa: interview with Will Ruddick of Grassroots Economics

Low Impact

And regular usage – about 2000 active traders per week. New businesses get created too. Creating social services in this way – new businesses spring up that take this ‘community-created basic income’ (in effect). Do you think these ideas will spread more rapidly in Africa, Asia and Latin America? Is that right?

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Fast Fashion: the second biggest polluter on Earth

Envirotec Magazine

A study by McKinsey & Company uncovered that in 2014 the average person owned 60% more clothes than the average consumer in 2000, but only wore them for half as long. Not only does this produce an inordinate amount of textile waste, it has also resulted in water usage for textile and fashion manufacturers rocketing.

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T-REX Raises $40M Led by Riverstone Holdings to Accelerate Investment in Sustainable Infrastructure and Private Credit Markets

T Rex Group

“T-REX was founded to address two distinct gaps in the market: the absence of modern technology to power complex asset finance and the need for tools to accelerate investment into energy transition,” said Benjamin Cohen, Founder and CEO of T-REX. Leuschen and Pierre F. Lapeyre Jr.

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T-REX Raises $40M Led by Riverstone Holdings to Accelerate Investment in Sustainable Infrastructure and Private Credit Markets

T Rex Group

“T-REX was founded to address two distinct gaps in the market: the absence of modern technology to power complex asset finance and the need for tools to accelerate investment into energy transition,” said Benjamin Cohen, Founder and CEO of T-REX. Leuschen and Pierre F. Lapeyre Jr.