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This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined

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To transform basic inputs into stuff we need, manufacturers constantly heat (and cool) minerals, ores and other raw materials to extreme temperatures. As consumer and corporate demand for renewables grew, the value of the RECs rose, thereby incenting new wind and solar projects. Industrial heat is essential but largely invisible.

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Water scarcity: A growing risk for companies and investors

GreenBiz

And demand from agriculture, industry and municipalities will only grow — the United Nations projects a 20 to 30 percent increase by 2050 — as the world’s population rises to somewhere around 9.7 This increasing demand in the midst of plummeting supply spells trouble for businesses. Lagging disclosure. Rising rates.

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The carbon challenge that is bigger than cars, aviation, and shipping combined

Business Green

To transform basic inputs into stuff we need, manufacturers constantly heat (and cool) minerals, ores and other raw materials to extreme temperatures. As consumer and corporate demand for renewables grew, the value of the RECs rose, thereby incenting new wind and solar projects. Industrial heat is essential but largely invisible.

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Water scarcity: A growing risk for companies and investors

AGreenLiving

And demand from agriculture, industry and municipalities will only grow — the United Nations projects a 20 to 30 percent increase by 2050 — as the world’s population rises to somewhere around 9.7 Lagging disclosure This increasing demand in the midst of plummeting supply spells trouble for businesses.

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Water scarcity: A growing risk for companies and investors

AGreenLiving

And demand from agriculture, industry and municipalities will only grow — the United Nations projects a 20 to 30 percent increase by 2050 — as the world’s population rises to somewhere around 9.7 Lagging disclosure This increasing demand in the midst of plummeting supply spells trouble for businesses.