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

GreenBiz

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

This is largely because of its dependence on agriculture, which consumes the most water by far, slurping up roughly 70 percent globally and wasting about 60 percent of that, largely through inefficient applications. This increasing demand in the midst of plummeting supply spells trouble for businesses. Lagging disclosure.

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Doteasy Technology Inc: A Certified Sustainable Web Hosting Solution

Green Business Bureau

Established in 2000, Doteasy is a Canadian web hosting company specializing in domain name registration and sustainable web hosting solutions. Doteasy has a green office culture that strives to reduce waste, and they’ve implemented solutions such as their thorough recycling program and bottle-less filtered water coolers.

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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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Geothermal well drilled for energy storage of waste incineration plant in Finland

ThinkGeoEnergy

A 2000-meter geothermal well was drilled for the use of the Lounavoima waste incineration plant in the town of Salo, Finland. The well provides energy storage for the waste incineration plant, allowing for optimized operations despite fluctuations in heat consumption.

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Building Industry Gets Serious About Its Embodied Carbon Problem

GreenTechMedia

They began by summing all the emissions released at power plants to keep buildings cool and electricity flowing to wall outlets. In a realm where products have long been forged by wasting scandalous amounts of heat, many are receptive to flipping the script. Orders need to come in requiring low-carbon concrete.

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Water scarcity: A growing risk for companies and investors

AGreenLiving

This is largely because of its dependence on agriculture, which consumes the most water by far, slurping up roughly 70 percent globally and wasting about 60 percent of that, largely through inefficient applications. Lagging disclosure This increasing demand in the midst of plummeting supply spells trouble for businesses.