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Addressing biodiversity authentically and effectively

GreenBiz

However, the planet is experiencing a great loss of biodiversity due to overfishing, deforestation and pollution. We realized that we could estimate the health of the overall environment by using birds, as they are an indicator of biodiversity. Groundwater health, both in quality and quantity, is also greatly affected by vegetation.

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Addressing biodiversity authentically and effectively

AGreenLiving

However, the planet is experiencing a great loss of biodiversity due to overfishing, deforestation and pollution. We realized that we could estimate the health of the overall environment by using birds, as they are an indicator of biodiversity. Groundwater health, both in quality and quantity, is also greatly affected by vegetation.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. The ride-sharing brand positions this as a radical shift that will benefit communities, partly by reducing pollution. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well.

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Where Does All The Radioactive Fracking Waste Go?

DeSmogBlog

Those levels are more than 400 times the protective health limits designated by the U.S. But Railroad Commission reports, such as one 2003 inspection , indicate that the waste is not always making it into the salt cavern, and rather Lotus “is only using the entire facility plant and decon facility for storage.”.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. The ride-sharing brand positions this as a radical shift that will benefit communities, partly by reducing pollution. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well.

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Tufton Street Linked Donors Have Given £630,000 to the Conservatives Since Sunak Became Prime Minister

DeSmogBlog

Aside from the pollution caused by burning shale gas, fracking is environmentally controversial due to its triggering of earth tremors , and the vast amount of water that it uses. But for the ideas whose reputation her incompetence soiled,” as reported in the New Statesman’s Morning Call newsletter. Not for her own benefit.