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Graphene-based packaging presented as first truly biodegradeable and compostable alternative to plastic

Envirotec Magazine

.” The biopolymers are combined with graphene, a variant of carbon (or allotrope , to be precise) whose modern rediscovery and isolation at the University of Manchester in 2004 led to a Nobel Prize. In addition, some bioplastics produce methane gas when they decompose, a compound with a global warming potential 25 times that of CO2.

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

Around the same time, Cole noticed someone going through the papers in his recycling bin outside his home. Citing global warming as the cause, the suit alleged that, “sea ice forms later in the year, attaches to the coast later, breaks up earlier, and is less extensive and thinner, thus subjecting Kivalina to coastal storm waves and surges.

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Top 10 Women of Solar

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

In this vision, GRID Alternatives , a non-profit solar installer, was formed in 2004. She has been with SEPA since 1992, when the organization was Utility Photovoltaic Group, leaving for a brief period before returning to SEPA in 2004.

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The Transformation of Earth Day: What Has Changed and What To Expect – Part 2

Green Business Bureau

Noteworthy activism and environmental awareness during the early 2000s includes Google’s first Earth Day doodle in 2001, voter registration for Earth Day in 2004, the partnership of Earth Day with the Green Apple Music and Arts Festival and the creation of the online action center earthday.org. Organize a screening of Earth Day related films.

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Earth Day History: Transformation of a Celebration – Part 2

Green Business Bureau

Noteworthy activism and environmental awareness during the early 2000s includes Google’s first Earth Day doodle in 2001, voter registration for Earth Day in 2004, the partnership of Earth Day with the Green Apple Music and Arts Festival and the creation of the online action center earthday.org. Organize a screening of Earth Day related films.