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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

Choosing reclaimed wood reduces the fossil fuel use and pollution that comes from clearing and processing trees into lumber. And unlike wood and PVC, Tangent Materials structural lumber doesn’t need to be chemically treated, avoiding the release of harmful pollutants into the air, water and ground. Arqlite , a member of the U.S.

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The search for the Dr. Fauci of climate change

Grist

The 9-year-old girl’s fatal asthma attack might have passed without public notice except for the fact that, after a long legal fight, it became the first British death officially attributed to fossil fuel-caused air pollution. After the class, Lemery was hooked on wilderness medicine. In the U.S.,

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Want to prevent California’s looming flood disaster? Grow a marsh.

Grist

When Jones Tract, a delta island, flooded in 2004, the damage cost $90 million to fix. The state establishes an upper limit on greenhouse gas pollution — the cap — and then gives polluters a certain number of allowances to emit the offending gases. Think of it as preventive medicine.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The ride-sharing brand positions this as a radical shift that will benefit communities, partly by reducing pollution. Gutierrez joined NRG from Dynegy in 2004 as an energy portfolio director. He serves on the National Academy of Medicine and on boards including African Parks. Patti Poppe, CEO, PG&E; San Francisco.

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SDG15: The fight for life on land

Business Green

We often take the land for granted, even though - or perhaps because - it is literally the foundation of everything we do, from the materials that make up our homes, workplaces, and transport systems to the source of our food, water, and medicines. And those are the only the most obvious essential services provided by the land.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

The ride-sharing brand positions this as a radical shift that will benefit communities, partly by reducing pollution. Gutierrez joined NRG from Dynegy in 2004 as an energy portfolio director. He serves on the National Academy of Medicine and on boards including African Parks. In August, the 98-year-old company joined the U.S.