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The Best Option for Airlines to Shrink Their Carbon Footprint

GreenTechMedia

The International Civil Aviation Organization anticipates that in 2020, global international aviation emissions will be 70 percent greater than in 2005. Soil itself can hold immense amounts of carbon and is capable of absorbing — through sequestration — more carbon than either oceans or forests.

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Timberland invests in regenerative leather ranches

GreenBiz

The program collects information about soil health, biodiversity and ecosystem function, which is related to water cycle, mineral cycle, energy flow and community dynamics. We think we have a big opportunity in front of us to. So much of what we wear, if we think about it, is really just repurposed oil. "It

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Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet

GreenBiz

Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet. These same principles of human healthcare, and these same scientific and technological advances, are starting to be applied to soil — our most important asset for securing our food supply. Soil at the center . Poornima Param….

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Landfill and recycling both down, and incineration on the up: Scotland waste summary 2020 published

Envirotec Magazine

This includes waste incinerated, incinerator outputs recycled, and organic material recycled that does not meet quality standards. million tonnes (62.9%) from 2005. Part of the reduction was largely due to less soils landfilled, which decreased by 340,000 tonnes (29.0%) from 2019. TCO2e per person.

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An enduring threat to water?

Envirotec Magazine

As many PFAS are surfactants they can also coat soils and concrete surfaces at source areas, exhibiting multi-layered waterproofing effects as PFAS storage zones, where they slowly release because of rainfall. are regulated in drinking water, surface waters, soils and groundwater. Biological approaches to mineralise PFAS (i.e.

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Meet the 14 year old who develops fire prevention technology

AGreenLiving

His invention caught the attention of the Irvine Ranch Conservancy, a non-profit, non-advocacy organization created in 2005 to help preserve and support the Irvine Ranch Natural Landmarks. The organization aims to encourage citizens to connect with the land and facilitates stewardship through landowners in the area.

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Global Briefing: EU Commission targets €20bn annual support for nature restoration

Business Green

By planting three billion trees over the next decade, increasing organic farming to a quarter of agricultural land, reversing the decline of bee populations, cutting pesticide use in half, and restoring at least 25,000km of EU rivers to a free-flowing state, the strategy promises to "fix our broken relationship with nature".