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EDC celebrates 40th anniversary of Tongonan geothermal field, Philippines

ThinkGeoEnergy

The Energy Development Corporation (EDC) recently celebrated the 40th year anniversary of the Tongonan geothermal power plant in the Leyte geothermal field of the Philippines. After several years of intensive exploration and development work, the Tongonan-1 geothermal power plant was inaugurated on July 02, 1983.

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Soy scandals: Green groups raise alarm over deforestation impact of corporates' soy supply chains

Business Green

Two separate reports from WWF and Greenpeace have similarly highlighted how soy remains a major driver of deforestation, especially in South America, despite the growing number of pledges from retailers and agri-businesses to develop sustainable soy supply chains.

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UN-Approved ‘Green’ Investors Funding UK Airport Expansion Bids

DeSmogBlog

Another airport investor, Spanish transport giant Ferrovial, owns a 25 percent stake in Heathrow, already the second most polluting airport in the world , despite having had its business plans approved by the Science Based Targets initiative, another UN-backed scheme.

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Cities need to act on climate adaptation now

Unsustainable

The impacts of climate change are already being felt in South Asia in the form of erratic rainfall patterns predicted by climatologists. In 2006, flooding in Surat left more than 75 percent of the city underwater, causing major economic and other losses. The flooding was caused by an emergency release from the upstream Ukai reservoir.

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The Rules for Early-Stage Cleantech Venture Capital Investment in 2021

GreenTechMedia

Think thin-film solar and biofuels, the two “big bad bets” that Shayle Kann, partner at Energy Impact Partners, identified in a 2020 Interchange conversation. billion according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance to $16 billion, according to PwC. ” Bring incremental improvements to fast-growing cleantech sectors.

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A fat load of good? Sourcing feedstocks for aviation biofuels looks not-so-simple

Envirotec Magazine

In late May, Boeing chief executive Dave Calhoun seemed to dampen hopes that SAF might achieve price parity with Jet A, a kerosene-based fuel that is the most commonly used in commercial aviation. In existing SAF usage, aircraft will be fuelled with at most a 50% blend of SAF and normal jet fuel.

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