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Climate Intelligence: The Digital Fabric for Climate Action

Better Ventures

If you’re in the US, your 2020 likely included living through record-breaking temperatures , hurricanes , and/or wildfires , as the academic warnings of climate change quickly became a reality (my personal experience was Blade Runner in SF ). believing the government was doing too little to reduce the effects of climate change.

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How to Select a Sustainability Certification for Your Business

Green Business Bureau

This includes such topics as human rights, climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts, labor practices, anti-corruption measures, diversity initiatives, financial services industry stability commitments and more. These standards are constantly revised to reflect changing global priorities and regulations.

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As U.S. LNG Expands in Europe, a Hidden Threat Grows

DeSmogBlog

Radon will break down into radioactive lead-210 and polonium-210, one of the most toxic substances on earth, which was famously used in 2006 by Russian assassins to kill the former spy Alexander Litvinenko. In 2016, Houston-based Cheniere Energy opened the first LNG export terminal in the continental United States.

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What Is B Corp? B Corp Certification Guide + Quick Assessment

Green Business Bureau

Resolutions to global challenges such as climate change, poverty, inequality, biodiversity loss, habitat destruction, resource depletion, racism, and exploitation need the backing of our economic system. B Analytics is important as it allows investors, fund managers, non-profits, and large corporations accelerate market change.

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On the Future of our Food

Mr. Sustainability

Introduction Climate Change. Soil degradation. According to Livestock’s Long Shadow , a United Nations report, world meat consumption has the highest negative impact on the climate. Food is basically a combination of energy, water and nutrients. Sustainability. Deforestation. Loss of biodiversity. Water scarcity.

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Where Does All The Radioactive Fracking Waste Go?

DeSmogBlog

And since 1997 about one million barrels worth of oilfield waste has been brought to Lotus’s disposal site, situated off a dusty desert road located 19 miles west of Andrews, Texas (and just several miles from a massive solar array financed by Facebook and which provides energy to Shell’s fracking operations). Credit: Justin Hamel ©2021.

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