AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

In 2007, we had, at the time, the largest solar array in North Carolina. Relying on fossil fuels to power, heat and cool a home can quickly increase your family’s carbon footprint and drain the planet of its resources. Everything we build is with 100 percent renewable energy,” Linton said. “In

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2022

But, rather than continuing to inflict damage to the planet, what if the millions of tonnes of plastics used to make bottles, food packaging, carrier bags, clothes, carpets, and much more every year, were actually made from a sustainable, plant-based, fossil fuel-free polymer that was both fully recyclable and degradable?

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 31, 2023

I have been calling the carbon capture CO2 pipeline buildout plan a “publicly-funded sewer system for the fossil fuel industry” for some time. In fact it’s their only lifeline, and in the meantime it’s also really good for greenwashing and TV ads. A reality check is in order. Someone at Exxon had done the math 20 years ago.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

By 2007 , 82 businesses were certified by B Lab. Many local banks and credit unions offer the same array of services as big banks, yet these services will have face-to-face relationships with the local community and customers to understand local needs. The story of B Lab, however, really starts back in 1993 with Jay Coen Gilbert.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The efforts of Indigenous peoples in North America have helped block or delay a long list of major fossil fuel projects over the past decade, successfully leading to the avoidance of a massive amount of greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report. The numbers don’t lie. November, 2016. Credit: Becker1999. (CC CC BY 2.0).

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Business Green

OCTOBER 13, 2021

And businesses felt little pressure to respond to early COPs, shackled for years by US-led doubts that human greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels were the main driver of climate change, and by the reluctance of many nations to make a wrenching economic shift away from fossil fuels.

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Mosaic

DECEMBER 27, 2022

But this year Congress finally passed serious legislation—the Inflation Reduction Act—that allocates hundreds of billions of dollars to the task of transforming the nation so that it burns far less fossil fuel. Or is it simply too big a task, especially in the face of ongoing opposition from the fossil-fuel industry? “So

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