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Our Best of 2023 Has Your Holiday Reading Covered

DeSmogBlog

million campaign Edelman carried out on behalf of the United Arab Emirates from 2007 to 2009. Rewind time to 2007 to learn how it went down. His most recent investigation dove into what went wrong at a facility that aimed to turn radioactive fracking waste into freshwater and food grade quality salts.

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Canada’s power grid is pretty clean. Here’s why it needs to be cleaner

Clean Energy Canada

It includes the people who make our homes waste less energy: insulators and HVAC operators. But what about those wind turbines, those solar arrays, those hydro dams? This electrification of industry, buildings and transportation will help displace fossil fuels and cut pollution. million cars off the road.

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Princeton Maps Reveal US Plans for Massive CO2 Pipeline Buildout

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They are aimed at the cheapest solution, the least-cost, shortest distance between two points the pollution source and the dump. Here we are talking about a basic practical question: what would it take to build a “sewer system” big enough to handle the carbon dioxide that polluters are currently dumping for free in the atmosphere?

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

Green Business Bureau

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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'We have to reinvent almost everything': Meet the company building Europe's first fossil-free, degradable plastics plant

Business Green

In 2020, the world produced an estimated 353 million tonnes of plastic waste , vast amounts of which have gone on to pollute landscapes, oceans, and even the air, causing detrimental impacts to our climate, ecosystems, and health. Plastics are everywhere, and the problems they pose are well documented.

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Indigenous Resistance Instrumental in Stopping High-Profile Fossil Fuel Projects, Says Report

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and Canadian emissions, which, if opponents have their way, would bring the total carbon pollution avoided due to Indigenous resistance to 1.6 That’s roughly equal to the pollution from 400 new coal-fired power plants or 345 million passenger vehicles. These projects represent another 12 percent of total U.S. Credit: Peg Hunter. (CC