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Greentown Labs Opens its Houston Incubator on Earth Day

Greentown Labs

This Earth Day, Greentown Houston is proud to announce its seven newest partners that are actively participating in and supporting the energy transition. Since its founding in 2008, White Deer has raised capital in excess of $2.7 bp ’s purpose is to reimagine energy for people and the planet.

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Green Party: Green New Deal can deliver coronavirus recovery

Business Green

In a statement timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the Greens called on the government to resist falling back on a 'business-as-usual' economic model and instead embrace a recovery strategy that simultaneously boosts the economy while tackling the climate crisis and reducing inequality.

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

Happy Earth Day 2021! In 2008, Jacobson teamed up with student, Graeme Hoste, to assess whether California’s hourly demand for electricity could be satisfied with a combination of renewable power sources. Photo Courtesy Mark Jacobson). Collaboration with Students. for wind power production.

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How the recycling symbol lost its meaning

Grist

It’s Earth Day 1990, and Meryl Streep walks into a bar. It’s very, very, very bad,” she says in ABC’s prime-time Earth Day special , letting out heavy sighs and listing jumbled statistics about deforestation and the hole in the ozone layer. A poster from the first Earth Day, 1970.

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House Committee Poised for Potential Subpoena of PR Firm for Climate Disinformation

DeSmogBlog

A screenshot of a 2016 Earth Day message from Energy In Depth, a fracking industry project of FTI Consulting and the Independent Petroleum Association of America. FTI remains a major, major contractor to the fossil fuel industry. Any Energy in Depth work was outside her tenure and likely launched following her leave from FTI.”

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Earth Day History: Transformation of a Celebration – Part 2

Green Business Bureau

Earth Day History and Transformation. The launch of Earth Day back in 1970 marked a turning point for environmentalism and planet activists worldwide. Since the first Earth Day, the global average temperature has increased, rising at a rate of 0.32°F 10 years later, Earth Day began to face some opposition.

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The Transformation of Earth Day: What Has Changed and What To Expect – Part 2

Green Business Bureau

How Earth Day Has Transformed Through Changing Trends. The launch of Earth Day back in 1970 marked a turning point for environmentalism and planet activists worldwide. Since the first Earth Day, the global average temperature has increased, rising at a rate of 0.32°F Earth Day in the U.S.

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