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Food waste startup backed by Oprah Winfrey snags $250 million

GreenBiz

Apeel, which got its start in 2012 with a grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has attracted funding from many high-profile funds, such as Andreessen Horowitz, as well as several firms that have championed a focus on climate tech including S2G Ventures, DBL Partners and Powerplant Ventures.

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After Violent Clashes of 2019, Investors Reassess Chile’s Prospects for Renewable Energy

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“Our commitment to continue investing in Chile remains intact,” said Acciona’s director general of energy for South America, José Ignacio Escobar, in a press statement.

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SparkMeter Closes $12M Round to Expand From Metering Minigrids to Analyzing ‘Broken Grids’

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From its start in 2012 as a spinout of a nonprofit group bringing power to Haitian towns and villages, the company has expanded to more than 22 countries and more than 100,000 meters sold. SparkMeter, a Washington, D.C.-based based startup, has made it its mission to provide a metering platform to meet these atypical operating conditions.

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Climate change fueled the Australia fires. Now those fires are fueling climate change.

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That’s not a record, he said, noting that considerably more carbon was emitted in 2011 and 2012, when very large fires raged across Australia’s northern territory and out west. But in New South Wales, this year’s wildfire emissions are off the charts. That’s already huge. Even a 2 to 3 percent change is a lot.”.

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French court persecutes noisy frogs in Grignols

AGreenLiving

But in 2012, Malfione brought legal action due to the amphibians’ cries of “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?” Related: First fluorescent frog in the world found in South America The case was thrown out by a judge in 2014 but later upheld by a judge in Bordeaux. Things seemed fine for a few years. during the mating season.

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Food waste startup Apeel Sciences snags $250m backing

Business Green

Apeel, which got its start in 2012 with a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has attracted funding from many high-profile funds, such as Andreessen Horowitz, as well as several firms that have championed a focus on climate tech including S2G Ventures, DBL Partners and Powerplant Ventures.

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How a humble mushroom could save forests and fight climate change

Business Green

Compared to 2012, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is predicting a massive increase in agricultural demand of 50 per cent by 2050. In South America, around 71 per cent of rainforest has been replaced by pasture and a further 14 per cent has been lost to the production of animal feed.