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Best of GBB in 2021: Green Businesses Leading the Sustainable Business Movement

Green Business Bureau

The large volume of gloves used in the industrial market means that often gloves are thrown into the garbage after they are soiled or worn out. These green structures also attenuate stormwater runoff, saving nearby water bodies from erosion and leaching fertilizer, chemicals, waste and other components.

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How does climate change threaten where you live? A region-by-region guide.

Grist

Northeast are especially at risk, and the region’s aging stormwater and sewage infrastructure only makes matters worse. Rising temperatures have also dried the soil, raising wildfire risks. million acres of exceptionally biodiverse land since 1985, and more than a million people have moved to Florida alone since 2018.