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Comment: Technology will be crucial to the success of vertical farms

Envirotec Magazine

According to the World Bank, agricultural development is one of the most powerful tools to end extreme poverty, boost shared prosperity, and feed a projected 9.7 Case Study – large commercial vertical farm in the UK: JFC2 JFC was established in 2016 to exploit the advantages of vertical farming to provide fresh local produce all year round.

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Leading Think Tank Met With Minister Over North Sea Energy While Funded by Fossil Fuel Interests

DeSmogBlog

The Transition Deal echoed the fossil fuel lobby by emphasising the importance of hydrogen power and carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) to the green transition. The International Energy Agency has stated that new oil and gas exploration is incompatible with net zero.

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In Their Own Words: The Dirty Dozen Documents of Big Oil’s Secret Climate Knowledge

DeSmogBlog

s investigative journalism arm, and the British Channel 4 News this summer exposing how the oil giant and lobby groups such as the American Petroleum Institute seed doubt about climate change and undermine legislation to stop global warming. He helped develop the fusion bomb, which is immensely more powerful than even the atomic bomb.

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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

It’s important for business owners and global citizens to understand the source of this change to be empowered to anticipate and adapt to these changes and potentially help reverse them through intentional, sustainable action. . The Holocene. The Anthropocene. The Great Acceleration – Beyond Natural Variation.

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Ranked: The 12 best ways to get cars out of cities

Business Green

The second-largest (and growing) source of climate pollution in Europe. A principal cause of stress-inducing noise pollution and life-shortening air pollution in European cities. Despite the (slow) migration to electric-powered cars, consumer trends are making driving even more wasteful and unequal.

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Are Europe's leading banks flouting their net zero pledges?

Business Green

It found that 25 banks have provided over $400bn to finance these fossil fuel firms since 2016, with HSBC leading the way with $59bn of funding, followed by Barclays at $48bn, and BNP Paribas at $46bn. Either way, value will be destroyed for energy companies, banks and their investors.". temperature goal alive. "If

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Fashion's latest trend? Why H&M, other big brands are investing in garment recycling

Business Green

The fashion industry has a pollution problem. In addition, solvents used in the process often can be collected after usage and re-used continuously. "We There may also be new job creation [and] businesses around the collection, sorting and processing of post-consumer textile waste for large-scale recycling.".

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