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Study demonstrates CO2 savings of “holistic resource systems”

Envirotec Magazine

Now is the time for real action to ensure societies stop wasting resources with all the related negative consequences. They maximize captures of high quality, high carbon-intensity material while reducing litter. As of 2021, the IVAR IKS ranks 1st in Norway in post-consumer plastic packaging collection rates.

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InventWood Takes on the Buildings Sector’s Emissions with Superpowered Wood

Greentown Labs

Another possible application of this insulative technology is to replace polystyrene packaging, Cable says. This wood technology also has the wide-ranging potential to replace various plastics, including in electronics and packaging. InventWood was founded in 2016 as a faculty-led spin-off company of the University of Maryland.

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Jordan Peterson’s New Online School Will Be Rife with Climate Crisis Deniers

DeSmogBlog

Michael Shermer speaking at the 2016 FreedomFest in Las Vegas, Nevada. A definitive body of research has documented the negative effects of rising CO2 on crops. Scientists have found that carbon emissions deprive plants of nutrients and lead to droughts and heatwaves that wreak havoc on natural ecosystems.

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Germany Set to Start Coal Phaseout Tenders Amid Legal Challenge

GreenTechMedia

Hard coal plants, or those burning more carbon-dense and less-polluting types of coal, by contrast, will be closed via least-cost tenders. There are also compensation packages for workers in mines and power plants who lose their job as a result of the coal exit laws. RWE is set to receive €2.6 billion; Leag will receive €1.75

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Lessons from 3 emerging bio-based material technologies

GreenBiz

Turning mycelium into packaging that’s 'compatible with the planet'. The company’s first technology, MycoComposite, precipitated the subsidiary Mushroom Packaging , which I discussed with Ecovative’s business development lead, Meghan Olson. Turning algae into straws that are 'designed to disappear'.

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Greentown Go Make 2022 with Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) Announces Startup Cohort Focused on Supply Chain Decarbonization

Greentown Labs

From production to packaging and distribution, each stage of the supply chain needs robust climatetech innovation to make a net-zero future a reality. Nfinite Nanotech (Waterloo, ON, Canada): Smart nanocoating that enables sustainable packaging to keep products fresh and eliminate waste at scale. ? Asahi Kasei America Inc.,

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The Cost of Doing Business in the Heat

Sustainability Consulting

A myriad of small businesses like restaurants and food trucks are also negatively affected. Flooding of homes, businesses, and infrastructure like airports, ports, and subways, during heavy rainstorms would have a negative effect on companies’ abilities to operate. According to the U.S. How will businesses operate without electricity?