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Critics Question the Climate Crisis Benefits of Deep Seabed Mining

DeSmogBlog

While commercial mining of the deep seafloor is not yet happening, momentum is building and the world is now seriously entertaining the possibility. They also worry that the mining may be counterproductive in relation to climate change because it may in fact diminish the ocean floor’s distinct carbon sequestration capacity.

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Price and provenance: Does the UK have an appetite for eco-labels on food?

Business Green

Business interest in plant-based food is growing, but many consumers are still in the dark over the environmental sustainability of their eating habits. There can be little doubt diets are steadily changing in the UK. That breaks down into a 13.7g increase in white meat consumption over the period.

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Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country

Grist

Most often, climate change is associated with a decrease in groundwater, fueled by worsening drought and evaporative demand. These three communities, profiled below, demonstrate the risks that other parts of the country may soon face as climate change alters a system long taken for granted.

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A Push to Expedite Permits Fueled by Disaster Capitalism Threatens to Fastrack the Climate Crisis

DeSmogBlog

The project’s supporters assert diverting the river to its historic path and unleashing the power of nature will result in the creation of 21 square miles of new submerged land in the basin’s wetlands over the next 50 years. And HDR has done extensive work on the project for the CPRA and is also a client of Emergent Method.

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Compelled to action: 5 sustainability trends impacting food retail

AGreenLiving

They also have the most potential to drive changes for a more sustainable future. The food retail industry has remained behind in adapting to the realities of doing business in the era of climate change and rapidly changing consumer preferences. A 2019 report by the Center for Biological Diversity on U.S.

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Online Event - VERGE Energy Conference

Green Market Oracle

VERGE Energy Conference (VERGE 20) will take place on October 26-30, 2020. This online event can be attended from anywhere, The central theme at VERGE 20 will focus on how energy systems can be decarbonized, decentralized, digitized and democratized. Climate change is the most significant global threat we face today.

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The Uncertain Future of Gas Exports on Louisiana’s Vanishing Coastline

DeSmogBlog

The power lines had been replaced four times in the past two decades. “It Credit: Nick Cunningham/Gas Outlook But the coastline is under threat from more than just climate change. Those facilities will, in turn, exacerbate the climate crisis that is ravaging the Louisiana coastline where Allaire lives. Hiatt said.