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Frontline Communities Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Plastics Giant Formosa

DeSmogBlog

Communities around the world impacted by the plastics giant Formosa are launching a global hunger strike on October 31. In 2019, nearly 8,000 victims of the spill filed a lawsuit in Taiwan against Formosa Plastics Group. Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. We support the right for Diane or any citizen in the U.S.

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All Eyes on Marine Plastic From Orbit

Planet Pulse

New research combining Planet’s high cadence satellite imagery and other innovative technologies has successfully found the sources and pathways of plastic pollution in the Caribbean Sea. A boom is filled with plastic, and yet was only able to collect small amounts of it due to much of the debris passing it by. km2 to 0.77km2.

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Our Startups’ Biggest Accomplishments This Year

Greentown Labs

We couldn’t be more proud of our members’ resilience and accomplishments throughout 2020. Here are some of our entrepreneurs’ most impressive moments: Form Energy secured its first grid-scale battery installation pilot project and raised a $70M Series C. SomEV launched its first electric micromobility vehicles this fall.

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Episode 221: Mapping biodiversity, repair and the circular economy

GreenBiz

Fri, 05/22/2020 - 01:21. The sophistication of environmental monitoring tools continues to grow, with satellites, sensors and artificial intelligence all playing a role. The State of Green Business 2020. Episode 221: Mapping biodiversity, repair and the circular economy. Heather Clancy. Week in Review. EDT June 16.

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? $32bn and 30% drop as market hits pause in 2023

Climate Tech VC

Download the full report and data (clients) Highlights 💰 2023 investment: Funding in 2023 totaled $32bn, down 30% from 2022, although CAGR remains high since 2020 at 23%. 🤝 Deal count: Overall deal activity decreased for the first time since 2020, with deal count down 3% compared to last year. 

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#Greentown10: Greentown Launch Propels Startup-corporate Partnerships to Commercialize Climatetech

Greentown Labs

Corporates unlock key opportunities for climatetech deployment at scale, due to their capital, purchasing power, and market access—especially given that climatetech is a largely B2B industry with high capital requirements. Sector: Electricity. Sector: Electricity. Sector: Electricity. Topic: Distributed energy technology.

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$1T of Potential Losses in the Pipeline for Oil and Gas Financiers

GreenTechMedia

The only climate trend more powerful for global financial institutions than the drive to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 is the momentum to exit oil and gas. According to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), more than 50 globally significant financial institutions have put in place an oil and gas exit policy.