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Sustainability Guide For Commercial Landscaping And Lawncare Businesses

Green Business Bureau

Sustainable Commercial Landscaping and Lawn Care. Lawncare and landscaping businesses that are eco-friendly and practice sustainability are realizing real benefits including cost savings, new customers, and sales growth. Now more than ever consumers are using their purchasing power to push companies to be more sustainable.

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US landfills emit far more methane than previously known

Grist

Tackling these hotspots could be a huge stride toward lowering emission rates, but blindspots in current monitoring protocols mean they often evade detection. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas created by, among other things, decaying trash , and it often seeps through the soil and plastic covers meant to contain it.

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The world is obsessed with forests’ climate benefits. Here’s the problem.

Grist

Billions of dollars are flowing into projects to plant and protect trees so that governments and businesses can claim they’ve canceled out their emissions. That’s because forests can enrich the soil, increase rainfall , and help with pollination. on May 10, 2024. Here’s the problem.

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? Alterra’s $30B bridge for climate financing #176

Climate Tech VC

In deals, major funding includes $116M for hydrogen-powered aviation, $44M for sustainability software, and $75M in project finance investment for SAFs. In new funds, energy transition infrastructure is bringing in the big bucks with Brookfield's record-breaking $28B infra fund and Antin's $1.2B sustainable infra fund.

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Inflation Reduction Act Activation Guide: Climate-Smart Agriculture

EDF + Business

Key Takeaways IRA adds $2 billion of funding to REAP in the next decade and increases grant share to 40% for all projects starting in 2023 Covers a variety of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies such as wind, solar, biomass (incl. biomass, anaerobic digester, wind, solar) Energy Efficiency Investments (e.g.,

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? 2023’s Most Headliney-Headlines #178

Climate Tech VC

Look forward to 2024 predictions from many of your favorite clairvoyant climate voices. Since the IRA passed, 265 clean energy and manufacturing projects worth $100B+ have been announced. 🏦 The Loans Program Office kept busy. Proterra, the dominant electric bus maker, was just one high profile example.

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AeroFarms is trying to cultivate the future of vertical farming

Business Green

The public market offering and the capital gained during the process will be crucial for AeroFarms to reach the next level of its growth and to achieve several strategic expansions, including improving operational and energy efficiency, adding into new products (right now it's focusing on berries), and maintaining its social impact. "We