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Planting tiny urban forests can boost biodiversity and fight climate change

GreenBiz

Planting tiny urban forests can boost biodiversity and fight climate change. How much space do you think you need to grow a forest? If your answer is bigger than a couple of tennis courts, think again. They act as oases for biodiversity, supporting up to 20 times as many species as non-native, managed forests.

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Clean energy and markets are the solution (not scapegoat) for California’s blackouts

GreenBiz

Record heat for several days across parts of the state strained the power grid so much that it started rationing electricity, for the first time in almost 20 years. Rather than thinking of these events as a one-off stroke of bad luck, consider that this soon might be the new normal. Time to ditch fossil fuels-centric planning.

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Following the money: A sustainable finance odyssey

GreenBiz

It drew the attention of a number of friends, colleagues and veritable strangers who wanted to discuss the event’s themes, tracks and topics. For someone who’s quickly out of his depth when it comes to money matters, it’s been a steep learning curve. ESG data, it turns out, isn’t being used solely by investors and lenders.

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GM's electric delivery foray, plus other mobility trends headlining CES

GreenBiz

For the first time in its 54-year history, the world's largest tech show — the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) — kicked off this week as an all-virtual event, cramming a week of keynotes, press conferences and over 1,000 exhibitor booths onto the screens of our laptops and from the comfort of our homes. . Katie Fehrenbacher.

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Yes, Investing in ESG Pays Off

Andrew Winston

This is another in the realm of the “business case” for sustainability (within a corporation for its own capital and investment decisions, not as an investment thesis for investors). I’ll explore why reality makes me uncomfortable in another article coming soon. This article got some good debate on my LinkedIn post.

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Why Ford is bullish on domestic EV manufacturing

Business Green

As Farley and other industry executives have noted, it takes fewer workers to assemble EVs, and dealers could see much of the profit-rich repair business associated with internal combustion engines evaporate over time. Ford is also embracing a strategy of vertical integration to gain tighter control over its EV battery supply.

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Agtech startup Pivot Bio snags $100m amid busy April for climate tech

Business Green

Given the current economic climate, it's another sign that interest in climate tech is prevailing during the coronavirus crisis. The technology sold out for both seasons it has been available and is available on "hundreds of thousands" of acres of U.S. corn crops. corn crops.