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'Eco-Towers': Vodafone dials up plans for UK rollout of self-powered mobile masts

Business Green

Martin Barnes, CEO at Crossflow Energy, said the initiative would help to demonstrate the carbon and commercial benefits of using 'small wind' technology, which he said could have "equally strong applications for so many industries". "In

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The Amazon has lost over 10 million football fields of forest in a decade

AGreenLiving

This sobering deforestation figure highlights the harsh landscape changes caused by intentional human encroachment for commercial development purposes, such as logging, mining and cattle ranching. For one, the Amazon rainforest is a biodiversity hotspot, home to thousands of plant and animal species at risk of endangerment and extinction.

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200 million acres of forest cover have been lost since 1960

Grist

If deforestation continues, they say, it could also jeopardize international goals to preserve biodiversity and limit global warming. “[T]he According to a study published earlier this year , tropical forests can cool the planet by an entire degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit).

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Does planting trees actually help the climate? Here’s what we know.

Grist

As countries try to meet their climate change goals and businesses look to cancel out their carbon dioxide emissions, almost 2 billion trees are being planted every year. Trees lock away carbon in their trunks, branches, leaves, and roots, making them an excellent partner in countering climate change.

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Natural debate: Do forests grow better without our help?

Grist

Her conclusion follows a new global study that finds the potential for natural forest regrowth to absorb atmospheric carbon and fight climate change has been seriously underestimated. The study found that natural regeneration can capture more carbon more quickly and securely than tree plantations. But there is pushback.

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