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'The opposite is true': Solar industry rubbishes claims it poses threat to UK farmland

Business Green

Solar Energy UK raps PM candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss for suggesting large solar farms pose risk to UK food security. At present, around 70 per cent of UK land is used for some form of agricultural production, while ground-mount solar farms are estimated be spread across around 0.06

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Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South

GreenBiz

This story was originally published by Southerly , in partnership with Scalawag and Environmental Health News for its Powerlines series, which looks at climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South. South to burn them overseas in its power plants. Collectively, the region’s wood pellet industry exports more than 7.4

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How Patagonia helped save Europe's last wild river - and navigated a path for others to follow

Business Green

Hydropower dam proposals have ballooned across the Balkans over the last two decades, as the leaders of some of Europe's poorest regions have looked to tap their abundant natural resources to secure access clean energy. But the picture is much more complicated.

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Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South

AGreenLiving

Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South Danielle Purifoy Wed, 10/21/2020 – 00:45 This story was originally published by Southerly , in partnership with Scalawag and Environmental Health News for its Powerlines series, which looks at climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South.

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The EU Elections Candidates Spreading False Narratives on Food and Farming

DeSmogBlog

Both parties are considered to be continuations of Falange Española Tradicionalista (FET-JONS), the extreme nationalist party that formed the political pillar of the Franco regime. She began her political career in 2016 with Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia. If it does so, it will become the largest Dutch faction in parliament.

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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.

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'Fifteen years of anaemic growth cannot be repeated': The green economy reacts to the government's Growth Plan

Business Green

But the promise of streamlining the planning process may also offer a much-needed boost for major low carbon energy projects such as nuclear power plants and offshore wind farms. And we're accelerating new road, rail and energy projects by removing restrictions that have slowed down progress for too long. "We