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4 climate finance priorities for the Biden administration

GreenBiz

But whereas President Barack Obama voluntarily supported these areas, starting in fiscal year 2020 Congress enshrined renewable energy and adaptation as new mandatory lines in the spending bills (alongside existing lines for sustainable landscapes and biodiversity) to prevent the Trump administration from cutting them.

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Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet

GreenBiz

More biodiversity is in the earth beneath our feet than in all above ground ecosystems combined. The report shows that the largest year-over-year growth in funding was for downstream innovations such as meat alternatives, indoor farming and robotic food delivery. percent year over year. Pull Quote.

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Tech Startup Sustainability Guide: Running An Eco-Friendly Business

Green Business Bureau

Effects include erosion, sinkholes, loss of biodiversity, plus contamination of soil, groundwater, and service water. Also, mining is a significant air pollutant, releasing Ozone and ~4.5Gt of CO 2e each year. The EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program has awarded ~$15.5

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Logging is destroying southern forests — and dividing US environmentalists

Grist

When exposed to sunlight, volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides transform into ozone, which is especially dangerous to children and the elderly. It is extractive, polluting, climate-disruptive, and destructive of biodiversity,” Smith told me. which is more biodiverse than most other parts of the country.

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Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet

AGreenLiving

More biodiversity is in the earth beneath our feet than in all above ground ecosystems combined. There’s a significant opportunity to boost investment for upstream innovations — and nothing is more upstream than soil. Problematically, agronomists have a dearth of information on the biomes that makes up our soil. percent year over year.

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4 climate finance priorities for the Biden administration

AGreenLiving

But whereas President Barack Obama voluntarily supported these areas, starting in fiscal year 2020 Congress enshrined renewable energy and adaptation as new mandatory lines in the spending bills (alongside existing lines for sustainable landscapes and biodiversity) to prevent the Trump administration from cutting them.