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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

The series is supported by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University, and is part of their POWER project. . Other wood pellet companies have flocked to the region, including Drax , a major energy utility in the UK that now manufactures wood pellets in the U.S.

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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. Where and how do they find projects? How do they find partners? But the picture is much more complicated.

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What business needs to know on taking climate action in 2023

Business Green

From clean energy and nature investments to phasing down fossil fuels, We Mean Business Coalition's Maria Mendiluce offers her take on what corporate climate leadership should look like over the coming year. The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has produced shocks to the energy and economic system globally.

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How can the world kick its oil habit?

Mr. Sustainability

The dark, often viscous liquid is the single biggest contributor to the world’s energy mix, at 34 per cent of consumption, followed by coal at 27 per cent and natural gas at 24 per cent. Even as our thirst for oil seems insatiable, it is becoming politically and environmentally toxic. million b/d in 1986. million b/d in 1986.

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2022 was the year that…

Business Green

That's par for the course — an exciting advancement here, political or economic pushback there. With good reason: The climate and biodiversity crises, combined with the social and economic equity crises, are providing momentum and incentives for staying the course. Overall, it was more positives than negatives.

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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.