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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. But the picture is much more complicated.

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The EU Elections Candidates Spreading False Narratives on Food and Farming

DeSmogBlog

A wave of farmers protests in Europe earlier this year were jumped on by populist politicians, resulting in the watering down of measures including a law to restore nature – ignoring that many of the farmers’ concerns were unrelated to green rules. She began her political career in 2016 with Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia.

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

AGreenLiving

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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In an era of climate change, Alaska’s predators fall prey to politics

Grist

Pilots flew through alpine valleys, where ribs of electric green growth emerged from a blanket of snow. With conditions rapidly changing as the planet warms, wildlife managers nationwide are facing similar biodiversity crises. We can present the data, but what you do with the data is ultimately a political decision,” he says.

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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.