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The risky business of climate risk: 'Stop predicting the future'

GreenBiz

That's despite this being the second pandemic in 10 years, the fourth respiratory illness in 18 years, and numerous warnings from the World Health Organization, he added at the February virtual event. Let's stop predicting the future because we've proven we're incapable of doing it," Irwin said. The risks of not sharing.

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Bill McDonough at 70: A look back … and ahead

GreenBiz

What we were looking at was how do we look at carbon in this circular economy? How do we look at carbon itself as an element, which is both an energy source and a material? In other words, a building that is organized instead of chaotic. And I just thought a building as an organism operated by children would be so much fun.

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What does digital art have to do with sustainability?

GreenBiz

Minutes before midnight March 22, two art collectors got into a heated bidding war at a charity auction for a climate organization. The auction was benefitting digital advocacy organization Open Earth Foundation , which ended up raising a total of $6.6 We now have a misconception that blockchains are equal to energy and climate impact.

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Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni

GreenBiz

After doing some research in Prague on carbon negative building materials, I have relocated to Portland and am currently working as a project manager/sustainability lead on the PDX Airport Terminal Core Redevelopment (TCORE) Project. Boredom turned into negative thoughts, and negative thoughts turned into depressing thoughts.

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Technology Trending: Mg-ion batteries, hydrogen innovation lab, landfill methane for Bitcoin mining

Smart Energy International

Now, with magnesium within the form of a metal-organic framework and with the introduction of the compound acetonitrile, used mainly as a solvent in refineries, a team from the Tokyo University of Science have reported overcoming this hurdle. Now with funding of $4.3

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The emerging “non-utilities”—EVs are helping new players in the energy marketplace.

Charged

Gordon Feller serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations focused on the future of greener mobility. Blockchain is important here because these are the systems that enable the verification and tracking of distributed transactions that can be time-stamped and location-stamped.

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

Green Business Bureau

What is carbon accounting? Carbon accounting – also known as a carbon or greenhouse gas inventory – is the process of measuring the amount of carbon dioxide, or other greenhouse gases (GHG), an organization emits. Carbon accounting is a must for any becoming business today.

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