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A defence of geoengineering

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That was my first question in early March, when a new book about geoengineering, Hacking Planet Earth , authored by journalist Thomas Kostigen , landed on my desk. Another pretty radical solar geoengineering idea, explored in the book, involves spraying the stratosphere with the same mission in mind: deflecting the sun. Intriguing?

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10 European firms every sustainability professional should know

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It then invests the capital raised into innovative climate projects, such as Cool Roof France (reflective building cladding, $540,000 invested) and Beyond the Sea (kite-pulled ships, $1.1m The company's website promises that, by using Tred, your money "will never fund fossil fuels." That's an area 1.65