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UK Green Business Awards - Finalists Announced

Business Green

& the London Borough of Brent - St Raphael's SolarSpace Community Centre Grosvenor - Holbein Gardens IBM Corporation - Hursley Datacentre IF_DO - Brent Cross Town Substation SEGRO - SEGRO Park Tottenham The Office Group - Black & White Building Green Heat Project of the Year Barratt Developments - Energy House 2.0

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Critics Question the Climate Crisis Benefits of Deep Seabed Mining

DeSmogBlog

While commercial mining of the deep seafloor is not yet happening, momentum is building and the world is now seriously entertaining the possibility. To vacuum up these treasured chunks requires industrial extraction by massive excavators. In June, Nauru took the first step in launching the industry.

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The Battle to Stop Air Products’ Carbon Capture Project at Lake Maurepas Grows

DeSmogBlog

Where the Tickfaw River leads into Lake Maurepas in South Louisiana, a coffin containing a plastic skeleton is fastened to pilings rising out of the water. Air Products, a global hydrogen manufacturing company, is proposing to build a $4.5 Save Lake Maurepas From Impending Death by Air Products,” a sign above it states.

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Sustainable Food Management Checklist: Getting Started Guide for the Office Cafeteria

Green Business Bureau

The global food system is complex, requiring inputs from a diverse set of industries, such as agriculture, transportation logistics, plus marketing, and retail. Our food supply chain demands an extravagant amount of energy. Energy and food are intrinsically linked together. less energy for food production, produce 49.6%

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The search for the source of plastic pollution

Grist

Unlike several other Earth Day weekend cleanups going on farther down the beach, this group has been given special instructions that will help them categorize and log everything they find, from food scraps and toys to tiny pieces of foil and, of course, many types of plastic. Is the trash from camping? Is it from fishing gear?

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Compelled to action: 5 sustainability trends impacting food retail

AGreenLiving

Compelled to action: 5 sustainability trends impacting food retail Heather Putnam Thu, 03/25/2021 – 01:30 Authors’ note: Ratio Institute taps Presidio Graduate School ’s students and alumni for sustainability research in the food industry. and Australia, providing a roadmap for the rest of the industry to follow suit.

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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. Climate change is the most significant global threat we face today.