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Funding awarded for heat pump projects in several UK cities

Envirotec Magazine

million to develop a new zero carbon heat network. Following the publication of the Heat and Buildings Strategy , funding awards were announced on 6 January for a suite of low carbon heat network projects, under the Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP) , a scheme partly funded by the UK government.

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

GreenBiz

Wood pellets were considered to be renewable energy because replanted forests could recapture carbon lost in the clear cutting and burning process. As more and more science came out about the industry… it became clear that this is not the green and carbon neutral energy it was made out to be,” Zucchino said.

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Want to avoid greenwashing? Be clear about what it means

Business Green

These definitions, coupled with new anti-greenwashing laws , are meant to help suss out bad actors. While companies should be trying to phase out carbon to achieve these net-zero commitments, Sick noted that life doesn't work without carbon. There's a reason why carbon is all around.

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University challenge: Pay it forward

Business Green

The very central principle of a university is to learn, educate and thrive. Higher education and further education estates are essentially hot beds of knowledge and ambition, and this is perhaps one of our greatest untapped assets when it comes to climate change.

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11 young professionals on the future of sustainable finance

GreenBiz

Nonetheless, additional education from leaders in the equity and sustainability fields can clarify the practical steps needed to assist players in the financial sector in meeting their organizational goals in these two areas while ensuring their behavior has the intended impact of making our world more equitable and sustainable.

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Greentown Labs Appoints Four New Board Directors

Greentown Labs

She consults nationally and internationally on STEM education and research, diversity in higher education, policy, faculty development, and workforce development. from Lewis and Clark Law School, where she was a member of the Law Review, and a B.A. Thakar holds a J.D. Sublime’s technology was co-invented by Dr.

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Revealed: Fossil Fuel Giants Are Using British Influencers to go Viral

DeSmogBlog

percent of their annual capital expenditures in low carbon technologies between 2010 and 2018. However, what many don’t know is that we are also investing billions of dollars in low- and zero-carbon solutions globally as part of our efforts to support the energy transition. “No million views.