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Plan It Native landscape conference goes virtual

Greenability Magazine

Deep Roots KC and its partners will host this second annual event featuring keynote speakers: Majora Carter, urban revitalization strategy consultant, real estate developer and MacArthur Fellow and Peabody Award winning broadcaster. For more conference information and registration, visit Plan It Native.

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How to lay the foundation for net zero carbon building projects

Business Green

Designed and executed with care, net-zero carbon goals can offer more than sustainability window dressing for commercial buildings in the decades to come. As we're moving from what was traditionally an avoidance of carbon emissions to avoid climate change, we're now moving much more into adaptation," she said. Risk and adaptation.

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California Ports Turn to Microgrids for Energy Security, Demand Flexibility

GreenTechMedia

Real estate on the port is valuable and space to install distributed energy resources such as solar PV panels and batteries is scarce. Brown later signed SB 100, which requires 100 percent carbon-free electricity in California by 2045. The Port of Long Beach handles $200 billion of cargo each year.

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Key phase of Everglades restoration project starts in November

AGreenLiving

miles of the eastern Tamiami Trail with features to further improve water conveyance, roadway safety, and stormwater treatment,” according to an official statement. A better water flow will also boost recreational activities and agriculture and help maintain real estate values.

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Analysis: How did the 2019 legislative session fare on climate justice?

Front And Centered

Additionally, the strengthened tax builds investments in spending accounts for operations, capital, and stormwater prevention and cleanup of toxic pollution of sites, explicitly allowing use of funds for affordable housing sites developments. One percent of this goes to community participation grants.

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Climate Corps Alumni Advisory Board

EDF + Business

Praneet Arshi is an Associate Consultant at WSP and focuses on renewable energy procurement, ESG frameworks/reporting, real estate sustainability, and life cycle circularity. Analyst, Global Impact (ESG), Salesforce San Francisco, CA, USA PGIM Real Estate (‘17). Praneet Singh Arshi. (He/Him/His) Anuraag Jhawar. (He/Him)

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The 2020 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

based insurer to achieve carbon neutrality in 2016. . During her five years with Quantis, Bande has advised some of the world’s largest companies in the food, cosmetics and apparels sectors, helping them define science-based targets, insetting initiatives and carbon pricing approaches. It advocates a carbon price, which emitters pay.