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Leaked EU green recovery plan targets building efficiency, hydrogen, transport, and renewables

Business Green

A draft document of an official plan set to be published on 27 May sheds light on what types of low-carbon investments the EU intends to prioritise through its heavily-trailed green recovery plan, as it looks to reboot the economy while moving the continent closer to its climate goals.

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Waste Management Checklist: 26 Tips For Minimizing Waste

Green Business Bureau

By zero waste, we mean the conservation of all resources utilizing responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials. Waste and waste by-products can easily make their way into the air, soil, and water sources. The ultimate goal of this waste management checklist is to achieve zero waste.

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How To Create A Sustainability Plan: Executive Guide To Becoming A Sustainable Business – Step 4

Green Business Bureau

Part 2: Goals and KPIs – This section documents your current baseline in terms of your eco profile which includes your energy usage, water usage, carbon emissions and overall eco score. Products & Packaging – Do our products use sustainably sourced and eco-friendly materials? Reduce packaging that is non-biodegradable.

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‘This Needs to Be Fixed’: Nuclear Expert Calls Radioactivity Levels Found Outside Ohio Oilfield Waste Facility ‘Excessive’

DeSmogBlog

Activists and scientists have found alarming levels of radioactivity in samples collected along the road and soils outside Austin Master Services, an oilfield waste processing facility with a history of sloppy practices in eastern Ohio. Soil nationwide generally has a radium background level of about 1 picocurie per gram, and the U.S.

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Pushing up the veggies: human composting, coming to an end-of-life facility near you soon

Low Impact

Natural organic reduction, a technique for turning human remains into “soft, beautiful soil” is being billed by its American developers, Recompose , as the greenest of green funerary practices. Was the deceased a member of the Soil Association? Perhaps a budget package? These come in a bewildering array.

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Hal Harvey’s Insights And Updates: Congressional Climate Plan Is A Bet Your Country Moment

Energy Innovation

After months of hearings with climate and energy experts from across the country, meetings with myriad industry leaders, and careful research, this document outlines a detailed strategy to bring the world’s largest economy to net zero emissions by mid-century. The work is remarkable not only because it is comprehensive and ambitious.

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Breaking: Biodiversity

Business Green

It may not happen fast enough to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, but all around the world the disruption caused by increasingly cost competitive clean technologies and the growing clamour for green economic recovery packages demonstrate how net zero emission economies could emerge over the next three to four decades.