How to support scaling and speeding up transition finance
GreenBiz
MAY 21, 2024
Sponsored: Decarbonizing high-emitting but critical industries shouldn’t have to wait for the perfect framework to jumpstart the financing for real change.
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New Environment Agency excavation unearths Roman taste for oysters
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 21, 2024
The new sea defences and mudflats under construction between Outstrays and Skeffling A Roman oyster processing site has been uncovered during the building of a major coastal re-alignment scheme in the North-East of England. The scheme will alter the location of existing flood defences so that new habitats can be created for wildlife, explains the Environment Agency (EA).
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