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Why we should support small fishing boats over super-trawlers, Part 1

Low Impact

Here’s Part 1 of our interview with Caroline Bennett, founder of ‘Sole of Discretion’, a community interest company that sells fish caught by a collective of small fishing boats in Devon. Here we’re talking about the sustainability and community benefits of small fishing boats, the barriers that they face, and how her business can help you support them.

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Monday Flashback Story – Shahnajaf Imambara Lucknow : Marvellous piece of Awadh Sustainable Architecture

Econaur

Near Sikandrabad, on the bank of Gomti River, there is located a mausoleum – Shahnajaf Imambara that was built in the 19th century. It was the first king of Awadh clan – Ghazi-ud-Din Haider, who constructed this historical site in Lucknow. He built the Imambara as a token of his devotion to Hazrat Ali, who Continue reading. The post Monday Flashback Story – Shahnajaf Imambara Lucknow : Marvellous piece of Awadh Sustainable Architecture appeared first on Econaur.

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Air Quality Grant: £9m fund opens for council projects that tackle air pollution

Business Green

New programme to prioritise projects that reduce air pollutants, improve knowledge and information about air quality, or tackle particulate matter. Applications are now open for the government's Air Quality Grant scheme, with £9m set to be allocated this year to projects run by councils that can reduce the impact of polluted air on people's health.

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Monday Flashback Story – Shahnajaf Imambara Lucknow : Marvellous piece of Awadh Sustainable Architecture

Econaur

Near Sikandrabad, on the bank of the Gomti River, there is located a mausoleum – Shahnajaf Imambara that was built in the 19th century. It was the first king of the Awadh clan – Ghazi-ud-Din Haider, who constructed this historical site in Lucknow. He built the Imambara as a token of his devotion to Hazrat Ali, who was the son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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'Hedge fund': CPRE calls on government to expand UK's hedgerow network

Business Green

UK's hedgerow network is the nation's 'largest, most connected nature reserve' and could help create thousands of green jobs, according to new study. The hedgerows that criss-cross the UK could play a major role in tackling the climate and nature crises while unlocking tens of thousands of new jobs, fresh research has today argued. Countryside charity CPRE has this morning called on the government to heed the advice of its climate advisors, the Climate Change Committee, and introduce a firm targ

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Hydroelectric project in Sumatra risks extinction of world’s rarest orangutan

Eco-Business

As well as threatening the home of the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan, environmentalists say the Batang Toru hydropower plant in Indonesia jeopardises the livelihoods of 130,000 people and increases the risk of landslides

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How a bird's eye view is teaching us to be not (so) afraid of sharks

Eco-Business

Construction worker turned drone operator Jason Iggleden tells Eco-Business how personal tragedy moved him to follow his heart and inspire people with marine life filmed from the air.

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Are fossil fuel adverts a business risk for media organisations and creative agencies?

Business Green

The business and reputational risks for companies that provide a platform for, or create, fossil fuel advertising are growing. Is the PR and advertising industry complicit in the emissions generated by the companies it campaigns for? It's a question that has moved up the agenda over the last few days, after multiple campaigns launched urging advertisers and media companies to cut ties with fossil fuel companies.

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Prosecuting ecocide

Eco-Business

As proliferating disasters starkly demonstrate, severe damage to the environment is a crime against everyone. The International Criminal Court should recognise “ecocide” as an international crime.

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‘No Vaccine for the Climate Crisis’: Over 230 Health Journals Demand Wealthy Nations Take Action

DeSmogBlog

Developed countries must do “much more, much faster” in their efforts to tackle the climate crisis, over 200 health journals have said in a statement warning of the unequal health impacts of rising global temperatures. The editorial, published today in over 230 medical, nursing, and public health journals across the world, demands international coordinated action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health.

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

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Palm oil firms in Papua fight lawsuit after permits are revoked

Eco-Business

The companies are seeking a reversal of the revocation, which locks them out of a combined 90,031 hectares of land in Sorong district, an area larger than New York City.

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A Decade Of Wind, Solar, & Nuclear In China Shows Clear Scalability Winners

CleanTechnica

China's natural experiment in deploying low-carbon energy generation shows that wind and solar are the clear winners.

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UK Energy Regulator Supports Vehicle-To-Grid Proposal

CleanTechnica

The UK electricity regulator is proposing a new V2G initiative for the nation.

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Volkswagen Group Is Now King Of EV Sales In Sweden & Switzerland

CleanTechnica

Under some of our recent EV sales reports, readers requested charts and stats for automotive group sales, not just sales by model or even brand. It was even pointed out that this is the only comparison many people in the industry actually care about. Those seem like good points, so here’s an update on Sweden […].

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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NASA Begins Air Taxi Flight Testing with Joby

CleanTechnica

NASA began flight testing Monday with Joby Aviation’s all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft as part of the agency’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign. This testing runs through Friday, Sept.10, at Joby’s Electric Flight Base located near Big Sur, California. This is the first time NASA will test an eVTOL aircraft as part […].

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347 Organizations Sign Letter to Protect Rooftop Solar Power in California

CleanTechnica

Influential grassroots organizations across the state and sectors come together in asking Governor Newsom and CPUC to prioritize rooftop solar and storage for a more equitable and resilient energy grid.

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How to Raise Revenue Quickly: End Fossil Fuel Handouts

CleanTechnica

Originally published by NRDC. By Joshua Axelrod The House Natural Resources Committee has released a budget proposal that would end a slew of harmful handouts to the fossil fuel industry, protect publicly owned resources, and raise significant new revenues for U.S. taxpayers. This is a fiscally responsible approach to resource development after a century of waste and mismanagement. […].