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The Ten Most Polluted Cities On Earth

Jim Conca

The most polluted cities in the world highlight the fact that pollution kills more people than anything else. Cairo tops the list. Los Angeles is the only US city on the list and comes in tenth. But this pollution also involves noise and light pollution for their role in neurodegenerative diseases.

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5 Facts About Solar Energy You Probably Didn’t Know

Sunrun

Harnessing clean energy from the sun is the hottest topic of the decade. As we speak, this sustainable source of power is lowering our carbon footprint by reducing dangerous greenhouse gases. People around the world are demanding clean energy to save our planet. 1. The New York Times Predicted a Solar Future Did you know that the first operational solar panel was built by Bell Laboratories in New Jersey roughly 1950?

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Continuous Dissolved Gas Monitoring

Ambisense

At Ambisense our mission is to use technology to solve complex environmental problems. This mission is enabled by the uptick in the development of novel, field-deployable sensor technologies made available to our customers on our award-winning software platform. Our GasfluX & MultifluX platforms are designed to enable real-time ground-gas risk assessment, analytics and quantification.

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Mission Driven Podcast: The Story Behind BookNook

Better Ventures

You can predict whether a child will graduate from high school with 70% accuracy based on their third grade reading scores. And the fact of the matter is, if you can’t read, it becomes very difficult to continue to learn in the standardized school system we have across the United States. Michael Lombardo spent 10 years building one of the largest children’s literacy non-profits in America, until he hit a wall he simply couldn’t scale.

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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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How Can Solar Help Lower Your Utility Bills?

Sunrun

Clean and sustainable energy from the sun can run the energy needs of our planet. Using the sun to power our homes and save on electricity costs has become commonplace. Since utility bills began to rise over a decade ago (and continue to rise1), so has the search for alternatives to dirty, expensive fossil fuels. And our search has led us to solar, wind, geothermal and more.