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Startups to watch: Innovate UK announces sustainability accelerator programme

Envirotec Magazine

Companies selected fall across the broad themes of Net Zero, Circular World, Society, Health and Food. The 13 companies are: Achelous Energy – Generating 100% carbon-free energy, 24-hours a day, from fast flowing rivers. All building innovation led companies to deliver profitable and equitable outcomes for our world.

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Frontline Communities Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Plastics Giant Formosa

DeSmogBlog

Fishers, organizers, and concerned citizens in Texas, Vietnam, and Louisiana — areas that are home to existing or proposed Formosa plants — have supported each other’s efforts to mobilize against the Taiwan-based firm, forming the organization International Monitor Formosa Alliance (IMFA). People can make a difference.”

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Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country

Grist

Cracks in aging and poorly maintained pipes are being inundated , leaving plumbing unable to carry away stormwater and waste. This phenomenon — groundwater rise — could also have dire effects on people’s health, exposing them to new or unearthed pollutants. Pavement is degrading faster.

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Ocean-dumping for Fukushima wastewater: Japan’s complex decision remains contentious

Envirotec Magazine

The announcement appeared to draw condemnation from environmental groups and neighbouring countries, while support was forthcoming from both the US and the International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA). So far around 1.25 m 3 of treated radioactive wastewater has been stored at the plant, in around 1000 tanks.

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Sustainable Food Management Checklist: Getting Started Guide for the Office Cafeteria

Green Business Bureau

Sustainable food management is a systematic approach that concentrates on reducing wasted food, supporting local communities and employees, and mitigating the environmental impact of operations over the complete life cycle of food items. Our food supply chain demands an extravagant amount of energy. In the U.S.,

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Online Event - VERGE Energy Conference

Green Market Oracle

VERGE Energy Conference (VERGE 20) will take place on October 26-30, 2020. This online event can be attended from anywhere, The central theme at VERGE 20 will focus on how energy systems can be decarbonized, decentralized, digitized and democratized.

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The search for the source of plastic pollution

Grist

explains Heather Trim, executive director of Zero Waste Washington, an organization that helped develop the protocol. Heather Trim of Zero Waste Washington marks the perimeter of the beach where marine trash will be collected and categorized using the Escaped Trash Assessment Protocol (ETAP) at Golden Gardens Park in Seattle.

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