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Meet the startup producing oil to fight climate change

Grist

It had been about a year and a half since he left his job at an aerospace company to found a clean energy startup in San Francisco with three of his friends, but the path to success he’d once envisioned had crumbled. Charm would use the same technology, but instead of turning plants into a useful energy product, it would offer a service.

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Hotel Sustainability & Waste Management: Reducing Food, Water and Plastic Waste

Green Business Bureau

Hotels require a vast amount of energy and resources in order to run, and with this comes an equally vast amount of waste generated. Food waste is a global issue, releasing toxic ammonia-filled leachate and planet-warming methane into the environment. Monitor and Evaluate Waste Management Programs Regularly. Minimize Food Waste.

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How do you collect climate data during a pandemic? Strap on your skis.

Grist

As a result, this global network of staffed observatories, mountain stations, and remote sampling sites that collect and record atmospheric concentrations of key greenhouse gases including CO2, methane, and nitrous oxide, is up and running despite the pandemic. That’s the one most likely to go down,” Andrews said.

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Can a tiger change its stripes? Meet the pulp and paper giant bankrolling a huge Sumatran rainforest reserve

Business Green

Like many emerging economies Indonesia has a rapidly growing population to feed and house, and exploitation of its natural resources has helped raise living standards for millions, while increasing its economic power and influence on the global stage. NGOs including WWF and Greenpeace gave these commitments a cautious welcome.