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What are ‘planetary boundaries’ and why should we care?

Envirotec Magazine

Earth’s energy balance (commonly known as the climate) and its interactions with trillions of species is the main determinant of environmental conditions. Ocean-acidification is still, just, in the green, and so is aerosol pollution and dust. For the first 800 million years, Earth was dead. Then life began making itself at home.

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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — November 2022

Greentown Labs

Dandelion Energy raised a $70M Series B-1 round to install geothermal heating and cooling solutions. Ebb Carbon closed a $10.75M round to remove atmospheric CO2 and reduce ocean acidification using electrochemistry. Department of Energy to extract nickel and magnesium from mining waste. seed round. from the U.S.

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Ocean-based sequestration heats ups

GreenBiz

The process begins with a twist on existing green hydrogen technology, in which renewable energy is used to power the production of hydrogen from water, a reaction that produces no carbon. According to the company’s calculations, the process can capture and store 40 kilograms of carbon dioxide for every kilogram of hydrogen produced.

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Ocean-based sequestration heats up

GreenBiz

The process begins with a twist on existing green hydrogen technology, in which renewable energy is used to power the production of hydrogen from water, a reaction that produces no carbon. According to the company’s calculations, the process can capture and store 40 kilograms of carbon dioxide for every kilogram of hydrogen produced.

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Global Briefing: Paris Olympics targets zero food waste and more plant based meals

Business Green

African green hydrogen plans, new coal-to-clean energy deals, and worsening climate impacts. It said it would aim to deliver twice as many plant-based foods per meal and set an objective of zero food waste by sizing quantities, designing recipes that reduce the risk of waste, and recycling 100 per cent of non-consumed food.

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The critical role of biodiversity in creating business value

Business Green

Four key value chains - food, energy, infrastructure, and fashion - drive more than 90% of man-made pressure on diversity. In the food sector, which accounts for more than half of this pressure, deforestation, overfishing and plastic waste are among the biggest issues, while energy impacts come from pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

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Dire Scientific Warnings from the Study of Fossilized Shells and Our Hope for the Future

Green Market Oracle

This led them to conclude that the cause of the extinction was warming and ocean acidification attributable to the release of GHGs from massive volcanic eruptions in Siberia. We will need to deploy technological solutions on a vast scale while massively reducing resource and energy consumption.