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How climate change drives hotter, more frequent heat waves

Grist

Earlier this month, Earth logged its seven hottest days ever. Drier conditions, for example, mean more of the sun’s energy can go toward heating the air rather than evaporating water from plants and the soil. El Niño’s impacts differ by region, but can range from extreme rainfall to severe drought to increased wildfire risk.

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How charge management can reduce OpEx and CapEx for EV fleet projects

Charged

Charge management software optimizes charging based on the available power, the schedules of the vehicles and the cost of electricity—from the rudimentary systems built into chargers to highly sophisticated systems that integrate with micro-grids or depot management.

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Welcome to the Pyrocene

Grist

Where fires were not visible, the lights of cities and of gas flares were: combustion via the transubstantiation of coal and gas into electricity. Without the counterforce provided by petrol-powered machines, from helicopters to portable pumps, there could have been no serious effort to exclude fire in the first place.

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10 European firms every sustainability professional should know

Business Green

From smart sockets to solar fabric, these businesses and innovations could be great additions to your sustainability toolkit Between 2010 to 2022, "the number of emerging technology companies tackling the climate crisis has increased 4x", to nearly 45,000. That's according to a report by TechNation , released in November.

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How forestry conservation is sustaining both the climate and livelihoods in the Congo

Business Green

To gage progress, 12 forestry experts camp in the forest, monitoring 400 sample plots and measuring trees to calculate how much carbon they store based on their biomass. To give back to his community he conceived the ERA Congo project in 2008 when the government suspended 91 of the 156 logging contracts in the province because of corruption.