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Synterex: Clinical Service Provider That Gives Back to the Environment and Society

Green Business Bureau

The medicines that Synterex writes about come from a wide variety of therapeutic areas such as allergy, cancer, vaccines, nervous system disorders, and rare diseases. Every day, Synterex employees work with the hope of helping to get medicines to patients who need them to improve their quality of life.

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Government urged to step up promotion of climate-friendly diets

Business Green

And it suggests that governments should work with retailers to end the practice of 'buy-one-get-one-free' promotions for unhealthy and perishable foods, in a bid to help reduce seven million tonne food waste mountain created by UK households each year.

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Direct Air Capture and Storage

Energy Innovation

Four scenarios to limit global warming to 1.5°C. On the other hand, DAC2 takes advantage of lower temperature waste heat from co-located industry and may be easier to scale via mass produced modular units. Global warming of 1.5 C An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5

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How To Buy Carbon Offsets: 6 Certified and Vetted Options

Green Business Bureau

There are three different types of projects that come under the energy efficiency category: Cogeneration power plants : Most electricity generators waste heat. Energy-efficiency buildings : The amount of energy wasted from buildings is reduced by using efficient heating, insulating, cooling, or lighting systems.

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This invasive bug is terrorizing Pennsylvania growers (and it’s coming for your wine)

Grist

Lycorma delicatula , named for the lantern-shaped body of the adult that appears to glow under its dull wings, is used in traditional medicine in China, its native land. The sap passes quickly through the bugs as they dine, meaning they simultaneously squirt waste—politely called “honeydew” by entomologists—from the other end as they eat.

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How farmers and seaweed can help tackle ocean pollution

Business Green

Chock-full of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, seaweed has been a staple of Asian diets and traditional medicine for centuries, and its various applications in food production and scientific research date back decades. In 2019, UN member states adopted the " Colombo Declaration ", which aims to halve nitrogen waste by 2030.

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Threat to terrestrial ecosystems and food security detailed in IPCC land use report

Envirotec Magazine

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from all sectors is essential if global warming is to be kept to well below 2ºC, if not 1.5ºC, said the authors. Food waste was another area which the report identified as an urgent priority for improvement. Working the land. Improving crop resilience.

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