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Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves

GreenBiz

Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves. Let’s not make the same mistake with global warming. Air pollution, tall buildings, building materials, lack of green spaces and wind all contribute to trapping heat from the sun, traffic and industry and result in the creation of Urban Heat Islands (UHI).

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Investors call on major US polluters to clean up lobbying activities

GreenBiz

Investors call on major US polluters to clean up lobbying activities. The letter, sent to 47 company chairs and chief executives, calls on emissions-intensive firms to align all direct corporate lobbying activity and indirect lobbying activity managed by trade associations with the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to 1.5

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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

This article will cover the Holocene—the era of conditions that enabled society to grow and thrive, the theory of the Anthropocene, planetary boundaries, tipping points, and resilience thinking while urging readers to consider their impact and how to secure the future they want. The Anthropocene: Pushing Society Past Its Limits.

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How Organic Foods Can Help the Earth

Green Living Guy

Unfortunately, modern agriculture practices contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, as well as water pollution, reduced biodiversity and other environmental issues. But through organic farming, we may be able to find a better way to supply … Read More How Organic Foods Can Help the Earth.

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How Much Work is Needed to Make Recycling Economically Sustainable?

Green Living Guy

Environmental issues like acid rain, global warming, ozone layer depletion, climate change, and water pollution have raised major concerns for several nations, organizations, and groups. Conscious nations and organizations have started taking action by playing.

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Big Oil Clouded the Science on Extreme Weather. Now It Faces a Reckoning.

DeSmogBlog

One key player was the Global Climate Coalition (GCC) — an international industry lobbying group that was instrumental in early efforts to deny climate change and generate opposition to policy action to reduce emissions. A report that AccuWeather produced minimizing the impact of global warming on extreme weather in 1994.

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Organic Herbal Farming and Its Benefit to the Environment

Green Living Guy

Over the years, anything “organic” is associated with something healthy. This explains why organic labeled food sells at a higher price compared to others. As more people learn about the benefits of organic herbal farming, it is becoming popular. Not only is organic herbal farming beneficial to humans alone but.

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