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How can the UK encourage greener, cheaper energy behaviours this winter?

Business Green

Whoever takes on the mantle of leading Britain through what promises to be an extremely difficult winter faces a baptism of fire next month, and it is not a fire to warm the cockles: energy bills, food costs, inflation, and geopolitical tensions are all ratcheting ever upwards with no immediate end in sight to the worsening economic crisis.

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Scientists Find Appalachian Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Put Endangered Species at Risk Thousands of Times

DeSmogBlog

Now, a new peer-reviewed study , published in the journal PLOS ONE , highlights how one particular form of fossil fuel extraction has pummeled the Appalachian region’s rivers and streams, including the Elk River – waters that the diamond darter and dozens of other endangered species call home. Coal’s Powerful Friends.

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'Half measures won't halve emissions': The green economy reacts to IPCC's climate solutions report

Business Green

"Some government and business leaders are saying one thing - but doing another. But high-emitting governments and corporations are not just turning a blind eye; they are adding fuel to the flames. But high-emitting governments and corporations are not just turning a blind eye; they are adding fuel to the flames.

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California and China Strengthen Cleantech Ties as Trade War Smolders

GreenTechMedia

As Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen have established themselves as epicenters for high-tech investment and innovation, the Chinese government has shifted its focus to building out a competitive technology ecosystem in this cloudy inland metropolis. Chengdu is already home to several large international corporations, including Dell and IBM.

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Online Event - VERGE Energy Conference

Green Market Oracle

VERGE Energy Conference (VERGE 20) will take place on October 26-30, 2020. This online event can be attended from anywhere, The central theme at VERGE 20 will focus on how energy systems can be decarbonized, decentralized, digitized and democratized.

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

Business Green

The reserve is home to a vast array of rare and critically endangered animal species, including pangolins, sun bears, and - perhaps most famously - the Sumatran Tiger, of which there are less than 400 left in the wild. Some rough estimates put the entire Kampala Peninsula's peatland carbon storage at upwards of 6.5