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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Often working from home themselves, they empathized with employees and other stakeholders, some refusing to issue layoffs. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. and globally by 2040.

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Making the Impossible Possible

Mr. Sustainability

Though it is hard to link the exact source of the particulate matter and NOx emissions - cars and other industries also pollute - it is a fact that outdoor air pollution is a major cause of death and disease globally. But the pollution caused by burning marine fuels are directly linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths each year.

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A fat load of good? Sourcing feedstocks for aviation biofuels looks not-so-simple

Envirotec Magazine

The Biden administration’s ambitious projections seem to depend on a mix of agricultural waste (from corn and soya bean production) and woody biomass. While bioenergy remains the world’s largest source of renewable energy, there is still at this point a sense that there might not be enough to go around, to meet the demands of aviation.

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Motorcycle parts from GPR Italia are recyclable

AGreenLiving

Related: NAWA reveals hybrid electric motorcycle at CES 2020 An Italian motorcycle family business Milan -based GPR Exhaust System was founded in 1968, so they been around for more than 50 years. They have an extremely onerous energy consumption and negative environmental impact,” Orlandi said. A single event is not enough.”

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

Often working from home themselves, they empathized with employees and other stakeholders, some refusing to issue layoffs. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. and globally by 2040.

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In West Virginia, Plan to Clean up Radioactive Fracking Waste Ends in Monster Lawsuit

DeSmogBlog

In rural West Virginia, largely hidden among steep hills, stands a $255 million facility designed to transform fracking waste into freshwater and food grade quality salts. Laden with heavy metals, chemicals and other contaminants, this waste frequently exhibits levels of radioactivity hundreds of times the safe limits set by regulators.

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Environmental Implications Of Lead-Acid And Lithium-Ion Batteries

R-Squared Energy

Following recent articles I wrote on both lithium-ion and lead-acid batteries, I received significant correspondence about the environmental pros and cons of both types of battery. But lithium-ion batteries are newer to the market, and their environmental impact is still being worked out. Lithium-ion batteries .

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