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Frontline Communities Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Plastics Giant Formosa

DeSmogBlog

Fishers, organizers, and concerned citizens in Texas, Vietnam, and Louisiana — areas that are home to existing or proposed Formosa plants — have supported each other’s efforts to mobilize against the Taiwan-based firm, forming the organization International Monitor Formosa Alliance (IMFA).

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Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country

Grist

Cracks in aging and poorly maintained pipes are being inundated , leaving plumbing unable to carry away stormwater and waste. In the San Francisco Bay Area, rising groundwater threatens to spread contamination that can evaporate and rise into the air inside homes, schools, and workplaces. Pavement is degrading faster.

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Sustainable Food Management Checklist: Getting Started Guide for the Office Cafeteria

Green Business Bureau

Sustainable food management is a systematic approach that concentrates on reducing wasted food, supporting local communities and employees, and mitigating the environmental impact of operations over the complete life cycle of food items. Our food supply chain demands an extravagant amount of energy. In the U.S.,

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Why Tyson Ventures is Investing in Sustainability and the Internet of Food

AFN Sustainable Protein

Sustainability is obviously a core mandate across all Tyson businesses and we subdivide sustainability into four subgroups: alternative proteins, food waste and supply chains, food security and food safety, and food deserts. In alternative proteins, we look at fungal-based, algae-based, and of course seafood businesses.

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Why Tyson Ventures is Investing in Sustainability and the Internet of Food

AFN Sustainable Protein

Sustainability is obviously a core mandate across all Tyson businesses and we subdivide sustainability into four subgroups: alternative proteins, food waste and supply chains, food security and food safety, and food deserts. In alternative proteins, we look at fungal-based, algae-based, and of course seafood businesses.

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The search for the source of plastic pollution

Grist

Recently, international attention has homed in on the problem, which is only growing worse as plastic doesn’t decompose but degrades into smaller pieces that will remain in the environment for thousands of years. explains Heather Trim, executive director of Zero Waste Washington, an organization that helped develop the protocol.

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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.