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Mapped: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets

DeSmogBlog

In February 2021, German agribusiness giant BASF hosted a virtual wine tasting, a seemingly cozy affair swirling glasses of Portugal’s finest in front of a webcam debating the future of EU agricultural policies. Invited to the event was a small group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).

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'We urgently need to prepare': Green figures react to the CCC's climate risk warning

Business Green

All the top reaction from leading figures across business, politics, academia, think tanks and green groups to the CCC's latest assessment of the UK's preparedness for climate change. Here, BusinessGreen rounds up all the top comments from business, politics, academia, think tanks and civil society.

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Wildfires are getting worse, and so is the deadly smoke they bring with them

Grist

candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who specializes in climate science, social science, policy and the law, the climate change effects that California has experienced so far are just the tip of what’s to come. Enforcing the use of masks requires monitoring by the state, for example. A new lead crisis?

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Soul Candy. Activating Your Soul’s Desires For a More Delicious World.

Earth Gratitude

The interviews were centered on ways that we can all support a more beautiful common home, without a change in lifestyle. If they aren’t eating lettuce and tomatoes at home, it just goes into the trash. The idea is to make sure that all of the energy that cities buy comes from renewable energy,” according to Ken Berlin.

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Event - New Frontiers in Renewable Energy and Resources

Green Market Oracle

New Frontiers in Renewable Energy and Resources will take place on November 25-26, 2019 in Rome, Italy. The theme is "Renewable Energy for a Better Future" and the it will include: Keynote talks, Plenary sessions, Discussion Panels, B2B Meetings, Poster symposia, Video Presentations, and Workshops.

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How 5 communities across the US are seeking environmental justice

GreenBiz

Several houses near her home remain vacant. It's also home to the highest rates of lead poisoning among children in the city. It's race, class, money and politics. It's race, class, money and politics. He bought a plot of land on the edge of town and built a home, finished by the time his fourth child was born, he said.

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Environment Agency chief Sir James Bevan: 'The water crisis is a ticking time bomb for the UK'

Business Green

Now it is home to sharks, seals and seahorses. But our ability to protect our waters depends on us having the powers and resources to do that, and that hasn't always been the case. That could have severe geo-political consequences. We work with the government to develop policy that will enhance water quality.