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Isle de Jean Charles Community Members Moved into the First Federally Funded Resettlement Project in Louisiana Despite Visible Engineering Issues

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Standing water under new construction can signal subsidence, which can lead to structural issues, and the water also presents a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Naquin shared with me that he had no desire to be present for the first move-ins, when I met him at the site on August 24. But the state scrapped these plans.

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Climate Intelligence: The Digital Fabric for Climate Action

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With a focus on outsized impact and returns, we recognize the incredible opportunity climate tech presents: to invest in solutions that will help avoid (or at least temper) our looming crisis. Saildrone (Series B | $86M | $260M): wind- and solar-powered autonomous sailing drones collecting and relaying real-time ocean data.

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Finding a Sustainability Career in Business

Green Business Bureau

Examples include energy engineers, environmental attorneys, urban planners, water resource engineers, wildlife conservationists and environmental researchers. Energy Manager. Energy managers focus on the operations and functions that require power. Project Leader, Program Manager.

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Finding a Sustainability Career in Business

Green Business Bureau

Examples include energy engineers, environmental attorneys, urban planners, water resource engineers, wildlife conservationists and environmental researchers. Energy Manager. Energy managers focus on the operations and functions that require power. Project Leader, Program Manager.

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What Is B Corp? B Corp Certification Guide + Quick Assessment

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Creating better businesses with B Corp Certification and beyond B Corp Certification presents a set of guiding principles that support organizations to minimize their impact on the environment and society. The minimum wage is not enough to meet the basic needs of employees – to cover housing, energy, food, and childcare costs.

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Where Does All The Radioactive Fracking Waste Go?

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And since 1997 about one million barrels worth of oilfield waste has been brought to Lotus’s disposal site, situated off a dusty desert road located 19 miles west of Andrews, Texas (and just several miles from a massive solar array financed by Facebook and which provides energy to Shell’s fracking operations).

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In an era of climate change, Alaska’s predators fall prey to politics

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Pilots flew through alpine valleys, where ribs of electric green growth emerged from a blanket of snow. I guess what we are kind of trying to present there is just the information,” he told the board. “It’s We can present the data, but what you do with the data is ultimately a political decision,” he says.

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