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How farmers and seaweed can help tackle ocean pollution

Business Green

Chock-full of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, seaweed has been a staple of Asian diets and traditional medicine for centuries, and its various applications in food production and scientific research date back decades. Seaweed's potential as a solution to this crisis is two-fold, scientists and environmentalists say.

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

Grist

By the second day, the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department and the county’s Air Pollution Control District had issued an air-quality warning, and local libraries and nonprofits urged residents to protect themselves from the harmful smoke and ash, offering free N95 respirator masks. According to Emily Williams, a Ph.D.

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The arc of the moral universe is bending toward environmental justice

GreenBiz

How can environmental justice best be advanced in the current political moment that is part of a greater historical transition to a non-white population majority by the mid-2040s? This practice should extend to those residing in geographic zones of disproportionate pollution burdens. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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This invasive bug is terrorizing Pennsylvania growers (and it’s coming for your wine)

Grist

Lycorma delicatula , named for the lantern-shaped body of the adult that appears to glow under its dull wings, is used in traditional medicine in China, its native land. The sap passes quickly through the bugs as they dine, meaning they simultaneously squirt waste—politely called “honeydew” by entomologists—from the other end as they eat.

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The arc of the moral universe is bending toward environmental justice

AGreenLiving

How can environmental justice best be advanced in the current political moment that is part of a greater historical transition to a non-white population majority by the mid-2040s? This practice should extend to those residing in geographic zones of disproportionate pollution burdens. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The arc of the moral universe is bending toward environmental justice

AGreenLiving

How can environmental justice best be advanced in the current political moment that is part of a greater historical transition to a non-white population majority by the mid-2040s? This practice should extend to those residing in geographic zones of disproportionate pollution burdens. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Microsoft’s cloud architecture eventually will house Land O’Lakes’ data tools including Truterra , which tracks impacts on soil , air and water from no-till, cover crops and fertilizer management practices, as well as WinField United r7 software that uses satellite imagery and geolocated data. One in five is Black. LinkedIn | Company profile.