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A Window into Louisiana’s Continued Embrace of the Fossil Fuel Industry

DeSmogBlog

.” Heerden was hired by three Louisiana-based environmental groups — The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ), Sierra Club, and Healthy Gulf — that are suing the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources for exempting Venture Global LNG from needing a coastal use permit to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal.

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Louisiana LNG Could Be ‘Nail in the Coffin’ for Local Fishermen

DeSmogBlog

Even in a state famous for its seafood, Cameron once stood out. A few decades ago, Cameron was the largest producer of seafood in the entire country, hauling in hundreds of millions of pounds of fish, shrimp, and oysters each year. By ships, Dyson is referring to the massive tankers carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG).

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Thai Union, SDG17, and the case for collaboration

Business Green

The seafood giant explains how partnerships are at the heart of its Sustainable Development Goal strategy. Thai Union has also worked with its suppliers to implement a Vessel Improvement Programme , to help them meet its code of conduct for sustainability and labour rights.

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? Credibility for carbon credit claims #157

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📦 Woodio , a Helsinki, Finland-based sustainable wood composite products developer, raised $18M in Growth funding from European Innovation Council and United Bankers. based investment firm, raised $592M for its second renewables and sustainable energy fund. New Funds The Carlyle Group , a Washington, D.C.-based

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Online Event - VERGE Energy Conference

Green Market Oracle

It will specifically explore systemic solutions to the climate crisis focusing on clean energy, electrified, transportation, the circular economy, carbon removal and sustainable food systems. Meet the Innovators Creating a Sustainable Food Sector: Startups working in food and agriculture raised almost $20 billion in funding in 2019.

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August 2020 Cleantech Roundup: EV Charging Investments | Why Were Californians in the Dark?

Clean Energy Trust

Tesla has chosen to vertically integrate and is way ahead of incumbents especially when it comes to software updates, shorter update cycles and cybersecurity, giving it a sustained advantage. Because they don’t want natural gas to be portrayed as an uncontrolled climate change problem?—?they

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? H2 hubba, hubba #170

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🌱 Scope3 , a New City, NY-based collaborative sustainability platform for advertisers, raised $20M in Series B funding from GV, Room40 Ventures and Venrock. ⚡ Perch Energy , a Boston, MA-based community and retail solar platform, raised $30M in Series B funding from Nuveen. to $86.83 / barrel.