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Global Briefing: Paris Olympics targets zero food waste and more plant based meals

Business Green

African green hydrogen plans, new coal-to-clean energy deals, and worsening climate impacts. And it pledged to halve the amount of single-use plastic in catering, in response to high expectations, particularly from athletes and consumers, to reduce plastic pollution. African countries team up for new green hydrogen initiative.

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How Big Oil Rigs the System to Keep Winning

DeSmogBlog

It taught Esso and other Standard Oil companies how to sell derivative products (like plastic and pesticides) that made the company and the brand a household name in the minds of the public. They also mounted a stealth campaign to monitor and influence what the rest of the scientific community learned and said about climate change.

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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

Stratospheric ozone depletion – The stratospheric ozone layer in the atmosphere filters out ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun. They also have a direct effect on climate, changing how much solar radiation is reflected or absorbed in the atmosphere. The WAIS holds enough ice to raise global sea levels by around 3.3