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David Crane is back, with a climate-tech SPAC

GreenBiz

David Crane is back, with a climate-tech SPAC. One of the hottest 2020 trends in raising capital is infiltrating climate-tech investing. . As of Monday, his new company, Climate Real Impact Solutions (CRIS), had raised more than $230 million for the purpose of merging with a company focused on solving the climate crisis. .

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Why We Need to, Have to, Want to Act on Climate Change

Andrew Winston

Need to explain the “why” of climate change action? Even ExxonMobil, a company that has spent decades muddying the science on climate change, wrote in a recent report : “[On] a list of the biggest challenges facing humankind … addressing poverty and climate change would be at the top.”)

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Waste: an environmental justice issue we should be talking about

GreenBiz

They lack what most Americans take for granted: the right to flush and forget," Flowers continues. For those who have not read the book, can you give an overview of what the "dirty secret" is in the title? I just want to be graphic because that's what it is. . Read an excerpt here.).

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The real problem with electric vehicles is the bad press they get

Clean Energy Canada

EVs can scarcely stay out of the news and off social media these days, and while that much exposure for a key climate solution is positive in one respect, in another, it is — more often than not — increasingly negative. Climate change has long struggled with a news disadvantage. Indeed, the myths abound.

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What If Automakers Had Acted on Their Own Climate Science From 50 Years Ago?

GreenTechMedia

In the 1960s, scientists who worked for General Motors and Ford discovered that the exhaust from their cars was very likely changing the climate. We’ll talk to Maxine Joselow, the journalist who reported the story for E&E News over many months. E&E News : GM, Ford Knew About Climate Change 50 Years Ago.

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How climate change can be addressed through executive compensation

GreenBiz

How climate change can be addressed through executive compensation. Although many organizations have adopted ESG principles, executives and boards could do more to meet the demands of institutional investors, customers, employees and other stakeholders especially in regard to climate change risk. Nidia Martínez.

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Academic paper highlights AD’s current and future carbon footprint

Envirotec Magazine

Using real world data from 2019, the paper sets out the opportunity for massively improving the climate benefits of recycling food waste to produce renewable energy and green fertiliser for farmers. This showcases the importance of anaerobic digestion (AD) as a vital player in addressing the Climate Emergency.

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