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Comment: Pay-as-you-throw can drive the circular economy

Envirotec Magazine

A circular economy involves everyone from raw material firms to individual consumers. To run a successful waste and recycling business in a circular economy climate, you need the right data and the right management systems in place,” said Williams. It’s crucial that we break this cycle.

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Circular pallets scheme gears up for May rollout

Envirotec Magazine

Recyclable pallets initiative The Pallet LOOP says it is manufacturing tens of thousands of its distinctive bright green, circular economy pallets in readiness for them entering the building materials supply chain from May.

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Climate Accountability Largely Missing from Senate Democrats’ New Climate Report

DeSmogBlog

Senate Democrats this week released their action plan for combating the climate crisis and building a clean energy economy. Tags: Senate Democrats climate lawsuits climate accountability Senator Sheldon Whitehouse American Petroleum Institute us chamber of commerce

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Former Inslee Staffers Urge Biden and House Dems to Embrace $1.2 Trillion Green Stimulus as Part of COVID-19 Recovery

DeSmogBlog

Jay Inslee's widely-praised climate policy during his 2020 presidential run are now calling on congressional Democrats to adopt the bold initiatives included in the plan to make a shift to a renewable energy economy within coronavirus relief legislation. Tags: Jay Inslee COVID-19 joe biden stimulus Evergreen Action

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How the climate crisis will crash the economy

GreenBiz

How the climate crisis will crash the economy. Over time, if significant action is not taken to check rising global average temperatures, climate change impacts could impair the productive capacity of the economy and undermine its ability to generate employment, income and opportunity. It placed the price tag at up to 10.5

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California Leads Multi-State Lawsuit Against Trump Admins' Clean Car Rollback

DeSmogBlog

Those standards mandated stronger reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from new light-duty cars and trucks — reductions equivalent to corporate average fuel economy improvements of 5 percent annually. Tags: clean car standards SAFE Vehicles Rule EPA NHTSA oil industry

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Investigation: How Pesticide Companies Are Marketing Themselves as a Solution to Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

As the economy and agriculture begin to build back with the gradual easing of the COVID -19 restrictions, we need to support a recovery for farmers that puts the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss at its core.”.