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https://reneweconomy.com.au/solar-sunshot-albanese-pledges-1bn-to-take-australia-from-pit-to-panel/
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Reneweconomy
Prime minister Anthony Albanese will pledge $1 billion in production subsidies and grants to build a solar supply chain on Australian soil in a major pre-budget announcement made from New South Wales coal country.
Australia "should not be the last link in a global supply chain built on an...
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https://www.fool.com/investing/2024/03/27/better-electric-vehicle-stock-tesla-or-rivian/?source=financialcontent
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Fool
The electric vehicle (EV) market has become crowded. As the industry has developed and attracted new competitors, two manufacturers have risen to become the most popular among investors: Tesla (TSLA 1.22%) and Rivian Automotive (RIVN 4.47%).
There are some similarities between them --...
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https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/foreign-direct-investment-key-recent-1886645/
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Jdsupra
At a time of significant geopolitical challenges, many jurisdictions are looking at their investment screening regimes to ensure that they can adequately safeguard national security and public order. Within this context, there have been - or will likely soon be - significant changes to FDI regimes across the world.
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https://grist.org/agriculture/this-grass-has-toxic-effects-on-us-livestock-and-its-spreading-fescue/
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Grist
This story was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, a nonprofit news organization.
America's "fescue belt," named for an exotic grass called tall fescue, dominates the pastureland from Missouri and Arkansas in the west to the coast of the Carolinas in the east....
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https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/climate-change-in-the-drinking-water-9893401/
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Jdsupra
Climate Change in the Drinking Water and Wastewater Sectors and the Impact on Financial Resilience, Insurability, and Credit and Investment Quality. ("Report"). The Report was prepared by EPA's Climate Finance Working Group. The purpose of the effort was increased concern about climate change risk at water sector utilities.
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https://optics.org/news/15/3/41
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Optics
Recycling sector increasingly relying on LIBS to spot reusable raw materials. LIBS can detect valuable alloys in scrap metal. The transformation to a circular economy is in full swing. Recycling rates for raw materials such as paper or aluminum from packaging are already above 90 percent. In order to close further material cycles, however, the recycling industry needs sensor-based processes that can identify a great deal of different recyclable materials in waste streams not only reliably, but also fully automatically and at high speed.
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https://phys.org/news/2024-03-rice-husk-sustainable-packaging-material.html
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Phys
Rice husk, the hard-protective layer that envelopes the inner grain of rice, constitutes approximately 20%-25% of the entire rice structure and produces a considerable amount of by-products. In a study published in the journal, Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, researchers have unveiled a...
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https://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/quality-fabric-of-the-month/2024/03/quality-fabric-of-the-month-circular-nylon-66-milestone/
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Textileworld
Samsara Eco's partnership with apparel brand lululemon moves circular nylon closer to reality. By Rachael Davis, Executive Editor. t's not too long ago that the term molecular recycling entered the textile vernacular. In a depolymerization process, the technology breaks down hard to recycle items and mixed plastic waste streams into their molecular building blocks enabling a second life for items beyond plastic bottles that have typically been recycled using mechanical methods.
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https://www.greenbiz.com/webcast/end-plastic-pollution-how-business-can-operationalize-circularity
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Greenbiz
Date/Time: April 30, 2024 (11AM-12PM ET / 8-9AM PT)
As the global UN Plastics Treaty enters the final stages of negotiations, organizations must rethink single-use plastics, evaluate how to operationalize circularity, and irrevocably shift business models. Companies must go beyond processes and...
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https://fashionunited.com/news/fairs/cphfw-releases-first-sustainability-requirements-revisions-what-does-this-mean-for-participating-brands/2024032659080
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Fashionunited
In 2020, as the first fashion week, Copenhagen Fashion Week developed its own sustainability requirements in collaboration with Danish consultancies Rambøll and In Futurum and the Danish industry association Dansk Fashion and Textile. Since then, participating brands have been selected based on a...
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https://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/fiber-world/2024/03/eastman-selected-by-u-s-department-of-energy-to-receive-up-to-375-million-investment-for-its-second-u-s-molecular-recycling-project/
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Textileworld
KINGSPORT, Tenn. March 25, 2024 — Eastman today announced significant progress towards its leadership in the circular economy. Eastman's second U.molecular recycling project has been selected by the Department of Energy (DOE) to begin award negotiations for up to $375 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act funding as part of the Industrial Demonstrations Program (IDP).
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/28/satgana-closes-first-fund/
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Techcrunch
Climate-tech VC Satgana has reached a final close of its first fund, which targets to back up to 30 early-stage startups in Africa and Europe. The VC firm reached a final close of £8 million ($8.6 million) following commitments from family offices and high-net-worth individuals, including Maurice Lévy of the Publicis Groupe, and Back Market co-founder Thibaud Hug de Larauze.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/3/27/extreme-heat-is-the-silent-assassin-of-climate-change?traffic_source=rss
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Aljazeera
Twenty million people dead in a heatwave, some poached alive in a lake they hoped to cool off in.
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Kim Stanley Robinson's apocalyptic novel, Ministry for the Future, starts in an...
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07264-9?code=610ae636-db2e-42ab-8e87-c9a2cb3df54e&error=cookies_not_supported
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Nature
Mountainous regions represent 25% of Earth's land surface and are rich in biodiversity, owing in part to their steep climatic gradients and complex topography1,2. The assumption that mountain species are responding faster to anthropogenic climate change through rapid upward range shifts leading...
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https://www.desmog.com/2024/03/27/report-environmental-defence-fossil-fuel-subsidies-canada-government-carbon-capture-justin-trudeau/
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Desmog
Last year was one of the worst on record for climate change-related disasters, yet Canada's federal government spent $18.6 billion supporting the fossil fuel and petrochemical industry. A new report by the nonprofit Environmental Defence indicates that, despite record profits for the fossil fuel industry and Canadian claims to eliminate subsidies, the government of Justin Trudeau continues to spend massive quantities of public money supporting the primary cause of climate change.
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https://mentalitch.com/who-are-the-environmental-science-heroes/
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Mentalitch
In a world facing unprecedented environmental challenges, the heroes of environmental science shine as beacons of hope and action. From the depths of the oceans to the heart of dense forests, these remarkable individuals have dedicated their lives to understanding our natural world and advocating...
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https://phys.org/news/2024-03-spatiotemporal-variations-rainy-season-precipitation.html
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Phys
The quantitative reconstruction of the length of the rainy season and precipitation on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is crucial for revealing the spatiotemporal evolution of the Westerlies and South Asian monsoon, as well as its ecological and environmental effects.





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https://www.terradaily.com/reports/New_Satellite_Technology_Maps_Coastal_Depths_with_Enhanced_Precision_999.html
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Terradaily
In a significant advancement for marine navigation and environmental research, a team of Korean scientists has developed a novel satellite-derived bathymetry (SDB) model employing machine learning to estimate coastal water depths with increased accuracy. This development addresses longstanding challenges in bathymetric surveys such as high costs and geographical constraints, marking an important step in utilizing space technology for oceanographic studies.
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https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/new-york-attorney-general-sues-beef-8051709/
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Jdsupra
On February 28, 2024, the New York Attorney General filed suit against one of the world's largest beef processing companies (the "Company"), alleging that the Company engaged in deceptive business practices and false advertising by misleading the public about its environmental impact. The People of the State of NY JBS USA Food Co., et al., (N.Sup.
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https://functionalecologists.com/2024/03/27/leo-ohyama-ecological-traits-of-social-insects-colony-queen-and-worker-size-relationships-reveal-a-nexus-trait-with-broad-ecological-relevance/
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Functionalecologists
In this blog post, Leo Ohyama, a PhD candidate, discusses his study "Ecological traits of social insects: Colony, queen and worker size relationships reveal a nexus trait with broad ecological relevance", which has been shortlisted for Functional Ecology's 2023 Haldane Prize for Early Career...
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https://phys.org/news/2024-03-evolutionary-fungi.html
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Phys
Scientists have found a "tipping point" in the evolution of fungi that throttles their growth and sculpts their shapes. The findings, published in the journal Cell Reports, demonstrate how small changes in environmental factors can lead to huge changes in evolutionary outcomes.
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https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Rising_scourge_of_e-waste_a_catastrophe_for_environment_UN_999.html
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Terradaily
Rising scourge of e-waste a 'catastrophe' for environment: UN. Less than one quarter of the 62 million tonnes of e-waste produced in 2022 was recycled, resulting in heavy metals, plastics and toxic chemicals leaking from junked devices. "This is a big catastrophe for the environment," Kees Balde, lead author of the latest Global E-waste Monitor, told AFP.