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Food waste startup backed by Oprah Winfrey snags $250 million

GreenBiz

What's more, the coating is edible and because it's made from plant matter, it can be used on organic products. Other organizations featured in the customer video (below) are Cata Fresh, a Spanish exporter of everything from melons to onions, and Sage Fruit, which specializes in pears, cherries and apples.

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Almost nowhere on Earth safe from PM2.5, says Melbourne study

Envirotec Magazine

A seemingly world-first study of daily ambient fine particulate matter ( PM 2.5 ) across the globe reports that only 0.18% of the global land area and 0.001% of the global population are exposed to levels of PM 2.5 – the world’s leading environmental health risk factor – below levels of safety recommended by Word Health Organization (WHO).

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Fighting deforestation should be a top priority for 2021, and here’s how it can be

GreenBiz

More than 1 million acres of forests have been lost since 1990, leaving the global stock at near 10 million acres, according to a July report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). CDP’s recent " Zeroing In on Deforestation Report " urged consumer products and food companies to devote more energy to this issue.

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Untapped potential

Envirotec Magazine

When these molecules enter the water they cause acidification, having a negative impact on marine environments, particularly for shell forming organisms such as crabs and shellfish that rely on fragile eco-systems for survival. At present, around 25% of all CO2 emitted to the air is absorbed by the oceans.

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Green ammonia could decarbonize 60% of global shipping when offered at just 10 regional fuel ports

Envirotec Magazine

The study shows that the greatest investment need is in Australia, to supply the Asian markets, with large production clusters also predicted in Chile (to supply South America), California (to supply the Western USA.), 90% of the world’s physical goods trade is transported by ships which burn heavy fuel oil and emit toxic pollutants.

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An inside look at pricing in the forest carbon market

GreenBiz

It has conducted projects in the United States as well as South America, Central America, Africa, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. . Even large scale timberland investment management organizations (TIMOs) with millions of acres of land are not ready to implement carbon projects on their properties.

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Carbon Mapper data from the Tanager-1 satellite reveals methane and carbon dioxide super-emitter activity around the world

Planet Pulse

These include waste emission plumes from landfills or dumps sites across North and South America, Northern Africa, the Middle East, Southern Europe and Asia — and fossil fuel emission plumes from major oil and gas basins and coal production across six continents.

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