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Closing Pandora’s box: A new book explores the science of sewage

Envirotec Magazine

A new book provides a helpful primer on the science underpinning its collection and treatment, and what happens when it’s accidentally released. The medieval and early modern periods in the British Isles certainly seemed to mark a nadir for the field’s development, and the book offers a nod to some of the less savoury aspects.

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20 must-read books about food systems

GreenBiz

20 must-read books about food systems. These 20 books provide insight into food access and justice in Black communities, food relief and school nutrition programs, the effects of technology on global food supply chains, the relationship between climate change and food production, and much more. Danielle Nierenberg.

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Book Review: Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard

Terra Infirma

So I got hold of a copy of Chouinard’s book Let my people go surfing: the education of a reluctant businessman – originally published in 2005 and updated in 2016 – and I dug in. The book is split into two sections: History and Philosophy. The History section was by far my favourite.

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A DNA “receipt book”?

Envirotec Magazine

Now, researchers at Californian research organization Gladstone Institutes have developed a tool more like a journal or receipt book—it logs a cell’s genetic activity for days at a time. While all cells within an organism have identical genomes, they differ in which genes are turned on or off at any given time. A new toolkit.

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Revolutionizing the Supply Chain: Resiliency and Microgrids

GreenBiz

Microgrids combine distributed generation — solar, energy storage, fuel cells, and generators — with controls, equipment and O&M services that help organizations operate and island from the electric grid. They’re an intersection of environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals and resiliency.

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50 Books on Climate Change and Sustainbility

Green Market Oracle

Here are fifty recently published books on the subjects of global warming, climate mitigation and social change. This is a companion piece to the the 25 books in The Green Market Oracle's well informed readers list. These books are organized in the following six categories: 1. Climate impacts 2. Climate action 4.

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Organizers of Global Gas Conference ‘Refuse’ Entry to DeSmog Reporter

DeSmogBlog

I suspect the organizers don’t like the investigations DeSmog has been doing about the gas industry.” A screenshot of the registration page for LNG2023 lists “media” as a relevant industry for attendees, contradicting the organizers’ explanation that the conference is “an industry only event.”

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