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Ginkgo Sustainability and Green Business Bureau Partner to Provide Living Wall and Living Roof Solutions to Businesses

Green Business Bureau

Provide insulation and reduce cooling loads. Reduce stormwater run-off. Fulfill municipal by-law requirements. Create amenity space for employees or building visitors. We’re excited to add Ginkgo’s ’s living wall and living roof solutions to our library of green initiatives in our EcoPlanner. Service Descriptions.

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Ginkgo Sustainability and Green Business Bureau Partner to Provide Living Wall and Living Roof Solutions to Businesses

Green Business Bureau

Provide insulation and reduce cooling loads. Reduce stormwater run-off. Fulfill municipal by-law requirements. Create amenity space for employees or building visitors. We’re excited to add Ginkgo’s ’s living wall and living roof solutions to our library of green initiatives in our EcoPlanner. Service Descriptions.

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The UK Infrastructure Bank offers a once-in-a-generation chance to value natural capital in practice

Business Green

If we want to make a lasting durable connection between this philosophical imperative, the new law that is emerging, and the new institutions that we are creating to channel finance, we need to ensure that the realisation of nature's value is manifested in real transactions.

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Analysis: How did the 2019 legislative session fare on climate justice?

Front And Centered

It allowed the state to “remedy discrimination against, or under-representations of, disadvantaged groups as documented in a valid disparity study or proven court of law.” Legislation also passed that phases out Hydrofluorocarbons (HB 1112) a potent greenhouse gas used in refrigeration and cooling products.

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New York Sustainability: Tax Credits, Grants and Green Funding

Green Business Bureau

of New York City’s 1 billion buildings – this is despite the significant benefits the technology brings (urban cooling, flood defense, and biodiversity support). The paper reported green roofs cover less than 0.1% followed by Boston and Seattle). Energy Efficiency : Using less energy for water quality projects.

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How to lay the foundation for net zero carbon building projects

Business Green

More real estate owners, operators, developers and investment firms see the appeal of future-proofing properties from climate shocks such as floods and fires; from market shocks such as high prices for scarce fossil fuels; and from policy shocks such as any future laws requiring climate disclosures or that tax or penalize greenhouse gas emissions.

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In West Virginia, Plan to Clean up Radioactive Fracking Waste Ends in Monster Lawsuit

DeSmogBlog

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported that problems began in April 2018, when Antero noticed elevated chloride levels in a stormwater pond, and found liquid had been escaping through the landfill. Clearwater, according to the drilling industry news site, began operating in November 2017. The report did not mention radium.

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