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New Environment Agency excavation unearths Roman taste for oysters
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 21, 2024
The new sea defences and mudflats under construction between Outstrays and Skeffling A Roman oyster processing site has been uncovered during the building of a major coastal re-alignment scheme in the North-East of England. The scheme will alter the location of existing flood defences so that new habitats can be created for wildlife, explains the Environment Agency (EA).
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10 Things I Hate About You (House Majority Farm Bill)
NRDC onEarth
MAY 23, 2024
From undermining historic climate funding to compromising food security and weakening species protections, NRDC’s analysis lays out the worst of the worst that this Farm Bill has to offer.
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Grist
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At the bottom of the Earth sits a massive bowl of ice you may know as the West Antarctic ice sheet. Each day, the ocean laps away at its base, slowly eroding the glaciers that line its rim. When they inevitably give in, the sea will begin to fill the basin, claiming the ice for its own and flooding coastlines around the world. Thwaites Glacier is one of the bulwarks guarding against the collapse of this critical ice sheet , most of which rests below sea level and holds enough ice to raise the oc
How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES
Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions
Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.
Inside Microsoft's record-breaking carbon removal contract
GreenBiz
MAY 22, 2024
The company signed a contract for 3.3 million metric tons of offsets over 10 years from a facility in Stockholm.
Can coal mines be tapped for rare earth elements?
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MAY 22, 2024
Deposits of designated critical minerals needed to transition the world’s energy systems away from fossil fuels may, ironically enough, be co-located with coal deposits that have been mined to produce the fossil fuel most implicated in climate change. Research led by the University of Utah has documented elevated concentrations of a key subset of critical minerals, known as rare earth elements, or REEs, in active mines rimming the Uinta coal belt of Colorado and Utah.
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MAY 22, 2024
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The True Power of the Climate Movement Is Now to Admit Our Own Powerlessness
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MAY 22, 2024
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Make the internal business case for sustainability investment
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Engineering interventions that could reduce exposure of open-water swimmers to human faecal matter
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MAY 22, 2024
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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities
Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor
With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.
DOE to Issue RFP for $2.7 Billion for Domestic Uranium Supply
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MAY 21, 2024
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