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Does Fossil Fuel Use Affect Premature Births?

Jim Conca

A new study indicates that emissions from coal and oil power plants are associated with increased premature births. The rate of premature births dropped by 30% after these plants were shuttered in California with the most significant declines among African American and Asian women.

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Don't let your coffee cup trash the planet

Living Green Technology

If you need that daily dose of caffeine to start your day, you’re not alone. About $40 billion is spent on coffee annually, as 54% of people have to get that java jolt daily. And if all of them are drinking their coffee in a paper cup, that’s a lot of non-recyclable cups bulking up landfills. Luckily, just by changing your cup , you can still enjoy your morning joe and help the environment.

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A Blockchain Crash Course: How It Can Enable the Clean, Smart Grid

Andrew Winston

(Another article from my column for MIT Sloan Management Review. This is my attempt at an "explainer" on blockchain, describing it as simply as I can, and exploring how it may help build the clean grid. I will dive into other uses later.). Blockchain is everywhere — at least when you’re talking about media coverage. It’s the new technology that enables those wild cryptocurrencies.

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Drones help scientists save entangled whales

Treehugger - Technology

Lost fishing nets and other gear pose a threat to whales, but drones are helping rescuers free them more quickly and safely.

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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.

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Corporate Member: Sila Nanotechnologies

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Sila Nanotechnologies has the following positions available in Alameda, CA: Mechanical Engineer – Battery Design. R&D Operations/Test Engineer. Scientist, Slurry and Coating Development. Controls and Automation Engineer. Environmental, Health, and Safety Engineer. Development Project Engineer. Development Yield Engineer. Process Engineer. Please click each link above for the full job description and to apply.

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This week’s ten biggest climate innovation stories – 31 May

Climate-KIC

Could eating algae help reduce food emissions? Could coding help countries become more climate resilient? And, what will the EU’s future targets for renewables This, and more, in the week’s ten biggest climate innovation stories. New tech could turn algae into the climate’s slimy saviour The new hope for algae is that they could rebalance […].

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Corporate Member: eMotorWerks

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

eMotorWerks is hiring for several positions in San Carlos, CA: Hardware Product Manager – EV Charging Station. Junior Accountant. Marketing Manager. Product Manager – Developer Platform. Product Manager – Energy Services. Segment Marketing Manager. Senior Firmware Engineer – EV Charging Systems. Senior Manager, Regulatory & Government Affairs.

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Trans.MISSION – Trio of climate film shorts launch

Climate-KIC

Trans.MISSION, a new project pairing leading scientists with award-winning artists to communicate cutting edge science has launched three new films – Message from Antarctica, Clean Air and Weather Watching. Weather Watching In the three-part film, poet Nicola Davies begins by reciting poetry over climate scientist Professor Ed Hawkins’ ‘viral spiral’, to explore the interplay of […].

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New Food Index Reveals ‘High Risk’ Meat & Fish Stocks Worth $152bn inc McDonalds, KFC Suppliers

AFN Sustainable Protein

A new food index has labeled 36 meat and fish suppliers as “high risk” for public market investors because they fail to manage critical business risks such as greenhouse gas emissions and antibiotics risk. The high-risk companies, worth a combined $152 billion, include major suppliers to McDonalds and KFC, as well as the US’s third-largest poultry producer Sanderson Farms.

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