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Amazon, Google, Microsoft and the climate cloud

GreenBiz

Despite all they're doing to address climate change with both emissions reduction plans, circular economy innovation and consumer awareness, Amazon, Google and Microsoft have been criticized — rightly so, in my mind — for their close ties to the oil and gas sector. Amazon, Google, Microsoft and the climate cloud. Heather Clancy.

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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan

GreenBiz

The global COVID-19 pandemic is a historic Black Swan event that offers a Green Swan of opportunities to harvest innovation from 50 years of converging exponential technologies. To lessen the impact of current and future Black Swan events, we have Green Swan solutions that are ready to deploy on behalf of preparedness and resilience.

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Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 4, Episode 1 - Growth Mindset

3BL Media

Climate tech scales rapidly when disruptive ideas become profitable. So how do start-ups and innovators sustain their industry-shaping solutions long enough to become mainstream? It's because the cost of producing renewable energy, watts per hour, kilowatts per hour, is going down. Why is that?

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5 circular economy startups we've got our eyes on

GreenBiz

Climate tech startups, and investments into them, are growing. In 2020, investments into early stage climate tech companies topped $60 billion and grew at a faster rate than all VC investments from 2013 to 2019. Entrepreneurs are shaping the future of every industry from all corners of the world. Courtesy of. Close Authorship.

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Energy-Saving Water Technologies Could Bring the World Closer to Net Zero

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DESCRIPTION: Water is one of the most visible signs of climate change, whether it is too much or not enough. The fact is, however, that water also can play a powerful role in climate mitigation. During the recent COP26 climate negotiations , water as a mitigation tool received more attention than it had at previous talks.

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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money. The definition of fleet is evolving.

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Carbon 'rainbow': Unilever pledges $1.2B to scrub fossil fuels from cleaning products

GreenBiz

The new program, Clean Future, is largely focused on identifying and commercializing alternative sources of carbon for surfactants, the petrochemical molecules found in cleaning products that help remove grease from fabrics and surfaces. Unilever last week revealed plans to funnel close to $1.2