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Facebook Taps Georgia Solar Projects for 125MW of Renewable Energy

Walton Electric Membership Corporation (EMC), a consumer-owned utility, has executed contracts with Silicon Ranch on behalf of Facebook for two new solar projects totaling 125MW as part of its agreement...
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Could Every Country Have a Green New Deal? Report Charts Paths for 143 Countries

Ten years after the publication of their first plan for powering the world with wind, water, and solar, researchers offer an updated vision of the steps that 143 countries around...
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Greek Wine Goes Back to Basics to Resist Climate Change

Thirty-eight years after he revived his family’s small vineyard in northern Greece, Vangelis Gerovassiliou proudly gazes on his property that grows one of the country’s most popular wines. And after...
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Egypt Beach Resorts Fight Global Scourge of Plastic Trash

Combing the Red Sea beach at an Egyptian luxury resort, workers find bagfuls of plastic garbage—but the news isn’t all bad, thanks to a new environmental initiative. Pointing at five...
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Id Mjahdi Is Africa’s First Fully Solar-Powered Village

A small village in Morocco, Id Mjahdi, has become the first village on the entire continent of Africa to become completely powered by the warm rays of the sun. Africa contributes to...
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This New Nanocube Camera Could Improve Surgeries, Food Inspections and Farming

A new breakthrough could enable lightweight, inexpensive multispectral cameras for uses such as cancer surgery, food safety inspection, and precision agriculture. Researchers have demonstrated photodetectors that could span an unprecedented...
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Netherlands Supreme Court Orders Government to Cut Carbon Emissions 25%

While courts in the US dither and dawdle over landmark suits brought by climate activists, such as the long delayed Juliana Vs. US, which is still pending in federal court in Oregon,...
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UN Turns to Space Technology to Reach SDGs

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will have greater access to a suite of powerful space science tools to help countries meet the Sustainable Development Goals after signing a cooperation agreement with...
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Biotech Breakthrough Turns Waste Biomass into Biofuel

A collaboration between the UK and Brazil has shown that waste sugar cane and wheat straw from agricultural processes can be made directly into valuable chemicals with an increase in...
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Swiss to Vote on Setting Climate Goals in Constitution

Swiss environmental activists collected enough signatures to force a referendum on setting specific goals for combating climate change in the country’s constitution, authorities said Thursday. The federal governments said that campaigners submitted...
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Bangkok Is Now Home to Asia’s Largest Urban Rooftop Farm

Bangkok is forecast by climate experts to sink by more than 1 centimetre annually The rooftop farm at Thammasat University in Rangsit is open to anyone who wishes to grow...
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$5 Billion Plan Could Create Zero Carbon Shipping Industry

A major conglomerate in the global shipping industry wants to start a fuel tax to raise money for zero-carbon ships within a decade, as the AP reported. The International Chamber...
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