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T&E study claims EU’s biofuels policy has wiped out forests the size of the Netherlands

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Europe’s demand for biodiesel for cars and trucks has likely wiped out forests the size of the Netherlands since the introduction of the EU’s green fuels law in 2010, according to a new study by Transport & Environment (T&E).

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Spirit Airlines Is on Shaky Footing After Judge Blocks JetBlue Deal

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As a result, it has not managed the strong profits that many bigger airlines have been making on flights to Europe or Asia, and it is more exposed to fierce price wars on U.S. In my eyes, the worst-case scenario is that Spirit disappears and we’re left with a less competitive environment,” Dr. Tan said. Judge William G.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. Flash memory became cheap and robust enough for consumer use by 1995. In the business world, especially when you are in Asia, as long as anything makes a profit, you do it.” The thumb drive was all that—and more.

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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KPMG International is hosting the event, in cooperation with the UN Global Compact (UNGC), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Yet the OECD projects that forest areas will decline globally by 13% from 2005 to 2030, mostly in South Asia and Africa.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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Cypris Materials, Inc is developing paintable solar reflective coatings for the built environment to decrease cooling costs, improve energy efficiency, and lower greenhouse gas emissions. Their goal is to test an innovative electrolyzer concept for the cheap production of green (CO 2 -free) hydrogen for a decarbonized future.

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Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

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Petro-states are compensated to transition smoothly to a sustainable economy, avoiding a last-ditch attempt to flood the world with cheap oil and gas. Some don’t manage, and political tensions rise in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. The result is a win–win for climate and security. Geopolitical friction is low.

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The Quest for a DNA Data Drive

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SOURCE: GARTNER Fortunately, we have access to an information storage technology that is cheap, readily available, and stable at room temperature for millennia: DNA , the material of genes. Funding agencies in the United States, Europe, and Asia are investing in the technology stack required to field commercially relevant devices.

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