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How one California restaurant is dealing with the drought | Sustainability content from... - 0 views

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    An innovative chef has come up with an alternative dishwashing procedure that cuts his kitchen's water usage by 80 percent.
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Can hundreds of new "ecocities" solve China's environmental problems? | CityMetric - 0 views

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    China is building ecocities in droves. Dozens of these green-branded, new frontiers of urbanism are already in an advanced state of development, and upwards of 200 more are on the way. In fact, over 80 per cent of all prefecture level cities in the country (the administrative division below "province") have at least one ecocity project in the works. Over the coming decades, it has been estimated, 50 per cent of China's new urban developments will be stamped with labels such as "eco," "green," "low carbon," or "smart".
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The Story Behind the Beauty Industry's Most Eco-Friendly Packaging - Modern Farmer - 0 views

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    Here's a sobering fact: The average American generates 4.4 pounds of trash daily, a whopping 30 percent of it packaging. Some people might read that statistic and vow to be stricter about recycling. Julie Corbett took things a tad further.
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OBAMA LEGACY: Quiet but big changes in energy, pollution | WTOP - 0 views

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    Mostly unnoticed amid the political brawl over climate change, the United States has undergone a quiet transformation in how and where it gets its energy during Barack Obama's presidency, slicing the nation's output of polluting gases that are warming Earth.
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Why India's solar sector has turned into a $100 billion investment magnet - Quartz - 0 views

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    Earlier this month, the Narendra Modi government officially approved an incredibly ambitious plan for India's fledgling solar sector. From the current solar power generation capacity of 4 GW (gigawatt), it wants to produce as much as 100 GW by 2022-with a target of attracting a staggering $100 billion into the sector over the next seven years.
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