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Global Banks Embark on a New Wave of Product Innovation Targeting Nature

(Bloomberg) -- Some of the world’s biggest banks are about to gather for talks, with the goal of monetizing a theme that until now has left much of Wall Street drawing blanks:…
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Oil sheen seen for miles off Galveston coast, spill coming from ‘inactive’

GALVESTON, Texas – A massive oil sheen is stretching for miles along the Galveston coast in the Gulf of Mexico.The sheen is coming from an offshore drilling platform 12 miles…
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Oakland’s long-awaited Vegetation Management Plan tackles decades of wildfire

The 1991 firestorm that tore through the Oakland hills, killing 25 people and destroying more than 3,000 homes, left a lasting mark on those who lived through it. More…
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Wildlife campaigners buy Derbyshire farm to return it to nature

It is hoped the land will become a "mosaic" of habitats A Derbyshire farm is to be turned over to nature after being bought following a fundraising campaign.More than 2,000…
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Doing the impossible: harvesting solar power from space

It’s an idea straight out of science fiction: A space station orbits around Earth, harvesting energy from the sun and beaming it down to our planet. Isaac Asimov…
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