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Environment United KingdomHow to Extract Precious Metals from E-Waste? With Bacteria!
The startup Mint Innovation wants to open the first commercial refinery in Cheshire, in North England, where precious metals will be extracted from electronic waste. It will also be the first facility to use bacteria rather than cyanide-based processes.
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Environment WorldBig Corporations and Small Startups Are on the Same Team in the “Race to Zero”
Big corporations are looking to team up with small businesses hoping to tackle the climate crisis and meet the global warming limits set in the 2015 Paris accord. Close to 300 companies have pledged to cut their emissions to net-zero by 2030.
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Environment USASioux Tribe Builds Wind Farm, Names it “Breaking of the New Day”
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is developing a wind farm on its reservation in the Dakotas in the USA. They have named it Anpetu Wi - “the breaking of the new day” - in the Lakota language. It is the first tribal-owned public power wind farm.
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Environment BelizeBelize Protects the Sea, Wants to Revive the Ocean’s Ecosystems
The expansion of the Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve is Belize’s latest effort to protect its marine resource and ocean ecosystems. The area will now cover more than 500 square miles with a strictly protected area in deep-sea of more than 350 square miles.