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How you can help save declining butterflies

Fast Company Tech

This gives me a bit of hope when it comes to butterfly conservation. Because they have such short generation times, even small conservation steps can make a big difference and we can see populations bounce back. Photo: Chris Light , CC BY-SA] Supporting policies that benefit conservation can also help.

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SVB contagion: UK arm shuts down, government scrambles and startups brace for the worst

TechCrunch

The collapse of the US bank came after it tried to raise $2.25bn to offset losses from the sale of (mainly) US government bonds, leading to a 60% share price collapse, with customers and investors subsequently racing in their droves to empty their accounts. SVB UK was legally and operationally a standalone entity from the US arm.

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How The Nature Conservancy’s Work in the Cumberland Forest Supports Jobs & Climate Mitigation

Saleforce Nonprofit

By: Andrew Tingley, Director of Communications at The Nature Conservancy. At The Nature Conservancy , one of the world’s largest environmental nonprofits, we have examined a huge range of nature’s benefits throughout our 70-year history. When you think about nature, what comes to mind? © Cameron Davidson; May 2019.

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Iran bans cryptocurrency mining for four months to stave off blackouts

The Verge

The country has experienced summer blackouts in years past , and while the current round of outages is mostly being blamed on a drought that’s affecting the country’s ability to generate hydroelectric power, it seems that the Iranian government is eager to cut down on any aggravating factors.

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??Forests are a multitrillion-dollar asset. Vibrant Planet bets SaaS can save them

TechCrunch

And while Vibrant Planet is definitely a software play — from its cloud focus to its per-seat licenses, it’s SaaS through and through — its end goal is different from many others. Climate tech, while relatively new, has settled into two camps: hardware and software.

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Vibrant Planet raises $17M seed round to grow forest restoration SaaS

TechCrunch

The company sells Land Tender via per-seat licenses aimed primarily at land managers who work for federal agencies — think Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and so on — as well as stakeholders who have interests in the lands they oversee.

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8 cannabis investors share their outlook on the European market in H1 2022

TechCrunch

Germany’s government created quite a buzz when it announced that recreational cannabis would be legalized during the current term. This means that you can produce cannabis, for example, in Portugal, and sell to any EU country as long as you have export/import licenses. It’s too soon to say. Unlike the U.S.,