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Can saving trees really turn bitcoin green?

TechCrunch

Bitcoin’s thirst for power has grown many times over, recently topping the electricity usage of several countries , including Denmark and Chile, per Cambridge University estimates. Yet globally, CoinMarketCap ranked Bitso in 67th place on its list of top exchanges at the time this story was published, reflecting the limited scope of the deal.

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Agreena, a regenerative farming carbon market, raises $4.7M seed from Giant Ventures

TechCrunch

million seed funding round led by Giant Ventures , along with the Danish government’s Danish Green Future Fund. Agriculture has deep roots in Denmark, a historically proud farming nation, which is why the company was born here, but we are scaling across Europe and intend to expand globally.”

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UK’s greenworkx takes aim at the domestic retrofit skills challenge

TechCrunch

Lots and lots of people to come in, eager and willing to learn new stuff, and take up green retrofitting jobs. And this is where a UK edtech startup founded last year, called greenworkx , is angling to step in — with a new spot of supportive construction: A digital pathway designed to boost the flow of skilled workers into green jobs.

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Making Sense of the UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen: A Nonprofit Perspective

Tech Soup

World leaders are meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark right now. They're debating climate change agreements and working to create a new set of global policies to help reduce climate change and its many negative impacts. Tags: Green Office GreenTech.

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Lifx’s bacteria-killing smart bulb works, but here’s the small print

The Verge

The Lifx Clean incorporates this technology into a household lightbulb via an array of eight 405nm LED lights, which sit alongside the standard red, green, and blue diodes that you find in Lifx’s other bulbs. HEV lights’ lower energy means they’re safe for humans, but also that they take longer to kill bacteria.

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Facebook’s independent oversight board is now accepting cases

The Verge

Brent Harris, Facebook’s director of governance and global affairs, said on the call that the company would not submit any cases for expedited review before the US presidential election on November 3rd. Columbia Law professor Jamal Greene, a board co-chair, said this functionality will be added “in the coming months.”. “We

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Greenpeace Nordic Fights to Win the World a Better Future

Saleforce Nonprofit

In 1999, the Greenpeace national offices in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway united to form one regional entity: Greenpeace Nordic. The last few years have been pivotal for the environmental movement as the effects of climate change and shifting global weather patterns have become increasingly apparent and driven up public awareness.

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