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Crop One, Emirate open ‘world’s largest vertical farm’ in Dubai

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It has the capacity to produce over 2 million pounds of leafy greens annually. Passengers on Emirates and other airlines will be able to eat the leafy greens, which include lettuces, arugula, mixed salad greens and spinach on their flights starting this month. In May, Bowery Farms opened its vertical farm in Pennsylvania.

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The Northeast Recycling Council – A GreenTech Nonprofit Profile

Tech Soup

From time to time we like to profile the work of nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries that are doing great work in green IT. Northeast Recycling Council was founded 22 years ago as an economic and environmental sustainability advocacy organization. But as the topic of e-waste has expanded so have NERC's projects.

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States seek alternatives to pay for infrastructure since more EVs means less gas tax revenue

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But we need the funds to operate our roads that EVs need to use as well, said Carra Sahler, director of the Green Energy Institute at Lewis & Clark Law School. We now find ourselves right now in a position where we want to address fuel use and drive down reliance on gases and internal combustion engines.

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First Ever Capitol Hill Electronics Collection Day

Tech Soup

Eastern and people from congressional offices will be schlepping any electronic items with a plug or battery over to the National Mall at the corner of 3rd Street, NW and Pennsylvania Ave. Tags: Digital Divide Green Office GreenTech Hardware Recycled & Refurbished Computers Recycled & Refurbished Computers Tech Planning.

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TechSoup Global Goes to Congress (Again)

Tech Soup

The briefing was called "Turning E-Waste into Green." The event was organized by the American Chemical Society (ACS) and hosted by Congressional members: Randy Hultgren (Illinois), Chaka Fattah (Pennsylvania), Ben Ray Lujan (New Mexico), and Alan Nunnelee (Mississippi).

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AI-powered building design platform BeamUP emerges from stealth with $15M

TechCrunch

Designing for sustainability adds even more complexity to the process, chiefly because it requires integrating “green” principles and complying with environmental laws and regulations. Stephane Levy, a construction industry veteran, is of the persuasion that technology can solve many of these issues.

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How to Effectively Compare Data from Two Different Salesforce Systems

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Red and green symbolize there being a difference between the datasets. Originally living in Pennsylvania, she moved to Alaska, with her phone number changing from 3100 to 3131. We can see that only green text exists, meaning that 14-18 were new records that only existed in the new contacts. At the bottom of the report.