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What French Rival HomeExchange Does That Airbnb Doesn’t

With an 80% market share in the house-swap space, and explosive growth, HomeExchange, bought and reinvented by two Frenchmen, has become the undisputed champion of house swapping. Will it undercut the American giant’s hold on the market.

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Green

COP29 And The Decade-Long Failure Of Carbon Trading Deals

On paper, carbon trading should help finance environmental projects and fight climate change, but years of debate and blurry standards have turned the initiative into a pollution enabler for the richest countries.

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Economy Future Green special series

Amazon Greenwashing: How The U.S. Retail Giant Covers Its Carbon Footprint In Spain

An investigation reveals that the company does not own any of the three renewable power plants it claims to operate in Spain — as well as a scheme allowing Amazon to dodge full regulatory oversight of its projects.

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Food / Travel Impact: Organic Revolution

When Red Is Green, Bordeaux Winemakers Bet On Environment

MARCILLAC — From the edge of the vineyard, one can see a small wooden hosting shed for honeybees and other insects with translucent wings. The vegetation along the ground is dense with phacelia, rumex and crimson clovers to nurture biodiversity. Here in the French department of Gironde, more and more producers in and around the […]

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Future Society

Going Green: 10 Carbon-Neutral Projects Around The World

“It’s not easy being green.” — Kermit the Frog PARIS – For some of us, being green is a hard-to-quantify choice of using a reusable bag at the grocery storetaking or taking public transport. But for others, environmental friendliness is a hard calculation to reach carbon-neutral status. That means removing as much carbon dioxide from […]

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