DeSmogBlog

MARCH 14, 2024

Through billions in tax breaks and subsidies, taxpayers in Louisiana, Texas, and other states have supported the construction or expansion of dozens of facilities manufacturing plastics in the United States since 2012. since 2012, including Indorama. When it started up, it was black smoke rolling all the time,” he told DeSmog.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2021

In 2012, Panasonic conducted a virus clearance test with a third-party organization and confirmed the effectiveness of each of its technology in terms of biological characteristics. components.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 3, 2021

and Puerto Rico, NeighborWorks America is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization working to achieve housing affordability and community resilience across the nation. The organization’s Green Committee meets quarterly to organize sustainability and community outreach plans and communicate progress with the rest of the divisions.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

BlocPower was founded in 2012. CPower and its team of energy experts are back with a webinar series aimed to help organizations make sense of the chaos and optimize their energy use and spend in 2021. It’s raised venture capital from Kapor Capital and Andreesen Horowitz. The Energy Gang is also brought to you by CPower.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 7, 2024

organization called the Atlas Network that for years has backed efforts in Canada and globally to vilify climate protesters as dangerous extremists. Over the years it has given to a wide range of organizations, including groups as diverse as the Delta Waterfowl Foundation and McGill University. They in turn belong to a U.S.

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Greenability Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Local organizations need bike donations for youth and adult earn-a-bike programs, and to provide affordable bicycle transportation to those in need. Here are local non-profit organizations accepting bike donations: BikeWalkKC BikeWalkKC accepts gently used, unwanted bicycles to help kids across Kansas City bike to school.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 15, 2020

Best Cleaners is a proud affiliate of America’s Best Cleaners , a third-party organization that searches out the top cleaners across the United States. Magazine in August 2011, 2012 and 2013. America’s Best Cleaners is an independent certification organization dedicated to the continued excellence of the dry cleaning profession.

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Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Hub Ventures also announced that it is taking applications for its upcoming Spring 2012 cohort. About the Global Accelerator Network The Global Accelerator Network (www.joingan.com) consists of almost 40 high quality independently owned and operated organizations from around the world that utilize a mentorship-based startup accelerator model.

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The Environmental Blog

JUNE 4, 2021

Indeed, since at least Superstorm Sandy in 2012 we’ve seen extreme weather events destroy local infrastructure and strain local first responders. A flotilla of policies and ideas—from information sharing to resiliency planning, from grants to cooperative regional organizations—exist to further this goal.

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The Verge: Energy

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

An explosion and fire at the refinery in 2012 sent 15,000 residents nearby to hospitals for medical treatment, mostly because of breathing issues, Angulo remembers. “We There are big-name environmental organizations like Greenpeace and 350.org. It was an alarm for us. A lot of different groups — why?

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Planet Pulse

JUNE 29, 2021

Amy has a fantastic track record of scaling legal organizations and navigating evolving legal and regulatory landscapes at rapidly growing technology companies. joining in 2012 as the Company’s first lawyer focused on litigation. I am thrilled to share that Amy Keating will be joining Planet as Chief Legal Officer next month.

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Defend Our Future

JUNE 24, 2021

I’m Alex Ross, Defend Our Future’s community organizer in Phoenix, Arizona! The good news is that we have the technology to cut methane pollution from the oil and gas industry 65% below 2012 levels by 2025, and with EPA crafting new federal methane rules, we have an historic opportunity to act right now.

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The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 31, 2022

In 2012, the shipping industry burned around 300 million tons of fuel oil, resulting in 949 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions. Green supply chain management is gaining prominence in organizations for handling environmental problems. Without coordinated action, these emissions are predicted to more than double by 2050.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

This GreenBiz tradition began in 2012 at its VERGE events, offering a venue where startups make a 2.5-minute On the supply side, we only partner with ethical and sustainable brands who manufacture natural toxin-free clothing using organic agricultural practices, which regenerate natural systems,” Butler said. “We

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Under the agreement with Mercury, the project will be an expansion of the existing 96 MW Ngatamariki geothermal power plant in operation, which was also built by Ormat in 2012. Mercury had just recently announced plans of adding a fifth generating unit at the Ngatamariki geothermal power station.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 19, 2021

Connelly comes to the growing organization by way of the International Living Future Institute (ILFI), which he helped expand into the world's leading proponent of regenerative, healthy and equitable building design — managing its Green Building Challenge and Living Product Challenge before serving as VP of projects and strategic growth.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Here are some examples: Started by Professor Anant Agarwal of MIT in 2012, edX now has more than 160 partners and has issued 1.4 Coursera partners with more than 200 leading universities and companies to bring flexible, affordable, job-relevant online learning to individuals and organizations worldwide. million course certificates.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 23, 2023

ISO 14001 certification to establish an effective environmental management system The International Standards Organization (ISO) has developed over 18,500 international standards, and of high significance is ISO’s environmental management system standards titled ISO 14001 (for ISO 14001 certification). Who is ISO 14001 designed for?

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In a victory for climate scientists, jurors in Michael Mann’s defamation case against Rand Simberg and Mark Steyn awarded Mann $1 million in punitive damages for defamatory comments made in 2012. An underlying current throughout this trial has been that climate denialism, like what the two defendants practice, isn’t really about the science.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 27, 2023

The analysis by researchers at the University of Waterloo, published today in partnership with the organization Stand.earth, has found that the total cumulative value of six major U.S. That is the key takeaway from a new study examining the past decade’s portfolio performance for several of the largest public pension funds in the country.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In 2012, Baja (who goes by one name and uses she and ki pronouns) was working in hazard mitigation for the city of Baltimore. But they did trust community-based organizations that were already doing the work of providing essential services and fostering community connection. ” Check out that piece here.] So what do we do?’”

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The initialism “ ESG ” stands for “ E nvironmental, S ocial, and G overnance” Under each category there are a set of standards and goals an organization must meet to be compliant. Reports reveal that 87% of business leaders expect an increase in sustainability investments for their organizations over the next two years.

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Front And Centered

APRIL 24, 2019

In photo: The author and Front and Centered organizer Melissa Bañales (far right) with Nora Landri (far left) and Vera Hoang (middle) for Green-A-Thon door-knocking on Saturday. Photo by Melissa Bañales). Last summer’s wildfire smoke rose to a level where it was dangerous to leave our homes.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

He filed 21 internal complaints in 2012, then bumped them up to the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC), the group that regulates utilities in the state, later that year. In late 2012, several months after Dye took his complaints to OPUC, NW Natural fired him. Systemic Failures of Oversight.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 9, 2019

In 2012 scientists warned us that our oceans are dying but we did not respond. The world's leading scientific organizations have also repeatedly warned us about climate change. PricewaterhouseCoopers ( PwC ) issued a climate warning in 2012 and so did the World Bank. Undeterred we continued to perpetrate genocide against nature.

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Elemental Excelerator

JULY 7, 2022

Welcoming an entrepreneur, especially one from our first cohort, onto our board marks a natural evolution for our organization. In turn, I would like to think that through our growth together we have added to the collective knowledge of climate tech commercialization.”.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

From our favorites like bees and butterflies, to the lesser appreciated organisms such as wasps and mosquitoes, insects are facing threats such as climate change, and a myriad of other ills such as habitat loss and pesticide use.

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Grist

MARCH 27, 2024

This story was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network , a nonprofit news organization. Matt Poore, a professor of animal science at North Carolina State University, chairs the Alliance for Grassland Renewal, a national organization dedicated to eradicating toxic fescue. Finally, they’d had enough.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 4, 2024

A January 2024 study by the journal Renewable Energy found that thousands of tons of toxic air pollutants, from nitrogen oxide to volatile organic compounds, are emitted in the pellet-making process, especially in the southeastern United States where most pellet plants are located. The company is now looking to gain an estimated £31.7

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 26, 2022

Indoor air quality can be impacted by printers and copy machines that emit toner particles and toxic gasses such as ozone, nitrogen dioxide and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Biophilic design encompasses benefits for human health as well as for environmental sustainability and business productivity. References: Burke, M.,

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

As the Northeast Organizer for Clean Water for North Carolina , she’d met with residents of a small, majority Black town called Ahoskie, 40 miles from her home. However, like Ahoskie, Joyner’s community wasn’t quick to organize against the plant. . “I Enviva had built its first North Carolina plant there two years before. .

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Grist

MAY 18, 2022

Long used by Indigenous, peasant, and organic farmers, since 2010, the approach has surged into the modern mainstream as farmers, governments, and big agri-businesses try to reduce their environmental impact. The organization is devoted to breeding perennial crops like wheat, rice, legumes, and oilseeds without using genetic engineering.

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CleanTech San Diego

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The program, which offers free business services through a consortium of regional partner organizations to help energy entrepreneurs successfully bring their innovations to market, has since become the flagship initiative of Cleantech San Diego for the past seven years.

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CleanTech San Diego

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The program, which offers free business services through a consortium of regional partner organizations to help energy entrepreneurs successfully bring their innovations to market, has since become the flagship initiative of Cleantech San Diego for the past seven years.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 22, 2023

Indoor air quality can be negatively impacted by printers and copy machines that emit toner particles and toxic gasses such as ozone, nitrogen dioxide and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Environment International, 136, 105427. [2] 2] Wheeler, G., Almeida, A., & Clements-Croome, D. Creating the Productive Workplace. [3]

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 13, 2020

All the clothing line’s profits will support organizations that make fashion and farming more sustainable and better for the planet. Since 2012 when Chipotle Mexican Grill began purchasing cotton for uniforms, the company has committed to supporting organic cotton farmers. For years, Chipotle has remained one of the U.S.’s

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 18, 2021

The August 14 ‘Freedom Rally’ in Mandeville is a prime example of the cultural-political lines now being drawn around acceptance of scientific authority when it comes to public health — and the event itself was organized by a group tied to Trump and the petrochemical billionaire Koch family. Tammany Parish chapter of Turning Point USA.

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