Business Green

APRIL 6, 2021

As economies emerge from Covid-19, it is crucial governments set their sights on rapid action to curb plastic pollution worldwide, a new UNEP and WRI report implores. At least a million seabirds are killed annually by plastic pollution, while estimates suggest there are around 270,000 metric tonnes of plastic now clogging the world's ocean.

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GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2021

The facts have emerged through decades of publications that document the disproportionate risk of Black, Latino, Asian and Native American populations from pollution sources (proximity to manufacturing, storage, processing and waste management facilities, highways, landfills, contaminated water bodies and other dispersed sources).

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Pollution, poverty and race collide in many other disadvantaged communities across California — and the country — and some argue that the state’s climate policies haven’t helped. The overall "cap" lowers every year, forcing polluters to reduce their emissions or purchase allowances from others who do. As the U.S.

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The Environmental Blog

JUNE 6, 2022

This article discusses how polluted water can affect human health in many ways. Some pollutants, such as viruses and bacteria, can cause infections or disease. Water contamination is a major environmental issue, and it is essential to take steps to protect our water resources from pollution. What Is Water Contamination?

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2022

Even the finest particles of pollution influence the process of cloud formation and the rainfall regime, it seems. These nanoparticles of pollution [smaller than 10 nanometers] used to be overlooked in atmospheric calculations and models. We therefore compared the pollution line with nearby areas that lie outside the plume.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

A June medical study links air pollution and extreme heat from climate change to pregnancy risk that disproportionately affects Black women. Similar to the impacts of COVID-19, pollution disproportionately affects BIPOC communities. This discrimination extends to healthcare and environmental harm. Sponsored Article. Shutterstock.

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GreenBiz

MAY 16, 2020

At one such event in 2014, speaker Christopher Monckton surveyed the room and declared that everyone there agreed that humanity’s "emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases have contributed to the measured global warming since 1950." On the contrary, he says, "The climate system is an angry beast and we are poking it with sticks.".

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 14, 2022

The TRIG programme was launched by the Department for Transport in 2014 to foster research and innovation in the sector. The Leicestershire-based clean-tech company unveiled the unit at COP26 in Glasgow last November.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 21, 2023

James Parish Council steered polluting facilities into Black neighborhoods along the Mississippi River. As a result, Black residents there are forced to breathe in more pollution and face a higher risk of related health problems, according to the suit filed by Inclusive Louisiana, Mount Triumph Baptist Church, and RISE St.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Almost 100 universities that have pledged to shed ties to the fossil fuel industry still bank with financial institutions that have collectively provided $419 billion (£345 billion) to polluting interests between 2016 and 2022. The latter emits up to three times more global warming pollution than producing the same quantity of crude oil.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2022

On the subject of water quality issues – in the aftermath of the 2014 water crisis in Flint, Michigan, many US cities started more closely inspecting and monitoring their own pipe infrastructure and water sources. We are currently seeing a similar surge in federal investment. Wastewater 2012- 2022.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 15, 2020

Vice President Al Gore to use advanced computing techniques to convert satellite images and sensor data into a publicly available source of real-time data on carbon dioxide emissions and other air pollution. ClimateTrace has been in the works since last year , when Google.org awarded a $1.7 based Carbon Tracker and U.S.-based

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

A company which has developed a new eco-friendly wastewater treatment system that could reduce pollution in rivers and seas has raised £700,000 to help it launch its technology to the market. Not only can it reduce pollutants such as phosphorous and nitrogen, but the biomass that is recovered can be used to generate biogas or fertiliser.

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The City Fix

APRIL 12, 2023

Between 2000 and 2014, urban area in South Africa expanded by 1,464 km2. South Africa’s cities are economic engines, drawing workers across the country and the continent. Of the country’s 58.8 million population, 68% live in urban areas. Population projections.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

billion from 2014 to 2019 in ISO-New England. And the savings didn’t stop there: CO2 pollution was reduced by 1.4 While this model looks to the future, people are already experiencing the benefits of distributed generation. Local solar saved New England residents $1.1

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Charged

AUGUST 31, 2021

They are often cited as an ideal use case for electrification, because they travel short distances within pre-defined areas, offer lower total cost of ownership, and eliminate emissions around port facilities, many of which are major sources of air pollution.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

China China has 124 gW this year and has grown by 10 gW since 2014 and by 44 gW since 2013. Continuous growth is helping, in part, to alleviate its pollution problems, although it will need to invest more money in this type of source to be able to truly reduce them.

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Grist

JANUARY 20, 2022

Other studies found exposure to smoke from wildfires doubled the risk of severe birth defects, while reduced fertility was linked to air pollution from fossil fuel burning, even at low levels. It found that increases in particle pollution of a few units during a menstrual cycle led to a decrease in conception of about 8 percent.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

According to a YouGov survey conducted in January 2023 , 10 per cent of Brits said that they have now tried Veganuary - where they pledge to try a vegan diet for 31 days - since the campaign first launched in 2014. The Veganuary movement was founded in 2014 to inspire and support more people to try vegan food.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 14, 2022

Coal is the most polluting fossil fuel. Regulations eventually reined in that problem, but coal-fired power plants still emit pollutants like mercury. Because of the various pollution issues associated with coal, most developed countries have moved away from coal-fired power. Comparing Coal’s Emissions. What is meant by that?

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2024

Chevron is the city’s largest employer, largest taxpayer and largest polluter. Chevron is the city’s largest employer, largest taxpayer and largest polluter. They released the world’s first plan to achieve net-zero carbon pollution. And there’s a reason for that: Chevron owns The Richmond Standard.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 27, 2020

New research combining Planet’s high cadence satellite imagery and other innovative technologies has successfully found the sources and pathways of plastic pollution in the Caribbean Sea. Typically, temporary floating barriers called booms are deployed in ocean clean-up efforts to collect and contain pollutants.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The dire projection in 2014 was close to 4 degrees of warming this century. With pollution levels rising, the world could breeze past that 1.5-degree That’s the trajectory countries’ current policies lead us to, according to the UNEP analysis released today called the Emissions Gap Report. So there’s been some progress.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The UK Government awarded it subsidies under the Contract for Difference (CfD) scheme in April 2014, and it was to start running by September 2018. The science behind biomass is there for everyone to see – it worsens climate change and has an expensive and polluting supply chain.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 18, 2022

It changes your attitude and that of your community toward land and water pollution. Public demonstration on the street against global warming and pollution. Climate Change mitigation: practical measures to limit global warming IPCC report 2014 Working Group III”, Source: [link]. “Should schools teach climate change?”

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 12, 2021

A number of big polluters, including fossil fuel companies, support and are involved in the UK’s CCS plans. . according to a 2014 study. But a 2014 research paper suggested that due to how carbon interacts with certain rock formations, not all such aquifers are necessarily effective for storing it. percent and 75 percent.,

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 6, 2020

billion in 2014. “This transaction will increase our scale and grow our energy services network to help replace centralized, polluting power plants and accelerate the transition to a 100 percent clean energy future,” said Sunrun CEO Lynn Jurich in a statement on the purchase. billion, the companies announced Monday night.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Regulations eventually reined in that problem, but coal-fired power plants still emit pollutants like mercury. Because of the various pollution issues associated with coal, most developed countries have moved away from coal-fired power. They even emit more radioactive elements into the environment than a nuclear power plant.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The initiative, also known as the “Protect Washington Act”, imposes a steadily increasing carbon pollution fee on most fossil fuel uses and directs revenue toward projects to reduce carbon emissions, as well as investments in forests, water, community preparedness, and support to displaced workers and people with lower incomes.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2021

The "way back when" in this case seems to be around 2014. It feels almost quaint to remember way back when "80 by 50" — an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 — was a bold goal for a company or government entity to make. It was seen by many as audacious, possibly unachievable, but still a necessary target.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

That pollution finds its way to people who live nearby. In addition, vast quantities of carbon and methane pollution are released into the atmosphere. But in late 2014, New York announced that it was permanently banning fracking, with state officials citing “significant public health risks.” “It

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

billion) — counts major polluters among its clients, and has defended two companies sued over allegedly polluting local communities. . He added that “it is unfortunate that a firm with a reputation for helping polluters will be given access to the heart of negotiations to advise COP26”. History of Polluting Clients.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 13, 2022

The home retrofits are designed to help reduce indoor air pollution, improve health outcomes, and increase home values and resiliency during extreme weather events. Since 2014, BlocPower has completed energy projects in more than 1,200 buildings in 26 cities, it said. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Transport is the single biggest contributor to carbon dioxide emissions in the UK, making up 26 percent of all CO2 pollution in 2021. Reform UK has made transport a pillar of its political campaigning, claiming there is a “war on drivers” being waged via anti-pollution and low-traffic schemes. The Tory party received £3.5

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Business Green

OCTOBER 11, 2021

But on-site carbon capture and mineralisation facilities established near polluting power and industrial remains the most cost-effective way of applying Carbfix's technology, CEO Edda Aradottir emphasises. "It It is always the most economic to capture [CO2] on-site from power production, from industry, and inject it on site," she says.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 28, 2023

MAG “ fiercely opposes ” next month’s expansion of London’s flagship anti-pollution measure, the ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ), and claims to have played a “key” role in April’s anti-ULEZ demonstrations held in central London.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 25, 2024

For instance, the new estimates could be used to justify tighter, more expensive restrictions on GHG emissions in future EPA rulemaking, such as its proposed Power Plant GHG Rule or EPA’s proposed multi-pollutant emissions standards for passenger vehicles. 2014), [link]. [14] 2016), [link]. [6] 2017), [link]. [7] 2021), [link]. [9]

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