Energy Innovation

JUNE 16, 2022

The Deeper Decarbonization Scenario shows California can rapidly cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while creating jobs and improving public health. includes important new metrics to track the economic, environmental, and public health impacts of hundreds of climate policies. The updated California EPS–from model version 1.4.3

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

People tend to think of air pollution as an “outside” problem created by wildfire smoke, car exhaust, and pollution from power plants, unaware of the hazards of household air pollution, which kills almost 4 million people worldwide prematurely every year. Normally you can just open your windows to air out your house.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

It more clearly shows how human activities like farming, mining, forestry and industry can contaminate water, cause soil erosion, and pollute the atmosphere. Professor Larissa Naylor, of the University of Glasgow’s School of Geographical & Earth Sciences, led the design of the new diagram and is the paper’s corresponding author.

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E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In Colorado, residential and commercial buildings are primary sources of climate and air pollution. encompasses an array of jobs across building design and construction, technologies, efficient appliances, and energy systems. both indoors and outdoors. Energy Efficiency?—?the the largest energy sector in the US?—?encompasses

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

After generations of wildly elevated rates of childhood asthma and cancer in the community that many believe were a result of the toxic pollution overhead, a group of Diamond residents living within a few blocks campaigned for Shell to buy their contaminated properties. Shell Norco Manufacturing Complex.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 2, 2020

On Thursday, October 15th, from 9am-4:30pm PST, Planet is convening a group of experts in sustainable development, climate science, finance, philanthropy, conservation, NGOs, public health, along with senior corporate leaders and indigenous leaders, to explore the answers. . Participation is free, though registration is required.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Their goal was to find out more about the impact mountaintop removal mining has had on those water pollution levels. And it’s certainly not the diamond darter alone that’s feeling the brunt of this mountaintop removal-linked water pollution. Potentially Lethal Levels’.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The complexity of tracking and tracing all these ingredients can obscure detrimental environmental and social impacts, from pollution to bribery to slavery. We are focused on safety for human health. The company has banned more than 1,800 ingredients from its formulations due to health and safety concerns.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Decades later, Hill’s PR firm was even a named defendant in many of the lawsuits that sprang up against tobacco companies for their efforts to downplay smoking’s health impacts. Hill+Knowlton was simultaneously and from a very early stage, also actively representing an array of oil and gas companies on issues of concern to them.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The Irish Sea is under significant and increasing pressure from climate change and activities like fishing, aquaculture, development, shipping, aggregates, military activity, recreation and pollution. The Irish Sea region is already considered to be in a degraded state. The Irish Sea will also be affected by global warming.

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Unsustainable

AUGUST 20, 2019

Of course, we all know that deforestation isn’t just about cutting down trees, it is also about damaging a whole ecosystem as “the majority of the world’s biodiversity (the huge array of insects, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, plants and trees) lives in, and depends on, forests” iv 2.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

Campaigns run by the AAA and Danish Crown are just two examples of the way in which the meat industry is increasingly turning to a playbook long used by other polluting sectors such as Big Oil and pesticide manufacturers , with the campaigns ultimately causing “confusion and delay,” NYU’s Jacquet argues. Meat Industry Playbook.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 23, 2023

From cleaning supplies to personal care items to household goods, many of these products contain harmful chemicals that can pose significant risks to our health and the environment. However, what lies beneath the appealing packaging is often a cocktail of chemicals that can have adverse effects on our health.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 11, 2021

Spatial data scientists from the Conservancy and Defenders of Wildlife’s Center for Conservation Innovation used advanced mapping techniques to identify low-impact sites for solar arrays in Nassau and Suffolk counties and show their energy generation potential. Mid- to large-scale solar arrays, like the one at the H.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 9, 2021

In recent years, this lag in utility recognition has become increasingly problematic, risking the health, environmental, and financial impacts of over-investment in large fossil fuel power plants. When the first solar arrays were installed at homes, it made electric meters — as unprepared as the utility that owned them — run backward.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Veteran sustainable food and farming experts welcomed the strategy as one that just might have a genuine shot at transforming the agriculture sector and result in better public health, contribute to ending the vertiginous decline of biodiversity, and lower greenhouse gas pollution.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Argentina’s risky gamble on fracking has led to massive environmental and public health costs , and despite years of government support , the industry remains on shaky financial ground. Unaccounted for environmental and health costs of continuing to expand Vaca Muerta could total $2 to $4.5 trillion over the lifetime of the basin.

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Elemental Excelerator

MAY 20, 2020

. “There are vast applications that we can move into, from understanding microbial contamination within drinking water, to doing wastewater surveillance to inform public health concerns amongst communities. “ We see wastewater networks as the veins to a city ,” Caco said. A final goodbye from Dawn and Lily (1.1

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Continuing to subsidize polluting fossil fuels defies logic,” said Shannon Laun, a staff attorney for the Conservation Law Foundation, in a statement. “If The funds can also be used to mitigate health and safety barriers, like mold and asbestos, that impede efficiency work from being done. Activists met the news with incredulity.

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GreenBiz

JULY 19, 2021

In looking across the broad array of business, environmental, social, technological and political topics that cross my screen and engage me in daily conversation, there is a temptation to allocate a growing share of mind for pessimism. Reasons for cautious hope in a sea of gloom. Mon, 07/19/2021 - 02:00.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 28, 2023

From the Canada Team Meet the ‘Extreme’ Atlas Network Groups Fighting Canada’s Oil and Gas Emissions Cap By Geoff Dembicki Within hours of Canada’s federal government announcing key details of its plans to cap greenhouse gas emissions within the oil and gas sector, an array of attacks against it started popping up.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Despite lower carbon dioxide emissions, the combustion of biomass can release other pollutants, including particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and volatile organic compounds, which may affect local air quality and raise health concerns. Equally important is the consideration of air quality.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The Sustainability and Compliance Division is involved with establishing environmental policies and programs; implementing health, safety and compliance activities; advancing clean energy technology; and integrating green practices into City and community activities. Sustainability and Compliance Division (SCD). Minimum Qualifications: 1.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2022

The health and welfare of the millions of households who are worried about soaring energy bills, the UK's long term economic prospects, and the stability of the biosphere itself all depend on these climate sceptic talking points being consigned to the parallel universe in which they belong.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

A highly sensitive, wearable gas sensor for environmental and human health monitoring may soon become commercially available, according to researchers at Penn State and Northeastern University, who are developing a sensor platform. We can also detect sulfur dioxide, which, together with nitrogen dioxide, causes acid rain.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2021

However, critics of net-zero pledges charge that corporations fall back on "net zero" goalposts to look virtuous while getting a free pass for their carbon-polluting sins and that net-zero deadlines are set so far in the future as to omit any accountability plan. It's really, really hard to get to net zero," Kline said.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 15, 2019

By making the shift from using harmful pollutants, to something environmentally friendly and recyclable, you are saying a lot about your business without having to say anything at all. They offer an array of different shapes and sizes of eco-friendly take out boxes, as well as almost any other item you could think of. Paper Mart.

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Greenability Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Healthy building materials were selected based on emissions criteria according to the California Department of Public Health. During construction, strict monitoring was in place to measure airborne pollutants for the health of workers. KCI is now the first U.S. airport to feature wireless electric bus charging.

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Grist

AUGUST 17, 2023

This array of species and surfaces reduces fire intensity and promotes biodiversity. Since then, Pepperwood has provided a model of how combining science with local Indigenous research , knowledge, and practices can restore forest health and resiliency while mitigating the growing frequency and severity of fires.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Nearby, beekeepers check on the health of local hives. They also help retain topsoil and improve soil health over time, even in “brownfield” areas with polluted soils. Bent over white, square frames, some of the researchers catalog the number and type of native plants growing on a square foot of land.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2021

Both EQT and Chesapeake will seek certification from outside providers, including a business called Project Canary, which touts its ability to collect data on methane emissions and pollutants from oil and gas wells and offers a certification it calls TrustWell. and parts of Canada.”. RISE for Climate, Jobs, and Justice protest. Credit: 350.org

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

More recently, it energized on-site two solar arrays — one at its Melville, New York, campus that will produce 1,800 megawatt-hours of power annually, and a smaller one at the Aveda brand's campus in Minnesota. The New York installation will provide 100 percent of the electricity required for its Joseph H.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

More recently, it energized on-site two solar arrays — one at its Melville, New York, campus that will produce 1,800 megawatt-hours of power annually, and a smaller one at the Aveda brand's campus in Minnesota.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 15, 2021

James High School before being drawn into the fight against heavy industry — and its public health and environmental impacts — in her home town alongside the Mississippi River. This year’s Goldman honorees have claimed a wide array of environmental victories worldwide. Lavigne, who founded the community group RISE St. James Parish.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2020

Growing evidence of the myriad benefits well-maintained soils can deliver by combating climate change, alleviating flooding, boosting crop yields, and supporting biodiversity, has been highlighted in a new Royal Society report today, which argues the UK now stands at a "critical moment" for the future of the country's soil health.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The complexity of tracking and tracing all these ingredients can obscure detrimental environmental and social impacts, from pollution to bribery to slavery. “We are focused on safety for human health. The company has banned more than 1,800 ingredients from its formulations due to health and safety concerns.

Ethics 28

Ethics Africa Health Government 28

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Plastic pollution is a major climate threat and now there’s a unique solution. The World Design Organization named Trashpresso, designed by Miniwiz, a World Design Impact Prize Winner for 2021. It is the world’s first mobile industrial-grade plastic trash upcycling platform.

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