Green Technology

JUNE 21, 2023

Here are the categories for recognition at the May 2023 Sustainable Facilities Forum recently held at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center in Sacramento, California: State Building Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Local Government Pioneer (There were two awardees in this category for 2023.)

Building Energy Monitoring 40

Building Energy Monitoring Sustainability Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 40

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 17, 2023

gas export industry emits the most methane relative to other major suppliers, according to a UK government analysis published in 2019, with leaks occurring in voluminous quantities during production, transport, and storage. While that blast was contained, a vapor cloud explosion at an LNG terminal in Algeria in 2004 killed 27 people.

Natural gas 98

Natural gas Fossil fuels Energy Energy 98

Business Green

MARCH 7, 2022

It put the health of millions at risk and cost Indonesia $16.1bn—twice the cost of reconstruction following the 2004 tsunami. To deliver on climate action and shared responsibility goals, we need to garner stronger support from all stakeholders - growers, investors, governments, advocacy groups, and consumers.

Sustainability 74

Sustainability Biodiversity Demand North America 74

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2023

Certifications can be issued by government agencies, non-profits or private companies. This type of reporting promotes a more comprehensive understanding of an organization’s performance, as well as its sustainability, strategy and governance. Small and midsize companies can typically certify via the standard approach.

Business Energy Monitoring 148

Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 148

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

When fierce storms appear on the horizon, the children get especially anxious and the elderly worry, which has impacts on their health. government under threat of imprisonment. government has placed these Tribes at existential risk,” the complaint claims. Meanwhile, the island is rapidly eroding out from under the village.

Law 99

Law Climate change Fossil fuels Global warming 99

Green Business Bureau

JUNE 2, 2022

Environmental, Social , and Governance (ESG) have become the language of capital markets, expanding market value by maintaining value for future generations. As such, they require effective governance to mitigate external business risk. Understanding the ESG concept: Why is ESG important?

Organic 148

Organic Government Sustainability Demand 148

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Since the springs are government-owned as part of Hot Springs National Park, she called the park superintendent to ask permission to use the water. government proclaimed the area a federal reserve. Explorers returned with news of the wonders of Hot Springs’ healing waters, which soon began to attract people from all over.

Building Energy Monitoring 28

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Government 28

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Insurers cannot credibly claim to be climate leaders, while being governed by executives who have a personal stake in the continued expansion of coal, oil, and gas infrastructure,” said Sulakshana. ” Elana Sulakshana, senior energy finance campaigner at Rainforest Action Network. And The Hartford director Michael G. Links to Lobbying.

Pollution 98

Pollution Fossil fuels Climate change Aviation 98

Grist

JUNE 21, 2021

“In the mind of the public, health and climate change represent different and separate realms of knowledge and concern,” laments the latest annual report on health and climate change published by the leading medical journal The Lancet earlier this year. has no major money pot for developing a climate and health workforce.

Climate change 144

Climate change Medicine Health Fossil fuels 144

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 2, 2021

There are currently over 600 ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) reporting provisions globally. ESG is an evaluation of a firm’s collective conscientiousness with respect to Environmental, Social, and Governance factors associated with a business’s operations. Every company, as a legal entity, requires governance.

Organic 148

Organic Sustainability Government Investment 148

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

On that basis, the argument goes, reducing emissions is easier in low-productivity systems, where the cow’s digestion is the almost exclusive source of warming gases, if farmers are able to adopt the feed blends and cattle health regimens that have improved efficiency for industrial dairy.

Methane 124

Methane Agriculture Africa Climate change 124

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 23, 2023

Other standards look toward different types of management systems, such as ISO 9001 for quality management, and ISO 45001 for occupational health and safety. ISO 14001 is suitable for organizations of all types and sizes – including private businesses, not-for-profit entities, and government entities. Digital documentation.

Organic 78

Organic Sustainability Climate change Demand 78

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. Gloria Majiga-Kamoto, 30, campaigned for Malawi to reinstate a ban on single-use plastics in 2019 and then for the government to enforce that ban.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Organic Pollution Plastics 98

Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

A lot more ecosystems are now in protected areas and there has been considerable progress on slowing deforestation, but that has been threatened by developments such as a less forest-friendly government in Brazil, as well as a spate of devastating wildfires around the world, from California to Australia.

Biodiversity 82

Biodiversity Climate change Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability 82

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or TCEQ, has not told residents about the health risks they face. TCEQ documents obtained by Public Health Watch show that some of those early readings were double the level Texas considered safe at the time. Emerging research also connects it to diabetes and reproductive problems.

Energy Monitor 93

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 93

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Taking inspiration from Canadian government bans on tobacco advertising that went into effect in the 1990s, New Democratic Party (NDP) MP Charlie Angus has proposed private members bill C-372, An Act respecting fossil fuel advertising. Spokesperson Kaitlin Power told CBC that the government would carefully review Angus’ proposal. “The

Fossil fuels 101

Fossil fuels Health Pollution Government 101

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2021

Those levels are more than 400 times the protective health limits designated by the U.S. Furthermore, he added, the facility is subject to annual audits by the Railroad Commission, the Texas Department of State Health Services, clients, and other groups, and also “more frequent surprise audits.”

Waste 98

Waste Waste Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

AGreenLiving

APRIL 6, 2020

The beginning of COVID-19 When the Chinese government first alerted the World Health Organization about the virus on December 31, 2019, a wet market in Wuhan was quickly identified as the likely source. Public health officials and partners are working hard to identify the source of COVID-19,” the CDC reported.

Health 36

Health Asia Medicine Biodiversity 36

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2023

More than half a dozen Tufton Street alumni currently serve as special advisers to the government, while seven ministers have appeared at events hosted by Tufton Street groups since Sunak became prime minister in October. Tufton Street’s lobby groups and right-wing think tanks are strengthening their malign grip on Rishi Sunak’s Government.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Government Policy Politics 98

DeSmogBlog

MAY 23, 2024

Over the last year, the governing Conservative Party has watered down its support for the UK’s flagship 2050 net zero emissions target, and has enacted policies to increase fossil fuel extraction. To have the Conservative party of government in their pocket to the tune of £8.4 million is simply outrageous and unacceptable. percent (£4.5

Fossil fuels 145

Fossil fuels Pollution Aviation Climate change 145

Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

million tonnes, making it an area of growing interest to the burgeoning global carbon credit market, as well as the Indonesian government, which has its sights set on a 2060 net zero target. The government is also pursuing bullish ambitions to not only halve deforestation, but also reforest 10 million hectares of land by 2050.

Business Energy Monitoring 36

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 36

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

The Bush administration has introduced this pervasive rot into the federal government which has undermined the rule of law, undermined science, undermined basic competence and rendered government agencies unable to do their most basic function even if they wanted to. George Bush came into the U.S. A 2014 study examined 191 U.S.

Earth Day 120

Earth Day Politics Global warming Climate change 120

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 18, 2022

The Bush administration has introduced this pervasive rot into the federal government which has undermined the rule of law, undermined science, undermined basic competence and rendered government agencies unable to do their most basic function even if they wanted to. George Bush came into the U.S. A 2014 study examined 191 U.S.

Earth Day 78

Earth Day Politics Global warming Climate change 78

Grist

JANUARY 10, 2024

Fish and Wildlife Service; the government ultimately rejected the proposal. Predator and prey dynamics are complex: The calves may have died anyway from injury or disease, and their removal may reduce competition for food and resources, improving the herd’s overall health.

Politics 145

Politics Climate change Energy Monitor Government 145

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 30, 2021

All four have been roundly panned by government agencies, environmental groups, tribal governments, Native American organizations and the public at large. The BLM’s mission is to manage its lands for multiple uses and “to sustain the health, diversity and productivity of public lands.” In February 2020, BLM and the U.S.

Methane 52

Methane Health Government Technology 52

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 18, 2022

We absolutely should be moving to establishing independence from fossil fuels, both for geopolitical and for public health and climate reasons,” said Luke Tonachel, director of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC) clean vehicles and fuels group. “I That was a step in the wrong direction, efficiency advocates say. “We

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Transportation Energy Energy 98

Grist

JANUARY 29, 2020

Why doesn’t the government regulate it as one? Its purveyors escaped, through a judge’s decision, tougher scrutiny by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Government Accountability Office as having the largest number of ammonium nitrate facilities. Article continues below. More in this series.

Law 118

Law Retail Agriculture Government 118