Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The widespread use of plastics has created one of the worst human-created environmental disasters of current times. Typically formed by the weathering and breakdown of plastic materials, small fragments of plastic smaller than a one micrometre in size (nanoplastics) have been found to be widespread in the environment.

Energy Monitor 157

Energy Monitor Plastics Electricity Technology 157

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Morris was president, chief executive officer, and chairman of American Electric Power (AEP) from 2004 to November 2011 and continued as AEP’s chairman until 2013. .” Elana Sulakshana, senior energy finance campaigner at Rainforest Action Network. And The Hartford director Michael G. Links to Lobbying.

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Pollution Fossil fuels Climate change Aviation 98

Clean Energy Trust

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In the past, mankind moved from wood to metal to plastics, the next evolution is polymers. And for our latest product made from the bio-material corn starch, we see the largest impact in recycled plastics and packaging. Discovered in 2004, graphene was the new “wonder material”?—?the Why does your company matter?

Innovation 52

Innovation Startups Technology Climate change 52

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

EtO is a colorless flammable gas that’s used to make plastics, anti-freeze, and adhesives, and also to sterilize medical equipment. In addition to cancers including non-Hodgkin lymphoma, breast cancer, and leukemia, the chemical has also been linked to reproductive problems, breathing issues, and memory loss.

Pollution 97

Pollution Demand Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 97

Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2021

AeroFarms was founded in 2004, and its products are sold in 200 grocery stores across the Northeast including Whole Foods. AeroFarms uses aeroponics, a soilless way of growing produce that uses mist to cut down on water usage by 95 per cent; it plants seeds in cloth made from recycled plastic bottles.

Building Energy Monitoring 60

Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 60

Unsustainable

MARCH 10, 2020

What does he care about the plastic pollution in the ocean? This group of stunning islands was at the forefront of the Tsunami destruction in 2004. Yet he smiled at me, telling me that he wanted to buy food with the money I would give. I bought the rose but, as I was walking out, I was filled with despair.

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Climate change Government Education Investment 52

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 15, 2021

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. FG LA LLC, part of the Formosa Plastics Group, had begun planning a petrochemical plant in St. James in September 2019. “We We defeated Wanhau,” she said. They backed down.”.

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Fossil fuels Organic Pollution Plastics 98

Green Business Bureau

JUNE 2, 2022

Evolving from SRI, in 2004, UN Secretary Kofi Annan asked major financial institutions to partner with the UN and the International Finance Corporation. It’s clear that businesses across the globe have advanced, from simply asking customers to recycle their plastic containers to embedding sustainability into the core of their business.

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Organic Government Sustainability Demand 148

Grist

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Since graphene was discovered in 2004, demand for the material has skyrocketed thanks to its remarkable physical qualities. And that transformation may no longer be a fantasy. Researchers at Rice University have devised a technique that seems akin to modern-day alchemy for making graphene from garbage.

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Carbon Waste Waste Medicine 92

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 2, 2021

In 2004, the UN and International Corporate Finance worked together to develop a system that would integrate environmental, social, and governance concerns into capital markets. E.g. bans on single-use plastic. The resulting 2005 study, titled Who Cares Wins , marked the first use of the term ESG.

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Organic Sustainability Government Investment 148

Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Public interest about the environment is very driven by how horrified people are by the damage caused by things like plastic pollution," she says. That's why we support our growers all year-round to implement Biodiversity Action Plans on their farms and have done since 2004. Blackcurrants rely on life on land to thrive," she continues.

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Biodiversity Climate change Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability 79

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

The leader in water, hygiene and energy services sells to a diverse collection of institutions such as hospitals, food and beverage providers, as well as heavy industry including power plants and plastic manufacturers. Gutierrez joined NRG from Dynegy in 2004 as an energy portfolio director.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 28

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Benzene is a colorless, sweet-smelling chemical found in crude oil and products including gasoline, solvents, plastics, paints, adhesives and detergents. Its main facility, opened in 2004, now occupies about 8 acres along the San Jacinto River in Channelview. Credit: Mark Felix/Public Health Watch Tensions were high at the TCEQ.

Energy Monitor 85

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 85

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

We’re using more plastic. In the 1970s, 35 million tonnes of plastic was produced globally, mounting to 381 million tonnes in 2015. A Plastic Ocean. How to Give Up Plastic , Will McCallum. We’re eating more meat with the world’s total meat consumption rising from 27.01 kg/person in 1970 to 43.22 kg/person in 2013.

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Earth Day Politics Global warming Climate change 120

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 18, 2022

We’re using more plastic. In the 1970s, 35 million tonnes of plastic was produced globally, mounting to 381 million tonnes in 2015. A Plastic Ocean. How to Give Up Plastic , Will McCallum. We’re eating more meat with the world’s total meat consumption rising from 27.01 kg/person in 1970 to 43.22 kg/person in 2013.

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Earth Day Politics Global warming Climate change 78

Grist

JANUARY 29, 2020

The blast sent Robby Payne into a plastic tank of liquid cattle feed, knocking him unconscious. The EPA had documented 2,291 fires, explosions and chemical releases at high-hazard sites from 2004 to 2013, but what happened in West — a town of 2,800 people, many of Czech descent, 15 miles north of Waco — was a tipping point.

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Law Retail Agriculture Government 107