AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

“There’s a lot of beautiful things that happen out of [Richmond],” says Khamphanthong, a community organizer with the Asian Pacific Environmental Network whose family emigrated from Laos in the 1980s. And they have suffered collateral damage from the harmful pollutants produced by using fossil fuels. As the U.S.

Pollution 28

Pollution Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Policy 28

Grist

OCTOBER 9, 2019

No one foresaw that this very bounty — soil rich with organic material — would, over time, become a curse of sorts. River and marsh bottoms typically have low oxygen levels, which slows the decomposition of organic material that collects there. That organic material contains copious amounts of carbon.

Soil 87

Soil Methane Carbon Organic 87

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Using the principles of ESG, investment decisions are made based on an organization’s Environmental, Social and Governance performance, as explained: Environmental performance: Selected criteria are used to evaluate and manage a company’s environmental risks. Every company, as a legal entity, requires governance. ESG Benefits.

Organic 148

Organic Sustainability Government Investment 148

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2023

This technique of using statements that are technically true but omit crucial information and therefore are misleading, is called paltering — and it’s an old favorite of the fossil fuel industry. Instead, they are required to contract with “ industry-governed organizations ” — private trade associations — to promote products.

Agriculture 90

Agriculture Fossil fuels Methane Sustainability 90

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Creating better businesses with B Corp Certification and beyond B Corp Certification presents a set of guiding principles that support organizations to minimize their impact on the environment and society. B Analytics aggregates data from B Corps and other impact-focused organizations to provide comparative analysis and best practices.

Business Energy Monitoring 78

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 78

Grist

JUNE 29, 2022

Wood energy succored Homo sapiens and its ancestors for millions of years, the argument goes, and only during the last couple of centuries was it replaced with fossil fuels like coal. After they are cut they can be replanted, absorbing carbon once again as they mature. communities and destroyed U.S.

Logging 94

Logging Carbon-neutral Climate change Biodiversity 94

DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which represents many of the world’s biggest economies, and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) predict that global meat production will continue to rise in the coming decade as incomes increase in developing countries.

Pollution 98

Pollution Agriculture Carbon-negative Climate change 98

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 29, 2022

The well sat unused in 2006 and 2007 — “shut in due to Hurricane Rita,” records show — then was used to inject less than 5,000 barrels of wastewater shortly before the sale to Black Elk in 2009. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed this past November set aside $4.7 No other volumes were reported after Black Elk took over.

Pollution 95

Pollution Building Energy Monitoring Methane Home Energy Monitoring 95

Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The link between airborne pollution from the combustion of fossil fuels and respiratory health is well-known. and in February this year, representatives from five Canadian health organizations described it as the “ greatest public health challenge of the 21st century. ” [iii]. The World Health Organization. November 2006.

Climate change 44

Climate change Health Pollution Carbon-negative 44

ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Given the challenges of energy transition, Europe is optimally positioned to lead this movement by implementing political and economic policies that will incentivize oil and gas companies to leave fossil fuels behind and make the transition to deep geothermal. He founded his law firm in Berlin in 1992. degrees Celsius.

Europe 105

Europe Fossil fuels Climate change Politics 105

DeSmogBlog

JULY 26, 2023

Department of Justice to investigate carbon majors for potential violations of federal law. In 2006, major tobacco firms were convicted of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act in litigation brought by the DOJ. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), degrees C (2.7 degrees F).

Fossil fuels 86

Fossil fuels Law Global warming Climate change 86

Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 30, 2020

Aidan Dresang is a climate justice advocate and digital organizer from Madison, Wisconsin. This passion quickly turned into community organizing and eventually led to his involvement with YCAT where he served as one of their executive directors. "I Karen Dong is an organizer from Watchung, New Jersey and currently resides in New York.

Climate change 98

Climate change Organic Plastics Fossil fuels 98

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

More carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use is released into the environment, increasing from ~25 GtCO2 in 1999 to ~37 GtCO2 in 2019. During this period, president Jimmy Carter supported the drive for new and improved environmental law which continued throughout his term up until 1981. kg/person in 1970 to 43.22

Earth Day 120

Earth Day Politics Global warming Climate change 120

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 18, 2022

More carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use is released into the environment, increasing from ~25 GtCO2 in 1999 to ~37 GtCO2 in 2019. During this period, president Jimmy Carter supported the drive for new and improved environmental law which continued throughout his term up until 1981. kg/person in 1970 to 43.22

Earth Day 78

Earth Day Politics Global warming Climate change 78

GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

When it comes to those shaping the corporate climate movement — either from within companies or as part of NGOs and policy organizations that recognize the critical role businesses must play in addressing the climate emergency — I’m grateful to say it’s becoming easier to find women with a seat at the decision-making table.

Sustainability 546

Sustainability Plastics Organic Retail 546

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Fighting Public Utilities, Child Labor Laws One of the first campaigns in that spirit occurred within the electricity utility industry via an organization which eventually became known as the Edison Electric Institute. What is now colloquially called EEI, was launched in 1885 as the National Electric Light Association, or NELA.

Electricity 98

Electricity Climate change Fossil fuels Politics 98

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 8, 2023

In 2006, then-FRA administrator Joseph Boardman explained why ECP brakes were superior. Modern Braking Systems: Deny the Science Even After Supporting It We now know that the oil industry was well aware of the impacts of fossil fuels on the climate and then actively worked to sow doubt surrounding the validity of that science.

Building Energy Monitoring 94

Building Energy Monitoring Transportation Technology Africa 94