Grist

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Stanley, a founder of the environmental organization Upland Grassroots, recalls telling Silliboy, vice chief of the Aroostook Band of Micmac Nation, “This will be worth it someday.”. Their farm, once part of the Loring Air Force Base, is also a Superfund site — an area so polluted it’s marked high-priority for federal cleanup.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 28, 2023

million campaign Edelman carried out on behalf of the United Arab Emirates from 2007 to 2009. Rewind time to 2007 to learn how it went down. On the surface, these seemed organic — they came from vastly different parts of the country and appeared in a range of media outlets. Department of Justice that shed light on a $6.4

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2023

In this article, we have organized the world’s top sustainability certifications by purpose, procedure, and cost so that you know how to select a sustainability certification with confidence. Below we have organized the world’s most popular sustainability certifications into these categories: Corporate sustainability reporting certifications.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 23, 2020

Two weeks ago, Clean Energy Canada and 11 clean energy sector industry associations and organizations sent a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau detailing the benefits of employing clean-energy-focussed stimulus measures. power grid has contributed to cutting carbon pollution in the power sector by 28% since 2005. up from 9% in 2005.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 26, 2021

Related: This “super plant” can actually absorb air pollution Past scandals Let’s time travel back to the “diesel dupe” of 2015. But post-exam, it cranked up and spewed up to 40 times above the amount of nitrogen oxide pollutants allowed by U.S. This natural reaction breaks down pollutants.

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Low Impact

MARCH 3, 2021

The solid waste is dealt with on site, and doesn’t have to be treated with chemicals in sewage farms, or end up in waterways, where it causes pollution and algal blooms. Organic matter is ultimately allowed to go back to the soil where it belongs, improving soil structure and nutrition. Not a bad list for starters. Back to basics.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 2, 2021

Back in 2007, South Carolina’s investor-owned utilities, Duke Energy and South Carolina Electric and Gas (SCE&G), had considerable influence at the Statehouse and the Public Service Commission (PSC). The Evolution of South Carolina Energy Policy.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 29, 2022

At a heated April meeting of this program’s oversight commission , Commissioner David Levy demanded to know why the Freshwater City disposal well was plugged before actively polluting oil and gas wells. That’s not the same as saying that it’s not possible.” A Trip to Freshwater City. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This figure increased by ~2% in recent years, which can be attributed to the one million tree planting program launched in 2007. The CW BCM program offers a 20% discount towards green business certification, providing the financial support for sustainable development in business, and helping organizations get certified for their efforts.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 9, 2019

A decade later, in 2010, 16 more countries joined the list of countries that have peaked, including the United States and Canada, which both peaked in 2007. The group began with 18 cities and has grown significantly since then.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 23, 2019

To which our organization, Clean Energy Canada, so often replies: actually, the clean-energy sector is bigger and broader than that. This electrification of industry, buildings and transportation will help displace fossil fuels and cut pollution. Coal phaseouts result in sudden and dramatic decreases in carbon pollution.

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Unsustainable

JUNE 17, 2020

Both countries have embraced utilizing the entire plant, especially at organic and sustainable farms. Not only does it function like leather, produce far less pollution in manufacturing, it is also 40% less expensive than good quality leather. November 23, 2007. It presents a viable vegan alternative to leather goods.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 4, 2021

The other speaker, Shalanda Baker, runs an institute and teaches ways to organize around fair siting, pricing and regulating of solar. The first speaker, Steph Speirs, runs a company called Solstice that uses software and outreach to find good prospective customers for community-solar plans.

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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.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

As the climate crisis accelerates, so, too, do efforts by the fossil fuel industry to derail steep reductions in carbon pollution by mid-century, in part by promoting false solutions. Some companies and organizations are even dropping ad and PR firms for taking on new fossil fuel industry accounts.

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Grist

MARCH 13, 2024

A lot of attention has focused on phasing out single-use plastics , which create visible plastic pollution and release microplastics when they break down. Synthetic fibers are typically cheaper to produce than organic materials, and they also offer performance benefits, like stretchiness and weatherproofing.

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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. The second study analyzed 200,000 births from 2007-2011 in Harris County, Texas – which includes Houston – where people are accustomed to heat.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 14, 2015

Google prides itself on having been carbon-neutral since 2007, with data centers that use 50% less energy than is typical. Denver told the story of how her organization is making solar and EVs contagious. That’s why her organization is helping businesses collaborate on issues they can’t solve by themselves.

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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]. xii] [xiii]. billion in health-related costs per year. [xv]

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

But who is in this group and what do the various organizations backing it really want? Importantly, this does not require its highly polluting supporters to cut greenhouse gas emissions – or even to have a plan for doing so. Any organisation can become a P2DNZ “supporter” by endorsing a five-point declaration on fighting emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 31, 2023

They are aimed at the cheapest solution, the least-cost, shortest distance between two points the pollution source and the dump. Here we are talking about a basic practical question: what would it take to build a “sewer system” big enough to handle the carbon dioxide that polluters are currently dumping for free in the atmosphere?

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 13, 2021

based grassroots organization opposing LNG, told DeSmog. “By By investing in LNG now, we are going to be locking in climate pollution for 25 to 40 years.”. A recent analysis by environmental organization Stand.earth found that the B.C. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (middle) and B.C. And that is from just one project.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Department of Justice (DOJ) recently reviewed by DeSmog show that from 2007 to 2009, Edelman carried out a $6.4 As a key plank of its strategy, Edelman organized an influence drive in tandem with U.S. Hundreds of pages of documents filed with the U.S. million campaign to boost the United Arab Emirates’ green reputation. Under the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Today K-Solv is legally allowed to release almost 20 times more volatile organic compounds — a class of chemicals that includes benzene — into the air each year than it did back then. Public Health Watch also analyzed more recent TCEQ pollution data and found that Channelview’s benzene problem has only worsened over the years.

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Grist

JANUARY 23, 2020

Fertilizer is a major pollutant. rules intended to protect people from water pollution have prompted sharp reductions in the nutrients discharged by sewage treatment plants since the 1970s, but loopholes in the Clean Water Act shield agricultural operations from similar federal enforcement. Article continues below. More in this series.

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Grist

JANUARY 30, 2020

If you want to clean up the largest pollution spill in the country, one unaltered by decades of work and billions of dollars, you need to spend a lot of time making tiny measurements. Fertilizer is a major pollutant. In 1997, the federal government formed a hypoxia task force in an effort to stem the flow of fertilizer pollution.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 29, 2021

Calling a planned petrochemical manufacturing complex in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” a “textbook case of environmental racism,” 175 organizations from around the world sent a letter to financial institutions Tuesday urging them not to fund, underwrite, or invest in the project, which could cost up to $12 billion. .

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Grist

APRIL 24, 2020

Wildflowers bloom among trees that burned in the 2007 Poomacha Fire. Imperial Beach parents also claim the pollution causes their children to cough, vomit, and develop rashes. which is facilitated by the Surfrider Foundation, an ocean and beach preservation organization. Following that, both 2006 and 2007 were bone-dry.

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Unsustainable

MAY 1, 2019

Which countries and sectors are the largest polluters? China currently emits more CO 2 than any other country, but by most estimates the United States has been the largest contributor when measured historically between 1850 and 2007. are now asking developing countries to abandon highly polluting technology.”

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

Within hours the whims of the American Electoral College system empowered autocrats, nationalists and polluters everywhere. The implication contained in all green recovery programmes is that some clean industries deserve stimulus and other polluting sectors should only receive government support if they promise to change their ways.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

States, cities, businesses, and organizations across the country are taking increasingly large steps to reduce emissions — and those efforts are aided by the falling costs of renewable energy and other decarbonizing technologies. Instead, he and others stressed, the message should be one of action and possibility.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

CCS and the related carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), are a set of technologies designed to trap some of the carbon pollution produced from industrial facilities. Some studies indicate the technology does little to reduce emissions, and may even increase carbon and other air pollution.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 8, 2021

Ledger-Olson leads transportation-related policy initiatives at Generation 180, founded in 2016 as a nationwide organization to equip individuals and communities to play a role in the country’s transition to 100% clean energy. In Virginia, tailpipe pollution accounts for roughly 48% of all greenhouse gas emissions.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The soil becomes richer and healthier, runoff that pollutes water is reduced, biodiversity and habitat for the birds, bees and other wildlife increases, farm animals live better, and the food produced is more nutritious. That price is also far below the low-ball estimate of $50 per ton for the true social cost of carbon pollution.) .

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Charged

MAY 18, 2021

Since President Nixon signed the Clean Air Act in 1963, federal regulations aimed at reducing air pollution have gradually grown stronger. Charged : The body of federal and state air pollution regulations encompasses both emissions and fuel economy standards, and generates an astounding number of acronyms.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Indigenous peoples have long led the fight to protect Mother Earth and the only way forward is to center Indigenous knowledge and keep fossil fuels in the ground,” Dallas Goldtooth, a Keep It In The Ground organizer for Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), said in a statement. These projects represent another 12 percent of total U.S.

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