GreenBiz

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The inclusion of biodiversity is part of Textile Exchange's Climate+ strategy, which focuses on urgent climate action and recognizes that soil health, water and biodiversity will play a key role in this transition. Global Compact member since 2008. They’ve been committed to sustainability for decades and a U.N.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 30, 2021

Here are some notable learnings from his interview with GreenBiz: The Hewlett Foundation (HF) has been a long-term, large funder in clean transportation since 2008. Since its inception, the focus has been on trying to build strong international policies in favor of green transport.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

What might this mean for the health of the housing market as natural disasters continue to increase in frequency and magnitude? What parallels can we draw from the 2008 financial crisis that resulted from the housing market collapse? What happens after a large disaster in terms of new loans? What is the significance?

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 2, 2020

The IEA study will show that disposing of solar panels in landfill is unlikely to have an adverse impact on human health, according to co-author Dr. Garvin Heath, a senior scientist in the U.S. And although the blades, like solar panels, are not expected to pose a health hazard, their size is seen as challenge when it comes to disposal.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2020

Covid-19 crisis will result in a "worse shock" to the economy than seen 12 years ago, according to the group, and "what worked for the 2008 financial crisis may not be sufficient to overcome this one". The group warns the shock to the economy caused by the coronavirus pandemic will be tougher than the 2008 financial crisis. "We

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GreenBiz

JUNE 12, 2020

One thing was that economies had bounced back to the levels recorded before the 2008 financial crisis, but in reality, economic growth and labor productivity were mainly carried by low-paid, low-quality and low-security jobs, with more than half the world’s population — 4 billion people — not covered by any social safety net. .

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

With a planned and targeted strategy we achieved that and beyond, and state of Punjab was poster boy of this widely hailed success story but it came at the harrowing cost of human lives and health. It came, and came at the harrowing cost of human lives and health, scarring families for generations. kms of area holding approx 26.12-million-acre

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2021

As far back as 2008 we thought it eco-crazy to dig up knotweed infested soils from one site only to dump it in a landfill site, many miles away. The charcoal is made into biochar simply by adding a liquid fertiliser, improving soil structure, health and fertility.

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Greenability Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

City Council passed Resolution 200005 directing the city to update the 2008 Climate Protection Plan to include new greenhouse gas reduction goals, resiliency and equity. In 2020, the K.C.

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Sustainability Consulting

APRIL 8, 2020

The Coronavirus pandemic is wreaking havoc on health, social ties and the global economy. Let’s be clear: a global health pandemic is not the way we want to reduce carbon emissions. But could there be a silver lining? Could coronavirus be slowing global carbon emissions? Manufacturing and construction make up 20% of CO2 emissions.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2020

But with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and its severe implications for physical and mental human health as well as economic livelihood and global financial stability, we know that there will be considerable rollbacks in the gains already made toward the goals. All-in for global health security.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

CRUK, which includes John Lewis as one of its members,[i] launched in 2008 with the aim of diverting carpet from landfill and recovering raw materials.[ii]. The current system means society is throwing away or burning billions of pounds of valuable materials, while polluting the environment and negatively impacting on human health.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

Issues of health, the working poor and racial justice are making people uncomfortable, and with the supply chain disruption with the closing of meatpacking cesspools, Jonathan Safran Foer writes, "Our hand has been reaching for the doorknob for the last few years. Founder and CEO, Hera Health Solutions; Memphis. I moved from the U.S.

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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2020

It could be akin to the 2008 financial crisis that delivered a shock to our systems that continues to shape politics and economics today. What is certain is that the spread of Covid-19 has created an unprecedented disruptive moment, as we face not only a public health crisis, but also an economic crisis and a political crisis.

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Fairsnape

OCTOBER 18, 2019

It was back in 2008 when I first came across Rob Hopkins through his Transition Handbook. What if we lived in a time when the human imagination flourished and anything felt possible. This helped shape a lot of my sustainability thinking at the time, ( Time for built environment transition? )

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Business Green

JULY 28, 2020

Although a UK Crown Dependency, the Isle of Man - which has a population of around 83,000 people - is largely self-governing and is not covered by the UK's 2008 Climate Change Act and 2050 net zero target. Alongside the Bill, the Isle of Man has also published an updated action plan outlining a roadmap for reaching the 2050 goal.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 31, 2023

C and avoid the worst impacts of climate change, including drought, famine, and ill health, according to the world’s leading climate science body, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Record is a major Conservative donor, having given nearly half a million pounds to the Conservative Party since 2008.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Massachusetts’ new three-year energy efficiency plan would substantially increase efforts to lower energy costs and improve health and comfort for lower-income households and residents of color. Mass Save’s programming is guided by three-year energy efficiency plans, a system put in place by the state’s 2008 Global Warming Solutions Act.

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Business Green

JULY 11, 2022

Under the 2008 Climate Change Act, the UK's critical infrastructure providers are requested to submit a voluntary report on the existing and future risks climate change poses to their organisation and operations, which should also set out their plans to adapt to emerging risks.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The use of these fuels, particularly indoors, leads to devastating health outcomes , including early death from pneumonia, heart disease, and lung cancer. Dan traveled to Haiti in 2008 and worked with communities to learn more about their energy needs.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 9, 2021

The Kichwa have also raised concerns over health issues arising from contact with the oil-contaminated water, including skin rashes and stomach problems. But the trial was suspended a month later, in May, just before government authorities were due to give evidence, with Judge Jaime Oña citing health concerns among the court team.

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Grist

MARCH 16, 2024

The unprecedented event reminded Joel Harper, a University of Montana glaciologist who works on the Greenland ice sheet, of a strange anomaly in his data, one that suggested that in 2008 it might have rained much later in the season — in the fall, when the region is typically in deep freeze and dark for almost 24 hours a day.

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Business Green

APRIL 29, 2020

Amid today's unparalleled health and economic crises, the plunge in demand for nearly all major fuels is staggering, especially for coal, oil and gas. If the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis is anything to go by, we are likely to soon see a sharp rebound in emissions as economics improve," he said.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 9, 2021

The Kichwa have also raised concerns over health issues arising from contact with the oil-contaminated water, including skin rashes and stomach problems. But the trial was suspended a month later, in May, just before government authorities were due to give evidence, with Judge Jaime Oña citing health concerns among the court team.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 2, 2023

Lord David Frost – a Conservative peer and former Cabinet Office minister who was appointed in November – is also a GWPF director , along with Terence Mordaunt , who has donated £342,500 to the Conservative Party and its MPs since 2008 via First Corporate Consultants and First Corporate Shipping.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 8, 2021

EU officials have said they are eager to avoid repeating the same mistakes made during the 2008 financial crisis, when billions of euros of public money was used to bail out fossil fuel companies. dedicated to improving Spain’s health system, the researchers claim. This is almost 50 percent more than the €1.1

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Front And Centered

APRIL 14, 2020

This bill would have required that all transportation packages be evaluated through community-centered criteria that embraces equity, environmental justice, accessibility, safety, health, economic vitality, and other key values. This bill passed the House but failed to pass the Senate. This bill failed to pass out of the policy committee.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The for-profit firm Scivera , launched in 2008 in Charlottesville, Virginia, offers a subscription database SciveraLENS, with color-coded grades for chemicals based on their inherent hazards. Multiple hazards assessment standards are available in increasingly usable formats to help companies identify problematic chemicals.

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Terra Infirma

JULY 14, 2020

I’m getting increasingly optimistic that we might indeed ‘build back better’ in a way we largely failed to do after the 2008 banking crisis. The crisis has also shone a spotlight on terrible working conditions in a number of industries, unfortunately at the cost of the health of those already suffering deprivation.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Started in 2008 by Josée Lupien and Jean DesRosiers, Vertima is a group of environmental strategies professionals that have the answers companies are looking for regarding everything from building materials to air quality inside the office.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 31, 2020

Nordan emphasized that this time is, at its core, a public health crisis; as opposed to the 2008 financial crisis, where the problem lay within our economic system, if COVID-19 disappeared tomorrow then much of our economy could return to business as usual.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2022

One study reports that the amount of meat eaten each day per person fell by 17 per cent on average in the UK between 2008 and 2019. Household budget surveys show just a three per cent decline in meat purchases in the UK from 2008 to 2019. Research indicates that meat consumption habits have changed. Read the original article.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2020

The days when a company's health and prospects were measured solely by financial performance are over. And how health, nature, the economy and our climate cannot exist in isolation, but depend on each other for survival. Finally, as the economy resets, remember that this is a business opportunity. Consider what you have learned.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

But she also approved the expansion of Heathrow Airport in 2016, despite her long-term opposition to the project on both climate and health grounds. In 2018, May nominated two of the only five Conservative MPs who voted against the UK’s 2008 Climate Change Act for peerages – Peter Lilley and Andrew Tyrie.

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Michael Grossman

APRIL 27, 2020

The client knew COVID-19 was going to cause a dramatic downturn in sales (especially on higher-end products) based on their experience during the 2008 banking meltdown. A month ago, I was scrambling to produce an ad for a client before Washington shut down due to the coronavirus. They asked me what I thought they should do.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 29, 2021

TAN, however, argues that ministers had a legal duty under the Climate Change Act 2008’s statutory targets and the Paris Agreement to consider the strategy’s full impact on the environment and could not leave that assessment to the planning stage of individual road projects. The strategy doesn’t mention RIS2.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2020

We think government needs to revise the airports national policy statement to take account of the net zero commitment in section one of the Climate Change Act 2008.".

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