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Dealing sensibly with knotweed (with a nod to emissions)

Envirotec Magazine

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. This avoids the environmental and financial costs of consigning vast quantities of otherwise good soil to landfill and importing clean fill.

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New benchmark shows that biodiversity is in fashion

GreenBiz

This week, in advance of World Soil Day — Dec. 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. Liesl Truscott.

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Chemicals used in plastic food packaging linked to 10% of preterm births in 2018

Grist

A class of chemicals commonly used in plastic food containers and cosmetic products may have caused about 10 percent of the United States’ preterm births in 2018, according to a study from environmental health experts at New York University. Salads packed in plastic clamshells.

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A Poisoned Chalice: Curious case of glamour and deterioration of Punjab post Green Revolution

The Environmental Blog

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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Investigation reveals almost 130,000 tonnes of carpet incinerated annually

Envirotec Magazine

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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COVID-19 Recovery, Climate Impacts, And Co-Benefits: Stimulus Policies That Can Multi-Solve

Energy Innovation

The survey evaluated 700 economic recovery policies from 2008-2020 (categorized into 25 archetypes) and their ability to be implemented reasonably quickly, reduce GHG emissions, and provide large economic multipliers (as authors define it the long-term return for every dollar of expenditure). From Hepburn et al. Energy Innovation. Smith, S.J.,

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Environmental Racism is at the Heart of Europe’s Continued Coal Use

DeSmogBlog

Still Burning: Coal, Colonialism & Resistance details how governments and citizens are increasingly unwilling to tolerate coal mining’s extensive damage to human health and ecosystems within Europe’s borders. Between 2008 and 2016, around 4,700 indigenous Wayuú children died due to a lack of food and water.

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