Terra Infirma

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

I suspect the woman had read some of the anti-wind power propaganda of the day, with all its talk of ‘blade flicker’ and other such nebulous health risks, and projected these fears onto some gusts of wind or the noise from a construction site.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2020

Researchers followed this reintroduced population and tracked their distribution and health. Their presence caused the usual mix of delight and anger, and in 2010 Scottish Natural Heritage planned to remove them. political support, and it may be that they will spread by themselves. Now they’re back. Beavers look to be ?on

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2020

The world may be on the cusp of a global pandemic, but the scale of the climate crisis presents a greater long term threat and political and business leaders should not be "diverted away from climate action" as they seek to contain the worsening outbreak.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

Over the past several decades, public health and environmental concerns have made controlling smog a top national policy goal in China and enforcement an increasingly critical issue for companies to navigate. Policy & Politics. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

Europe has seen an exponential increase in the amount of SLAPPs filed over the past decade — largely claims of defamation — filed by wealthy businesspeople, government officials or leading political parties, and corporations, according to the Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE).

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Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

“With climate change and a lot of the degradation that we see in our ecosystem, I think it’s important to get back to the roots of what eco-psychology is by looking at how human health and well-being are tied up and interwoven with our planet.” We need that connection for our well-being and survival.”

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Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

“With climate change and a lot of the degradation that we see in our ecosystem, I think it’s important to get back to the roots of what eco-psychology is by looking at how human health and well-being are tied up and interwoven with our planet.” We need that connection for our well-being and survival.”

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2022

He has also had stints as a Transport Minister and Health Minister, and served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Climate Change from 2010 to 2011. But great news for political opponents.". Mark was the biggest blocker of measures to protect nature, biodiversity, animal welfare. Grim news for nature.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2021

Every five years the Climate Change Committee (CCC) conducts a root-and-branch review of the UK's preparedness for escalating climate impacts, such as heatwaves, floods, storms, droughts, coastal erosion, and their threats to public health, food security, power supplies, homes, offices, and infrastructure.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Meanwhile, climate change is amplifying human conflicts and causing widespread damage to people’s physical and mental health. Between 2010 and 2020, human mortality from floods, droughts, and storms was 15 times higher in highly vulnerable regions than in areas that are better insulated from climate change. David McNew / Getty Images.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Mountaintop removal involves, as one might imagine, a lot of blasting apart rock — kicking up a lot of dust that can be laden with heavy metals , silica, and other things that can create major health problems for people. And that not only affects people’s health, it also undercuts the economic benefits that the coal industry touts.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 3, 2019

degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent from 2010 levels, by 2030. The key missing ingredient is a lack of political will he said: “Political will to put a price on carbon. Let us show we also have the political will that people demand from us.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 30, 2019

It was published in the International Journal of Human Rights As defined by by Polly Higgins, in a book titled Eradicating Ecocide: Laws and Governance to Prevent the Destruction of Our Planet (London: Shepheard-Walwyn, 2010). However, the final version of the Statute only included ecocide as a crime in times of war.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

I’ve long viewed Jacobson’s life — and his collaboration with researchers, cultural icons, business leaders and political leaders — as a well-written movie script. I was fortunate to interview Jacobson for an Energy Boom story in 2010 about the real cost comparison between coal and wind power. Jacobson’s Early Story.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 25, 2019

Yet the material itself did feel fairly stale, taking 2010 as its benchmark year while looking forward to 2050. Later in her Katowice speech, Thunberg said simply that “Until you start focusing on what needs to be done rather than what is politically possible, there is no hope.” But first of all, does it pass the Thunberg test?

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

As the planet heats up, allergy seasons are getting longer and the climate crisis is “violating” her “right to health” said Comparelli, a climate activist in her 20s with Fridays for Future Italy. This is compared to around 380 in 2010 and approximately 40 in 2000. . Above all, though, Comparelli is afraid.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2022

Confidence in Europe and the UK's ability build a net zero energy system in little over a decade continues to build among investors, engineers, and energy policy wonks - even if it remains to be seen whether political decision makers are willing to deliver the policy frameworks necessary to turbocharge the roll out of clean technologies.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2022

Unveiling the proposal, Khan said he had carefully considered the rising cost of living but stressed the move was "justified to save lives and protect the health of Londoners". had come down 18 per cent since 2010. "To Are the government requiring Greater Manchester to have a Clean Air Zone or not?

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Andrew Winston

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

F) — a level that seemed politically feasible, but still leads to vast damage, including the death of all coral; even more deadly storms and heat; and rising oceans covering low-lying island nations and major coastal areas. We will need to cut CO2 emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, the report says, and get to no emissions by 2050.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 13, 2022

The sprint for a new prime minister marks the latest act in the UK’s political drama. Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee, former Health Secretary. Hunt is no stranger to Westminster’s front benches, having served as foreign secretary, health secretary and culture secretary since 2010. Jeremy Hunt.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

A few years later, I interviewed someone who attended the event and he said, ‘We all knew it was real, but it was too political to talk about on TV.’”. East Coast around 2010, and acknowledged the risks of climate change, but lobbied behind the scenes to obstruct regulation. The backlash [from deniers] was intense.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 2, 2020

It spans economics, health, social justice, and human rights.". Earlier in the month, the UN published a report concluding that the world had missed every one of the flagship biodiversity targets agreed by governments in 2010 in Aichi, Japan. Degradation of nature is not purely an environmental issue.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2020

This would mean that by 2030 the UK could have higher living standards, and better health and wellbeing, underpinned by UK businesses innovating and adopting cutting-edge zero-carbon technologies and practices fit for the mid-21st century.".

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

Between 2010 and 2018, the industry announced $200 billion worth of investments in new and expanded petrochemical projects across the country, projects reliant on fracked gas. Should these plans proceed, the petrochemical industry would account for nearly half the growth in oil demand by 2050. Shell Norco Manufacturing Complex.

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Grist

JANUARY 28, 2020

In 2010, Blanchard graduated to political battles with BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster, a spill that sent 4.9 The problem is too complex for straightforward answers: Its outcome relies on rainfall, ocean temperature, soil health, and crop growth rates. Spike Johnson. million barrels of oil into his fishing ground.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Why get political now? We don’t write about politics much at GreenBiz (although I’m sure regular Energy Weeklyians have a sense of my personal politics). . A 2010 study found that for every $1 million invested, oil and gas would create roughly five jobs, while wind and solar would create 13 or 14 jobs. . Subscribe here.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

When fierce storms appear on the horizon, the children get especially anxious and the elderly worry, which has impacts on their health. Cole argued that the law was not the ultimate weapon, but only one, and that the overarching goal is political empowerment toward systemic change. Credit: Laura Mangan.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The goals set in Montreal will replace the Aichi Targets, which were set in 2010 but were all missed by the time they came due in 2020. Both global and domestic records on meeting voluntary biodiversity goals remain poor. The nature financing chasm urgently needs bridging and the benefits of doing so have never been more obvious.

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Unsustainable

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Around 2010, authorities in Surat began a process that strengthened understanding of how more intensive periods of projected rainfall due to climate change would magnify the risk of floods. The flooding was caused by an emergency release from the upstream Ukai reservoir.

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Business Green

APRIL 18, 2022

In all, we have screened nearly 800 peer-reviewed reports and case studies from throughout Europe, published since 2010, seeking those that quantified where and how cities had successfully reduced car use. But long car commutes can quickly wipe out such emissions savings, so living close to work is still the best option.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

The impacts would be similar to the 2010 BP/Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, and the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown in Japan, “in terms of level of releases and resulting damages to the environment, health, and safety,” the Multnomah County report concluded. Commissioner Ryan’s office did not respond.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

Over the past several decades, public health and environmental concerns have made controlling smog a top national policy goal in China and enforcement an increasingly critical issue for companies to navigate. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

Over the past several decades, public health and environmental concerns have made controlling smog a top national policy goal in China and enforcement an increasingly critical issue for companies to navigate. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog.

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Grist

MAY 31, 2020

But 2010 was different. In 2010, that fledgling government had few resources to handle an existential climate threat, but it did have plenty of scientists and researchers traipsing through its immense backyard, studying everything from permafrost to prehistoric glaciation. SmartICE isn’t alone. The project hasn’t been without hiccups.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

And, since 2010, many renewable energy sources have become nearly price competitive with their more carbon-intensive alternatives: the cost of offshore wind power has fallen 29 percent; onshore wind by 39 percent; solar power, as much as 82 percent. To this end, the SEC is currently reviewing its 2010 guidance on climate-related disclosures.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2022

This unaddressed inequality needs transparency and political accountability. Yet the government has not identified and considered their specific needs as required by the Equality Act 2010. A refusal so far to disclose its equality impact assessment for the Net Zero Strategy has raised similar concerns.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

“It’s important that we recognize dairy is not just about emissions,” Donald Moore, GDP’s executive director and the public face of P2DNZ, said during a presentation at the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development last July. Livestock methane emissions are also rising in some of these countries.

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