AGreenLiving

MARCH 8, 2021

By creating the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), a framework is in place for organizations to better understand and report on these risks. The valuing-nature goal builds on work that began in 2011 in partnership with The Nature Conservancy. Without question, nature is an even bigger issue than climate change.

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Grist

JANUARY 10, 2020

That’s not a record, he said, noting that considerably more carbon was emitted in 2011 and 2012, when very large fires raged across Australia’s northern territory and out west. In addition to carbon pollution, the fires are producing, well, regular air pollution. It all comes together, unfortunately.”.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 10, 2022

As an industry-leading research, development, and demonstration organization, EPRI can support startups in their technology development and deployment. and an incubator in Houston, TX, Greentown Labs is home to 200 startups and has supported more than 450 startups since the incubator’s founding in 2011. billion in funding. About EPRI.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Instead, we suggest a new ratio for more accurately calculating fracked gas’s full impacts so that the fossil fuel industry can’t use RSG standards as a thin green veil for continuing its polluting practices. That’s unlike many other sectors, such as in organic agriculture. What Is RSG?

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Grist

DECEMBER 16, 2019

By the second day, the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department and the county’s Air Pollution Control District had issued an air-quality warning, and local libraries and nonprofits urged residents to protect themselves from the harmful smoke and ash, offering free N95 respirator masks. Legal protection.

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 19, 2021

The most recent spate of power crises are disheartening reruns of the significant grid outages that Texans experienced during cold spells in 2011 and 1989. Without innovative technologies described herein, fuel guzzling, highly pollutive “peaker” plants will continue to be called upon to serve these demand spikes and avoid blackouts.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

In 2011, the IFC lent poultry company Ust-Kamenogorsk Poultry (UKPF) invested $2 million in refurbishing housing for chickens, among other projects. A review of press accounts, financial disclosures, and the companies’ websites shows this support aided these firms’ KFC-linked operations in up to 13 countries in Asia, Africa, and Europe.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 18, 2021

This approach can increase return on investment for the entire value chain, while reducing organic waste and plastics pollution. and a recently opened incubator in Houston, Texas, Greentown Labs is home to more than 140 startups and has supported more than 330 startups since the incubator’s founding in 2011. billion in funding.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

PUSH Buffalo is a nonprofit grassroots community organization working to build and execute a comprehensive revitalization plan for West Buffalo’s West Side. UPROSE is Brooklyn’s foremost Latinx community organization. Additionally, UPROSE has received support from Patagonia since 2011.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Typical air filtration systems mostly draw air in from outside, which is often times polluted,” said Artveoli co-founder and CEO Alina Adams. The organization hosts monthly events focused on trends in the green industry, professional and personal development, and networking. About Women in Cleantech and Sustainability.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Typical air filtration systems mostly draw air in from outside, which is often times polluted,” said Artveoli co-founder and CEO Alina Adams. The organization hosts monthly events focused on trends in the green industry, professional and personal development, and networking. About Women in Cleantech and Sustainability.

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Both tracks offer exclusive access to EPRI’s breadth of testing facilities, demonstration sites, and technical experts, as well as experts from across Shell’s technology organization and hydrogen business and, when appropriate, access to the Shell GameChanger and Shell Ventures teams. With its headquarters in Somerville, Mass.

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Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

This organization launched a research programme dedicated to studying the phenomenon of global change. In 2011, the Global Carbon Project (GCP) published its annual analysis that showed an increase of global CO2 emissions of 5.9 In previous years we have seen reductions in emissions correlated with economic crises and other factors.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

Between March and July 2020, nuclear lobbies met with EU representatives twice as often as they did in 2018, according to the non-governmental organization Reclaim Finance. Like with natural gas, pro-nuclear companies and lobbies started to pressure the Commission to change its stance. Like Greece, Italy has a huge stake in gas.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 22, 2020

These organizations may be interested in making carbontech a core part of their business strategy, or may be future customers or supporters of carbontech products and services. ” NRG Energy, Inc brings the power of energy to people and organizations by putting customers at the center of its business. Fraunhofer USA, Inc.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 21, 2021

He doesn’t think the agency should play a role in making a decision about it; he blames the Army Corps for what he describes as the mess at the mouth of the Mississippi River where there is rapid land loss and a growing deadzone where the river’s polluted river water enters the Gulf. A couple days later Gov. Cooper said.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

According to a paper from Pecan Street , an Austin-based energy research organization, the transition would reduce climate-warming pollution, save Texas households up to $452 annually on their utility bills, and flip the state from a summer-peaking to a winter-peaking system. For energy cost calculations, IdeaSmiths used 10.93

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Grist

MARCH 29, 2023

This phenomenon — groundwater rise — could also have dire effects on people’s health, exposing them to new or unearthed pollutants. Armenta, who was working for a local environmental justice organization at the time, was deeply concerned, but not surprised, by the news.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MARCH 9, 2021

Likely the most widely-cited and influential analysis of California’s pollution-equity trends in the first several years of its Cap-and-Invest program is a 2018 paper led by Lara Cushing and Rachel Morello-Frosch titled Carbon trading, co-pollutants, and environmental equity: Evidence from California’s cap-and-trade program (2011-2015).

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MARCH 9, 2021

Likely the most widely-cited and influential analysis of California’s pollution-equity trends in the first several years of its Cap-and-Invest program is a 2018 paper led by Lara Cushing and Rachel Morello-Frosch titled Carbon trading, co-pollutants, and environmental equity: Evidence from California’s cap-and-trade program (2011-2015).

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 9, 2023

Supporting these findings, the Harvard Business Review reports 99% of large company CEOs want to address sustainability issues as a must for the future success of their organization. The ISO 14000 standards address a need to standardize EMSs on a global scale, meaning comparisons between organizations can be made. What is ISO?

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

Road run-off is another source – and vehicle tyres are a particular contributor to this pollution. It allocates actions to stakeholders including the EA, local authorities and organic processors. air-dry weight (a 2011 study of green waste sites in Wales), and an average figure of 0.03% dry weight in a 2017 study.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 15, 2021

Kimiko Hirata, 50, fought coal plant construction in Japan following the 2011 meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Lavigne got her start in the environmental movement after attending a school board meeting in 2015, where she met members of a local organization called H.E.L.P. Her parents organized in St.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2021

However, critics of net-zero pledges charge that corporations fall back on "net zero" goalposts to look virtuous while getting a free pass for their carbon-polluting sins and that net-zero deadlines are set so far in the future as to omit any accountability plan. It's really, really hard to get to net zero," Kline said.

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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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Smart Energy International

MAY 10, 2024

In addition, the average annual number of weather-related power outages has increased by almost 80% since 2011. This is in addition to the emissions that contribute to air pollution , which can have serious human health and environmental effects.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

“I didn’t expect it at all,” Nick Caleb, a staff attorney with Breach Collective, an Oregon-based climate justice organization, told DeSmog. “If If you had told me the city is going to strike a deal with Zenith to allow at least five more years of their fossil fuel operations, I would just be like, ‘Why?

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 3, 2021

They contain organic matter (such as resin and brominated flame retardants), chemical residuals and heavy metal elements that can be seriously damaging to the environment and human health. But these methods often require high processing temperatures or high pressure, which can lead to pollution through hazardous fumes.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 23, 2021

It would also significantly reduce harmful pollutants, marking a meaningful step toward achieving the United States’ goal of a 100 percent clean energy economy and net-zero emissions by 2050. As we’ve seen with the development of solar technologies, organized mandates from our leading officer are proven to work.

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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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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 8, 2019

The California Supreme Court held that the EIR did not adequately discuss potential health consequences that could be caused by a significant increase in pollutants resulting from the development project. Background for Appeal. The EIR concluded that the Project would have a significant and unavoidable adverse effect on air quality.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 8, 2019

The California Supreme Court held that the EIR did not adequately discuss potential health consequences that could be caused by a significant increase in pollutants resulting from the development project. Background for Appeal. The EIR concluded that the Project would have a significant and unavoidable adverse effect on air quality.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 14, 2023

When the measure failed , state green banks were established, beginning in Connecticut in 2011 and operating in 28 states as of last year. Since 2011, green banks have driven $14.8B During that 14 year legislative push, the organization has helped establish 20 local green banks and mobilize $9B in clean energy financing.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Excessive use of antibiotics on farms is a major driver of AMR in people, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Total sales have fallen 53 percent from 2011 to 2022 in 25 European countries. Narrative: “There is insufficient evidence that antibiotic use in animals risks AMR in people.” percent from 2021 to 2022.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 31, 2019

This exponential growth has been driven by state mandates and regulatory actions (especially in California) and limited to vertically integrated utilities outside of the organized power markets serving two-thirds of all U.S. Storage can generate revenue in organized power markets in three ways: platforms, products and paydays.

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Andrew Winston

MARCH 26, 2020

This obviously is a consequence that evokes mixed emotions: Less pollution is good, but the human costs of economic slowdowns add real pain to the already devastating outcomes of a pandemic. Going virtual is the easiest for some organizations, but it gets more complicated for jobs that can’t be done remotely. As former U.N.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

This pollution problem is made worse, experts say, by the fact that even the small share of plastic that does get recycled is destined to end up, sooner or later, in the trash heap. Enzymes catalyze chemical reactions inside organisms. It rains down, in tiny flecks, on cities and national parks.

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