Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

An accredited online medical conference bringing together some of the country’s top air pollution experts will now be free to attend on 4 October, after event organisers announced they were waiving ticket costs so that more health professionals can benefit from cutting-edge insights to help improve patient outcomes.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2021

A coroner is calling for national limits on air pollution to be reduced to match World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines and made enforceable by law. Inner South London Assistant Coroner Philip Barlow ruled in December last year that air pollution exposure contributed to nine-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah’s death in February 2013.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

In 2020, investments into early stage climate tech companies topped $60 billion and grew at a faster rate than all VC investments from 2013 to 2019. Textiles and the fashion industry account for about 20 percent of global wastewater pollution, 10 percent of global carbon emissions and 17 million tons of municipal solid waste.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 15, 2023

The findings offer new insight into corporate actors’ responsibility for the climate impact of worsening wildfires and strengthen the rapidly growing scientific field known as attribution science , which quantifies the influence of climate change on extreme weather events and connects pollution sources to observed climate impacts.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 30, 2021

For starters, they’re responsible for producing oxygen and removing CO2 and other pollutants from the air. remove an estimated 75,000 tons of air pollution per year. To better support the health of these communities, Berckes’ organization employs local teenagers to plant and care for trees. Urban forests in the U.S.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Latest report from the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee warns the UK's current strategy to combat air pollution needs to be beefed up. The report, which drew on evidence from health experts, local councils, and campaign groups, urges the government to firm up its commitment to clean air.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The UK government should increase tax on things we want less of - such as pollution - and reduce tax on things we want more of - such as jobs - explains Eunomia's Chris Sherrington. But to my mind, this is not an argument for not increasing taxes on polluting activity. pence per litre for both petrol and diesel.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The former EPA administrator and current president and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has been a leading advocate for smart, successful strategies to protect public health and the environment for more than 30 years. They’re in the crosshairs of the danger," she said. Business community role. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

In 2013, American Forests called Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Denver, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and New York; Portland, Oregon; Sacramento, California; Seattle and Washington, D.C., But as is the case with renewable energy credits, there are worries that carbon credits could give businesses the same license-to-pollute mentality.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Just over half of all directors at 30 of the world’s largest insurance companies have affiliations to polluting companies and organisations, reveals an investigation by DeSmog, including several individuals holding senior roles at some of the world’s largest energy companies. Which raises the obvious question, why? Shrago said.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Pollution, poverty and race collide in many other disadvantaged communities across California — and the country — and some argue that the state’s climate policies haven’t helped. The overall "cap" lowers every year, forcing polluters to reduce their emissions or purchase allowances from others who do. As the U.S.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 7, 2021

One welcome side effect has been reduced light pollution. star count organized by a charity called CPRE found that light pollution continues to drop, with a 10% reduction since last year. If a person could only see 10 or fewer stars , that was considered severe light pollution. skies are the darkest they’ve been since 2013.

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Grist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

A sprig of moss is growing on a tree in the Duwamish Valley, the most polluted area in Seattle. While that moss might seem ordinary, it has a secret superpower: It’s keeping a record of the pollution in the air — from the trucks, trains, planes, cargo ships, and hundreds of industrial facilities that surround it.

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Grist

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Salt pollution presents an “existential threat to our freshwater supplies,” according to the study. It can corrode drinking water pipes , exacerbating lead pollution in water supplies, as it did in Flint, Michigan. Road salt made up 44 percent of the country’s salt consumption from 2013 to 2017, the study says.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 5, 2021

Londoners are calling for their next Mayor to tackle air pollution as a priority, a new pan-European survey has revealed. Over two thirds (71 percent) of respondents across the 15 cities said they wanted their mayors to do more to protect them from air pollution.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 17, 2022

Fracking results in a range of toxic chemicals and pollutants being discharged into the air and waterways, including heavy metals, radioactive material, particulate matter, and volatile organic compounds. The study adds to the enormous body of research that shows negative health impacts for people living close to oil and gas operations.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

This story was originally published by Southerly , in partnership with Scalawag and Environmental Health News for its Powerlines series, which looks at climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South. Clean Air Act, and even exceeds regulation standards in controlling air pollution at its facilities. . “We

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Grist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

A sprig of moss is growing on a tree in the Duwamish Valley, the most polluted area in Seattle. While that moss might seem ordinary, it has a secret superpower: It’s keeping a record of the pollution in the air — from the trucks, trains, planes, cargo ships, and hundreds of industrial facilities that surround it.

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Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 12, 2020

Power plants, toxic waste dumps, and other air and water polluting industries are more often located in poor neighborhoods where there is a higher concentration of people of color. Sadly, the location of these types of polluting industries has not changed over the years. Of those who did leave, many could not afford to return.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 14, 2024

However, many of these plants have also repeatedly exceeded legal limits on the air pollution they release into surrounding communities, disproportionately affecting people of color. billion in public subsidies since 2013 and has been fined $2,500 in Clean Air Act penalties between 2020 and 2023. since 2012, including Indorama.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

It isn’t easy to undo a century of industrial pollution — or even agree on how to do it. Community groups say they were blindsided by the EPA’s proposals, which they argue will expose disadvantaged communities to unacceptable levels of toxic pollution. “We Efforts to clean up the Lower Duwamish Waterway have been decades in the making.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

In 2013, the bank loaned Country Bird Holdings $25 million to expand existing operations in South Africa, Botswana, and Zambia. With this Global North-financed fast-food expansion comes a host of environmental, social, and health concerns in regions often unprepared to field them. The EBRD sold its stake in the company in 2019.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 7, 2021

The work highlights the accelerating pace of the clean energy transition, even aside from the social costs of coal plant pollution. coal plants that are still cost-competitive now, without accounting for the social costs of their pollution? Since late 2013 , utilities had sought bailouts for uneconomic coal plants, Waggoner noted.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The system uses smart technology that can automatically detect harmful pollutants inside the house and clear them. Formerly known as TZOA, HAVEN is a Canadian company founded in Vancouver in 2013. Today, more than ever, it is essential your home is safe, healthy and free of pollutants.” CEO Kevin R.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

In just ten years, Jacobson has harnessed passion, determination and science to re-frame the way renewable energy is seen and, ultimately, accepted as a viable solution to climate change and air pollution. If this soup of pollution was hurting me after only a few minutes, I imagined the damage it caused people who lived in it.”

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Front And Centered

APRIL 26, 2024

Environmental inequities, such as persistent pollution in frontline communities, don’t just lead to poor health outcomes. We know, for instance, that it’s mainly communities of color and people with lower incomes living in places that are disproportionately affected by pollution. They can disable people.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 7, 2021

The work highlights the accelerating pace of the clean energy transition, even aside from the social costs of coal plant pollution. coal plants that are still cost-competitive now, without accounting for the social costs of their pollution? Since late 2013 , utilities had sought bailouts for uneconomic coal plants, Waggoner noted.

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EDF + Business

JUNE 23, 2020

New York: In 2013, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority launched the New York Truck Voucher Incentive Program, which is currently allocating $20 million for its diesel truck replacement program.

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Grist

JULY 20, 2020

PFAS pollution is now so widespread that the chemicals are estimated to be present in 99 percent of Americans’ bloodstreams. Chronic exposure to low levels of PFAS has been linked to cancer , developmental health issues , higher body weight , and more. Researchers have even found them in the bodies of polar bears.

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Grist

JANUARY 28, 2020

Increasingly, Blanchard and other Gulf Coast fishermen find themselves reckoning with a different type of pollution, a threat to ocean biodiversity and Louisiana’s $2 billion seafood industry that’s unrelated to oil and much harder to fix. Fertilizer is a major pollutant. Article continues below. More in this series.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Dubbed one of the “ Desperate Dozen ” imperiled species by conservationists, the diamond darter won a new lease on continued existence in 2013 when its name was added to the federal government’s list of protected endangered species. Being able to assess impacts at a landscape scale opens a completely new door for conservation.”.

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Green Market Oracle

MARCH 3, 2020

Citing an article published in Nature Carrington writes, "Data from the last 50 years shows clearly that when temperatures rise, GDP and other economic measures fall in most nations, due to impacts on factors including labour productivity, agricultural output and health." We are already seeing economic benefits.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 30, 2023

Individuals and entities linked to climate denial, fossil fuels and high pollution industries donated more than £3.5 High-Pollution Industries Aviation entrepreneur Christopher Harborne donated the largest total sum to the Conservatives in 2022, gifting £1.5 million to the Conservative Party last year, DeSmog can reveal.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Responding to DeSmog’s findings, Natacha Cingotti, senior health and chemicals policy officer at Brussels-based policy and advocacy group, Health and Environmental Alliance (HEAL), said: “[W]hen working on chemicals- and pesticides-related policies, the imbalance of stakeholders in favour of industry interests is striking.”.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 15, 2021

Milford created CEG’s Resilient Power Project in 2013 after Superstorm Sandy, to ensure that frontline communities and climate-vulnerable populations had access to new technologies like solar and battery storage, which can provide power during blackouts.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 13, 2022

And even as oil prices have surged again, Exxon’s stock prices remain below the over-$100 heights its shares reached in 2013 and 2014. From oil spills to land contamination and air pollution, it’s low-income Black and brown communities that suffer the most.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 19, 2022

This includes measures that work to reduce an entity’s carbon footprint , effectively manage waste , prevent pollution and conserve resources. Modern businesses operate in a world that has tight social regulations, and one that creates a diverse and equal workforce while also reinforcing human rights and workplace health and safety.

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