AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Coal-fired power plants, vehicle-clogged highways and fossil-fuel spewing factories have contributed to the growing European air pollution dilemma. Industries, households and vehicles all emit dangerous pollutants that are harmful to human health. Interestingly, air pollution is also the main driver of climate change.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

The latest water classification results , released in September 2020 by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), painted a discouraging picture of the nation’s progress in preventing pollution of its rivers, streams, lakes and other bodies of water.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

In a 2016 study, Seattle determined 28 percent of the city is covered in trees, close to its 2037 goal of 30 percent. Because urban forestry generally has a relatively low carbon removal impact, fewer organizations are focused on creating carbon credits for these projects. the 10 best cities for urban forestry.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

French environmental organizations Notre Affaire à Tous, Friends of the Earth France, and Oxfam France last week filed what they say is the world’s first climate lawsuit against a commercial bank, suing BNP Paribas over its continued funding of fossil fuels. BREAKING – We are officially suing @BNPParibas , the most polluting bank!

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

And, if you want to consult those lists in their entirety, here are the links: 2016 , 2017 , 2018 and 2019. Sara Bogdan (formerly Lindenfeld) (2016). I organized virtual meetings with stakeholders across the organization to determine a plan to keep the items from the landfill and give them another life.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

All comments expressed are those of the individuals and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of their organizations. The average American spends $2,392 per year on food while the average Kenyan spends $543 per year on food (World Economic Forum, 2016). Below are excerpts, edited for style and length.

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Clean Energy Canada

JANUARY 12, 2021

An even stronger majority (79%) say the government should include emissions requirements for all future LNG developments in line with its climate plan and 2030 pollution target—even if this makes them costlier and potentially less likely to happen. as per the 2016 Census. Only 9% disagree. Totals may not add up to 100 due to rounding.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 9, 2021

Beyond development-related environmental impact, cities require proper solid waste management to not only preserve resources but ensure the land does not continue to be depleted and polluted to a point where it is uninhabitable. . In 2016, a measured 4.2 Solid waste management and air pollution. Report on progress routinely.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 5, 2021

In 2016, the Illinois Legislature passed the groundbreaking Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA) with bipartisan support. To direct funds toward communities with historical pollution and energy burdens, Illinois Solar for All has developed an EJScreen tool to evaluate local conditions. Originally published on ILSR.org.

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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

JULY 27, 2023

This comes as major polluters are increasingly deploying digital tactics to detract from negative headlines about their record profits and decades-long contribution to climate change. In 2016, he presented the social media coverage of the company’s Make the Future London festival.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 26, 2020

The process will compensate shuttering lignite, or "brown coal," plants, which are the most heavily polluting, via a flat rate. Hard coal plants, or those burning more carbon-dense and less-polluting types of coal, by contrast, will be closed via least-cost tenders. RWE is set to receive €2.6 billion; Leag will receive €1.75

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

James’ march was set to take place, Lavigne learned that the town required her organization to post a $10,000 bond to obtain a permit for the march, money the group didn’t have access to on short notice. Taylor, a retired general contractor, was driven to form the community group in 2016 after learning that the U.S.

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Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards fall far short of meeting the objectives laid out in the Paris Climate agreement (ie keeping temperatures below the upper threshold limit of 1.5 - 2 degrees C). Addressing pollution from aircraft is an important element of U.S. The Bureau of Transportation reports that U.S.

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Grist

MARCH 6, 2021

I really see this as a little microcosm of everything that’s going on,” said Elib Crist-Dwyer, of Rogue Climate, a grassroots organization in the Talent area working to help ensure that people in marginalized communities have the resources to deal with the effects of climate change and that they have access to clean energy.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 2, 2020

The research was limited to the primary pollutant in each of the three biggest classes of solar panel today: crystalline silicon, cadmium telluride (CdTe) and copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS). The pollutants were lead, cadmium and selenium, respectively. to turn fiberglass hulls into cement.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The initiative, also known as the “Protect Washington Act”, imposes a steadily increasing carbon pollution fee on most fossil fuel uses and directs revenue toward projects to reduce carbon emissions, as well as investments in forests, water, community preparedness, and support to displaced workers and people with lower incomes.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

He was troubled by the fact that state and federal agencies failed to alert the public in a timely fashion, despite their being informed about the spill the day the pipeline ruptured and coordinating for weeks with the operator on pollution containment and cleanup. Bernard Parish, a local grassroots organization.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 8, 2023

In the report – which surveyed village officials, tourism workers, fishmeal factory employees, and local fish workers, among others – researchers documented that since the arrival of the factories in 2016, fish had jumped in price, fish-smokers and dryers had lost work, and widespread pollution was damaging local ecology and tourism.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 11, 2023

The SEJ is a 1,500-strong membership organization dedicated to “more and better coverage of environment-related issues.” However, the company works with many polluting industries, including the oil and gas industry, dealing with the waste produced by this sector and “optimizing asset performance.”

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The data gathered in the Race showed the Baltic Sea to have the highest levels of microplastics in Europe, with 230 particles found per cubic metre, on average, double the amount found in the Mediterranean (112 particles per cubic metre), which is considered a hotspot for plastic pollution. The Science of the Total Environment , Rebelein, A.,

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Clean Energy Canada

JULY 9, 2020

should definitely (39%) or in some cases (48%) be required to implement better sustainability measures, such as using less-polluting processes and cleaner vehicles to shrink their carbon footprint. as per the 2016 Census. A strong majority also believe that traditional resource industries in B.C. Strategic Communications Inc.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The complexity of tracking and tracing all these ingredients can obscure detrimental environmental and social impacts, from pollution to bribery to slavery. A Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation in 2016 found children "dying in crumbling, illegal mica mines … but their deaths were covered up." None of them attend school.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

If you see a sponsorship deal, you assume the [organization] you identify with has positive feelings about it and is benefiting from the company sponsoring it.”. I am an AGU member and I feel disgusted that my professional organization still maintains these ties,” says climate scientist Peter Kalmus. Capitalizing on Arts and Culture.

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Econaur

APRIL 22, 2020

Outraged by oil spills, smog and polluted rivers, 20 million people took to the streets, protesting what they recognized as an environmental crisis. Nature is in crisis, threatened by biodiversity and habitat loss, global heating and toxic pollution. ” Background on Earth Day. The first Earth Day took place in 1970.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 17, 2023

As co-founder of the community group Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living, Mayfield has spent years fighting to protect her majority Black and low-income city from the pollution spewed by the nearby Covanta waste-to-energy facility — the country’s largest waste incinerator. Site size and production capacity for LNG export terminals.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Max Boykoff, who contributed research and analysis on the media’s role in climate action to the most recent report on reducing carbon pollution from the UN-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), says the media plays a fundamental role in shaping the public’s and policymakers’ understanding of climate issues.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

2020 was, along with 2016, the joint hottest year on record ever — closing out the warmest decade on record ever. More than 200 companies and organizations are so far involved. The state of the planet. Global average temperatures are now about 1.2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. In 2010, the Central Government of China integrated the “Guideline on Strengthening Joint Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution to Improve Air Quality” into its 12th Five Year Plan.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 10, 2022

An online sustainability framework and online tools ensure organizations not only make environmental performance and sustainability a priority, but also benefit from their green choices and actions. Each area within the organization will have opportunities to make changes towards a greener environment. Risk Reduction.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

Total is seeking a judicial ruling that would force the organizations to withdraw their report and all references to it, with a penalty of 2,000 euros (around $2,200) per day for every day the materials remain publicly available. A five-week trial in the case is scheduled to begin in July 2024.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. In 2010, the Central Government of China integrated the “Guideline on Strengthening Joint Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution to Improve Air Quality” into its 12th Five Year Plan.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

In 2016, the EBRD made a $20 million equity investment in the company’s parent, Aitas, to finance the construction of a new facility to raise and process poultry. Three years later, in 2016, Country Bird also became KFC’s sole franchisee in Zambia. From 2000 to 2016, the global obesity rate increased by 4.4

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Green Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Ferguson first set a carbon reduction goal in 2016 and is working toward a greener tomorrow. CDP is the global environmental non-profit organization whose annual report is widely recognized as the gold standard for corporate environmental transparency. billion in fuel costs and 134 million tons of air pollutants. million homes.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In order for his 2016 renewal to succeed, he had to demonstrate to a review board of three experts that his work is “producing lead-edge results that are making a significant impact at the international level.”. The result is we continue burning fossil fuels and releasing carbon pollution,” he said. .

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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

APRIL 26, 2022

But the bank also has a uniquely high exposure to the region, serving as the leading international lender to state-run oil companies in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, and Brazil, according to a new report by The Exit Amazon Oil and Gas campaign, led by advocacy groups Stand.earth and Amazon Watch in partnership with Amazonian Indigenous organizations.

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