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Empty labs, abandoned research: Coronavirus puts climate science on hold

Grist

Bristol is studying samples of soil and ice extracted from the north Alaskan coast in 2018. In the two long weeks since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, research into our warming climate has been put on hold. Emily Bristol takes soil samples off the coast of Alaska. Bristol is one of the lucky ones.

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‘This Needs to Be Fixed’: Nuclear Expert Calls Radioactivity Levels Found Outside Ohio Oilfield Waste Facility ‘Excessive’

DeSmogBlog

Activists and scientists have found alarming levels of radioactivity in samples collected along the road and soils outside Austin Master Services, an oilfield waste processing facility with a history of sloppy practices in eastern Ohio. Soil nationwide generally has a radium background level of about 1 picocurie per gram, and the U.S.

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Wildfires are getting worse, and so is the deadly smoke they bring with them

Grist

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. A new lead crisis? By mid-century, as the U.S.

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Radioactive Waste ‘Everywhere’ at Ohio Oilfield Facility, Says Former Worker

DeSmogBlog

Waste was splattered on the floor and walls, even around the electrical panels. But when the men arrived home after a long day, the job came with them too. “We Radiological analysis of sludge samples taken from these boots revealed radium levels roughly 15 times EPA levels for soil at Superfund sites. Credit: Marco Kaltofen.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Often working from home themselves, they empathized with employees and other stakeholders, some refusing to issue layoffs. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. and globally by 2040.

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What Is B Corp? B Corp Certification Guide + Quick Assessment

Green Business Bureau

AND1 also worked with their oversea factories to ensure the health and safety of workers, professional development, and access to fair wages. Does your company have a health and wellness program in place? The minimum wage is not enough to meet the basic needs of employees – to cover housing, energy, food, and childcare costs.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

Often working from home themselves, they empathized with employees and other stakeholders, some refusing to issue layoffs. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. and globally by 2040.