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

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Grist

MARCH 27, 2020

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. Sasha Peterson. “I

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 31, 2022

Radiological analysis of sludge samples taken from these boots revealed radium levels roughly 15 times EPA levels for soil at Superfund sites. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5, which covers much of the Midwest, joined local organizers in a conference call in July and made an in-person visit to the area earlier this month.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

These come from deforestation, changes in soil carbon, methane emissions, emissions from fertilisers, manure, farm machinery, and animal feed production. According to a 2016 study by public health, nutrition and environmental experts, replacing beef with beans in the American diet would free up 42 percent of U.S.

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Business Green

JUNE 5, 2020

The berry grows best in boggy, water-soaked soil that can't be used for many other crops. The water in natural land supports the cranberry bog and in return, the cranberry bog enriches the soil that supports outside land.". In 2017 , Wisconsin produced 5.4 And every one acre of cranberry bog requires 5.5

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Planet Pulse

AUGUST 2, 2021

hectares in 2017 to 65,442.41 In addition, there is the need to continue working with Planet images in other future projects led by PRIAS such as evaluating the feasibility of the soil in planting crops, monitoring of crop yield, health analysis of crops, and disease monitoring,” said Vargas. . hectares in 2019.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Related: Indonesian eco village features rammed earth domes and ocean views In 2017, a village organization called the Community Disaster Management Group (CDMG) was formed to create a plan for the village that would improve disaster response. The results come from an organized effort to include villagers in the process.

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Grist

OCTOBER 9, 2019

As they walled off rivers and created dry islands from what was previously soggy marsh, they discovered incredibly rich soil. No one foresaw that this very bounty — soil rich with organic material — would, over time, become a curse of sorts. That organic material contains copious amounts of carbon.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2021

It needs land, water and - in the case of non-organic cotton - chemicals to grow, plus energy and additional chemicals to find its way from the field gate onto our clothes hangers. From socks and shirts to dresses and denim, it makes up for around one third of all fibres in textiles. More and better data means greater insights for farmers.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

Certification schemes aim to provide some assurance that products like compost and digestate are safe for human, animal and plant health. Rivers, for example, though we would expect this to be a catchment-specific issue, said David Tompkins, a soil scientist with Aqua Enviro, during the November event.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

If a farmer wants to transition a farm from conventional practices to organic or regenerative ones, costs are associated with that transition. These factors are different for organic and regenerative farmers, so the numbers often don’t work, resulting in loans being denied or unaffordable. These farms accounted for 5.5

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Grist

JANUARY 28, 2020

The problem is too complex for straightforward answers: Its outcome relies on rainfall, ocean temperature, soil health, and crop growth rates. Dredged soil from much of that construction was piled on the edges of waterways, forming piles known as spoil banks, or spoil levees, which impede the natural flow of water.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 25, 2019

Still, UN evidence shows the number of hungry people in the world is growing, reaching 821 million in 2017 — one in every nine people — according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018. One report by Deutsche Bank sees the earth’s population peaking at 8.7 Livestock genomics and regen ag left in the dirt.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Creating better businesses with B Corp Certification and beyond B Corp Certification presents a set of guiding principles that support organizations to minimize their impact on the environment and society. B Analytics aggregates data from B Corps and other impact-focused organizations to provide comparative analysis and best practices.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2022

Senior author, Professor Matthew Fisher, from Imperial’s School of Public Health, says: “Understanding the environmental hotspots and genetic basis of evolving fungal drug resistance needs urgent attention, because resistance is compromising our ability to prevent and treat this disease.”.

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Grist

AUGUST 17, 2023

Since 2014, Pepperwood, which is not an Indigenous organization, has worked under the guidance of a Native advisory council , chaired by McKay, who is Wappo, Pomo, and Wintun, to implement such practices. The approach proved itself when the 2017 Tubbs Fire burned 95 percent of the preserve and the 2019 Kincade Fire scorched 60 percent.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 2, 2023

They could also be the changes in soil moisture, soil temperature, and biomass, derived from the different spectral index of satellite data, for deeper crop health analysis. Its high-resolution satellite imagery can be used to identify various crop characteristics and their health over time, anywhere on Earth.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 17, 2021

Soil scientists strongly disagree about whether soil carbon sequestration (SCS) can effectively help to decarbonize the atmosphere. Other organizations, by contrast, promote the same practices as necessary for natural climate solutions. Debate is critical for addressing uncertainties related to building soil carbon.

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Grist

JUNE 29, 2022

The signatories of the 2020 “agreement of principles” included conservation nonprofits like the Environmental Defense Fund, the American Forest Foundation, American Forests, and the Nature Conservancy, or TNC, the largest and wealthiest nonprofit conservation organization in the U.S. communities and destroyed U.S. I use a nebulizer now.

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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 In the event of a major earthquake, the soils are at risk of “liquefaction” — the ground would essentially turn to mush, and the hundreds of tanks could rupture, spill, or explode.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

These books are organized in the following six categories: 1. This revised edition is filled with proven strategies and tools for organizations to integrate sustainability into their business models. Forward thinking organizations are seeking to include sustainability into a comprehensive strategy that makes sense for the business.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which represents many of the world’s biggest economies, and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) predict that global meat production will continue to rise in the coming decade as incomes increase in developing countries.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 8, 2020

According to a 2017 study , Europeans use 36 billion disposable straws annually. However, we call biodegradable those products that decompose into organic material with the help of bacteria – and without leaving toxins behind. Straws made of polylactic acid, or PLA, a type of organic plastic, are often branded as biodegradable.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

We anticipate that many consumers will shift to animal-free food products if those products begin to meet or exceed their animal-based alternatives on key areas like cost, taste, functionality, convenience, and health. Plant-based products have been around for a long time, so why is this happening now?

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Grist

JULY 19, 2020

A 2017 study by a group of researchers that included Asseng used models to forecast changes to these main crops under warmer temperatures. It takes inorganic carbon dioxide and turns it into organic carbon. Food shortages are an important driver of social problems. It’s an ancient enzyme, more than 3.5 And a team of U.S.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

on December 4, 2017, Jesse Merrick got a text from his roommate. Smoke and dust blow off the burned remnants of Jesse Merrick’s family’s home after the 2017 Thomas Fire. Jesse Merrick, shown here in better health, covers a football game in his job as a sportscaster. Photos courtesy of Jesse Merrick.

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Health Soil Climate change Medicine 145

Grist

JANUARY 23, 2020

Environmental Protection Agency shows just how much worse the problem could get: Nearly 150 public water systems in 33 states have reported spotting algae blooms near their intakes in reservoirs or other water sources since 2017, in many cases multiple times, according to an analysis by the Center for Public Integrity, Grist, and The World.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

But local conservation groups and residents remained skeptical from the start, warning that the plant could leak toxic waste into water and air, harming human health and ecosystems in a largely forested region where tight-knit communities live close to the land. RADIOACTIVITY = ORGANIC RICHNESS = GAS.”

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Still others are driving sustainability at nonprofit organizations and consultancies. He served as corporate counsel on policy at Greenspot Smart Mobility, an EV charging startup, after clerking at various organizations, including the U.S. Essentially, sustainable fashion meets women’s health. Myisha Majumder. Stacia Betley, 29.

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Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 30, 2020

Here is a brief introduction to 50 young activists that fighting for the health of our planet and our communities. Aidan Dresang is a climate justice advocate and digital organizer from Madison, Wisconsin. Aidan Dresang is a climate justice advocate and digital organizer from Madison, Wisconsin. I’m afraid not to do enough."

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Climate change Organic Plastics Fossil fuels 98

AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

Still others are driving sustainability at nonprofit organizations and consultancies. He served as corporate counsel on policy at Greenspot Smart Mobility, an EV charging startup, after clerking at various organizations, including the U.S. Essentially, sustainable fashion meets women’s health.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 36

Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

States, cities, businesses, and organizations across the country are taking increasingly large steps to reduce emissions — and those efforts are aided by the falling costs of renewable energy and other decarbonizing technologies. Silvopasture could make for healthier soil — and keep cattle alive during sweltering summers.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Standing alone in the open field, the solar-powered equipment Sheffer shows me could be mistaken for some sort of high-tech scarecrow, but it has a far different job: to monitor and measure the CO 2 in the soil at this farming operation and research center in New York’s Hudson Valley. . But in a way, it doesn’t matter. Photo courtesy of C.J.

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