DeSmogBlog

APRIL 30, 2021

oil refineries released the potent carcinogen benzene in 2020 at levels high enough to require action under federal law, the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) reported this week. These are exactly the places where people are already struggling with pre-existing health conditions that make them more vulnerable to pollutants like benzene.”.

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Front And Centered

MAY 17, 2019

Like in the HEAL Act, a task force will be formed to further explore creating a state office dedicated to equity, and the decision-making body includes the people most impacted in all areas of government, such as environment, health care, employment and education. . Photo courtesy of Sameer Ranade.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The system works by setting a limit on the total amount of greenhouse gases released by refineries, power plants and other large emitters, and requires polluters to obtain permits to cover their share. In-state emissions were offset by purchasing cleaner power and carbon credits from other projects that reduced emissions elsewhere.).

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

With a planned and targeted strategy we achieved that and beyond, and state of Punjab was poster boy of this widely hailed success story but it came at the harrowing cost of human lives and health. It gave rise to an era of unprecedented groundwater pumping fueled by free and subsidized electricity.

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Energy Monitor Health Agriculture Building Energy Monitoring 195

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The research, conducted by the non-profit Global Energy Monitor and shared with DeSmog, found thousands of cases in which high-profile corporations engage in lobbying in state capitols, hiring the same lobbyists that do work for powerful fossil fuel companies. A future that does have humanity living in harmony with nature.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Intended to fill the policy vacuum emerging from the UK’s departure from the EU on 31 January, the Environment Bill has been eagerly anticipated, and seemingly gives government the power to set legally binding targets on all aspects of the environment in future. in line with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines.”.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

James, with the help of Tulane’s law clinic, fought to protect their constitutional right to protest in Gramercy. The law is on our side,” Lavigne told me. Robert Taylor and Sharon Lavigne with Pat Bryant protesting in front of the Louisiana State Capitol on June 3, 2019. A few days later, RISE St. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2020

That's because the electronic and electrical products we all own, from laptops and phones, through to refrigerators and kettles, often contain very small quantities of valuable metals, such as gold and silver, most commonly within their printed circuit boards. You probably own more gold, silver and platinum than you think.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The circumstances surrounding his termination are documented among thousands of pages of public records and internal company documents that provide a penetrating look into the multi-billion dollar stakes of negotiations between governments and state-sanctioned monopolies that are shaping the future of energy systems in Oregon and beyond.

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Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 78

Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This story is part of the series Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia , which explores the path to low-carbon energy for British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. And, in the United States, political gridlock chopped the heart out of Congress’ most ambitious clean energy plan. . Worried about the climate crisis? If not sooner.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 30, 2022

Sustainable Law Firms. Law firm sustainability is a strategic business shift that aims to prevent socially and environmentally damaging operations in the legal industry. E.g. Delta Air Lines and Microsoft Corp pledged to drastically curb their carbon emissions, taking into account the carbon footprint of their associated law firms.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

India Gate, New Delhi: Residents of the city face pollution levels with a health impact estimated to be equivalent to smoking more than two packs of cigarettes a day (image credit: Amit kg / Shutterstock.com).

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

BASF’s wine tasting is just one example of many such pandemic-style lobbying efforts by the European agriculture industry since the EU has attempted to pass sweeping new policies to combat climate change through measures included in its “Green Deal,” first presented in December 2019. These groups spent at least a combined €45.9

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

MPs have today urged the government to set tougher air pollution targets to help tackle widespread health inequalities and address the risk of a surge in car usage as Covid-19 lockdown measures are eased. Public Health England has classified air pollution as the largest environmental risk to UK public health.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

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. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. and globally by 2040. LinkedIn | Personal website.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 25, 2022

The facility is located just down the street from a high school football stadium and less than 1,000 feet from a set of city drinking water wells, raising public health concerns from a nuclear forensics scientist about the extent of possible radioactive contamination. EPA has not replied to questions regarding these requests. “We

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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. According to Emily Williams, a Ph.D.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 7, 2021

To see some of the first-rate work ESDers have accomplished in the past fiscal year, review the 2019 Annual Report. The Pretreatment Program administers federal requirements that includes permitting and compliance monitoring to industrial that discharges into the sanitary sewer system and Region Wastewater Facility.

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Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

According to recent reports, VCs invested $60B in climate tech between 2013–2019 with an 84% CAGR in capital deployed, with no signs of slowing in 2020 (see below). Thus far we have made investments towards reducing the climate impact of our food, industrial production, and energy systems, and we are eager to make more. Applications.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Many businesses have faced instability and uncertainty over the last few years from the combined impact of shifts in power, the U.K.’s These lawful constructs are put in place to serve and protect the world at large and public concerns over environmental and social wellbeing are on the rise. just below health, the economy and Brexit.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

Earlier this year, Danone became the first listed company to become an "enterprise à mission," a new type of corporation created by a 2019 French law. Danone, banking on the assumption it reached peak emissions in 2019, is confident that its carbon-adjusted EPS will rise over the years to come. Cecilia Keating.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Hannah Polikov is managing director at Advanced Energy Economy, a trade association for the clean energy sectors. In December, we published a list of the top 10 utility regulation trends of 2019. In Hawaii, the PUC considered how clean-energy projects could meaningfully contribute to the state’s pandemic recovery.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The system works by setting a limit on the total amount of greenhouse gases released by refineries, power plants and other large emitters, and requires polluters to obtain permits to cover their share. In-state emissions were offset by purchasing cleaner power and carbon credits from other projects that reduced emissions elsewhere.)

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Clean Energy Trust

MAY 21, 2020

From mobile phones to computers to electric vehicles, the convenience of on-demand power is driving demand for batteries of all shapes and sizes. Some battery systems for utility-scale energy storage are becoming so large that they need their own buildings for space. Batteries have become ubiquitous in our daily lives.

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Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Investment 59

Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 2, 2020

According to the World Health Organization, more than 200,000 deaths in Europe every year can be attributed to particulate matter alone. It is also about the costs If you are not interested in creating zero-emission vessels for the environment or your health, you could be concerned over your wallet as a shipowner.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 21, 2021

From 2016 to 2019, the plant pumped an average of over 22 million pounds of sulfur dioxide, which can cause lung disease, coughing, and eye irritation, into the air each year. TCEQ also previously faced controversy over how it measures the sulfur dioxide coming from Oxbow and the placement of monitoring devices in Port Arthur.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Many of these arguments have been around for decades,” said Cóilín Nunan, a policy and scientific adviser to Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics, a coalition of health, sustainable farming, and civil society organisations. drug makers Elanco Animal Health Inc., Phibro Animal Health Corp., and Zoetis Inc. and Zoetis Inc.,

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

million project for an oil and gas lobby called the Canadian Energy Centre. Using data from the Advertising Research Community, which measures advertising’s return on investment for campaigns in the UK, Purpose Disruptors says advertised emissions have risen in the UK by 11 percent between 2019 and 2022 to reach 208 million tonnes of CO2.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

million project for an oil and gas lobby called the Canadian Energy Centre. Using data from the Advertising Research Community, which measures advertising’s return on investment for campaigns in the UK, Purpose Disruptors says advertised emissions have risen in the UK by 11 percent between 2019 and 2022 to reach 208 million tonnes of CO2.

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Fossil fuels Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

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. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. and globally by 2040.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The 2016 AQMP analyzes existing and potential regulatory control options and seeks to achieve multiple goals in partnership with other entities promoting reductions in greenhouse gases (GHGs) and toxic risk, as well as efficiencies in energy use, transportation, and goods movement. Proposed Warehouse ISR. Looking Forward.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

Earlier this year, Danone became the first listed company to become an ‘entreprise à mission', a new type of corporation created by a 2019 French law. Danone, banking on the assumption it reached peak emissions in 2019, is confident that its carbon-adjusted EPS will rise over the years to come.

Biodiversity 94

Biodiversity Agriculture Business Energy Monitoring Carbon 94

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The 2016 AQMP analyzes existing and potential regulatory control options and seeks to achieve multiple goals in partnership with other entities promoting reductions in greenhouse gases (GHGs) and toxic risk, as well as efficiencies in energy use, transportation, and goods movement. Proposed Warehouse ISR. Looking Forward.

Logistics 52

Logistics Building Energy Monitoring Ozone Business Energy Monitoring 52

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. The EIR Failed to Connect Significant Project Emissions to Potential Human Health Impacts.

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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. The EIR Failed to Connect Significant Project Emissions to Potential Human Health Impacts.

Health 40

Health Pollution HVAC Law 40

Grist

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

For the past several years, Georgia Power has gone to great lengths to skirt the federal rule requiring coal-fired power plants to safely dispose of massive amounts of toxic waste they produced. This story was originally published by ProPublica. Environmental Protection Agency itself.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or TCEQ, has not told residents about the health risks they face. TCEQ documents obtained by Public Health Watch show that some of those early readings were double the level Texas considered safe at the time. Emerging research also connects it to diabetes and reproductive problems.

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