GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

Mon, 08/17/2020 - 01:00. A recent literature review published in the Journal of American Medical Association found a statistically significant correlation between low birth rate and miscarriage in Black communities with higher temperatures from global warming and climate. on June 5, 2020. Kimberly Lewis. Shutterstock.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 1, 2021

The year 2020 will be remembered as a year in which humanity weathered a dangerous and fast-spreading disease, costing companies and governments billions in management and recovery. Many economic sectors had slowed down or shuttered entirely due to lowered demand and health measures. Source:WSP, 2020. Source:Rume, T.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The State of Global Air Quality Funding 2021 report, published today to coincide with the UN's International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, offers an overview of projects that tackle air pollution and have been funded by donor governments or philanthropic organisations. per cent of grants worldwide.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

C present-day global warming relative to pre-industrial times. Due to its climate and indirect health impacts (methane is a precursor for ozone which is an air pollutant that damages human health and crops), methane mitigation has recently become a global policy priority.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2020

It also examines cooling needs in the context of sustainable development, and finds that this is a global blind spot. Records show September 2020 was the warmest month on record and, under current projections, three-quarters of humanity face health risks from deadly heat. The scale of the challenge is immense.

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Grist

JULY 25, 2023

He had been infected with tick-borne encephalitis, or TBE, a potentially deadly disease that experts say is spreading into new regions due in large part to global warming. Even a fraction of a degree of global warming creates more opportunity for ticks to breed and spread disease. For the past 30 years, the U.K.

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Grist

JULY 27, 2023

The mortality rate has been estimated at 30 to 60 percent , according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, and it’s a particular risk in health care settings where infections can easily spread, such as hospitals and nursing homes. auris is also becoming a global problem. In the U.S.,

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2020

million metric tonnes (Mt) of electronic waste was generated worldwide in 2019, up 21 per cent in just five years, according to the UN’s Global E-waste Monitor 2020. Other key findings from the Global E-waste Monitor 2020: Proper e-waste management can help mitigate global warming. A record 53.6

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

In addition to the added climate risk of a new pipeline exporting Canadian oil, with an anticipated drop in the global demand for oil, the project remains a substantial financial risk —one of the reasons Kinder Morgan abandoned it in the first place. The pipeline has been called a ‘global warming machine.’

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Grist

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In 2020, fires in the western U.S. Australia’s Black Summer, the devastating fire season that started in late 2019 and burned through early 2020, razed some 4.4 The rise in the number and frequency of wildfires will exacerbate global warming by releasing the carbon stored in trees. billion in damage. The stakes are high.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 28, 2022

Not only does it reduce the efficiency of the AD plant (and with today’s high energy prices this can soon add up to significant lost income), but it can also pose a threat to health and safety, as well as being a significant greenhouse gas (GHG) pollutant. . C rise already experienced in global temperatures.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Survey reveals common concern of global scientists and linkages between crises. Part of a new report, Our Future on Earth, 2020, in which experts distill latest peer-reviewed, state-of-the-planet research and its interconnected complexities.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JUNE 8, 2022

Assembly Bill 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, requires CARB to develop and update every five years a scoping plan that describes the approach California will take to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. These include: Treating 2–2.5

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Grist

JUNE 5, 2024

But climate modelers calculate that while they are there, they fend off as much as a third of greenhouse warming. Thanks to clean-air legislation intended to protect public health, aerosol emissions have been reduced in Europe and North America since the 1980s. In 2020, the U.N.’s Met Office. That is changing, however.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 1, 2024

Animal agriculture giants are waging a disinformation war, threatening public health and the planet,” said Nicholas Carter, the report’s lead researcher. “We Experts said the promotion was misleading and ignored the global warming impact of UK diets. One example is a $5 million commercial from 2020 in the U.S.,

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 16, 2023

Danone’s size as a major global dairy company provides a significant opportunity for impact. Cutting methane emissions is the most immediate opportunity we have to slow the global warming rate and prevent irreversible damage to the planet. This is a step-change for the food and agriculture sector – and for the planet.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 14, 2020

Nature magazine chimed in, saying that we’re hitting “ climate tipping points ” and the bank HSBC estimated trillions of dollars in potential health costs. What to look for in 2020. In 2020, maybe executives will show up in world and regional capitals to advocate for climate action. The 2020 presidential election in the U.S.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Efforts like these took aim at pollutants like the group of chemicals known as aerosols, which include sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and other compounds that are harmful to human health. This is because aerosols reflect the sun’s rays, rather than trapping its heat like carbon. 05 degrees Celsius.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The “Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2020” report , released on 5 October, documents the loss of approximately 14 per cent of the world’s coral since 2009. This, the largest analysis of global coral reef health ever undertaken draws on data: spanning 40 years. in 73 countries. across 12,000 sites.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Tue, 10/06/2020 - 01:00. Let’s not make the same mistake with global warming. If we manage to take advantage of the momentum spurred by this global public health emergency to build back better, we can prepare our cities for a warmer future and create healthy living spaces where people and biodiversity can thrive.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The Spanish firm said its electricity consumption was certified renewable through Energy Attribute Certificate (EACs), and also through its own wind and solar assets which produced more than 390,000MWh of electricity offsite in the fiscal year 2020, making it a net producer of renewable electricity.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 17, 2019

By 2020, the annual mean temperatures for northern climate zones are projected to increase by 0.5 By 2020, the annual rainfall for northern climate zones will increase by 1.6 Human Health . Also, direct health impacts occur because of heat waves and naturals disasters. Temperature. Image Source: Saigoneer. Rainfall .

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Business Green

JANUARY 3, 2023

The new requirements supersede those which came into force in 2020 which stipulated that all private hire vehicles under 18 months old and licensed for the first time had to be zero emission capable.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 26, 2020

These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health Oliver Camp Mon, 10/26/2020 – 01:30 On the recent World Food Day, the clarion call was clearer than ever: We must fix our food systems to improve human health, drive economic growth and save the planet from environmental collapse.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Fysh additionally holds stakes in Bank of America and Citi, among the top four “fossil banks” globally, according to analysis by climate campaign group BankTrack. Between 2016-2020, Citi lent £178 billion to the fossil fuel industry, while Bank of America financed £148.7

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Fysh additionally holds stakes in Bank of America and Citi, among the top four “fossil banks” globally, according to analysis by climate campaign group BankTrack. Between 2016-2020, Citi lent £178 billion to the fossil fuel industry, while Bank of America financed £148.7

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

Mon, 06/29/2020 - 02:30. We know that animal agriculture is now recognized as a leading cause of global warming. According to Project Drawdown, eating a plant-based diet is "the most important contribution every individual can make to reversing global warming." Founder and CEO, Hera Health Solutions; Memphis.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2020

The emergence of environmental buzzwords started out with global warming, then became climate change. Global warming to climate change; climate change covers a broader term and now special interest groups can use it for any situation, as we have recently seen with the fires in Western Canada and now Australia.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

We have seen decades of data that conclusively demonstrate the world is warming. This was evident in 2019 and into 2020. Polls indicate that extreme weather is helping Americans to accept the veracity of global warming. However, 2020 has already set a record for the biggest one year burn in the state's recorded history.

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Econaur

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Year 2020 will be the year called as the year for Phase Transition not only because of a fight from virus but also the Transition in various sectors and how it will be different with the future scenarios. Staying cooped up at home all day can take a toll on one’s mental health, otherwise. Building Materials that Promote Health.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Our future health and prosperity are closely linked to the state of the ocean,” said Erna Solberg, co-chair of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy and Prime Minister of Norway. . Namibia is committing an additional US$5 million towards ocean research and protection over 2019/2020. Ocean Conference in June 2020.

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2020

Goals approved and validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which are in line with 2C of global warming, commit the firm to achieving absolute zero direct emissions and cutting the carbon footprint of a Nando's meal in half by 2030.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Massachusetts’ new three-year energy efficiency plan would substantially increase efforts to lower energy costs and improve health and comfort for lower-income households and residents of color. Mass Save’s programming is guided by three-year energy efficiency plans, a system put in place by the state’s 2008 Global Warming Solutions Act.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The first report, which the United Nations secretary-general called a “ code red for humanity ,” was released last summer and addressed the physical science of climate change , warning that global warming was “widespread, rapid, and intensifying.” David McNew / Getty Images. Dan Kitwood / Getty Images.

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Sustainability Consulting

OCTOBER 14, 2020

We will remember the summer of 2020 as the time when the US couldn’t catch a break. According to the NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information , July 2020 tied for second-hottest July on record for the entire globe. What does this mean for residents’ health? Hottest Summer Ever Recorded The world is getting hotter.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 3, 2021

As there are only about 10 years left before the door closes for limiting global warming to less than 1.5 In 2020, the European Commission presented its ‘Renovation Wave’ strategy to boost energy renovation of buildings in the EU. Climate neutrality by 2050 requires renovating more than 90.000 homes – per week!

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Business Green

JANUARY 22, 2020

AstraZeneca announced plans to develop propellants with near-zero Global Warming Potential (GWP) at the World Economic Forum this week. The first trees will go into the ground in Australia in Februaary 2020, the strategy details, with France and Indonesia targeted for future planting.

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