Energy Innovation

AUGUST 14, 2023

This piece was authored by Muhammad Abdullah, an 2023 summer Transportation Policy intern with Energy Innovation and Energy Innovation’s Chris Busch, Director Transportation and Senior Economist. Ella Kissi-Debrah was born, raised, and died a tragically early death in south London, a hot spot for motor vehicle pollution.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The project will be led by air quality and public health consultants Enjoy the Air, in partnership with the Sandwell Council, to examine the link between air pollution, behaviour and the cost of air pollution-related healthcare in the Sandwell area.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 22, 2024

The United States-based oil major’s willingness to publicly throw down the gauntlet to policy-makers underscores the stakes for the fossil fuel industry as the EU fleshes out its plans to slash carbon emissions, ahead of June’s European parliament elections. million tonnes of greenhouse gases during the same period.

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Grist

MAY 30, 2024

As a researcher at the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Basu knew that other vulnerable populations, notably the elderly, were particularly susceptible to heat. Researchers, including Basu, had already documented the impacts of air pollution on adverse pregnancy outcomes.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2022

People around the world are increasingly aware of and impacted by climate change, which is connected unsurprisingly with a parallel uptick in associated mental health stress. But providing supportive services requires a better understanding of climate change’s effects on the mental health of all people. Source: Marazziti et al.

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Front And Centered

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The people of Washington state, and Black, Indigenous, and people of color in particular, are facing tremendous challenges as we enter the 2021 legislative session to survive, let alone to thrive. 2021 POLICY PRIORITIES. Advance Just Climate Investments and Prevent Pollution Trading Schemes.

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Grist

APRIL 19, 2024

She is the lead author of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ newly updated policy statement on climate change, which appeared earlier this year. The new policy statement’s number one recommendation is that its members “incorporate climate change counseling into clinical practice.” Dr. Ahdoot made good on that vow.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Pollution, poverty and race collide in many other disadvantaged communities across California — and the country — and some argue that the state’s climate policies haven’t helped. The overall "cap" lowers every year, forcing polluters to reduce their emissions or purchase allowances from others who do.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

Fri, 03/12/2021 - 01:30. The analysis, which looked at more than 3,500 fiscal policies across the world's 50 largest economies, finds that just 2.5 For instance, roughly 16 percent of recovery spending could bring positive air pollution impacts, but 16.4 percent is likely to increase net air pollution. Cecilia Keating.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

For Edna Ibarra, it was the realization that with every breath her 11-year-old son was breathing in a little more of an industrial carcinogen that drove her to get involved in the fight against air pollution in Laredo, Texas. If these three pollutants were eliminated,” the Intercept reported, “only one census tract in the U.S.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

AUGUST 13, 2021

Designed to support city curb policies, increase potential revenue and provide new tools to support zero emissions transportation, Automotus provides real-time curb and street activity data across freight, ride hailing, delivery, passenger vehicles, buses, bikes and pedestrians, while setting up seamless payment for time spent at the curb.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 15, 2023

The findings offer new insight into corporate actors’ responsibility for the climate impact of worsening wildfires and strengthen the rapidly growing scientific field known as attribution science , which quantifies the influence of climate change on extreme weather events and connects pollution sources to observed climate impacts.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2020

DeSmog investigation uncovers lobbying by some road and freight trade bodies that may have delayed and watered down local UK measures to tackle illegal levels of air pollution. Air pollution is a serious public health issue and tackling it is essential for the health of people in towns and cities across the country," she said. "Air

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Investing in the ground beneath our feet could have wide-ranging benefits for the environment, animal and human health – as well as moving closer to Net Zero, according to new research. Governments, however, need to quickly implement ‘regenerative agriculture’ policies to incentivise farmers to take up the challenge, the researchers argue.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 1, 2021

Many economic sectors had slowed down or shuttered entirely due to lowered demand and health measures. While the global economic slowdown reduced major drivers of climate change around the world, the true picture of the pandemic’s effect on our planet’s resources and ecological health is somewhat more nuanced. Source:Rume, T.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Just over half of all directors at 30 of the world’s largest insurance companies have affiliations to polluting companies and organisations, reveals an investigation by DeSmog, including several individuals holding senior roles at some of the world’s largest energy companies.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

AUGUST 13, 2021

Designed to support city curb policies, increase potential revenue and provide new tools to support zero emissions transportation, Automotus provides real-time curb and street activity data across freight, ride hailing, delivery, passenger vehicles, buses, bikes and pedestrians, while setting up seamless payment for time spent at the curb.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Most polluting fuels for wood burning stoves including coal and wet wood to be phased out from 2021-23 as part of crackdown on particle pollution. By moving towards the use of cleaner fuels such as dry wood we can all play a part in improving the health of millions of people.".

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 19, 2024

D’Evelyn , a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Washington’s Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center. Air quality monitoring networks play a crucial role in enhancing climate resilience by providing communities and policymakers the data they need to understand the relationships between air quality and public health.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The setting of new legal targets is a key part of the Environment Act 2021. The planned targets were intended to drive progress in areas such as river quality by encouraging stronger government policy and providing certainty for business. There were 372,533 sewage discharges in 2021 , polluting our waterways for 2,667,452 hours.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

Tue, 03/23/2021 - 01:15. Over the past several decades, public health and environmental concerns have made controlling smog a top national policy goal in China and enforcement an increasingly critical issue for companies to navigate. China’s new frontier for VOC regulations. Shuying Xu. Air emission reform in China.

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2022

The calculation is based on new INRIX data which shows that the average London driver spent 148 hours stuck in traffic during 2021. Public transport, usage was close to pre-pandemic levels for much of the latter half of 2021, according to data from a range of sources, but car use has remained stubbornly high.

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Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2022

In our work deploying first-of-their-kind projects with climate tech entrepreneurs, we hear again and again that policy barriers present constant challenges, regardless of the industry in which they operate. It’s clear that we need to accelerate climate policy innovation with the same urgency and equity lens that we devote to tech innovation.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

“It is critical to know when, where and how much methane is emitted from each of its sources in order to prioritize emission reductions,” said Denise Mauzerall , a co-author and core faculty member of the Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment at Princeton University. “We

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

Fri, 03/05/2021 - 00:12. It is more urgent than ever to shift from linear, use-it-up-and-throw-it-away models to a circular economy: where waste and pollution are designed out, products and materials are kept in use for longer, and natural systems can regenerate. Protect human health and biodiversity. David McGinty.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

WWF and ClientEarth lodge complaint with the Office for Environmental Protection over Environment Agency's failure to impose sanctions on farmers who breach pollution laws. Nitrogen pollution is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions and water pollution. We argue this failure is unlawful.".

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 12, 2021

Coal-fired power plants set to be built by companies part-owned by British multinational bank HSBC will contribute to tens of thousands of deaths worldwide due to air pollution once completed, new research suggests. In line with our commitment to the Paris Agreement, HSBC Global Asset Management has a policy on responsible investment.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

In April, daily emissions fell by as much as 17 percent , and total 2020 emissions may be 7-11 percent lower than 2019 (as projected by the Energy Policy Simulator , and a new opinion piece in Nature by Hanna et al., Figure 2 Mean survey results of recovery policy archetypes (2008-2020) aggregated using relativity-adjusted scores.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 12, 2021

Coal-fired power plants set to be built by companies part-owned by British multinational bank HSBC will contribute to tens of thousands of deaths worldwide due to air pollution once completed, new research suggests. In line with our commitment to the Paris Agreement, HSBC Global Asset Management has a policy on responsible investment.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

For the good of future generations, we must retain existing laws and improve protections for nature, writes Joan Edwards, director of policy for The Wildlife Trusts. In reality, it means polluters can get away with poisoning our rivers and countryside – even more than they are doing already. Image credit: Colin , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 31, 2024

“These misleading ads are deeply offensive to every healthcare worker who has to treat patients suffering from the health effects of climate change,” said Dr. Melissa Lem in a statement. government,” said Dr. Margaret McGregor, family physician and health policy researcher. Wake-up Call’ “Let this be a wake-up call to the B.C.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has broachedumpteen pervasive challenges on multiple fronts- health, environment and economy. Although the economy is restoring to an extent but an exponential escalation in the biomedical waste generation has posed severe persisting health hazards and environmental threats. Smart Waste Management: PWC& AWCS.

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Business Green

JULY 18, 2022

In October 2021 the ULEZ was expanded to the North and South Circular roads, delivering an 18-fold increase in the area covered by the zone. And it said the changes to the ULEZ have helped prevent pollution levels in the capital from returning to pre-pandemic levels.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2021

Green Alliance estimates multi-million pound environmental, economic and health benefits for regions which implement clean air zones. That is the conclusion of a new report from Green Alliance, which highlights how the failure to fast track enhanced air quality plans presents considerable economic, health, and legal risks for the government.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

This story was originally published by Southerly , in partnership with Scalawag and Environmental Health News for its Powerlines series, which looks at climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South. Clean Air Act, and even exceeds regulation standards in controlling air pollution at its facilities. . “We

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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 We call for robust legislation, an end to greenwashing, and strict accountability for these major polluters.” which was funded by a $2.9

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Energy Innovation

AUGUST 17, 2021

This week, Energy Innovation updated the United States Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) , our open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan model that estimates the environmental, economic, and health impacts of hundreds of climate and energy policies. NDC policy scenario, which is aligned with the U.S. Health Impacts.

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