Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Barking and Dagenham Barnet Havering Haringey Waltham Forest Working in partnership, authorities responsible for these roads could intervene with providing nature-based solutions around these areas to help make runoff cleaner and improve water quality in local rivers and watercourses.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

GreenBiz Vice President and Senior Analyst John Davies chats with the authors of a new report from management consulting firm Korn Ferry, " The Rise of the Chief Sustainability Officer." Bill McDonough at 70: A look back. and ahead (featuring interview highlights at 10:40). Navigating a successful sustainability career (24:55).

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 9, 2022

And at the heart of that should be statutory targets for local authorities backed by resources to map existing technologies and engage with local communities. It was chaired by Sir John Armitt, chairman of the UK’s National Infrastructure Commission. British policy on heat decarbonisation needs a reset,” said Sir John.

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Government Education Policy Natural gas 273

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 13, 2023

Speed & Scale by John Doerr April 6 | 5:30pm Register Here BOOK OF THE MONTH Speed & Scale by John Doerr Join the WCS Book Club discussion on John Doerr’s book Speed & Scale. WCS Book Club Slack Channel The post Book Club: Speed & Scale by John Doerr • 4.6.23

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2023

Lead author Dr Bowen Liu, an assistant professor from the University of Birmingham, commented: “Our work provides the first comprehensive evaluation of the Birmingham Clean Air Zone, an internationally significant policy to improve urban air quality in the UK’s second city.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

The results were used to determine a Microplastic Pollution Index, an indicator that could be used by organizations, local authorities or government agencies. This workflow can be used to calculate the volume, size and shape of plastic particles within a sample.

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Plastics Pollution Microplastics Soil 264

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Nothophantes horridus (image credit: (c) John Walters). Craig Macadam, Conservation Director at Buglife, and author of the report, said “Our report highlights some of Britain’s lesser known wildlife. A new report by conservation charity Buglife appears to find that half of the UK’s most special species are at risk of global extinction.

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Biodiversity 147

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2023

We hypothesized this pollution is a big driver of cardiovascular disease and cardiac events in people with COPD,” says lead author Sarath Raju. Ultrafine particles might be the most potent particles in terms of health consequences,” says study author Meredith McCormack. The participants lived primarily in the Baltimore area.

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Health Pollution Carbon-negative Medicine 246

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Almost 200 authors from 27 countries and the United Nations’ taskforce are working to ensure these findings really make a difference to forest restoration and inspire action around the world, particularly in the developing tropics where much of this research has been undertaken.”.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Owner of Waitrose and John Lewis announces plans to support innovative projects that challenge wasteful 'take, make, dispose' model. They will be assessed by an expert independent grant panel, which will consist of circular economy experts, grant making and innovation authorities, and senior representatives from the John Lewis Partnership. ?"Climate

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Dr Bethany Lomax, a lead author of the paper, was a PhD student at University of Glasgow’s School of Chemistry when the research was conducted. She took part in the flights with co-authors Patrick McHugh, also of the University of Glasgow, and Paul Broadley, Gunter Just, and Greg Hutchings, from the University of Manchester.

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Hydrogen Electricity Sustainability Technology 244

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Aerial shot of Kelvingrove Park: Glasgow is rated as the local authority with the greatest potential to meet its heat demand from sub-surface heat collectors. The ParkPower report also reveals which Scottish local authorities have the greatest untapped energy potential from their parks and greenspaces.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 19, 2020

The authors had so little data to go on they had to make crazy assumptions about food systems," he recalled when we spoke this week. . Haddad and his co-editor, Jessica Fanzo of Johns Hopkins University, set about assembling the people and funding needed to fix that. Earlier this month, they unveiled the Food Systems Dashboard.

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Agriculture Organic Government Waste 354

AFN Sustainable Protein

JANUARY 5, 2023

Author: Jennifer Marston. Author: Louisa Burwood-Taylor. Author: Jennifer Marston. Author: Jennifer Marston. John Kempf’s innovation-forward regen ag business Advancing Eco Agriculture raises $4.7m. Author: Louisa Burwood-Taylor. Read on for a summary of the five best-read articles reported by AFN in 2022.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Other Penn State authors on the paper include Kathryn R. Elliott , professor emeritus of agricultural and biological engineering; John E. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Pasture Systems & 17 Watershed Management Research Unit, also are authors. Elkin, research chemist, and Tamie L.

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Organic Agriculture Energy Monitor Health 279

ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 12, 2024

and John Hicken (D-Colo.) The new law also changes the duties of the Energy Conservation and Management Division of the Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department to make them the authority in regulating the exploration, development, and production of geothermal resources on public and private land. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.),

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Airport ground support equipment – fuel trucks, tugs, container loaders, catering vehicles, etc – is a prime candidate for electrification, and New York’s John F. Source: New York Power Authority. Kennedy International Airport has taken a major step in this direction. million cost of the charging hubs.

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Aviation Solar Power Transportation Electricity 104

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2019

John Cook, lead author of that study, described this summer a 99 percent scientific consensus that humans cause global warming.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Support for fracking with the general public runs at about 27%, according to a recent survey (image credit: John Gomez / Shutterstock). “If these reports are true, the ability of local authorities to act on community concerns about the impact fracking would have on their neighbourhoods would be critically undermined.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

We sat down with Rebecca John, the researcher and author of CIC’s report, to talk through the key documents that informed the investigation; all of the documents referred to in the report are publicly available on DocumentCloud. Rebecca John That’s a great question and, actually, there were two moments.

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Health Pollution Fossil fuels Medicine 102

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2021

Sowy-KSD works are being delivered for Somerset Rivers Authority by the Environment Agency , partly using Growth Deal Funding from the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership. Cllr David Hall, Chair of Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA), said: “Careful attention has been paid to small details.

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Agriculture 130

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

John Sage, head of corporate responsibility at Tideway, said: “Once complete, the super sewer will capture more than 95% of sewage overflows into the River Thames. Robin Mortimer, chief executive of the Port of London Authority, said: “Tackling the needless pollution of the river must be a priority for everyone that cares about its future.

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Plastics Pollution Biodegradable Logging 246

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Lead author Dr Luke Daly of the University of Glasgow’s School of Geographical and Earth Sciences. Co-author Prof. Professor John Bradley, of the University of Hawai‘i at Ma?noa, Co-author Professor Hope Ishii of the University of Hawai’i at M?noa

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

John Hansman from the International Center for Air Transportation, as quoted in a recent Spectrum IEEE report. According to a paper co-authored by Hansman and a number of students from MIT , O’Hare airport in Chicago, alone, would require 719 tons of liquid hydrogen every day in order to meet the demand of H2-powered aircraft.

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Hydrogen Aviation Logistics Transportation 92

AGreenLiving

APRIL 7, 2021

Earth911 talks with oceanographer John Englander, author of the new book Moving to Higher Ground:… The post Earth911 Podcast: Oceanographer John Englander on Adapting to Sea Level Rise appeared first on Earth911.

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Sea level rise 28

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The design of the dilution/discharge facility had been submitted to Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on 21 December 2021, and approval was granted in July. This ocean dumping plan is scheduled to commence in Spring 2023, and to continue for 30 years.

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Construction Hydrogen Transportation Government 130

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 21, 2021

. “While it is positive that we do now have a firm target for woodland creation to work towards in England, the action plan leaves a number of unanswered questions about how to turn that pledge into a reality,” says Ed Daniels, head of forestry at John Clegg & Co. Edward Daniels, Head of Forestry, John Clegg & Co.

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Government Carbon Construction Innovation 130

Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 22, 2023

With the worst of winter weather arguably still ahead of us, John Humble of grid voltage experts Fundamentals explores how intelligent risk management, targeted maintenance and better communication across our networks are critical for preparing our power grids to keep the lights on.

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Energy Monitor Power grid Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 96

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2022

To make practical predictions about recovery, we had to use a modern artificial intelligence tool called statistical learning,” said John Spear, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Colorado School of Mines.

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Soil Fashion Agriculture Climate change 147

DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2024

Other studies have found that it reduces policy support,” said John Cook, senior research fellow at the Melbourne Centre for Behaviour Change at the University of Melbourne and founder of Skeptical Science, one of the first websites to fight climate change denial myths. “If I found that it was polarizing and it reduced climate literacy.

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Politics Climate change Fossil fuels Africa 83

Terra Infirma

JANUARY 22, 2024

Repeatedly Ritchie is confronted with arguments made against her book on Twitter as if that is a source of authority. I remain optimistic about tackling climate change as leading climate scientists such as John Mann say there is still a window of opportunity, and we need to have hope to get us through that window.

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Carbon-neutral Climate change Carbon 59

GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

The image of Bowser next to the late Congressman John Lewis is a powerful testament to change, progress and hope. . Editor's Note: The authors are past national winners of the Women in Sustainability Leadership Award. Like these other mayors, Bowser has pushed for a green and sustainable vision for her city.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Other Penn State authors on the paper include Olivia Mroczko, graduate student in agricultural and biological engineering ; Christopher Wilson, former graduate student in agricultural and biological engineering; Michael L. Soder, animal scientist, USDA-ARS pasture systems and watershed management research unit; and John E.

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Agriculture Health Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 245

Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2020

Seven metropolitan authorities with the support of Transport for West Midlands have linked their local cycling plans into the Starley Network. Named after James and John Kemp Starley, the 19th century Coventry-based inventors credited with the development of the modern bicycle, the network will link the local cycling plans of seven councils.

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Transportation Government Health Pollution 84

Charged

DECEMBER 20, 2023

“The uptime requirement…is widely recognized to be necessary but not sufficient,” John Smart, Director of the National Charging Experience Consortium (ChargeX), told Canary Media. Finding better ways to enforce reliability standards may be a tall order.

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Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Transportation Law 113

GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

Lyft co-founder and President John Zimmer said, "It's on us to lead. UCS's Don Anair, the lead author on the report, said in an interview with GreenBiz: "It's very clear that steps need to be taken to reduce climate emissions from ride hailing. We're looking at bold opportunities. We intend to push hard and lean into this.".

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Electric vehicle Policy Electricity Scooters 545

GreenBiz

JULY 10, 2020

Through this analysis, the authors propose that the localized activities in these countries not only are benefiting communities, but also are transferable to other regions. Symons introduces readers to gastronomic liberalism and applies the ideas of philosophers such as Epicurus and John Locke to the food system. by Ashanté M.

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