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Biospherian will share water stories from ‘Spaceship Earth’

Envirotec Magazine

A transformative experience, it fuelled a passion for nature-based treatment systems as viable alternatives to energy and capital-intensive centralised plants, reinforcing his belief that ecological engineering is essential in creating a sustainable and regenerative future. The institute was a key part of the Biosphere 2 research team.

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Analysis: How did the 2019 legislative session fare on climate justice?

Front And Centered

While the full HEAL act passed in both the House and Senate by significant margins, the Washington Business Building Industry Association of Washington (BIAW) and the Association of Washington Business (AWB) were able to slow reconciliation of the two bill versions, preventing it from passing before the session expired.

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Supervising Environmental Services Specialist

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

The Sustainability and Compliance Division is involved with establishing environmental policies and programs; implementing health, safety and compliance activities; advancing clean energy technology; and integrating green practices into City and community activities. Water Resources Division (WRD).

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Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country

Grist

Cracks in aging and poorly maintained pipes are being inundated , leaving plumbing unable to carry away stormwater and waste. This phenomenon — groundwater rise — could also have dire effects on people’s health, exposing them to new or unearthed pollutants. They can also enter directly through cracks in building foundations.

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Best of GBB in 2021: Green Businesses Leading the Sustainable Business Movement

Green Business Bureau

With humble beginnings as a small business selling to Vancouver’s dock workers in 1918, Watson Gloves is now Canada’s largest manufacturer and distributor of gloves to the industrial and retail market. It is also through this reconnection with nature that mental and physical health is improved. Ginkgo Sustainability.

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Meet the Innovators in Elemental Excelerator’s 9th Cohort

Elemental Excelerator

As always, equity and access is at the forefront of our mission to fund critical solutions for climate change, particularly in communities affected by the compounding effects of pollution, vulnerable infrastructure, and limited economic opportunities. Entrepreneurs may have half the solution, and communities often have the other half.

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The search for the source of plastic pollution

Grist

From large pieces, such as bottles, cups, and even a Smurf action figure, to tiny microplastics — fragments, films, fibers, or foams less than 5 mm long — plastic is one of the most common pollutants this group will find, mirroring what cleanup crews regularly see across the country. Dan DeLong / InvestigateWest.

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