Green Business Bureau

APRIL 15, 2022

The industry is moving toward sustainable construction. WHY ECO FRIENDLY HOMES MATTER. Now more than ever consumers are using their purchasing power to push companies to be more sustainable. HOW TO BUILD and RENOVATE A HOME TO BE MORE SUSTAINABLE. Energy Usage and Electricity. Recycled Steel.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 30, 2021

How does the plumbing industry affect the environment? The effects of said practices are costly: Poor materials can pollute their surrounding environment. Poor materials can prove to be dangerous to the health of those within the home. Poor materials are inefficient, wasting both water and energy.

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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. And her son isn’t the only child exposed to this risk. Even after the U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 5, 2021

LED lights are by far the most efficient type of lighting on the market, using 75% less energy and lasting 25 times longer than incandescent bulbs. While your office is likely recycling its paper and plastics, you can take recycling to the next level by expanding your program to include glass and metals. Consider Renewable Energy.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

This reporting was made possible in part due to a media briefing sponsored by Beyond Plastics, Inclusive Louisiana, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, and The Descendants Project, which included local meals in Louisiana. Credit: Anne Rolfes Close-up of Norco town sign, showing an industrial facility next to homes.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2021

It was an update about a new, giant plastics plant built on the line between two small Texas cities just northeast of Corpus Christi: Portland and Gregory. The site is home to the world’s largest ethane steam cracker plant, which will feed the production of nurdles – tiny pellets that form the building blocks for plastic products.

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Plastics Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Pollution 98

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 22, 2022

Realtors® and Home Buyers Going Green. As a green realtor® passionate about the planet’s future and our own, you can play an important role in delivering the message of sustainability to homeowners and support a greener, healthier real estate industry. There is also a growing number of homebuyers desiring green homes.

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Front And Centered

MAY 17, 2019

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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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

James Parish town of Gramercy and its mayor, Steve Nosacka, an outspoken supporter of the oil and gas industry. James was planning to hold a protest march in Gramercy in an effort to stop an industry-friendly ballot initiative. Robert Taylor in a trailer provided by FEMA, in front of his storm-damaged home on February 12, 2022.

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Building Energy Monitoring Health Law Home Energy Monitoring 98

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The Basic Tenets of SDG 12: Severing the current relationship between economic growth and environmental degradation : Increasing world-life gains from economic growth by improving resource efficiency and reducing resource consumption, degradation, and pollution. Control and reduce any harmful emissions and pollutants ( SDG 15 : Life on Land).

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Often working from home themselves, they empathized with employees and other stakeholders, some refusing to issue layoffs. Each of these individuals is playing the long game and is in a strong position to move their companies and industries into what could be a more hopeful period of reconciliation, recovery and repair.

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Econaur

JANUARY 8, 2021

Insulating the roof of your building saves you money every year. By controlling the internal building temperature insulation saves the need for energy. Insulation reduces the amount of energy needed to run the building. And a typical house loses nearly 44 percent of the available energy to poor insulation.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

To address this, a TerraChoice report titled The Sins of Greenwashing: Home and Family Edition identified seven sins of corporate greenwash. McDonald’s addressed the environmental issue of plastic pollution by replacing their straws with paper alternatives. Energy Star. Sin #3: The Sin of Vagueness. USDA Organic.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 20, 2019

New Frontiers in Renewable Energy and Resources will take place on November 25-26, 2019 in Rome, Italy. The theme is "Renewable Energy for a Better Future" and the it will include: Keynote talks, Plenary sessions, Discussion Panels, B2B Meetings, Poster symposia, Video Presentations, and Workshops.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 20, 2021

Part 2: Goals and KPIs – This section documents your current baseline in terms of your eco profile which includes your energy usage, water usage, carbon emissions and overall eco score. Every industry and every business uses resources and energy differently. Do we use plastic bottles for water?

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

The consequences of penalties and fines outweigh the costs of hiring a sustainability communications firm or simply building in other safeguards to prevent greenwashing, Shelton added. However, you can't call a product 'compostable' if someone can't compost it safely and in a 'timely' fashion at home. Made with renewable energy.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 25, 2024

Choosing Sustainable Energy Another actionable step towards a greener future involves considering how the energy you use is produced. You can explore providers that use renewable sources, such as wind or solar power, on the Choose Energy platform. You’ll contribute to reduced pollution and traffic congestion.

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Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 82

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

To address this, a TerraChoice report titled The Sins of Greenwashing: Home and Family Edition identified seven sins of corporate greenwash. McDonald’s addressed the environmental issue of plastic pollution by replacing their straws with paper alternatives. Energy Star. Sin #3: The Sin of Vagueness. USDA Organic.

Business Energy Monitoring 78

Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Plastics Building Energy Monitoring 78

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 1, 2021

Global IT firm HP discusses an ongoing project to collect and process waste plastic in Haiti, for reuse in products such as ink cartridges. Ocean gyres also lead to more plastic washing up on Haiti’s beach, which all adds up to increased plastic pollution on land and in the surrounding Caribbean Sea. Waste plastic.

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Plastics Waste Waste Recycling 130

Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

How to divert energy flows from fossil to renewable using electricity and biomass Summary - Up to 20% of our energy needs could be met by sustainably harvested biomass, in particular food and agricultural waste, as well as manure. In part II we learned that the world needs 435 TWh of energy per day. Or is there?

Building Energy Monitoring 78

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 78

Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Biomethane from sewage, renewable power, peatland restoration, and tree planting feature heavily in Water UK's sweeping new decarbonisation roadmap. Launched today by trade association Water UK, the 10-point plan builds on the sector's net zero pledge, which was announced last year.

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Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Examples include energy engineers, environmental attorneys, urban planners, water resource engineers, wildlife conservationists and environmental researchers. Those questions are often at the heart of many students and professionals trying to build a career that is more purpose driven. Energy Manager.

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Greenability Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

KCI’s new terminal is first in Midwest to achieve LEED Gold certification and second in the country As the largest single infrastructure project in the city’s history, and with sustainability at the forefront, Kansas City’s new airport terminal has reached new milestones for green building in the region and beyond.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Sustainability 111

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Examples include energy engineers, environmental attorneys, urban planners, water resource engineers, wildlife conservationists and environmental researchers. Those questions are often at the heart of many students and professionals trying to build a career that is more purpose driven. Energy Manager.

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Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 78

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Plastic pollution is a worldwide problem, with piles of debris along coastlines, on roadsides, in landfills and floating in waterways. Environmentally conscious companies are looking for ways to clean up the mess while simultaneously seeking out methods to recycle plastic waste into other products.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2022

These solutions reduce waste, business emissions, and pollution, ultimately reducing the ecological footprint of an entity. The green initiatives chosen will create the foundation of your sustainable development plan, kick-starting your green journey for you to build on over time. And lastly, monitor the sales of your products.

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Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 143

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 9, 2023

Regain your power, and use this article alongside the ISO 14000 family of standards to approach sustainability with an actionable manual to get things done. Today, there are over 22,600 different types of ISO standards, spanning many industries. Other standards under ISO 14000 build on ISO 14001:2015.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Organic Energy Monitor 78

Business Green

MAY 20, 2022

African green hydrogen plans, new coal-to-clean energy deals, and worsening climate impacts. And it pledged to halve the amount of single-use plastic in catering, in response to high expectations, particularly from athletes and consumers, to reduce plastic pollution. RWE issues €2bn green bond.

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2021

The creative industries have a pivotal role to play in the net zero transition, but can they really inspire sustained shifts in public opinion and behaviours? As in any industry, the first step to minimising environmental impacts is to identify where the main culprits are to be found.

Building Energy Monitoring 69

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Fossil fuels Business Energy Monitoring 69

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

Often working from home themselves, they empathized with employees and other stakeholders, some refusing to issue layoffs. Each of these individuals is playing the long game and is in a strong position to move their companies and industries into what could be a more hopeful period of reconciliation, recovery and repair.

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Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 28

Grist

JULY 21, 2022

Unlike several other Earth Day weekend cleanups going on farther down the beach, this group has been given special instructions that will help them categorize and log everything they find, from food scraps and toys to tiny pieces of foil and, of course, many types of plastic. Is the trash from camping? Is it from fishing gear?

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 14, 2022

The complex contains a circuit board of pipes and steel tanks that cough out steam, flames and toxic substances as it creates the building blocks for plastic from natural gas liquids. The plant is the first joint venture in the Americas between Saudi Basic Industries Corp., Credit: Judith Enck.

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Plastics Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 97

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Public Health Watch also analyzed more recent TCEQ pollution data and found that Channelview’s benzene problem has only worsened over the years. Benzene is a colorless, sweet-smelling chemical found in crude oil and products including gasoline, solvents, plastics, paints, adhesives and detergents.

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Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 95

Clean Energy Trust

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

From a resource depletion perspective, orbital space can be thought of as an environment that is getting polluted by debris creation events. Source: European Space Agency The problem with this pollution is that not all debris is trackable. Lab-simulated hypervelocity impact. NASA’s Atlantis space shuttle on its 19th mission to the ISS.

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Waste Waste Pollution Law 40

Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

We often take the land for granted, even though - or perhaps because - it is literally the foundation of everything we do, from the materials that make up our homes, workplaces, and transport systems to the source of our food, water, and medicines. And those are the only the most obvious essential services provided by the land.

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Biodiversity Climate change Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability 77

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Polluting packaging agents build up to foul habitats and ecological systems, creating unstable environments which threaten human well-being and security. E.g. a recent study by Plymouth University estimated that a staggering 700 marine species are threatened with extinction due to the build-up of plastic trash.

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Packaging Retail Innovation Sustainability 78

GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2020

Inside Eastman’s moonshot goal for endlessly circular plastics. At first glance, the sprawling industrial site, covering roughly 900 acres in Kingsport, Tennessee, appears to be just another chemical manufacturing facility. Joel Makower. Mon, 05/11/2020 - 00:44. Chemical reaction.

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