Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

Microplastics are everywhere: We know that much. Even the definition of “microplastics” is slippery. And not all rivers carry the same load of microplastics. Road run-off is another source – and vehicle tyres are a particular contributor to this pollution. But should we be worried? What can we do about it?

Microplastics 222

Microplastics Plastics Soil Waste 222

Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 19, 2019

In order to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions and protect our planet, we will need to creatively redesign and reinvent our underlying energy, agriculture, water, mobility, and economic systems. And as the first state to set a 100% renewable energy goal, our work here can serve as the beacon for other states and countries to follow.

Building Energy Monitoring 72

Building Energy Monitoring Agriculture Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 72

Business Green

APRIL 18, 2022

The second-largest (and growing) source of climate pollution in Europe. A principal cause of stress-inducing noise pollution and life-shortening air pollution in European cities. Despite the (slow) migration to electric-powered cars, consumer trends are making driving even more wasteful and unequal.

Energy Monitor 38

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Transportation 38

Grist

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

There’s an irony here: In order to gain this more-than-sky-high perspective, astronauts and space tourists have had to take an incredibly polluting journey. Once a photograph of the Earth, taken from the outside, is available,” Fred Hoyle, an English astronomer, wrote in 1948, “a new idea as powerful as any in history will be let loose.”

Earth Day 81

Earth Day Home Energy Monitoring Ozone Energy Monitor 81

Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2022

We have a fantastic opportunity as we recover from the pandemic to build an economy and society which is greener, fairer and more resilient. Petit Pli is tackling the wasteful and unethical fast fashion industry by extending the lifecycle of clothing, creating children's clothes that ‘grow' as they do. Tyre Collective.

Innovation 96

Innovation Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 96

Grist

AUGUST 5, 2022

By midnight, he settles into the telescope’s top floor control center, alone in a pool of light from two huge computer monitors. The sudden spike in oil and gas drilling came with a nearly 60 percent increase in light pollution at the observatory, threatening the work McDonald has been conducting for nearly a century.

Energy Monitor 87

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Pollution Building Energy Monitoring 87

Grist

JULY 21, 2022

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.

Plastics 92

Plastics Pollution Microplastics Home Energy Monitoring 92

Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

We are still seeing too much pollution from sources we have known about for years: sewage, farming, industry and road-run off. Meanwhile new threats are seeping into our waters, including microplastics and so-called forever chemicals. More fundamentally, the EA is not responsible for the pollution in our waters.

Pollution 29

Pollution Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Climate change 29

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. Waste generated.

Packaging 78

Packaging Retail Innovation Sustainability 78