Fairsnape

MAY 3, 2021

Most of the UK’s environmental protections stem from EU law and so could be changed as a result of Brexit. Continuing the Regen-Notes nature and health theme, the BBC reported on the German trend of waldeinsamkeit , an archaic German term for the feeling of “forest loneliness”. Also noted in respect of new books is “Design Studio Vol.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The database compiled by Global Energy Monitor documents thousands of cases from a long line of prominent American businesses working with the same lobbyists – often the same firms, and in many cases, the same individuals – as the oil and gas industry. The behavior is rampant across the insurance, health care, retail, and tech industries.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 13, 2020

That’s the message from several recent reports focusing on the role of service-sector companies in addressing — positively or negatively — climate change. Exhibit A: law firms. ” Its research focuses on the work of Vault Law 100 firms, “the most prestigious law firms based on the assessments of lawyers at peer firms.”

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 13, 2020

That’s the message from several recent reports focusing on the role of service-sector companies in addressing — positively or negatively — climate change. Exhibit A: law firms. ” Its research focuses on the work of Vault Law 100 firms, “the most prestigious law firms based on the assessments of lawyers at peer firms.”

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Responding to DeSmog’s findings, Natacha Cingotti, senior health and chemicals policy officer at Brussels-based policy and advocacy group, Health and Environmental Alliance (HEAL), said: “[W]hen working on chemicals- and pesticides-related policies, the imbalance of stakeholders in favour of industry interests is striking.”.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

For instance, the company’s just-published “ Energy Transition Progress report ” references chemicals right alongside “low carbon energy” and “renewable natural gas” as examples of the company’s stated commitment to lowering emissions. For more than 100 years, the company has had a significant economic and social impact on the region.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Climate change is already negatively impacting the health of Canadians, impacts that will become more severe in relation to the extent of warming that occurs. The link between airborne pollution from the combustion of fossil fuels and respiratory health is well-known. billion in health-related costs per year. [xv]

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

It’s a recurring theme that somehow the livestock sector and eating meat is detrimental to the environment, that it is a serious negative in terms of the climate change discussions,” Hsin Huang, Secretary General of the International Meat Secretariat (IMS) , told his audience.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

AND1 also worked with their oversea factories to ensure the health and safety of workers, professional development, and access to fair wages. Does your company have a health and wellness program in place? Develop a plan document that outlines the terms and conditions of the plan. ” Where is the B Corp movement today?

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Energy Innovation

JULY 6, 2020

Their study meticulously sums monetized estimates of coal damages to nearby ecosystems and human health, comparing those with the direct policy costs of different phase-out scenarios. Figure 1 a, Direct annual policy cost, globally aggregated values of local health/environmental effects across policy scenarios relative to reference scenario.

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed landmark the deal on Christmas Eve as a major victory for the UK, claiming it was worth around £668bn of trade in 2019 terms, while allowing Westminster to "take back control" of the UK's laws, borders, money, and fishing waters. Carbon pricing and energy. Firstly, the good news.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or TCEQ, has not told residents about the health risks they face. TCEQ documents obtained by Public Health Watch show that some of those early readings were double the level Texas considered safe at the time. Emerging research also connects it to diabetes and reproductive problems.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Time for Energy is part of a collection of 201 company documents, official correspondence, reports, academic studies, and other materials that cast new light on what Shell knew about climate change — and what it chose to tell the public. ” Documents from the collection can be viewed at Climate Files , a project of the U.S.-based

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MARCH 20, 2024

cents per gallon – yet 50 cents per gallon continues to be frequently cited by opponents of the CCA as documented later in this article. An average of $53 allowance price in 2023, translates to just under 43 cents per gallon based on the carbon intensity of gasoline). [2] The full year average (including July) was just 13.4

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 1, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering proposals aimed at reducing climate-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from existing coal and gas-fueled power plants. See the entire statement in Document Cloud. This not-so-fast rhetoric is nothing new.

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