The Environmental Blog

JULY 14, 2020

These affect natural habitats, produces acid rain and destroys the ozone layer because of global warming. These gases weaken our ozone layer and cause a lot of pollution and climatic changes. A report published by the United Nations environmental program estimates the amount of solid waste matter is at 11.2

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2020

Since then, the effects of climate change, major industry and lifestyle changes have altered the air that we breathe, for example, coal-burning has dramatically declined, while increased road transport has led to new air pollutants. By Mike Seed, Sales and Product Manager at instrumentation firm Elementar UK.

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

The fund, which is available to six million customers, instead aims to invest in companies that deliver products and services that make a positive impact on the environment, and in firms making a difference through progressive policies, it said. Responsible investing enables investors to seize new opportunities and manage risk," she added. "By

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 19, 2024

Credit: Sarah Fish, PNASH Center, University of Washington As climate change accelerates, the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as megafires and heatwaves are on the rise. Along with children, outdoor workers are particularly vulnerable to the health impacts of increased air pollution from climate change.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2022

She called for coordinated action from world governments and international agencies to mitigate pollution while also addressing other threats such as climate change and biodiversity loss. Notably, both methane and many major forms of PM 2.5

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Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

Much of the sustainability literature focuses on the Global North and on issues salient to policy makers in developed countries, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and ozone depletion. The conference will appeal to scholars, social activists, business people, and policy makers.

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Grist

AUGUST 11, 2022

In the presence of the sun’s rays, nitrogen molecules set of a chain of reactions that produce ozone and destroy free-floating atmospheric methane. Clouds form and then fade, and molecules like ozone get destroyed by chemical processes within months. (In It’s tough to pin down the meaning of all this chemistry.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Air pollution could soar this winter as gas boilers are cranked up at homes across the country by the UK's expanded army of home workers, the Energy and Climate Change Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has today warned. There's less awareness however of alternative ?sources sources of these harmful pollutants from within our homes.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

International and domestic measures slated for potential inclusion in the agreement could include policies to stop routine venting and flaring of methane in the oil and gas sector, and requirements for firms to fix leaks in their gas pipeline and other infrastructure, according to Reuters.

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Unsustainable

APRIL 30, 2019

Crossing the boundaries increases the risk of sudden environmental changes. Now, the planetary boundaries framework has generated enormous interest in science, policy, and practice. Climate: severe climate change and increasing levels of atmospheric CO 2 have been noticed since 1950.

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Sunrun

AUGUST 23, 2019

However, not all states have NEM policies, and these policies vary by state. The costs associated with climate change are growing and include rising health care costs, destruction of property, increased food prices and more. A reputable solar company can explain the NEM in your location. Solar energy means healthier air.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2022

This is an effective way to help the world fight climate change. Also, mining is a significant air pollutant, releasing Ozone and ~4.5Gt of CO 2e each year. To develop your sustainability strategy further, change your supply chain and partners to sustainable alternatives. Example: Web hosting Canada.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 14, 2022

Carbon Dioxide, CO 2, bears the most responsibility for anthropogenic climate change. According to a majority of scientists and studies, this would limit climate change and the harsh weather patterns and consequences associated with a warmer planet. This phenomenon is called climate feedback.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

Ozone-safe or ozone-friendly. The FTC considers these terms deceptive if a product has any substance, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), known to erode the ozone layer. Expect 'ozone-friendly' to be under scrutiny as the next Green Guides are developed, as the FTC recently flagged the term. Recyclable.

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GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2021

What public policies are needed? A variety of policies can be applied to reduce environmental justice inequities. EPA historically has identified "critical population sub-groups" in setting ozone, particulate and other ambient air quality standards. Integrating environmental justice with climate change policies.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

By the late 1970s, the petroleum industry had spent about two decades collecting information from their own scientists and outside experts and knew that burning fossil fuels would create catastrophic climate change. And the company was monitoring all scientific research and policy activities, through a single collection point.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 20, 2021

Step 6: Implement the plan, establish and communicate new policies and practices. They should consider processes, materials, people, policies and projects related to energy, waste, buildings, products, packaging, supply chain, transportation, food, water, community and employee well being. Do we communicate policies company-wide?

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

International consensus on cross-border environmental issues has been difficult to achieve, but the 40-year-old Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (or LRTAP as it is known to development professionals) has enjoyed great, if largely unsung, success in the fight against air. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Grist

JUNE 29, 2022

In the fight against climate change, the $300-billion U.S. logging and woods products industry has positioned itself as a purveyor of “natural climate solutions.” In 2020, the CEOs of dozens of forestry businesses announced “an agreement of principles” stipulating that logged forests are beneficial for the climate.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 27, 2020

Furthermore, diseases are spreading quickly due to climate change and expanding global trade. For instance, seeds are grown and traded around the world, and there are many examples where diseases in agriculture that originated in other countries have spread across the world in a matter of weeks or months via the seed market.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

Especially methane is a potent greenhouse gas, contributing to climate change. Several other VOCs including ethane, propane, butane, pentane, and hexane react with NOx to form ground level ozone which has harmful effects on human health and on plants. Further, VOC emissions can harm the environment and human health.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

When hydrogen is combusted for heating, a 2021 paper found that it can create nitrogen oxides (NOx), an air pollutant that is “harmful in its own right and is a precursor to other pollutants of concern such as fine particulate matter and ozone”. This will require clear policy direction.” ‘One-sided’

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AGreenLiving

MAY 24, 2021

What public policies are needed? A variety of policies can be applied to reduce environmental justice inequities. EPA historically has identified “critical population sub-groups” in setting ozone, particulate and other ambient air quality standards. Integrating environmental justice with climate change policies.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Many still question whether this mode of powering cars, planes and trains will actually help slow climate change. These researchers theorized that oxidized hydrogen would cool the stratosphere and make more clouds, adversely affecting the polar vortex and increasing the holes in the ozone layer.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 24, 2021

What public policies are needed? A variety of policies can be applied to reduce environmental justice inequities. EPA historically has identified “critical population sub-groups” in setting ozone, particulate and other ambient air quality standards. Integrating environmental justice with climate change policies.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The deal finalises one of the key planks of the EU's sweeping Green Deal programme, making it the first of Brussel's 'Fit for 55' policy packages designed to cut emissions 55 per cent by 2030 to be appoved by both the European Parliament and the Council of member states.

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Grist

AUGUST 15, 2019

Most of us know ozone as that benevolent stratospheric layer that absorbs the sun’s harmful UV light and keeps us safe. In the 1980s, scientists found a “ hole ” in the ozone layer — really just a large section that was getting precariously thin — caused by the use of potent chemicals called CFCs. In fact, we already have.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

Vatan Hüzeir , a climate activist and doctoral candidate in sociology at Rotterdam’s Erasmus University, unearthed the documents over five years of research , gathering thousands of pages of Shell-related material from archives, former employees, and other sources. “You have to ‘crack the shell,'” Hüzeir told DeSmog.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 27, 2020

Furthermore, diseases are spreading quickly due to climate change and expanding global trade. For instance, seeds are grown and traded around the world, and there are many examples where diseases in agriculture that originated in other countries have spread across the world in a matter of weeks or months via the seed market.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In a rush not to be outdone by the pushback of Prairie premiers Scott Moe’s and Danielle Smith on federal climate policies, federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has fashioned his campaign on the false premise that climate action makes life less affordable for Canadians.

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Forbes Green Tech

OCTOBER 13, 2019

When Ronald Reagan got behind the effort to prevent erosion of the ozone layer, there was much less scientific consensus than there is now about climate change.

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Unsustainable

MAY 1, 2019

words by Henry Lewis Introduction As the clock continues ticking toward the collective future of the human species on planet Earth, there are still some among us who are either skeptics or out-right deniers of climate change. coal first and then later oil and natural gas? Fast forward to 1988 and a series of natural disasters?extreme

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

One month later four states and a number of environmental groups won a judgment when a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration could not ignore an Obama-era moratorium on selling coal dug from federal lands without considering environmental impacts under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Interior Department.

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Grist

JANUARY 23, 2020

The agency wouldn’t declare the algae-choked western Lake Erie “impaired,” the first step in a Clean Water Act process that ends with an enforceable improvement plan, until the group and the Environmental Law & Policy Center sued. The groups sued again — and this time, Lucas County, in which Toledo is located, joined in.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

JUNE 14, 2022

The California waiver authority does not exist to allow California to address national and global issues such as climate change.”. California’s ability to set more stringent emission standards – by regulating GHGs and Zero Emission Vehicles – is a key part of its, and the states adopting it, plans to combat climate change.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Released on Wednesday, the stricter guidelines - the UN body's first major air pollution policy update since 2005 - recommend new limits to protect health by reducing levels of six key pollutants, some of which also contribute to climate change. More countries join global methane and coal power pledges.

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Grist

JANUARY 8, 2020

trillion spending package in December to keep the government funded through 2020, there was a climate policy milestone buried in the budget. Fahey is a co-chair of the Scientific Assessment Panel of the Montreal Protocol, an international agreement to protect the ozone layer. When President Trump signed a $1.4

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