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Beyond the Stockholm Convention: new regulations targeting forever chemicals

Envirotec Magazine

The signing of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in 2001 marked a historic moment, as it was the first global treaty aimed at eliminating or restricting chemicals harmful to human and environmental health.

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An Investor Guide to the SEC Rule on Climate-Related Disclosures

EDF + Business

Actionable Insights for a Decarbonizing World An Investor Guide to the SEC Rule on Climate-Related Disclosures A new SEC climate-related disclosure rule will help investors assess financial risk and strengthen the health and stability of the US financial system.

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Aquaculture becomes a net-positive

GreenBiz

You can download the entire report here. In more modern times, support for aquaculture has ebbed and flowed along with concerns about animal health and welfare, worries over the effluent pollution caused by wastewater discharges, and the unintended impacts of production infrastructure such as pipes and pumps on natural ecosystems.

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World Air Quality Report 2022 highlights pollution hotspots

Envirotec Magazine

Low-cost air quality monitors sponsored and hosted by citizen scientists, researchers, community advocates, and local organizations have proven to be a valuable tool to reduce the massive inequalities in air monitoring networks across the world, until sustainable regulatory air quality monitoring networks can be established.

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5 opportunities of a circular economy

GreenBiz

More than 100 billion tons of resources enter the economy every year — everything from metals, minerals and fossil fuels to organic materials from plants and animals. Use of resources has tripled (automatic PDF download) since 1970 and could double again by 2050 if business continues as usual. Protect human health and biodiversity.

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Pathways to Net Zero: Circular Economy Strategies for Climate Action

EDF + Business

Download Report Introduction Today’s global economy consumes 100 billion tons of materials, of which only 7.2 We are operating beyond planetary boundaries for the safe and just use of physical materials, which is creating harmful health outcomes, economic losses, and untenable levels of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Sponsored Content: A new level of enhanced, reliable protection against VOCs

Envirotec Magazine

Using their 30 years of industry experience and their extensive knowledge of both volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and photoionisation detection (PID), ION Science continue to deliver excellence in protection for workers. The Cub 11.7 eV sensor lamp is a notoriously difficult lamp to manufacture. The Cub 11.7

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