Business Green

MAY 16, 2023

Last year's floods, droughts, and storms hurt transport and building infrastructure up and down the country, taking a toll on public health, worker productivity, and the wider economy. New types of data To understand the climate risks to their buildings, organisations need to get educated. And indeed, the productivity agenda.

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Earth Gratitude

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

The map below, which has been assembled by the Union of Concerned Scientists , shows the cities along the Gulf of Mexico and the Eastern Seaboard that are most at risk from sea level rise. If your home lies along these coasts, it’s time to educate yourself on the risks of rebuilding where you are. Map of U.S.

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Grist

MARCH 29, 2023

This phenomenon — groundwater rise — could also have dire effects on people’s health, exposing them to new or unearthed pollutants. In the San Francisco Bay Area, rising groundwater threatens to spread contamination that can evaporate and rise into the air inside homes, schools, and workplaces.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 12, 2022

A study of California’s fires in 2018 – another hot, dry year – when the town of Paradise burned, estimated the damage , including health costs and economic disruption, at about $148.5 Rising global temperatures , worsening storms and sea level rise will affect everyone in harm’s way, regardless of the person’s social group.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 30, 2024

According to the report, other possible climatic effects of increased CO2 included the melting of the Antarctic ice-cap, sea-level rises, and warming of the oceans. It also emphasized that this increase in CO2 would likely affect the Earth’s climate, causing a parallel increase in average temperatures near the Earth’s surface.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Health CLIMATE IMPACTS Disposable City: Miami’s Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe by Mario Alejandro Ariza, 2020 A deeply reported personal investigation by a Miami journalist examines the present and future effects of climate change in the Magic City -- a watery harbinger for coastal cities worldwide. Climate impacts 2.

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

Her family, she said, was "looking for a better life, where there would be more resources, education, housing.". And a good thing that is, with climate scientists predicting sea level rise of at least a foot by 2050, which will make the Rockaways more prone to climate change-fueled flooding and storm surges than they already are. .

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The main green initiative Zahawi appears to have been praised for was his launch of a “Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy” to make schools greener, including a new Natural History GCSE exam, earlier this year while he was education secretary. Kit Malthouse – Education Secretary. James Cleverly – Foreign Secretary.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 6, 2020

Her family, she said, was “looking for a better life, where there would be more resources, education, housing.” The health of these communities need to be prioritized and protected from any more pollution from Exide and other environmental injustices. ” You’ve got to have ownership. That is the narrative.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Roxana Buckingham protests Louisiana’s mask mandate outside of the Robert Brooks Educational Center in Slidell where a St. Millions of lives have been lost due to COVID-19, and many more have been affected by its cascading impacts on health and daily life. Credit: Julie Dermansky. Credit: Julie Dermansky. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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Green Market Oracle

MARCH 6, 2020

Here is a brief introduction to 50 young, mostly female activists that are fighting for the health of our planet and our communities. Marjory helped people to understand that the well being of humanity is inextricably linked to the health of the environment. Marjory was a writer best known for her Everglades conservation advocacy.

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