Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 20, 2022

The Environment Agency is to use Mott MacDonald’s Moata Intelligent Content as its Smart Object Library (SOL) and will make it available to all of the Agency’s internal teams and project delivery partners. For more information on Moata Intelligent Content visit the Moata website.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 9, 2023

Sam Schofield, Environment Coordinator at NHSBSA added: “High levels of air pollution cause asthma in both children and adults. Swapping to a more environmentally friendly inhaler helps to reduce the contribution to climate change and in turn prevents worsening air pollution.”

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 11, 2024

Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho accepted a £2,000 donation in January from Lord Michael Hintze , a funder of the UK’s leading climate science denial pressure group, DeSmog can reveal. Hintze has said that he believes “there is climate change” caused “in part due to human activity over the past century”.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2024

The findings from Colorado State University were published in Nature Communications Earth and Environment in what’s described as a first-of-its-kind study. Other non-point sources of pollution can come from wildfires – aided by climate change – or urban development, for example. The work from the Walter Scott, Jr.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 26, 2021

A “clear and present danger” exists to life on earth from the loss of biodiversity, according to the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee.

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2021

The projects will aim to help communities in developing nations better manage marine protected areas and improve understanding of the impacts of climate change and contaminants on the ocean. The funding is the first to be allocated from the UK's £500m Blue Planet Fund and is being financed through the UK's Overseas Aid Budget.

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GreenBiz

JULY 21, 2020

More than 1,000 global leaders have implemented recommendations from the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure as part of their climate action plans. Businesses are exposed to two types of climate risks: physical and transition. But many organizations are still grappling with how, exactly, to do this.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A national industry group representing gas producers is quietly paying for digital advertisements urging Canadians to “speak up” to their elected officials against laws addressing climate change and public health, DeSmog can reveal. But it doesn’t inform people that they’re aiding a campaign linked to the Canadian Gas Association.

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The Verge: Energy

JANUARY 26, 2024

“During this period, we will take a hard look at the impacts of LNG exports on energy costs, America’s energy security, and our environment,” Biden said in a statement today. This pause on new LNG approvals sees the climate crisis for what it is: the existential threat of our time.”

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2021

The contract, announced in November, is part of ongoing technical assistance provided by the World Bank to the Romanian Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests, and will aid efforts to help the country meet the requirements of the EU Floods Directive 2007/60/EC.

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Eco-Business

MARCH 2, 2021

Poor people have many competing priorities, but the claim that 'hungry people don't care about the environment' should not be used to ignore the environment and climate action in international development cooperation.

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Charged

APRIL 7, 2020

The facility, based at the company’s Northampton technical center, enables the strip-down and disassembly of modules and compact vehicle batteries for post-test assessment, and provides a climate-controlled environment to carry out real-world simulated testing with the aim of streamlining the test and validation stages of emerging technologies.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

UK government to provide £30m for new fund launched to mark 'Biodiversity Day' at COP27 Climate Summit. UK Environment Secretary Thérèse?Coffey Lord Goldsmith, Minister for International Environment, Climate, Forests & Energy, said the new funding would support efforts to accelerate emissions reductions worldwide.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 18, 2021

With carbon emissions expected to rebound this year, 2021 presents another opportunity for companies to invest in climate-saving initiatives that move the corporate world closer to a net-zero future, especially carbon removal projects. Is your team embedding equity considerations into its carbon removal projects? Gloria Oladipo. Buck said.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2020

Merger designed to better integrate diplomatic and development goals, but campaigners fear aid efforts could be undermined. Boris Johnson this afternoon announced the creation of a new "Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office", which he said would "unite our aid and our diplomacy and bring them together in our international effort".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

UK Presidency confirms UN Climate Summit has secured an ISO20121 certificate. The COP26 Climate Summit has been awarded an ISO20121 certificate for sustainability, after organisers successfully proved it minimised all potential negative impacts on the environment, communities, and local economy.

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Business Green

APRIL 9, 2020

The Wildlife Trusts and Green Alliance among groups warning aid package not enough to protect the struggling sector amid urgent climate and environmental crises. Otherwise, as a society, we'll just find ourselves lurching from one crisis to the next.".

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

It is a well established fact that increasing oil production leads to increased emissions , and that major reductions in oil production and consumption are necessary to avoid catastrophic climate change. An aide stepped in and insisted all questions should go to CAPP’s media relations.

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Planet Pulse

JANUARY 23, 2024

From climate-disrupting emissions to tropical deforestation, Planet is developing the tools to help organizations track impacts and opportunities across the value chain, and to translate this intelligence into robust strategies and practical platforms. Planet data and imagery can aid in all stages of sustainability reporting.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The Tory MP leading a backbench campaign against the government’s net zero policies is currently employing two aides linked to the UK’s most high-profile climate science denial group, DeSmog can reveal. The NZSG claims to accept climate science and Mackinlay recently said he is “not a climate-change denier”.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 23, 2020

We are presented with a rare opportunity to invest in new innovations, rebuild our data and power infrastructures and supply chains to restore and strengthen the economy while healing the environment. We know this current crisis is a preview or warm-up act for a climate-changing world. Back to normal is not an option.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

The global technology platform has partnered with the SME Climate Hub and UN's Race to Zero campaign. The firm, which operates digital accounting software QuickBooks, on Friday revealed it has joined the government's '#TogetherforourPlanet' initiative and SME Climate Hub, as well as the UN's Race to Zero campaign.

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Business Green

APRIL 15, 2020

A group of leading UK nature, science and conservation organisations have today warned that the coronavirus outbreak has dealt a "significant blow" to their ability to enhance natural environments and provide natural solutions to climate change. We are, in many cases, its prime delivering partners.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Liz Truss was announced as the new leader of the Conservative Party today after riding to power with the support of libertarian groups opposed to climate action. Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer described Truss’s appointment as “a disaster for the UK, and the climate” on Twitter. Ideological Roots. During a trip to the U.S.

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Econaur

AUGUST 20, 2020

Fresh outdoor air, is taken from the external environment, and the replaced indoor air in turn carries away with it the pollutants from inside your home. This process of replacing stale air inside your home with fresh air from the environment outside through windows and door openings, without the use of fans is Natural Ventilation.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2021

Most of the UK public believe neither the government nor businesses are doing enough to protect the natural environment, and that stronger interventionist policies rather than consumer nudges and incentives are needed to tackle the biodiversity crisis, survey findings released today suggest.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2021

Support for community groups, insurance, property risk training, and climate resilient infrastructure among measures in new strategy. worldwide involved weather, climate, and water-related?hazards, Between 1970 and 2019, almost 80 per cent of?disasters?worldwide hazards, according to the government.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2022

Environment and energy ministers from world’s leading seven economies meet in Berlin this week to amid pressure to ramp up climate and nature commitments. This year, we must make the UN biodiversity conference nothing less than a Paris moment for nature.

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GreenBiz

MAY 5, 2020

Sustainable infrastructure investments can aid the post-COVID recovery. Attitudes toward the importance of addressing the climate crisis also have changed. adults who say dealing with global climate change should be a top priority for the president and Congress has risen 14 points. Katherine Davisson. Tue, 05/05/2020 - 04:23.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2022

As a mega-city surrounded by forest, at a great distance from other cities, Manaus presents a unique opportunity to study how a metropolitan area changes an environment similar to that of the pre-industril era. The discovery enhances the accuracy of climate change studies based on mathematical models and simulations. 29665 ).

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2022

The Stockholm+50 conference has been organised to mark 50 years since the historic United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in 1972, and is expected to see rafts of global politicians, CEOs and civil society leaders in attendance, alongside the launch of a number of fresh environmental commitments.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Anti-net zero campaigners and climate science deniers are claiming credit for the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s weakening of UK green policies, as a senior official told DeSmog that civil servants were left “scratching their heads” after being ignored by Sunak this week. Household energy efficiency standards would also be dropped.

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Business Green

MAY 14, 2020

Johnson did not directly answer a question about whether the government would attach specific green conditions or climate targets to any potential state loans or bailout packages to support beleaguered airlines - a practice pioneered by the French government as part of its loan package for Air France.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

governments at all levels are prioritizing climate action and setting intense carbon-reduction goals. Climate Alliance , which pledges to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 26 percent by 2025 — a steep goal now only five years away. Across the U.S., Key policy adaptations. Public utilities are just that: public.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

UK aid from the Biodiverse Landscapes Fund earmarked for six projects in fragile ecosystems around the world. Our Biodiverse Landscapes Fund will invest in six of the most environmentally critical landscapes, spanning 18 countries across the globe, to help to combat climate change and protect rare and endangered species.".

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

The global technology platform has partnered with the SME Climate Hub and UN's Race to Zero campaign. The firm, which operates popular digital accounting software platform QuickBooks, announced on Friday that it has joined the government's '#TogetherforourPlanet' initiative and SME Climate Hub, as well as the UN's Race to Zero campaign.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

The growing global consensus on the need to build a green recovery from the economic wreckage of the coronavirus crisis has been yet further underlined by a set of green policy demands released today to mark World Environment Day by host of influential institutions, including the OECD and the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

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