DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Some of these facilities supply British and European seafood wholesalers, who in turn sell to supermarkets including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Morrisons and other retailers; caterers supplying pubs, hotels and restaurants, schools and universities; and the National Health Service, the four-year investigation found.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 30, 2019

CPA is seeking a policy-minded, politically savvy, and detail-oriented professional to join our growing team as Senior Manager of Regulatory Affairs. have a strong work ethic befitting a start-up environment. Knowledge of the political and regulatory landscape impacting CCAs is a must. Start date: ASAP.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 30, 2019

CPA is seeking a policy-minded, politically savvy, and detail-oriented professional to join our growing team as Senior Manager of Regulatory Affairs. have a strong work ethic befitting a start-up environment. Knowledge of the political and regulatory landscape impacting CCAs is a must. Start date: ASAP.

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Business Green

JANUARY 16, 2023

They must examine ways to decrease the use of all materials, improve resilience and minimise the negative environmental, health and social impacts associated with the extraction, use and end of life of these resources. EU policies should not simply be aimed at securing access, but also at minimising critical raw material needs.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Like many corporations, the global COVID-19 pandemic and lack of usual in-person events meant they had to get creative about how to shape the political debate and find new allies to support their agendas. The MEPs invited were spoiled for choice, as BASF generously delivered six small bottles of fine wines for their enjoyment.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Revelations about high-level and systemic failures of oversight — both private and public — come at a time when historic federal investments in renewable energy are threatening a constellation of fossil fuel interests and political coalitions vying to preserve profits as the U.S. economy is increasingly rocked by climate chaos.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2022

Defra insists the Strategy needs to be seen in conjunction with the Treasury's plans to tackle inflation and the cost-of-living crisis, upcoming health strategies focused on obesity and diet, and on-going post-Brexit trade negotiations and farming subsidy reforms. As such, it smacks of political cowardice as much as ideological intransigence.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

When fierce storms appear on the horizon, the children get especially anxious and the elderly worry, which has impacts on their health. Cole argued that the law was not the ultimate weapon, but only one, and that the overarching goal is political empowerment toward systemic change. Credit: Laura Mangan.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

I can remember a point where “stay in the ground” or “keep it in the ground” was viewed as some wall-eyed concept not to be uttered by polite company because it trespassed on the oil industry’s right to drill, drill, drill. Senate, he helped to pass the Physician Payments Sunshine Act and ethics reforms at the National Institutes of Health.

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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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Business Green

MARCH 1, 2023

The many activities we will be able to pursue with the local community will give us the chance to create an exemplar of community-company synergy and enshrine public integrity principles with ethical private interests."

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 22, 2022

Non-toxic, sustainable, and ethically-sourced building materials are equally important in minimizing environmental impact and health risks. Amidst a tense and volatile political and global backdrop, homeowners can enjoy some peace of mind knowing that their everyday lives have a positive impact on the world. Tell Them the Facts.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

For years, controversy has swirled around the ethics of using novel biotechnology for species conservation. His relatives participated in political acts such as the occupation of Wounded Knee by Indigenous people from across the U.S., (Transgenic organisms contain DNA from other species.)

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Business Green

MARCH 20, 2023

The UK start-up manufactures biochar from woody biomass waste and compost for use as an agricultural soil enhancer, and hopes to sell the CO2 sequestered from the process in the form of credible and "ethical" offsets.

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Business Green

MAY 9, 2022

It's a sore political issue. Marketers already know, for example, that healthy products that focus on the most attractive quality - such as flavour - sell better than those that focus solely on the health benefits. This is because people assume prioritising health means sacrificing another quality. Social proof.

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Low Impact

JULY 19, 2020

Quite apart from its grim impact on health, it became clear, once lockdowns spread across the world, that there was going to be a significant economic impact — impact that, once again, was going to disproportionately impact the poor and the disadvantaged — those who will not be bailed out like the big corporations, banks and hedge funds.

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Low Impact

OCTOBER 21, 2020

But while it is true that larger-scale political and business reforms are essential, there is still plenty that individuals can do. Plastic has also been shown to be detrimental to human health during its life; many types of plastic leach harmful chemicals into the environment during manufacture, and sometimes also during use.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

The political economist and policy fellow at Harvard University likens the industry’s techno-fix mentality to the fossil fuel industry’s sustained push for carbon capture and storage, a technology as yet unproven at scale. Such a shift would also score major wins for nature-protection and human health.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

This is a point where we stop discussing wonky science and move into the politics. He has written on scientific ethics for outlets including the New York Times, JAMA, Washington Post, The BMJ, HuffPost, NEJM, and Los Angeles Times. He’s like, “Hey guys, the Vienna Protocol and Montreal Protocol destroyed the market for CFCs.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 6, 2021

We value fact-based creativity in our work, accountability with our stakeholders, and promote ethical engagement and diversity with our?brand. Have a strong work ethic and be comfortable taking initiative/working in a fast paced, start-up environment. Professional demeanor and excellent judgement. Duties and Responsibilities.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 9, 2019

So the federal government, provincial, territorial, municipal, and the local orders of government need a seat at the table; so too do Indigenous leadership – First Nations, Métis, and Inuit – around the same table, finding common ground on urgent issues like health care, on the climate emergency, and working together in the public interest.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Within the NDP he holds several roles, including ethics and federal development critic, as well as deputy labour critic, among others. trillion in health and economic costs; that works out to a staggering $8 billion a day. The United Nations has estimated that in 2018 alone, air pollution from fossil fuels caused $2.9

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 28, 2024

“These wildly misleading ads — that trick consumers into believing that oil and ‘natural’ gas from Canada is somehow cleaner and better for the world — threaten public health by stoking demand for a product that is literally killing my patients,” Dr. Lem said in a statement to DeSmog A fossil fuel ad in Brewer’s Arena.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Retail packaging defined: The impact of packaging waste and the rise of the ethical consumer. Retail packaging defined: The impact of packaging waste and the rise of the ethical consumer. “Biodiversity loss can have significant direct human health impacts if ecosystem services are no longer adequate to meet social needs.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Thanks to the university's new environmental literacy gen-ed requirement, students sign up for courses like Politics of Oil and Insects, Food, Culture. It all adds up to an impressive six-spot leap since last year’s rankings.

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Terra Infirma

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

While I’ve been updating the final Green Academy session of 2020, on Business Ethics, the UK’s ‘chumocracy’ debate has been unfolding in the background. I’ve lived on both sides of the political/government coin – a civil servant for more than 4 years (on and off over 7 years) and as a Councillor for 15 years.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 24, 2020

Even Emmy Award-winning comedian and political commentator John Oliver recently recalled learning about Joe Exotic in 2016. Because of this, tigers are often inbred, causing birth defects and health issues that make them unsuitable for reintroduction into the wild. Most of the privately owned tigers in the U.S.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Boma Brown-West, Director of Consumer Health, EDF+Business. We want to call attention to how the biggest environmental impacts and the biggest health impact of products is really due to the products themselves and the creation and the use of a product," Brown-West noted at the time. LinkedIn | Twitter.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 3, 2024

The Epoch Times claims on its website that its reporters are “guided by the highest code of conduct and ethics”. We cannot allow the future of our planet to be put at threat for the political gain of extremists and populists.” The Epoch Times spent at least $1.5

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Low Impact

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Wildlife,” on the other hand, seems always to be waiting in the political wings. Wildlifers come from both sides of the political aisle and from all over the ethical map. Serious, high-level, American political dialog about limits to growth would commence at that instant. Rubber pandas and social science at the WWF?

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 18, 2021

The August 14 ‘Freedom Rally’ in Mandeville is a prime example of the cultural-political lines now being drawn around acceptance of scientific authority when it comes to public health — and the event itself was organized by a group tied to Trump and the petrochemical billionaire Koch family. on January 6, according to Open Secrets.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Brands wield enormous influence over popular culture and whether they are pursuing core social values or trying to preempt boycotts, brands are finding it harder to ignore social, environmental and political issues. Corporations are also wading into congressional politics.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Brands wield enormous influence over popular culture and whether they are pursuing core social values or trying to preempt boycotts, brands are finding it harder to ignore social, environmental and political issues. Corporations are also wading into congressional politics.

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