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What are ‘planetary boundaries’ and why should we care?

Envirotec Magazine

And nearly all of us use fossil fuels, plastics, chemicals and products from intensive agriculture. Like all other living organisms, we survive by using Earth’s resources. We are still in the green for ozone-depleting chemicals. Our breach of boundaries is very new In the year 1900, there were around 1.6

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New Report Highlights Pesticides’ Overlooked Climate Connection

DeSmogBlog

The fossil fuel industry, pesticides, and industrial agriculture are inextricably linked,” explained Asha Sharma, PANNA organizing co-director and co-author of the report. Pesticide companies are complicit in the climate crisis, and further the agricultural sector’s dependency on fossil fuels.”.

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Report: Pollution is connected to 9 million deaths worldwide each year

Grist

Overall, deaths from these so-called “modern” forms of pollution — pollution that’s associated with industrialization, the use of fossil fuels, and chemical exposure — have increased by more than 66 percent over the past two decades. Air pollution is by far the deadliest culprit, causing more than 6.5

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Tech Startup Sustainability Guide: Running An Eco-Friendly Business

Green Business Bureau

For the major tech giants Salesforce , Lenovo , and Microsoft , sustainability lies at the core of these organizations. With this in mind, it’s important tech startups globally follow suit, to establish proactive and forward-thinking organizations. Tip #3: Minimize fossil fuel usage by data centers.

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How stable isotopes help the fight against air pollution

Envirotec Magazine

particles derived from fossil fuel burning, ozone and volatile organic compounds, such as sulphate aerosols and nitrous oxides, which play a major role in causing worldwide issues with air quality. IRMS instruments are one of the most effective means of tracking and tracing the sources of pollution.

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Sustainable Event Planning: Getting Started Guide for Small Businesses

Green Business Bureau

Organizations that hold or manage large events such as conferences, business meetings, concerts, fairs, weddings, or any large get-together need to consider the impact these events have on the planet. If you’re an event planner, you should organize your events so that they impact the community, the environment, and the economy positively.

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Why is the idea of the Anthropocene so contentious?

Grist

The atmospheric chemist had won a Nobel Prize in 1995 for demonstrating how humanity was destroying the ozone layer, just one of the many ways people had radically altered the planet, from urbanization to releasing greenhouse gases. People planted crops and built cities, expanding civilization until they started remaking Earth itself.