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Scottish Widows excludes all fossil fuels from flagship £250m green pension fund

Business Green

Scottish Widows has claimed that its £250m Environmental Fund now boasts the widest fossil fuel exclusions of any pension provider in the UK, as it unveiled a reboot of the 31-year-old scheme this morning. Outfits that receive revenue from nuclear energy or nuclear uranium mining will also be excluded, it added.

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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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How stable isotopes help the fight against air pollution

Envirotec Magazine

Now that the UK is no longer part of the European Union (EU), concern has been increasing that the UK may fall further behind if a strategic policy is not decided. With the UK’s future environmental policy still clouded in uncertainty, the clarity that methodologies like IRMS provide cannot be undervalued.

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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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Con Edison Contracts Its Biggest Battery to Date in New York City

GreenTechMedia

The state has set targets of 1,500 MW of storage by 2025 and 3,000 MW by 2030, and it has created a set of policies including incentives for storage developers and procurement requirements for its biggest utilities. In New York City, the biggest battery is the 4.8 A battery business case geared toward a renewables-rich future.

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Top 10 Economic Benefits of Converting to Solar Energy

Sunrun

However, not all states have NEM policies, and these policies vary by state. Wide scale adoption of solar and other renewable energy must continue so we can address the negative societal and economic impacts of dirty fossil fuels.10 14 Solar Saves on Gas and Fuel 9. Solar energy means healthier air.

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Tech Startup Sustainability Guide: Running An Eco-Friendly Business

Green Business Bureau

Tip #3: Minimize fossil fuel usage by data centers. And the majority of this power is generated by the burning of fossil fuels. Also, mining is a significant air pollutant, releasing Ozone and ~4.5Gt of CO 2e each year. Your procurement department can put in green purchasing policies.