The Environmental Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

It’s no secret that pollution and waste are big problems in today’s world. Here’s why: Less Pollution When we use less packaging, we create less pollution. Making, moving, and getting rid of packaging takes a ton of energy, usually from fossil fuels. All those mountains of packaging waste?

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Business Green

AUGUST 20, 2020

Phase out of synthetic fertilisers and wider dietary shift away from intensively farmed meat urgently required to curb climate damaging gas, the Soil Association warns. The Soil Association said an overhaul was therefore urgently needed in the way nitrogen is used in agriculture in order to avoid further environmental and climate damage.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 13, 2022

Our global food systems are reliant on thriving natural systems to provide healthy soils, safe and plentiful water, beneficial pollinators, and a stable climate, and investing in nature-based solutions will be key to securing food security. The agricultural sector is also the biggest source of pollution to rivers in England.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 29, 2021

With the right policies and processes, golf course managers can reduce waste and minimize the risk of polluting the environment. The shared goal of the golfing industry is to offer a sustainable course to the community that is managed with a focus on water conservation, energy conservation, alternative energy usage and pollution prevention.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 29, 2021

With the right policies and processes, golf course managers can reduce waste and minimize the risk of polluting the environment. The shared goal of the golfing industry is to offer a sustainable course to the community that is managed with a focus on water conservation, energy conservation, alternative energy usage and pollution prevention.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

It provides renewable energy 24/7/365 compared to seasonal and daily intermittency from other more popular renewables as well as addressing other hard to decarbonise sectors: green fuel production, decarbonising the gas network, reducing farmers’ reliance on fossil fuels, improving soils and recycling the wastes that society generates.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Farming also relies on synthetic fertilisers that are both fossil-fuel-based and emit greenhouse gases, and drives deforestation. In recent years, the biggest agricultural polluters and food corporations have embraced this term, which refers to a wide range of farming techniques that improve the environment.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 29, 2021

With the right policies and processes, golf course managers can reduce waste and minimize the risk of polluting the environment. The shared goal of the golfing industry is to offer a sustainable course to the community that is managed with a focus on water conservation, energy conservation, alternative energy usage and pollution prevention.

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Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2021

Leaded petrol is no longer officially being sold or used anywhere in the world, in a move hailed by the UN as "a huge milestone for global health and out environment" and an exemplar of successful multilateral efforts to phase out harmful fossil fuels. Africa's governments must give no more excuses for the fossil fuel industry.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

After decades of sowing doubt about climate change and its causes, the fossil fuel industry is now shifting to a new strategy: presenting itself as the source of solutions. Another shows that spending the same amount of money on clean energy to replace fossil fuels is more effective at reducing emissions, air pollution and other costs.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Deben also warned that stressing the need for continuing fossil fuel use in the coming years was “another technique that some people will use to try to undermine the whole process [of decarbonisation], often for their own financial interests.”. Largely Irrelevant’ North Sea Deal.

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The Environmental Blog

JUNE 25, 2020

Many of the built materials, such as steel and plastic , rely on the fossil fuel industry, making them incredibly carbon-intensive. One of the top sources for air pollution at a construction site is diesel equipment. Water Pollution. Consider the resources that are required. Air Quality.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

Their production is often linked to high carbon emissions , water pollution, and plastic waste problems. Companies are now making a conscious effort to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels by shifting to solar energy to power manufacturing plants. Adopt Efficient Manufacturing Technologies. Effective Waste Water Treatment.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

A study conducted by the University of Kentucky found that the dominant contributor to the carbon footprint and variable costs of field-grown trees is equipment use, or, more specifically, the combustion of fossil fuels which occurs at harvest time. A soil additive called Hydretain can also be used.

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Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2021

Because of the intensive use of fossil fuels, nitrogen and pesticide inputs, food production, distribution, retail, and consumption are causing significant damage to the environment, climate, biodiversity and public health. Food is also a major contributor to the chronic disease epidemic. Reward sustainable farming.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Wastewater from overburdened urban septic systems and air pollution from burning fossil fuels contribute to nitrogen pollution, but often runoff of the synthetic fertilizers used in industrialized agriculture is the primary culprit. Farmers in Ireland have used seaweed for centuries," he said.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Biomass energy harnesses organic matter, including wood, agricultural crops, and waste by-products, as fuel. As we seek alternatives to fossil fuels, biomass holds significant potential due to its sustainability. For instance, ash resulting from combustion necessitates careful handling to prevent soil and water contamination.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

A recent review of the state of CO2 removal estimates that conventional land management techniques, like reforestation, take up about 2 gigatons of carbon dioxide per year, or roughly 5 percent of global fossil fuel emissions in 2021. Polluting companies often buy carbon offsets derived from these relatively short term solutions.

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Elemental Excelerator

AUGUST 8, 2022

Although the ability to offset emissions with low-quality credits may “satisfy” net-zero claims, they often don’t deliver the promised climate benefits, and more importantly, perpetuate continued pollution. Given they are directly linked to burning fossil fuels, offsets of Scope 1 and 2 emissions should be truly net-zero.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

A study conducted by the University of Kentucky found that the dominant contributor to the carbon footprint and variable costs of field-grown trees is equipment use, or, more specifically, the combustion of fossil fuels which occurs at harvest time. A soil additive called Hydretain can also be used.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 3, 2023

Industrial agriculture contributes to deforestation, water pollution, biodiversity loss, and considerable methane emissions. It’s also heavily reliant on fossil fuels for vehicles, pesticides, fertilisers, and the transport of food – and often subjects workers to low wages, insecure employment and dangerous working conditions.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

They can blow away from landfills, trash piles and garbage trucks to pollute the environment and become a serious danger to wildlife since many animals end up swallowing or choking on the plastic. Stop the pollution of our land and water. Plastic bags are not biodegradable and can last over a 1000 years.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2020

Of course, that record too shall fall soon enough if we continue to pollute the atmosphere with carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities.". There has been more focus on soils, how they can store more water to be more resilient," he said.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

What does it cost over the course of 100 years to ensure that the tillage isn’t happening on the soil such that the carbon isn’t re-emitted into the atmosphere?” oppose the idea of direct air capture plants due to concerns that polluting industries will use them as an excuse to prolong the burning of fossil fuels.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Other findings suggest that nearly 570 million people could face risks of increased flooding, bigger storms, and soil and water salinification that could result in them being permanently forced to leave their homes. At best the trends in emissions, renewable energy and tackling pollution have improved only very slightly.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2022

Tip #3: Minimize fossil fuel usage by data centers. And the majority of this power is generated by the burning of fossil fuels. Effects include erosion, sinkholes, loss of biodiversity, plus contamination of soil, groundwater, and service water. Many data centers used by companies require a massive amount of power.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

Because our economies are still coupled with the burning of fossil fuels, this markedly reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Every $1 million invested in renewable energy or energy efficiency created nearly three times as many jobs compared to the same investment in fossil fuels. where population density is lower).

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

This increase will push out alternative, fossil-fuel-powered energy sources, supporting a much-needed energy evolution as fossil-fuel reserves begin to deplete. The stoves have improved combustion, reducing household air pollution and the adverse health effects of this.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

It can contaminate the air, degrade soil quality and pollute water, among other effects. Thandile Chinyavanhu, climate campaigner at Greenpeace Africa, continued by saying that “if we can phase out one of the most dangerous polluting fuels in the 20th century, we can absolutely phase out all fossil fuels.”

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 5, 2021

5 opportunities of a circular economy David McGinty Fri, 03/05/2021 – 00:12 More than 100 billion tons of resources enter the economy every year — everything from metals, minerals and fossil fuels to organic materials from plants and animals. This pollution also threatens biodiversity. percent gets recycled and used again.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

In the summer of 2022, faced with a very real opportunity to confront the fossil fuel industry, potentially forcing the facility to halt oil train shipments entirely, the city instead chose to strike a compromise that allows the oil facility to continue to operate. Downtown Portland with oil and liquid fuel tanks in foreground.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 23, 2022

Additionally, some of the nitrogen is washed away, where it pollutes waterways and causes algae blooms. Inorganic fertilizers also tend to lower soil pH making it more acidic, this causes the microorganisms in the soil to die, which leads to unhealthy soil and as a result unhealthy plants in the long run. Conserve Water.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 30, 2024

It also adds to a growing body of evidence that decision-makers of the 1960s were concerned about potential climate change caused by the burning of fossil fuels, much earlier than previously thought. is continuing, as a Panel to consider a series of questions related to Environmental Pollution. Credit: Lyndon B.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

But the result, critics say, has been a proliferation of intensive farming practices that damage soils, nature, and the climate by ironing out as much unpredictability as possible from the natural world through pesticides, hulking machinery, and crop homogeneity. The outlook is certainly worrying.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

University of California fossil fuel-free after ditching $1bn of investments. University of California has become the largest educational institution in the USA to fully divest from fossil fuels, this week announcing it has sold more than $1bn in high carbon assets from its pension, endowment and working capital pools.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

And in less than a year, Charm went from a struggling alternative fuel startup to one of the most credible carbon removal companies on the market. To prevent the most devastating effects of climate change, it’s essential to cut greenhouse gas emissions by phasing out fossil fuel use. That’s where carbon removal comes in.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Veteran sustainable food and farming experts welcomed the strategy as one that just might have a genuine shot at transforming the agriculture sector and result in better public health, contribute to ending the vertiginous decline of biodiversity, and lower greenhouse gas pollution.

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