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DEFRA Air Quality Strategy: Health, environment and transport groups urge Government to re-think

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2023

Dozens of health, environment and transport businesses and charities are calling for the government to change course on its Air Quality Strategy. Members of the coalition include Asthma and Lung UK, Impact on Urban Health and Campaign for Better Transport. Image credit: Alena Veasey / Shutterstock.com.

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health. On the recent World Food Day, the clarion call was clearer than ever: We must fix our food systems to improve human health, drive economic growth and save the planet from environmental collapse. People, corporations and governments are seemingly taking action.

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Clear as mud: Government strategy to improve soil health lacks clarity, MPs warn

Business Green

MARCH 21, 2024

EFRA committee questions government response to calls to put soil health on the same policy footing as water and air quality

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Indian government-backs social impact bond to improve public health services

Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The post Indian government-backs social impact bond to improve public health services appeared first on Impact Alpha. ImpactAlpha, February 11 — A public entity in the Indian city of Pune is partnering with the United Nations Development Programme on a.

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Poll: People Want Action on Plastics for Health and Wildlife

NRDC onEarth

APRIL 15, 2024

New poll results show overwhelming public support for government action to address the plastic crisis, including a strong global plastics treaty.

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Air pollution risks health of all, especially drivers, says TfL report

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 19, 2021

I note how many of these drivers already had breathing problems, which the infection worsened – this raises the question of whether drivers’ exposure to polluted air at work contributed to their underlying poor health. The post Air pollution risks health of all, especially drivers, says TfL report first appeared on Envirotec.

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‘No evidence’ that the Government is on track to meet crucial 2030 nature target

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The Government has claimed that it is “on track to reach its target to protect 30% of UK land and sea for nature 2030”, but the department responsible cannot provide any evidence to back-up these assertions, as new findings reveal, which were published on 10 October by environmental groups. Image credit: Marc Barrot , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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Looming Government Shutdown Puts Public Safety and Health at Risk

NRDC onEarth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The House majority must do their job before people are forced to pay the price.

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Amnesty International: Dow’s failure to offer remedy for Bhopal disaster has created a “sacrifice zone”

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2024

This catastrophe remains immediate and urgent for people whose own health is ruined, or whose children were born with disabilities or who are being poisoned now through the contaminated local soil and water,” said Mark Dummett, Amnesty International’s Head of Business and Human Rights.

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Green and health groups lodge legal complaint over missing government targets

Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

National Trust, RSPB, and ZSL among coalition of groups backing complaint to the Office of Environmental Protection over government’s failure to set new set of legal green targets. The proposal for an independent review of why the deadline was missed was also dismissed.

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£1.2 million government funding aims for lower-emissions freight

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2023

million in UK government funding. 100,000 for Estudio Cactus (Based in London and in cooperation with Portsmouth International Port): Trialling the use of their health, safety, security and environment software to provide operators real-time information about their port to increase efficiency through improved resource management.

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Heart attacks, cancer, dementia: Four essential reads on the health effects driving US EPA’s fine particle air pollution standard

Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The post Heart attacks, cancer, dementia: Four essential reads on the health effects driving US EPA’s fine particle air pollution standard appeared first on RenewEconomy. The US Environmental Protection Agency's has announced a new standard for protecting the public from fine particulate air pollution. Scientists explain why.

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Government sets out new targets on air quality, water pollution, waste and woodland cover

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

The UK government announced new environmental targets in four key areas of air quality, water, waste reduction and woodland cover on 16 March. On air quality, the government has proposed a legally-binding target to halve the levels of PM2.5 Evidence of the pubic health problem presented by PM2.5 Air quality. g/m 3 to 10 ?g/m

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Taking control of the harmful effects of air pollution to improve health outcomes

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

This challenge is associated with large health effects – effects that will continue to menace public health in the future”. The effect of poor air quality on the health and wellbeing of people is well documented. We know that air quality has a significant impact from both a sociological and health perspective.

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Number of wildfires to rise by 50% by 2100 and governments are not prepared, experts warn

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The paper calls for a radical change in government spending on wildfires, shifting their investments from reaction and response to prevention and preparedness. Current government responses to wildfires are often putting money in the wrong place.

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Sandwell clean air project backed with £50,000 government funding

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The project will be led by air quality and public health consultants Enjoy the Air, in partnership with the Sandwell Council, to examine the link between air pollution, behaviour and the cost of air pollution-related healthcare in the Sandwell area. Citizen health and wellbeing are vital to the UK’s New Economy and future prosperity.

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Government-Backed Meat Ad Campaign Targets Gen Z Over Veganuary

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 19, 2024

Timed to coincide with Veganuary – the popular January campaign to promote plant-based eating – “Let’s Eat Balanced” will target cinema screens, TVs, newspapers, social media channels and major supermarkets over the next two months, to communicate health benefits of lamb, beef, pork and dairy produce.

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Why Public Health Experts Support These Youth Suing the US Government Over Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 25, 2020

Surgeons General, recently filed supporting briefs backing a youth climate lawsuit against the federal government because, like the current coronavirus pandemic, the climate crisis poses “unprecedented threats to public health and safety.”. Tags: public health Juliana v. United States air pollution COVID-19 coronavirus

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Government accused of 'staggering' failure to invest in soil health monitoring

Business Green

MARCH 23, 2020

The government has been accused of neglecting soil health in England and thereby potentially heightening the risks of flood, food insecurity, and biodiversity loss, after a freedom of information request revealed it spends just a fraction of its environmental monitoring budget on enhancing and protecting soils. With an estimated 2.2

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Study: Woodland visits save UK £185m in mental health costs each year

Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Landmark government-funded research attempts to quantify mental health treatment savings generated by trees and woodlands. Woodland visits save £185m in mental health treatment costs annually in the UK, according to fresh research which attempts to put a figure on the health and wellbeing benefits of the nation's forests.

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Complaint launched after government misses legal deadline on environmental protections

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

On 1 November green groups submitted a letter of complaint to Defra after the Government failed to meet a legal deadline on setting new environmental targets. The planned targets were intended to drive progress in areas such as river quality by encouraging stronger government policy and providing certainty for business.

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Grim findings from Australia’s latest environment health check

Renew Economy

JULY 18, 2022

The post Grim findings from Australia’s latest environment health check appeared first on RenewEconomy. Major new report finds climate change is exacerbating pressures on every Australian ecosystem.

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Government must recognise the key role of local authorities in tackling climate crisis, says coalition

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 5, 2021

Walthamstow Marshes at sunset: The London Borough has introduced a number of measures to improve air quality and public health, including improved cycle paths (image credit: Matt Buck , CC BY-SA 2.0 The paper is supported by the Local Government Association and London Councils.

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Mandated home gas connections is mandating ill health for thousands

Renew Economy

JUNE 5, 2022

The post Mandated home gas connections is mandating ill health for thousands appeared first on RenewEconomy. States and territories to legislate against the mandated use in new houses and developments, and encourage existing homes to switch from gas to electricity.

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UK Government Launches Critical Imports and Supply Chains Strategy

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 18, 2024

Green , and James Bee On 17 January 2024, the government launched the Critical Imports and Supply Chains Strategy (the strategy), which aims to safeguard UK supplies of goods including medicine, minerals, and semiconductors. Davies , Michael D. What Is a Critical Import? Latham & Watkins will continue to monitor developments in this area.

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Government is “passing water pollution buck to the car industry”, experts warn

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2019

The Government acknowledged the serious and growing impacts of poisonous particle pollution from brake, tyre and road surface wear on the environment and human health – but diverted attention away from the immediate and urgent need to stop it entering directly into rivers and streams, water quality specialists have warned.

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How do you take clean AC mainstream? This global health organization has some ideas.

Grist

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

So, now that better technologies have been demonstrated, the goal is essentially to push companies to scale up their technologies more quickly by guaranteeing demand — and in order to guarantee demand, governments, financing agencies, or other partners will have to step in to ensure reductions in the upfront cost. on Nov 8, 2023.

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Delayed environment laws spark calls for urgent government action on water and fracking

The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, said last year she planned to introduce legislation in 2023 to reform the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act after major reviews found the law was failing and Australian nature was in poor and deteriorating health.

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Report: Health of over 12 million people Brits threatened by climate change

Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Blistering heatwaves and devastating flood events are set to take an ever greater toll on the UK's mental and physical health, according to the Climate Coalition. Governments must urgently recognise the threat posed by climate change and set the recovery on a green pathway that enshrines planetary and public health above all else.".

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The road to sustainable health

Business Green

JUNE 26, 2020

A year ago the government committed to making the UK a net zero emitter by 2050. In order to achieve this, there are a number of pressing environmental issues that we face, with governments, business and citizens focusing their efforts to reduce our carbon footprint and become more sustainable as a nation.

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More than a third of fertiliser use breaking Government emissions thresholds, claims study

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 21, 2023

Emissions of ammonia pose numerous ecological and human health concerns. Once in air, ammonia can also react with other atmospheric pollutants forming particulate matter, which results in serious health problems in humans.” While ammonia is a very good nutrient to have in soils, its emission into air is a grim matter.

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More health professionals should back fossil fuels phase-out: ‘It is a planetary health solution’

Eco-Business

APRIL 7, 2024

For World Health Day, the Filipino climate health expert is advocating for reform of governance systems that create inequality. Fossil fuels are clearly bad for the planet and its people, says academic Renzo Guinto.

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Doctors from around the world unite to call for urgent climate action

The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The world’s leading GP and health bodies, representing more than three million health professionals worldwide, will deliver an open letter on Saturday calling for urgent action against climate change to protect the health of communities.

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Study: Health threat from workplace air pollution 'underplayed' in UK

Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Indoor air pollution risks exacerbating prior health issues of up to 440,000 manufacturing and logistics workers in the UK, Global Action Study warns. Current regulation continues to allow unacceptable levels of airborne hazards and pollution that are dangerous to manufacturing workers' health.".

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UN hails end of leaded petrol as 'huge milestone for global health and our environment'

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.

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Climate Litigation Is Increasing as Government Action Falters

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak chose the very day of the summit to announce that his government will push off the deadlines for phase-outs of methane gas-burning boilers, as well as sales of new gasoline and diesel-fueled cars. The success of this case has inspired a wave of similar lawsuits in several other countries, many of them successful.

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We are facing a climate health crisis - it's time for action

Business Green

MAY 19, 2021

Ahead of next week's Net Zero Nature Summit, Sarah McDonald, vice president of sustainability at GSK Consumer Healthcare, reveals how the company is collaborating on a call to action to ensure climate and health strategies are better aligned. What's already happening and what's missing?

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Public urged to keep watch for tree pest oak processionary moth

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

Andrew Hoppit, Oak Processionary Moth Project Manager, said: “As we enter the greatest risk period for Oak Processionary Moth, it’s important that those living in affected areas understand the health risks so that they can be vigilant when enjoying outdoor spaces. A Government programme to manage OPM has been in place since 2012.

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Governments should prepare for 3m sea-level rise by 2100, says IMechE

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

Governments around the world must step up their preparations for a minimum sea level rise of 1 metre this century and be planning for up to 3 metres, according to a report released by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) in November. Flooded streets in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in October 2016.

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'Fundamental to the economy': Government publishes five-year Environmental Improvement Plan

Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2023

Specifically, the plan commits the government to creating and restoring at least 500,000 hectares of wildlife habitat, through 70 new projects including 25 new or expanded National Nature Reserves. Protecting our natural environment is fundamental to the health, economy and prosperity of our country," said Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

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3,200 excess deaths in England and Wales during heatwave summer, government data confirms

Business Green

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Release of figures suggesting link between mortality and high temperatures prompts calls for government to enhance its preparedness for future heatwaves. As temperatures across England and Wales climbed to record highs between June and August, more than 3,200 excess deaths were recorded, official government figures have confirmed.

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'Much healthier air is possible': Government urged to strengthen particulate matter targets

Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The government is today facing calls to strengthen its targets for particulate matter air pollution (PM2.5) Earlier this year the government proposed a target of 10mg of PM2.5 Earlier this year the government proposed a target of 10mg of PM2.5 when it reviews its existing targets later this month. levels below WHO-10 nationally.

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New retrofit report calls for ‘triple win’ action by UK Government and provides inspiration to local authorities

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 17, 2022

The ‘Creating Warmer Homes’ briefing outlines how retrofit can play a major role in achieving the Government’s ambitious climate change target to cut emissions by 78% by 2035, catalyse the Levelling Up agenda, and tackle the cost-of-living crisis. This will improve health of tenants as well as decrease costs and reduce carbon emissions.

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Air pollution: Government offers up £2m in latest council funding round

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

A share of £2m is being offered up to support local clean air projects in England, with the government today launching the latest tranche of funding from its Air Quality Grant scheme aimed at helping schools, businesses, and communities reduce the health impacts of air pollution. But the government today claimed the £64.5m

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DEFRA Air Quality Strategy: Health, environment and transport groups urge Government to re-think

These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

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Clear as mud: Government strategy to improve soil health lacks clarity, MPs warn

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Indian government-backs social impact bond to improve public health services

Poll: People Want Action on Plastics for Health and Wildlife

Air pollution risks health of all, especially drivers, says TfL report

‘No evidence’ that the Government is on track to meet crucial 2030 nature target

Looming Government Shutdown Puts Public Safety and Health at Risk

Amnesty International: Dow’s failure to offer remedy for Bhopal disaster has created a “sacrifice zone”

Green and health groups lodge legal complaint over missing government targets

£1.2 million government funding aims for lower-emissions freight

Heart attacks, cancer, dementia: Four essential reads on the health effects driving US EPA’s fine particle air pollution standard

Government sets out new targets on air quality, water pollution, waste and woodland cover

Taking control of the harmful effects of air pollution to improve health outcomes

Number of wildfires to rise by 50% by 2100 and governments are not prepared, experts warn

Sandwell clean air project backed with £50,000 government funding

Government-Backed Meat Ad Campaign Targets Gen Z Over Veganuary

Why Public Health Experts Support These Youth Suing the US Government Over Climate Change

Government accused of 'staggering' failure to invest in soil health monitoring

Study: Woodland visits save UK £185m in mental health costs each year

Complaint launched after government misses legal deadline on environmental protections

Grim findings from Australia’s latest environment health check

Government must recognise the key role of local authorities in tackling climate crisis, says coalition

Mandated home gas connections is mandating ill health for thousands

UK Government Launches Critical Imports and Supply Chains Strategy

Government is “passing water pollution buck to the car industry”, experts warn

How do you take clean AC mainstream? This global health organization has some ideas.

Delayed environment laws spark calls for urgent government action on water and fracking

Report: Health of over 12 million people Brits threatened by climate change

The road to sustainable health

More than a third of fertiliser use breaking Government emissions thresholds, claims study

More health professionals should back fossil fuels phase-out: ‘It is a planetary health solution’

Doctors from around the world unite to call for urgent climate action

Study: Health threat from workplace air pollution 'underplayed' in UK

UN hails end of leaded petrol as 'huge milestone for global health and our environment'

Climate Litigation Is Increasing as Government Action Falters

We are facing a climate health crisis - it's time for action

Public urged to keep watch for tree pest oak processionary moth

Governments should prepare for 3m sea-level rise by 2100, says IMechE

'Fundamental to the economy': Government publishes five-year Environmental Improvement Plan

3,200 excess deaths in England and Wales during heatwave summer, government data confirms

'Much healthier air is possible': Government urged to strengthen particulate matter targets

New retrofit report calls for ‘triple win’ action by UK Government and provides inspiration to local authorities

Air pollution: Government offers up £2m in latest council funding round

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