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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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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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2020

Eight ‘shovel ready’ projects, ranging from the National Brownfield Land Institute to Very Light Rail developments are to benefit from £66 million of Government funding secured for the region, it was announced on 4 August. to provide innovation spaces and research laboratories at the Birmingham Health Innovation Campus.

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2021

Plastic plates and cutlery could be the next products in line to be banned, as the government looks to extend its crackdown on single use plastic waste and deliver on its long term goal to prevent all avoidable plastic waste by 2042. Now we are looking to go a step further as we build back greener.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 26, 2020

Discriminatory policies such as banks’ government-sanctioned refusal to approve home loans and insurance for people in communities of color, also known as redlining, forced Black families into neighborhoods more likely to be exposed to industrial pollution and extreme heat.

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Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2021

Ocean conservation charity Surfers Against Sewage has today published a major new report revealing how 12 companies are responsible for nearly two thirds of all branded packaging pollution across the UK. The annual Citizen Science Brand Audit records the brands of packaging collected as part of the UK's biggest beach clean-up event.

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Business Green

APRIL 9, 2020

The Wildlife Trusts and Green Alliance among groups warning aid package not enough to protect the struggling sector amid urgent climate and environmental crises. The £750m package, he argued, would "ensure our key charities can continue to deliver the services that millions of people up and down the country rely on".

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GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

The fiscal spending plans of major economies in the wake of the coronavirus crisis have fallen far short of ensuring the recovery from the crisis does not exacerbate ongoing climate and nature crises, with just one in every $40 committed by governments in the wake of the pandemic set to deliver a positive impact for the planet.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Concerns about the environment are taking a backseat to worries about basic needs — our health and our economy (at both the macro and personal level). 1 answer by far was, "I read the ingredients/detail on the package.". Fast forward to 2020 and while "I read the package" is still the No. If we go back in time to 2014, the No.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Industry Voice: Dow's Angels Domenech explains how innovative plastic packaging and recycling processes can drive down food waste, plastic waste and emissions. Dow products and technologies support the food packaging industry, including meat and cheese, fruit and vegetables, snacks and cereals, coffee and confectionery, and even pet food.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2021

Covid-19 recovery packages unveiled by nations around the world are failing to deliver the levels of sustainable investment needed to cap global temperature increases at safe levels, IEA warns. This sustainable investment funding shortfall is set to have a devastating impact on progress towards global climate goals, the IEA warned.

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

The government has topped up its active travel funding by £81m to build hundreds of miles of cycle lanes, strengthen protections for cyclists and pedestrians in the Highway Code, and roll out schemes that encourage walking, it announced this morning. It will also offer guidance on safe distances and speeds for passing cyclists.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

As governments move from rescue to recovery phase, they should resist bailing out carbon intensive sectors without stringent green conditions attached, new report argues. As governments move from the 'rescue' phase to the 'recovery' one, they will have to design economic stimulus plans," he said. "In

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

UK government announces 45 countries have signed up to new coalition designed to accelerate efforts to expand nature based solutions to the climate crisis ?. The government pledges come on the same day as a group of nearly 100?high-profile We need to put people, nature and climate at the core of our food systems.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

One council in England could secure up to £50m to switch all their local buses to run on batteries by 2025 through a new government competition. The electric bus town funding competition forms part of a wider £220m package of support to improve local bus services, which was first announced by the Chancellor Sajid Javid last September.

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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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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The 2021 Lancet Countdown report has today warned the impacts of climate change pose increasing health risks and are exacerbating existing health and social inequalities. A 2021 World Health Organisation (WHO) survey found just under half of countries surveyed have national health and climate change strategies.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The government has today unveiled plans for a new Energy Bill Relief Scheme, which will effectively extend the energy price freeze provided to households to all UK businesses, charities, and the public sector. New measures to cap energy bills for businesses and public sector this winter, but scheme only confirmed for initial six months.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2022

The Greater Manchester Air Quality Administration Committee says it will begin the process of reviewing the evidence and options for a new Clean Air Plan “that can improve public health without hurting jobs and businesses” when they meet on 23 March.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2021

In the report, Viridor calls for a range of policy measures that would accelerate investment in recycling infrastructure and enable the UK to process its plastic waste domestically, while also urging the government to ban all UK plastic waste exports. million tonnes of CO2 emissions a year, according to Viridor.

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The Environmental Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Here’s 10 excellent reasons for you to make the switch, to benefit the health of yourself, your home, and your planet. Overall Health. Several cleaning products evaporate into a host of unhealthy vapors that can permeate throughout your home – resulting in health issues over time. Sustainable Packaging.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

The government has today unveiled a wide ranging package of proposals aimed at accelerating the much-needed decarbonisation of the UK's heating systems, setting out plans to replace the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme for homes and businesses over the coming years.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2020

The government has today confirmed it is to introduce green number plates from this autumn, in a bid to help drive demand for electric vehicles (EVs) as part of the UK's economic recovery plan. Meanwhile, speculation is mounting over the extent to which the government's imminent stimulus package will support the green transport sector.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 25, 2023

Any potential human health implications, for example through contact via bathing or recreation, remain unknown. Richard Benwell, CEO of Wildlife and Countryside Link, said: “A harmful chemical cocktail is being stirred up in UK rivers, putting wildlife and public health at risk. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2021

The startup has created a recycling ecosystem tracked by blockchain where members receive a premium for the materials they collect, which in turn helps them provide basic family necessities such as groceries, school tuition and health insurance. Promote good health and wellbeing. Provide access to clean water. Shockingly, 2.2

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Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 19, 2020

This week, Energy Innovation launched a significant model update to the United States Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) , our open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan model that estimates the environmental, economic, and health impacts of hundreds of climate and energy policies. Change in government cash flow in an example scenario.

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2021

The government has today announced a wave of amendments to its long-awaited Environment Bill, including a new landmark target to "halt the decline in species abundance by 2030". Defra confirms wave of amendments designed to strengthen biodiversity targets, curb water pollution, and safeguard independence of Office of Environment Protection.

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Business Green

JULY 18, 2022

Government and industry backed funding programme set to be announced at the Farnborough International Airshow today. The UK aerospace sector is set to receive a £273m injection of government and industry funding to support a raft of new projects designed to slash emissions from the global aviation industry.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2022

Most significant piece of energy legislation in a decade' set to be overshadowed by latest wave of resignations from Johnson government. Announcing the Bill, Kwarteng hailed the sweeping package of new policy measures as "the biggest reform of our energy system in a decade". "To

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2021

Scottish official admits second postponement or scaling back of high profile Climate Summit under consideration given on-going health risks. In response, a UK government spokesperson said: "We are working on the basis of COP26 being held in person, while closely monitoring the covid situation.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Charity the Wildlife Trusts warns government's current planning reform proposals risk undermining efforts to protect nature and biodiversity. Instead, the government should look to ensure protection for nature and biodiverse land in its reform package, the charity said.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2021

Greenpeace has warned that more than half the plastic waste the government counts as recycled is being dumped overseas, as it published the results of a major investigation into how plastic from British supermarkets is being discarded or burned illegally across parts of southwestern Turkey.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2020

Fresh alliance of corporate, charities, politicians celebrities has urged the UK government to use the UN's Sustainable Development Goals to guide recovery plans from the pandemic, joining a raft of other players calling for a climate-sensitive recovery to the pandemic.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2023

“These test results are breathtaking,” said EWG’s senior vice president for government affairs. Consumption of PFOS-contaminated freshwater fish can cause significant increases in peoples’ blood serum levels of the forever chemical, creating potential health risks. The problem of forever chemicals in the environment is global.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2022

Proposals for 13 long-term environmental targets to improve water quality, tackle air pollution, enhance biodiversity, and curb waste levels have been unveiled today by the government, all of which are set to be made legally-binding under the Environment Act. The government described PM2.5 per cent to 17.5

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2020

Letter to the Prime Minister by government climate advisers adds further weight to cross-sector calls for coronavirus stimulus packages to eschew carbon-intensive practices in favour of low-carbon, climate-resilient industries and projects. Recovery means investing in new jobs, cleaner air and improved health.

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Business Green

AUGUST 23, 2021

With the long-awaited Heat and Building Strategy imminent, could the government be set to lay the foundations for a green building revolution? Crucially, it also reported that the government has concluded it is only fair households that rely on fossil fuels should contribute to the cost of moving to new solutions.

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