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
UK soils could see step change in carbon sink potential, with proper investment
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
Investing in the ground beneath our feet could have wide-ranging benefits for the environment, animal and human health – as well as moving closer to Net Zero, according to new research. Soil acts as a carbon ‘sink’, locking in GHGs that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere.
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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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Government accused of 'staggering' failure to invest in soil health monitoring
Business Green
MARCH 23, 2020
Fraction of budget spent on soils in England despite importance for combatting floods and boosting food security, Sustainable Soils Alliance warns. The Sustainable Soils Alliance (SSA) said it found just 0.41 The news comes amid growing concern about the health of soils both in the UK and worldwide.
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More than a third of fertiliser use breaking Government emissions thresholds, claims study
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 21, 2023
Study found that in some cases up to 77% of fertiliser spread on UK soil went into atmosphere Some nitrogen fertiliser types spread on UK farmland are ending up in the atmosphere, with the worst offenders emitting on average 18% of the applied nitrogen fertilizer as ammonia gas into the air. of the applied nitrogen fertiliser types.
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Government launches consultation on fertiliser's role in air pollution and soil degradation
Business Green
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
Solid urea fertilisers emit ammonia which can harm both natural habitats and human health. The UK government has this week launched a major new consultation on how to reduce ammonia emissions from solid urea fertilisers, which have been widely blamed for exacerbating air pollution and soil degradation.
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'Utmost importance': Worsening soil pollution among planet's biggest challenges, UN warns
Business Green
JUNE 7, 2021
Global assessment of soil pollution warns of major threat to food supplies unless urgent action is taken to accelerate adoption of sustainable farming practices and tackle industrial waste. Soil protection is of the utmost importance to ensure the success of our future agri-food systems, ecosystem restoration and all lives on earth," he said.
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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. Wastes left behind are often highly contaminated and require appropriate disposal.
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Addressing biodiversity authentically and effectively
GreenBiz
JUNE 29, 2021
We realized that we could estimate the health of the overall environment by using birds, as they are an indicator of biodiversity. Short-term targets are valuable, but make sure that your goal-setting reflects the time it takes to make an impact on ecological health, which is measured in decades, not years. million to 425 projects.
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Campaigners take Environment Agency to court over microplastics spread on land
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
In documents filed at the High Court, the group argue that the EA acted unlawfully by abandoning a previous commitment to legislate on toxic sewage sludge by 2023 – a problem they have acknowledged presents a risk to human health. Worse in fact, as the sludge poisons the soil before seeping into waterways. The rules are at fault.
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130 The Perils of Neglecting Flue Gas Cleaning Systems: Understanding the Risks
The Environmental Blog
MARCH 21, 2024
While flue gas is used across various industries, from petrochemical to manufacturing, power generation, and automobile industries, governments have erected environmental laws to ensure the production and distribution processes are safe for the environment. Flue gas cleaning solutions are just as important as their production.
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Still in the dark about targets? Observers respond to the UK government’s Environment Bill
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Intended to fill the policy vacuum emerging from the UK’s departure from the EU on 31 January, the Environment Bill has been eagerly anticipated, and seemingly gives government the power to set legally binding targets on all aspects of the environment in future. in line with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines.”.
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Report highlights importance of whole-process appraisal of AD
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 7, 2023
For example, the application of digestate to agricultural soils can improve water retention and water cycling, boost soil organic carbon and biodiversity, and reduce soil erosion. However, putting a sensible financial estimate against these benefits is almost impossible.
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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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A big dirty hole in the UK's circular economy strategy
Business Green
MARCH 17, 2024
The government is missing a trick by failing to align bioenergy and soil health priorities, writes Sizzle's Trewin Restorick
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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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How Modern Poultry Farming Practices Contribute to a Sustainable Environment
The Environmental Blog
AUGUST 24, 2023
Whether you’re a backyard chicken keeper setting up your first few poultry nesting boxes or a seasoned farmer, keeping up to date with modern practices is crucial to ensure the health and productivity of your poultry. This reduces the risk of antibiotic resistance, a significant public health risk targeted by the World Health Organization.
Planet Superpowers: Looking Deeper
Planet Pulse
APRIL 19, 2024
Earth observation (EO) data has revolutionized how governments, companies, and organizations understand the climate patterns, human activity, economies, and natural resources that matter most. Measurements of soil water content near Ahlen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Mobilising Finance for Forests: Government launches £150m rainforest protection push
Business Green
MARCH 12, 2021
The UK government has today launched a new multi-million pound fund designed to protect tropical rainforests that cover an area equivalent to the size of Wales. And the health of the Earth's tropical forests is critical to the health of our planet - we need to do all we can to protect and preserve this vital ecosystem.
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'Higher standards': Government announces new framework for tackling industrial emissions
Business Green
AUGUST 31, 2022
The UK government has promised to continue to crack down on sources of industrial pollution, after today publishing a new framework for establishing the Best Available Techniques (BAT) businesses must deploy to secure environmental permits.
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The Lancet: Few countries prepared to tackle worsening climate-related health risks
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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Operation Rolling Blunder? From fracking to solar, government opens up new fronts in 'attack on nature'
Business Green
OCTOBER 10, 2022
Proposals to block solar farms, revive fracking, and roll back planning rules are further fuelling the impression the government really is engaged in an 'attack on nature'. Healthy soils and clean water underpin sustainable food production, keeping food on our plates and providing for our next generations. Far from it.
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COP26: Governments vow to strengthen nature protection and expand carbon sinks
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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Human Health in the Age of Climate Change: Disease, Nutrition, and Access at a Crossroads
Energy Innovation
OCTOBER 6, 2022
The research underscores a trend that scholars have warned of for decades: climate change presents new and intensified challenges for human health. Experts are urging decision-makers headed to COP27 to center human health in this year’s discussions about climate change mitigation and adaptation. a) and RCP8.5 (b).”
National Food Strategy calls for major cut in UK meat consumption to fix public and planetary health
Business Green
JULY 15, 2021
Government-commissioned report argues UK's food system must be transformed to protect the climate, nature, and the NHS. More than half of over-45s are living with diet-related health conditions, it warns, and roughly 64,000 deaths in England are caused by poor diet.
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Emergency authorisation of bee-killing pesticide is a “deathblow” says charity group
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 18, 2024
Today’s decision will put the health of UK rivers at even further risk. “Rather than repeat authorisations for toxic chemicals, The Wildlife Trusts want to see British Sugar and the UK Government offer more support to transition away from harmful pesticides like these, which threaten the future of our farming and natural systems.
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Farmers and local knowledge critical to stewardship of Earth’s life support systems, says UK-China study
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
The new diagram is intended for use by academics across a range of fields for research and teaching purposes, by government agencies that fund science and landscape management, and in fundamental teaching resources such as textbooks. We showed that this knowledge is vital to improving our scientific understanding of critical zone systems.”
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The UK Government’s deregulation agenda is dangerous
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
Instead, the UK Government is pursuing a dangerous agenda of deregulation that puts the very laws protecting wildlife at even greater risk. Rather than pursuing its deregulation agenda, we need the UK Government to: Strengthen the rules that protect our most important wildlife and habitats – don’t remove them. They defend 18.8
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Can Clothes Really Be Recycled?
The Environmental Blog
MARCH 11, 2022
Paper, plastic, and glass are processed for repurposing, while food scraps make for composting that enriches soil while helping reduce landfill emissions. Recycling your clothes helps reduce waste in landfills and protects the environment (and human health) from toxic chemicals contained in clothing. But what happens to old clothes?
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The State of Sustainable Agriculture
The Environmental Blog
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Sustainable agriculture includes a variety of practices, such as using more environmentally friendly fertilizers and pesticides, conserving water, and reducing soil erosion. It integrates three key concepts: environmental health, financial viability, and social and economic justice. Sustainable agriculture is not a new concept.
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Second quarter food startup roundup
GreenBiz
JUNE 4, 2021
One option is to deploy microbes that grab nitrogen from the air and add it to soils, a route pioneered by first movers such as Pivot Bio. These emissions, together with the biodiversity damages caused by fertilizer runoff, have spurred a race to commercialize low-impact alternatives. Atomo Coffee.
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Oxidation approach to destroying PFAS demonstrated at US facility
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) conducted live demonstrations of its industrial Supercritical Water Oxidation (iSCWO) system for destroying PFAS chemicals before a delegation of government, remediation, and waste management company representatives on 29 August. It’s time to end the cycle of PFAS contamination for good.
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We need to fix food
Business Green
AUGUST 1, 2021
Our food system is driving climate change, biodiversity loss and poor health - government leadership is needed to change course, argues Pukka Herbs' co-founder Sebastian Pole. It's no secret that our current food system is driving climate change, biodiversity loss and poor health. Reward sustainable farming.
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Chemicals used in plastic food packaging linked to 10% of preterm births in 2018
Grist
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
A class of chemicals commonly used in plastic food containers and cosmetic products may have caused about 10 percent of the United States’ preterm births in 2018, according to a study from environmental health experts at New York University. Salads packed in plastic clamshells.
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5 opportunities of a circular economy
GreenBiz
MARCH 5, 2021
A growing number of businesses, governments and civil society organizations are coming together to drive the change through the Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE). The circular economy concept is all about making better use of natural resources such as forests, soil, water, air, metals and minerals. Boost economies.
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When wheat never dies
Grist
MAY 18, 2022
Its roots sequester carbon in the soil and boost soil health, making it a regenerative agriculture dream crop. Joel VanderSchaaf planted Kernza to primarily help restore soil health to his threadbare fields, but he also harvests the wheat-like grain. Liam Richards / National Observer.
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HSBC invests in world’s first ‘reef credit’ system
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 7, 2020
GreenCollar said it worked with farmers and verification auditors, including the Reef Credit Secretariat and EcoMarkets Australia , as well as the Queensland government and private sector buyers. A new reef credit marketplace hopes to save the Great Barrier Reef with corporate and government investment.// Sponsored Article.
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509 A Poisoned Chalice: Curious case of glamour and deterioration of Punjab post Green Revolution
The Environmental Blog
MARCH 21, 2022
With a planned and targeted strategy we achieved that and beyond, and state of Punjab was poster boy of this widely hailed success story but it came at the harrowing cost of human lives and health. It came, and came at the harrowing cost of human lives and health, scarring families for generations. Introduction.
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Can the government deliver on its 'climate-friendly farming' promises?
Business Green
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
The government has today set out its much-anticipated roadmap for delivering "the biggest change in agricultural policy in half a century", as it seeks to gradually replace the EU's farming subsidy framework over the next seven years with a system that rewards farmers for enhancing the environment and protecting the climate.
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NFU: British farmers stepping up net zero investments despite industry uncertainty
Business Green
MARCH 29, 2021
A new 'confidence survey' from the NFU has found British farmers are increasing investments in soil health, tree planting, renewable energy generation, and energy efficiency. It finds that 30 per cent of farmers are planning to invest in energy efficiency measures, up six percentage points from 24 per cent last year.
Guinness embarks on regenerative agriculture pilot
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
The key outcomes are expected to include: improvements in soil health and its carbon sequestration potential; enhanced biodiversity; reduction in synthetic fertiliser use; enhanced water quality; and improved farmer livelihoods. The ambition is for the barley grown to be used to brew beautiful tasting Guinness.
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'Peak poultry': UK's appetite for industrial chicken threatens its climate and nature goals, campaigners warn
Business Green
AUGUST 25, 2021
Government urged to introduce ban on new intensive poultry units and take industrial chicken meat off the menu in schools and hospitals. The government has been urged to introduce an immediate ban on new intensive poultry sheds in a bid to curb deforestation and habitat loss in South America caused by soya production for UK livestock feed.
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Portland City Government Compromised with Oil Industry in Private, Documents Suggest
DeSmogBlog
AUGUST 23, 2023
In the event of a major earthquake, the soils are at risk of “liquefaction” — the ground would essentially turn to mush, and the hundreds of tanks could rupture, spill, or explode. ” The post Portland City Government Compromised with Oil Industry in Private, Documents Suggest appeared first on DeSmog.
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Greener wheat: Nestle launches new regenerative farming initiative
Business Green
JUNE 15, 2022
As part of the plan, farmers are provided with training and support as they adopt regenerative farming methods that reduce pesticide use, carbon emissions, and soil erosion, while simultaneously improving organic soil matter and biodiversity.
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