Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 16, 2022

Thursday, 16 June marks the release of findings from a UK pilot scoping study looking at development of an air pollution reporting system for businesses. Air pollution emissions and its impacts are not required in standard corporate reporting of GHG emissions.

Pollution 246

Pollution Logistics Health Government 246

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A new online tool highlights where opportunities exist to install nature-based solutions, such as wetlands, to tackle road runoff pollution before it ends up in London’s rivers. The seriousness of UK river pollution has come to widespread notice, especially in the last couple of years. It has gone live today (16 October 2023).

Pollution 147

Pollution Transportation Health Agriculture 147

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2024

Lawmakers returning to work today (Monday) were greeted with smoke flares and a demand to “Stop Polluting Politics” from a banner hung off London’s Westminster Bridge. The Conservative Party has regularly accepted donations from polluting interests and climate science deniers , worth £3.5 million in 2022.

Pollution 84

Pollution Fossil fuels Politics Climate change 84

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2022

The London Assembly Environment Committee launched ‘Clean Air for all Londoners’ – a report on air pollution in the capital – on 23 March. A regular report should be produced on the changes in pollution on London’s main roads. And we have the stark evidence that air pollution is particularly damaging to children’s health.”.

Energy Monitor 246

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Pollution Transportation 246

Econaur

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Delhi’s persistent struggle with air pollution has been making headlines, with the air quality index (AQI) hitting alarming levels. While various factors contribute to this crisis, buildings emerge as a significant contributor, accounting for nearly 70% of the pollution, according to the World Health Organization.

Pollution 105

Pollution Health Politics Government 105

The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 3, 2024

Origin Energy’s 2,880-megawatt Eraring power station, slated by the company to close in August 2025, reported mercury pollution jumped 130% in 2022-23 compared with the previous year, according to data from the national pollution inventory. The heavy metal permanently damages brains and kidneys, especially those of children.

Pollution 78

Pollution Government Energy Energy 78

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

Geoscience technology firm CGG has conducted a microplastics pollution survey as part of a scoping study into whether it would be possible to create a “Plastic Free zone” on Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon). This highlights pollution ‘hotpots’ with high microplastic concentrations. Image credit: Phil Ross , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Plastics 264

Plastics Pollution Microplastics Soil 264

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Speakers from government and regulators will summarise the implications of the Environment Act 2021 with regard to ambient air quality, explaining the targets and timelines that have been specified. But not all air pollutants have a greenhouse gas effect, and GHGs are not usually toxic.

Pollution 130

Pollution Climate change Government Carbon 130

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 19, 2021

The water sector must get better at communicating the challenges of tackling pollution and why there is an urgent need for better collaboration between utilities, government bodies, regulators and customers. Collaboration and cooperation will be key. There needs a united voice to communicate with the public.”.

Pollution 246

Pollution Technology Government 246

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2022

A first-of-its-kind national study appears to find that previously frozen winter nutrient pollution — unlocked by rising winter temperatures and rainfall — is putting water quality at risk in 40% of the US main landmass, including over 40 states. That’s a big problem that urgently needs addressing.”.

Pollution 246

Pollution Climate change Soil Government 246

Business Green

JULY 21, 2022

Defra confirms new legal duty to be placed on water companies to reduce nutrient pollution by 2030, as it looks to ease planning barriers for new housing projects. This is just one part of ongoing Government action to improve water quality across the country, from targets in our world-leading Environment Act to action on storm overflows.".

Pollution 76

Pollution Government Packaging Biodiversity 76

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

Government 231

Government Politics Biodiversity Policy 231

Business Green

APRIL 19, 2024

Companies with $15.5tr in combined assets call on governments to deliver ambitious new treaty to tackle pollution across the entire plastic value chain

Plastics 70

Plastics Pollution Government 70

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 20, 2020

People living in polluted cities are more at risk from Covid-19, according to health experts cited in a 16 March report from the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), an advocacy group. Even the latest diesel engines emit dangerous levels of pollution. The European Respiratory Society (ERS) is an EPHA member.

Pollution 294

Pollution Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Health 294

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 13, 2022

The Government has broken its promise to reform farming post-Brexit. In its National Food Strategy published today (13 June), the Government’s commitment to provide a third of its farming budget for Landscape Recovery has been abandoned. The agricultural sector is also the biggest source of pollution to rivers in England.

Government 246

Government Soil Agriculture Biodiversity 246

Inhabitat - Innovation

MARCH 15, 2021

With the National Plastic Plan, Australia aims to address challenges with biodegradable, recyclable and compostable plastics.

Plastics 274

Plastics Biodegradable Pollution Government 274

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 16, 2021

This, in turn, is believed to have had an effect on pollution levels in the atmosphere. At the same time, says the group, this collection of data allows scientifically substantiated predictions to be made about the pollution levels of future mobility scenarios. The meta-analysis was coordinated by Prof.

Pollution 236

Pollution Ozone Carbon Organic 236

Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

NSW is to become first state to regulate CO2 as a pollutant, potentially establishing the framework for government-backed national climate actions. The post NSW to be first state to regulate CO2 as pollutant under sweeping new proposals appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Pollution 144

Pollution Government 144

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. Exposure to air pollution at work is only part of the overall risk Londoners face from our toxic air.

Health 246

Health Pollution Transportation Government 246

DeSmogBlog

JULY 21, 2023

A prominent group of Conservative MPs has accepted £48,000 from firms that directly benefit from billions in government contracts and subsidies, including the UK’s largest CO2 emitter Drax. Between them, the three firms have received billions of pounds in government contracts and subsidies combined.

Government 78

Government Pollution Politics Packaging 78

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2022

A new report attempts to provide a diagnostic of the scale of the ocean pollution challenge facing humanity. The Invisible Wave: Getting to zero chemical pollution in the ocean has been prodeuced by Back to Blue, an initiative of Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation.

Pollution 162

Pollution Plastics Microplastics Fossil fuels 162

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 25, 2021

Read time: 4 mins Campaigners are calling for polluters to be denied access to this year’s pivotal COP26 summit and locked out of all future UN climate talks. .

Pollution 84

Pollution Government Fossil fuels 84

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 9, 2021

New research published on 6 July raises the issue that the UK Government has published only 19 policies in five strategies that tackle the issue of fast fashion to date, despite the fast fashion industry being the second largest user and polluter of water globally and one of the largest contributors to modern slavery.

Fashion 317

Fashion Government Waste Waste 317

The Verge: Energy

MARCH 4, 2024

Image: MethaneSAT via EDF A mission to map and track global methane pollution, a powerful greenhouse gas, is scheduled to launch today after years of collaboration between some of the biggest names in tech. Google announced a partnership with EDF last month to create a global map of methane pollution from oil and gas infrastructure.

Energy Monitor 96

Energy Monitor Methane Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 96

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

Explosive new QC legal opinion suggests estate agents, property websites, surveyors and conveyancers are now legally obliged to inform prospective buyers and renters of air pollution levels. Firm offering free air pollution rating system for every UK address, using 1.5 billion data points generated by Imperial College London.

Pollution 244

Pollution Law Health Organic 244

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Five people dying prematurely every week – 260 for the year as a result of two most harmful forms of air pollution, PM2.5 The economic health impact costs of air pollution in Bristol estimated to be up to £170 million a year. pollution than Liverpool City and Greater Manchester, but a lower death rate and a smaller population.

Pollution 209

Pollution Health Government Politics 209

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2020

The Pollution Pavillion was designed in collaboration with artists Climate and Cities and King’s College London. Four out of five Britons are worried that UK air pollution limits don’t match WHO guidelines. pollution particles. • Nearly every area of the capital breaches WHO guidelines for PM2.5 limits by 2030.

Pollution 130

Pollution Health Organic Transportation 130

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

Pollution 99

Pollution Government Health 99

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2024

Half of the board members at the world’s six largest advertising and public relations companies have ties to polluting industries, DeSmog can reveal. DeSmog’s analysis reveals that half of these directors have connections to polluting industries. None of the directors, other holding groups, or other companies responded.

Pollution 66

Pollution Fossil fuels Aviation Carbon 66

Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Since the current government assumed office, it has introduced several cornerstone emission-reduction measures, including carbon pricing, which is widely accepted as one of the most cost-effective ways to cut climate pollution. Now is the time for action and, as today’s report shows, accountability.”

Government 118

Government Policy Politics Pollution 118

Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The US Environmental Protection Agency's has announced a new standard for protecting the public from fine particulate air pollution. 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. Scientists explain why.

Health 117

Health Pollution Government 117

The City Fix

JUNE 8, 2023

“Plastic kills, and the damages of plastic pollution have no borders. We cannot beat plastic pollution if we don’t tackle climate change, environmental loss and food crises at the same time.” That was the powerful message Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo.

Plastics 105

Plastics Pollution Climate change Microplastics 105

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2020

Air pollution is not a new problem in the UK – the London smog of 1952 killed 12,000 people. Since then, the effects of climate change, major industry and lifestyle changes have altered the air that we breathe, for example, coal-burning has dramatically declined, while increased road transport has led to new air pollutants.

Pollution 130

Pollution Fossil fuels Ozone Policy 130

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The new Environment Bill needs improvement in a number of ways to meet this, including world leading WHO air pollution standards on the face of the bill, a legally binding timetable with an earlier date for reporting, and an acknowledgement of the need for resources to implement the changes at local level.

Pollution 186

Pollution Politics Health Transportation 186

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

A new system of eco-labels launched by the UK government is intended to help save consumers money on their energy and water bills, but one industry group says the plan will create confusion and expense. The government has set an ambitious target to reduce the use of public water supply per person by 20% by 2038.

Government 162

Government Resilience Energy Energy 162

Grist

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Oil spills may be dramatic and devastating, but they’re not the biggest contributor to ocean oil pollution — not by a long shot. According to the report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, “ Oil in the Sea ,” these sources are by far the largest and fastest-growing contributor to ocean oil pollution.

Pollution 143

Pollution Fossil fuels Sea level rise Stormwater 143

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 2, 2023

It has been building for several years alongside revelations that AGA has used paid influencer campaigns to defend gas stoves and waged state-by-state, city-by-city lobbying offensives against initiatives to replace gas furnaces, water heaters, and stoves with electric-powered devices aimed at reducing pollution linked to climate change.

Pollution 98

Pollution Natural gas Health Government 98