Soil health practices are paying off
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 1, 2021
A new report shows that regenerative agriculture practices are good for incomes, soil health and the environment.
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How employee health and well-being fit into the ESG wheelhouse
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
The workforce of the future has identified a culture of health as a key factor in career decisions, and investors are increasingly aware that good health is smart business.
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Health care innovations in sustainability will protect both patients and the planet
GreenBiz
JUNE 28, 2024
The health care sector is uniquely positioned to be a leader in sustainability by implementing practices that mitigate the harms of the climate crisis while advancing public health.
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Groundbreaking tech gives EV users the full picture on battery health
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
The solution seemingly resides with a novel battery-health assessment technology, which the group says is intuitive and state-of-the-art. Transparency into battery health and vehicle value is fundamental to an efficient and thriving used EV market.
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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. Oliver Camp. Mon, 10/26/2020 - 01:30. 1 killer in the country.
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A Big Potential Win for Childhood and Environmental Health
Andrew Winston
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Some great news in childhood and environmental health: A new EPA rule requiring utilities to remove all lead water pipes in 10 years The industry says, unsurprisingly, it will cost a lot — the EPA estimates it will take about $45 billion over a decade. For fun, let’s double that and call it about $10 billion per year.
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New research reveals how large-scale adoption of electric vehicles can improve air quality and human health
TechXplore
OCTOBER 15, 2024
A new study from the University of Toronto's Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering suggests that large-scale adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) could lead to significant population-level health benefits.
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Health and climate top consumers’ concerns about the food system, report finds
GreenBiz
MAY 30, 2024
Consumers rank malnutrition, pesticides, obesity and diet-related health issues, and plastic waste from packaging as the most concerning aspects of the food system, according to an EAT-GlobeScan survey.
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Addressing link between climate and health will lower emissions, create resilient care systems
GreenBiz
MAY 21, 2024
The health care sector is a leading driver of greenhouse gas emissions; decarbonization will require intentional investment and systemic action throughout the industry.
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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. We just need the political will to protect people from this health crisis.
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European Defence Agency launches project to improve monitoring of battery health in aircraft
Charged
MARCH 5, 2025
The European Defence Agency (EDA) has launched a new research project to monitor and predict the health of batteries in aircraft, known as Prognostic Health Management (PHM). The project is known as BATTAGE, combining batt from batteries, and age,” referring to battery lifespan.
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COVID-19 and climate change: A healthy dose of reality
GreenBiz
MARCH 16, 2020
Consider the global health crisis currently upon us as a warm-up act for a climate-changing world.
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How the plastic mountain of waste from health care could be recycled
TechXplore
AUGUST 7, 2024
Single-use health care items—everything from gloves and blood bags to surgical equipment—have become a growing environmental problem worldwide. Their use has increased sharply in recent years, and there are currently no methods for recycling such plastic medical waste.
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Sustainable e-textiles: Biodegradable wearables can monitor health and reduce waste
TechXplore
JANUARY 2, 2025
A research team led by the University of Southampton and UWE Bristol has shown wearable electronic textiles (e-textiles) can be both sustainable and biodegradable.
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Two New Papers Reveal Startling Human Health Risks from Neonicotinoid Pesticides
NRDC onEarth
JANUARY 27, 2025
Data obtained from the EPA show that there are significant health risks associated with neonicotinoid pesticides, particularly for children and pregnant women.
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Protecting electric grid health with drone-based power line inspection
TechXplore
AUGUST 27, 2024
A sensor on the electric grid picks up a strange blip in current or voltage. What's happening, and will it cause an outage? Usually, a utility worker must travel in person to check.
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Hidden threats to soil apparent from sewage sludge research
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 31, 2025
Recent research from The James Hutton Institute suggests that hidden threats from the agricultural use of contaminated sewage sludge could be contributing to already diminished poor soil health. The potential harmful effects of these unregulated contaminants on soils have been understudied in recent years.
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New review highlights human health risks from microplastic exposure
NRDC onEarth
JANUARY 13, 2025
A recently published review I co-authored concludes exposure to microplastics is suspected to harm human reproduction and digestive and respiratory health
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UK’s first water-monitoring centre aims to act as early warning system for disease outbreaks
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 11, 2025
Professor Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern is a co-Director of CWBE (image credit: Lauri Lapworth, University of Bath) The University of Bath is launching what’s described as the UKs first early-warning public health surveillance system based on detecting tiny traces of chemicals and biological markers found in water.
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Why more big consumer health companies should become B Corps
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Sponsored: Sanofi Consumer Healthcare North America’s new B Corp certification enables millions of people to take part in the growing global movement for positive change.
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Report reveals shocking scale of litter problem in England
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 29, 2025
The report, drawing on a decade of on-the-ground research combined with public opinion data, unveils growing concern over the worsening impact of litter on public health, the environment and the economy.
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Surrey academic wins air quality’s ‘Nobel Prize’
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 21, 2024
” CARB’s mission is to promote and protect public health, welfare, and ecological resources through the effective reduction of air pollutants while recognising and considering its effects on the economy.
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Amazon, Google and Harvard demonstrate the value created by regenerative buildings
GreenBiz
JUNE 20, 2024
Featuring all-electric systems, water reuse and innovative solar power, these buildings improve “the health and resilience of economies, cultures, and people.”
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The ‘king of poisons’ is building up in rice
Grist
APRIL 17, 2025
As the planet heats up, this popular process of growing rice is becoming increasingly more dangerous for the millions of people worldwide that eat the grain regularly, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Lancet Planetary Health. Its a disaster and a wake-up call. Read Next Rice paddies, like cows, spew methane.
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5 cool measurement tools attempting to quantify regenerative agriculture
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
These new tools — under development or in the early phases of testing — are helping put numbers to the abstract concept of regenerative agriculture and helping measure metrics such as biodiversity, carbon sequestration and other soil health considerations. . Mapping soil health with satellite data and remote sensors.
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5 reasons Home Depot and Lowe’s must weed out toxic weed killers
GreenBiz
JUNE 16, 2021
The analysis summarizes human health and environmental impacts associated with over 50 weed killers offered by one or both retailers online and in their stores. Human health. Consumers are increasingly aware of the health risks associated with common products. Reputational risk. While the U.S.
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Bumblebee decline connected with particulate pollutant exposure in microbiome study
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 16, 2025
A key component of bee health is their specialized, beneficial gut microbiome which form a community of bacteria in their gut to keep them healthy. They found that there was a significant change in the abundance of beneficial bacteria that are vital to the health of the bee gut microbiome. Air pollution affects microbial communities.
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MOFs can capture benzene, says Manchester study
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
A new study shows that metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can be adapted to capture benzene from the air, offering a potential solution to tackling a major health and environment risk. This research tackles both of those problems and is an important step forward in addressing one of the most ubiquitous health and environmental challenges.”
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Behind the world's largest pilot for reusable bags
GreenBiz
APRIL 28, 2023
such as CVS Health, Target, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Kroger. The latest initiative from the Beyond the Bag Consortium will reach three states and more than 150 stores, including mom-and-pop shops alongside some of the biggest retailers in the U.S.,
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US wind and solar generation provided $249 billion in climate and air quality health benefits from 2019–2022: Study
TechXplore
MAY 31, 2024
A new study published in the journal Cell Reports Sustainability focuses on the air quality and climate benefits of wind and solar energy.
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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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Business leaders must recognize it's OK not to be OK
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Executives should prioritize employees' mental health, which recent studies suggest are negatively affected by the climate crisis.
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New substrate material for flexible electronics could help combat e-waste
TechXplore
AUGUST 6, 2024
Electronic waste, or e-waste, is a rapidly growing global problem, and it's expected to worsen with the production of new kinds of flexible electronics for robotics, wearable devices, health monitors, and other new applications, including single-use devices.
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Wood-burning stoves to be allowed in new homes in England despite concerns
The Guardian: Energy
APRIL 24, 2025
Campaigners condemn decision amid growing evidence of harm to health and climate from heating appliances UK politics live latest updates Wood-burning stoves will be allowed to heat new-build homes in England despite growing evidence showing their significant contribution to air pollution and carbon emissions.
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Global database of healthcare’s environmental impacts launched
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 13, 2022
It currently houses over 4,000 environmental impact values for more than 1,400 healthcare products and activities, including equipment, pharmaceuticals, investigations, procedures, services, and overall health systems. Read the accompanying Lancet Planetary Health Personal View article. Read it here for further information.
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Health data storage has a climate cost. In the future, data may be stored in DNA
TechXplore
APRIL 2, 2024
A lot of energy is required to analyze and store large amounts of data. We may therefore have to take a different approach to data storage in the future, so says Professor Søren Brunak at the University of Copenhagen.
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Leading beyond LEED: The future of the built environment is healthy buildings and an inclusive workforce
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Retrofitting existing spaces to promote health for occupants and diversifying the facilities management workforce will foster the next-generation built environment.
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Wastewater analysis at Bolivian lithium deposit explores how to avoid past environmental mistakes
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
For the past few years, Vengosh, who is also chair of the Division of Earth and Climate Sciences at the Nicholas School, and PhD student Gordon Williams have been working to understand the potential environmental health implications of lithium mining, both in the US and abroad. Whats the source?
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London sees 60 percent spike in e-bike fires
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 4, 2023
Key to addressing this risk is proper EV battery maintenance and effective health monitoring technologies. Fortunately, technology is making it far easier to monitor battery health. These dangers are also present in electric car batteries.
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Orange County, California officials enact emergency moratorium on new BESS in wake of fire at Moss Landing
Energy Storage News
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
The Board of Supervisors (BoS) of Orange County, California, has enacted an emergency moratorium on the approval of any new BESS facilities proposed for unincorporated areas of the county in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of its residents.
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Enspired integrates battery health analytics into AI-driven BESS trading platform
Energy Storage News
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
European battery optimisation and energy trading service provider enspired has partnered with battery analytics company volytica diagnostics.
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Burning heavy fuel oil with scrubbers found to be the best available option for bulk maritime shipping
TechXplore
APRIL 4, 2025
When the International Maritime Organization enacted a mandatory cap on the sulfur content of marine fuels in 2020, with an eye toward reducing harmful environmental and health impacts, it left shipping companies with several main options.
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How a Blue New Deal charts a course for a sustainable sea change
GreenBiz
JULY 20, 2020
"When we talk about the blue economy, we're talking about sectors that are sustainable and that maintain the health of the ocean that support our economies and communities, both human and wild," said Helvarg. Can ocean and coastal health become part of a "new deal" — green, blue or any other hue? Coastal Health. Social Justice.
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