Envirotec Magazine

MAY 31, 2023

In recent months, concerns about nutrient pollution from intensive chicken units, livestock farming and from sewage have escalated on both sides of the Welsh-English border, with phosphate and other pollutants fuelling algal blooms that turn the river into ‘pea soup’.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2024

In Colorado, fossil fuel interests are vigorously opposing legislative bills meant to clean up the state’s heavily polluted air. When lobbying firms represent both the polluter and the people experiencing pollution, it represents a pretty clear conflict of interest,” he said. How can they do both effectively?” she said. “I

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Yet in response to a Freedom of Information request to see any assessments, evidence or policy papers detailing progress towards the 30×30 target, Defra could provide nothing.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

WWF and ClientEarth lodge complaint with the Office for Environmental Protection over Environment Agency's failure to impose sanctions on farmers who breach pollution laws. But despite the widespread breaches of environmental laws, just only one civil sanction was applied.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The consultation is seeking views on the practical aspects of implementing digital waste tracking across the UK including: What waste activities and information will need to be recorded. How users will be able to enter information onto the service. Who will be required to enter information and when. Data access controls.

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2020

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday announced it was suspending its enforcement of environmental laws in response to the crisis, informing companies they would not be pursued for environmental infractions during the outbreak. The government said the policy was temporary, but provided no end date.

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Green Market Oracle

MAY 8, 2020

At the beginning of April Alberta announced a 60 - 90 day suspension of industrial reporting as part of an order issued under the authority of the provincial state of public health emergency. The deadly impacts of pollution on people with Covid-19 make this the worst time to diminish environmental oversight. Subscribe in a reader

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 29, 2024

That’s because a state law passed in 2021 regulating carbon capture includes a provision allowing companies to claim a wide range of project information — including location — as trade secrets. He suspected that Exxon asked the state to clean up the well site in preparation for a carbon capture project in the parish.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The revelation came after years of fighting with officials to obtain data on water and air pollution levels. For years, the First Nation community suspected that the petrochemical companies were exposing them to dangerous pollutants. Aamjiwnaang First Nation is a small region in Ontario surrounded by petrochemical facilities.

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Front And Centered

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Growth Management Act (GMA) is a state law that requires this work, and it’s really important! The GMA is a state law that determines how cities and counties plan to manage population growth by dictating what can be built where, which type of projects should be prioritized, and how the jurisdiction will be livable for its residents.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Bernard Goldstein, a young professor at the New York University School of Medicine, researched the health impacts of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) produced by gas stoves. The industry used these studies to influence public opinion, undermine public health efforts, and block regulation.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

vii] Carpet made with PVC backing releases dioxin when burnt, which is a known carcinogen, while a recent report by the Center for International Environmental Law in the US stated that incinerating plastic waste ‘releases toxic substances including heavy metals such as lead and mercury, acid gases and particulate matter’.[viii] ix] Hilton, M.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Department of Justice to investigate whether Shell and other Big Oil companies’ “alleged campaigns of climate deception” may have violated federal law. Armed with the information it needed to steer the world toward cleaner sources of energy, Shell embarked on a campaign to undermine climate action instead. A separate letter from U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 11, 2024

He compared it to the Indian Act of 1876, a notorious federal law that attempted to erase the culture of First Nations peoples. ’ Credit: Meta Ad Library Angus’ legislation draws inspiration from a 1997 law restricting tobacco marketing.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

For decades, many mining activities have caused acid runoff into essential water and food sources, noise and air pollution, and even the uprooting of native communities. percent across categories such as fair labor, occupational health and safety, community health and safety, security arrangements and cultural heritage preservation.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2022

Annual publication of this data is a requirement of the Environment Act – which passed into law in November 2021. The Act also requires the Government to develop a Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan, to be presented to parliament in September 2022, setting out how they’re going to stop sewage pollution. Up to date?

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Grist

MARCH 8, 2024

The discovery process could unearth further details of oil companies’ deception, such as what individual CEOs or other company executives did with the information they learned about climate change, Johl said. “It’s In this stage, both sides try to uncover evidence that could help their case in court.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

This story was originally published by Southerly , in partnership with Scalawag and Environmental Health News for its Powerlines series, which looks at climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South. Clean Air Act, and even exceeds regulation standards in controlling air pollution at its facilities. . “We

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Business Green

MAY 13, 2022

The group said the new statement signalled the government intended to water down principles that had in the past informed successful environmental regulations, such as rules to crack down on CFCs and restrict the use of hazardous chemicals in cosmetics. Instead, the government looks set to water down common sense rules that protect nature.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2020

The government has today offered a further glimpse of its plans to develop new legally-binding targets for waste and resources, air pollution, biodiversity and water quality in the UK, promising a "robust, evidence-led process" for setting the goals in statute by the end of October 2022.

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Energy Innovation

JUNE 16, 2022

The Deeper Decarbonization Scenario shows California can rapidly cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while creating jobs and improving public health. includes important new metrics to track the economic, environmental, and public health impacts of hundreds of climate policies. The updated California EPS–from model version 1.4.3

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Healthier communities – Sustainable buildings create healthier communities due to less intrusive and pollutive building methods, lower use of toxic materials (e.g. This makes it difficult for buyers and tenants to compare properties and make informed decisions about where to invest or live.

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Front And Centered

JANUARY 14, 2022

As frontline communities we are increasing the self-determination and solutions of our communities — those disproportionately impacted by pollution, damage to the climate, and an inequitable economy — to accelerate systemic change together. But the existing law says nothing about climate pollution, resilience, or environmental justice.

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Front And Centered

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

It’s having government agencies enforce public health laws without fear of repercussions from powerful polluting industries. Members of Washington’s Environmental Justice (EJ) Task Force are continuing to learn about life on the frontlines of climate change and pollution. Some of the main issues raised included: .

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Front And Centered

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

in cleaning up pollution in blighted Black and Brown communities until. It is why we were created in the first place, why we worked on identifying the social determinants of environmental health , and proposed legislation to require Washington state to incorporate them in prioritizing the application of environmental laws.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 15, 2021

Lew Milford founded CEG in 1998, after working over several years on clean energy and utility restructuring dockets in New England while with the Conservation Law Foundation. After graduation from Georgetown Law, he first worked for the federal government to enforce civil rights laws among government contractors.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Update the law to save lives. The policies and frameworks are there, and all the Government needs to do is update the law. ‘I believe air pollution is one of the greatest public health crises of our time and that good policy can help to reverse some of its distressing implications. . Government.

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Energy Innovation

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

EPS users can design policy packages that achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the economy and pinpoint which policies are most effective at reducing emissions while creating economic and health benefits. Energy Information Administration, the U.S. With the release of the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 7, 2021

The work highlights the accelerating pace of the clean energy transition, even aside from the social costs of coal plant pollution. The new analysis uses more complete data, Gimon said, and information about estimated costs has been more rigorously reviewed. What trends does the report show? Out of the 235 plants in the U.S.

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Planet Pulse

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Last summer’s deluge in London dropped an equivalent of two month’s rain in just two hours, and those flash floods precipitated popped tops on manhole covers and sewage pollution warnings spanning from British streets to Welsh beaches. How Earth observation and geospatial data can help tackle sewage and safeguard the environment.

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Front And Centered

OCTOBER 18, 2019

This meeting was a chance for the Task Force to come together for the first time to adopt our bylaws and principles, discuss the Health Disparities map, determine our team’s dynamics, subcommittee structure, and work plan for the year. .

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 7, 2021

The work highlights the accelerating pace of the clean energy transition, even aside from the social costs of coal plant pollution. The new analysis uses more complete data, Gimon said, and information about estimated costs has been more rigorously reviewed. What trends does the report show? Out of the 235 plants in the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Their goal was to find out more about the impact mountaintop removal mining has had on those water pollution levels. The paper suggests that all of this might have happened in violation of federal law. The new research highlights how, even as the U.S. Potentially Lethal Levels’. The diamond darter.

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Front And Centered

MAY 4, 2023

There was a lot on the line this year as the legislature was responsible for, among other things, creating a new two-year state budget, responding to climate and environmental challenges, and tackling other issues related to housing, homelessness, drug possession, and the ongoing mental health crisis.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

Under Italian law, a request for mediation is a mandatory prerequisite for filing a defamation lawsuit. As climate disasters wreak havoc across the world, increasing numbers of climate-vulnerable communities , individuals, and local governments have been taking the corporations most responsible for climate pollution and deception to court.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 3, 2023

This is despite the government’s 2021 Decarbonising Transport Plan , which lauded the Labour mayor’s efforts on air pollution for its “significant impact on air quality” and on “reducing the number of older, more polluting vehicles that enter London’s central zone.” million times, at a cost to the party of up to £19,100.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2021

This can leave a lasting impact on the health of our oceans as well as communities who rely on fishing for stability. From litter and pollution to overfishing and habitat destruction, today’s unsustainable commercial fishing has a significant negative impact on the oceans’ ecosystems. Use lead-free fishing gear. Reduce fossil fuel use.

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