DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

Major hospital systems and medical institutions in the United States are betraying their oath to “first do no harm” through their investments in the fossil fuel sector, warns a new report from a campaign advocating for fossil fuel divestment in healthcare. private hospital systems.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 25, 2023

The post Health is too important to be left to the health sector alone appeared first on ImpactAlpha. The World Bank Group’s and International Monetary Fund themed their recent meetings in Washington, DC, “The way forward: Building resilience and reshaping development.”.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 9, 2021

9 – These times “require moral policies aimed at fully addressing the interlocking injustices of systemic racism, poverty, the denial of health. The post Investing in The Reconstruction to bridge the racial wealth gap and rebuild America appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Dec.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The Future of Carbon Policy Forum Is where you want to be on January 4th at Amazon’s Seattle Campus We have become accustomed to beginning meetings with land acknowledgements and we will certainly do that at our Future of Carbon Policy Forum on January 4th. We look forward to hearing him speak at the Forum.

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Front And Centered

JANUARY 9, 2019

In Washington, state and local agencies are starting to use environmental impacts mapping for investments, policies, and program decisions. States like California have used a similar cumulative impacts map to prioritize billions of dollars in environmental investments and to improve the effectiveness of their policies.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Paul Marshall is the chairman and chief investment officer of Marshall Wace, a London-based hedge fund that he co-founded in 1997. Marshall Wace is now one of the world’s largest hedge funds – an investment vehicle that bets on rising and falling share prices – with around $63 billion (£51.9 billion) in assets under management.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The government's mooted policy changes will damage, but not derail the net zero transition - but Sunak's political cynicism threatens to burn down something precious I must admit, I didn't think they would do it. On the policy front, it is worth looking at the detail of what is being proposed. How wrong was I?

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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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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 24, 2020

The most engaged financial institutions — those investing more than $500 million annually in renewable energy — responded with the highest level of conviction for the sector’s attractiveness and long-term health. private-sector investment in renewable energy and enabling grid technologies by 2030.

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Energy Innovation

AUGUST 14, 2023

This piece was authored by Muhammad Abdullah, an 2023 summer Transportation Policy intern with Energy Innovation and Energy Innovation’s Chris Busch, Director Transportation and Senior Economist. But further policy action is needed to speed their adoption. 8] Globally, ZEV truck sales doubled in 2022, reaching 1.2

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Will Rogers is health and safety director at Eco Verde Energy, a firm that provides operational, advisory and back office support to anaerobic digestion plants. Site managers and operators must be aware of the risks, as well as the policies and protocols in place, to protect anyone working on or visiting an AD site, from harm.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 5, 2024

Let’s unravel this financial package together and discover why investing your dollars into these environmentally-friendly entities may potentially make your financial portfolio greener too. But let’s chit-chat about something that often tags along with investing: dividends. Let’s dig in. BP plc – BP p.l.c.,

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2022

Scottish Widows has tightened its fossil fuel investment policies to reduce its exposure to firms invested in thermal coal and tar sands as part of package of divestments worth £1.5bn, the pension giant announced today. Want to find out more about how the net zero transition will impact your business?

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 29, 2024

policy interventions and subsidies are poised to address upfront vehicle costs. Impacts on health and well-being Low-income households surveyed who had lost access to a car noted, too, that it impacted health care and caregiving responsibilities because they no longer had a car to access medical care or to bring children to school.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 30, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout will trigger a ‘skyward surge’ in sustainable, responsible and impactful investing over the next 12 months, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations. ESG refers to a class of investing also known as “sustainable investing.”

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

Andrew Hoppit, Oak Processionary Moth Project Manager, said: “As we enter the greatest risk period for Oak Processionary Moth, it’s important that those living in affected areas understand the health risks so that they can be vigilant when enjoying outdoor spaces. More information can be found on the Plant Health Action.org website.

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Energy Innovation

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

By Olivia Ashmoore This week, Energy Innovation Policy & Technology LLC® and RMI published 48 state Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) models. The free, open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan EPS model empowers users to analyze the effects of hundreds of climate policies. climate goals. climate goals.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) have approved €4 billion ($4.2 billion) in clean energy investment to upgrade energy networks, enhance energy efficiency and increase renewable energy sources across Europe. billion) is intended to go into modernisation projects for health and urban development.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2021

Ahead of next week's Net Zero Nature Summit, Sarah McDonald, vice president of sustainability at GSK Consumer Healthcare, reveals how the company is collaborating on a call to action to ensure climate and health strategies are better aligned. What's already happening and what's missing?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The government is facing yet more legal action over its environmental strategy, after a coalition of green and health groups today formally submitted a complaint to the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) alleging Defra has acted unlawfully by missing the legal deadline to set new targets through the Environment Act.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2021

Working under the banner 'Health Care Without Harm', the new group has formed "in recognition of the severe health implications of climate change" and has committed to deliver on a new Road Map that aims to reduce the sector's emissions by 44 gigatons of CO2 over 36 years.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 10, 2022

A positive Return On Investment (ROI) and Sustainability go hand in hand, as many sustainable business practices save money, create a competitive advantage, open new markets and attract customers and employees. Although there is a major investment upfront, the future savings typically pay for the investment in less than 10 years.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Benefit #4: Crop rotation Biogas production can support new crops in the rotation, improving diversity and boosting crop health. Benefit #5: Soil health AD offers significant benefits in terms of soil health. or visit www.gfdl.co.uk Notes [1] ADBA’s Anaerobic Digestion Policy Report, April 2023 [2] [link].

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

A consultation is also planned this year on rules and interventions for supporting the development of "high integrity" voluntary carbon markets, in a bid to funnel more investment into nature-based solutions, the Green Finance Strategy states. The delayed consultation had previously been pencilled in for December last year.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Transformation will stall or fail if there is no alignment between business strategy and culture, and there is a lack of investment in the workforce. In general, organizations "try" to innovate from within, and water is a public health issue, so utilities can’t take risks. The competition is the status quo (the installed base).

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The IEA has released its annual review of Hungary’s energy policy, stating that energy efficiency needs to be central in the coming years for the European country to reach its net zero targets, The Hungary 2022 Energy Policy Review states how Hungary has significantly increased its climate ambitions since the last review.

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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.

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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. This update is timely. As of version 3.0,

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Climate lobbying" in the report is defined as efforts "to delay, control or block policies to tackle climate change.". health insurers are all invested in the fossil fuel industry" and will call on insurers to divest from these companies, calling them "the greatest threat to human health.". Policy & Politics.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Strengthened national and local planning policy is required to ensure we get well-designed lighting that is only used when and where it is needed. Studies have shown that exposure to artificial light at night disrupts the natural circadian rhythms of humans as well as animals, leading to a range of negative health effects.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 22, 2020

3rd Annual Future of Carbon Policy Forum. Back by popular demand, join us for the Future of Carbon Policy Forum. We will examine the pivotal role that carbon policy can play in addressing the multiple challenges of economic recovery, public health, transportation, and equity. Register Now. Helen Clarkson. Rajinder Sahota.

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2022

But the report also highlights the myriad added benefits - such as better health and air quality - that would result from the UK delivering on its statutory target to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, which it estimates could amount to a 3.3 per cent loss in GDP under current policies. Moreover, the researchers estimate a further 2.8

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2020

The government should use its imminent economic recovery programmes to incentivise investment in low carbon and nature restoration projects in order to reboot the economy and chart a path towards net zero emissions, according to a major new report from the Aldersgate Group.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 1, 2021

At the heart of this debate is one of the most important physical metrics you’ve never heard of: energy return on investment, or EROI. Hall and others, the basic principle behind EROI, also called energy returned on energy invested, is simple: A source of energy is only useful if you can get more energy out of it than what you put in.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is a global concern for health, wellbeing and productivity as people spend 90% of their time indoors, where IAQ can be up to 7 times worse than outdoor air quality. million UK homes are hazardous to health, with a cost to the NHS of more than £1 billion per year.

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Business Green

JUNE 19, 2022

The government has been accused by the forestry industry of a "total policy failure" on tree planting, in the wake of fresh figures which show it is less than halfway to hitting an annual tree planting target it established more than two years ago. This is a total policy failure in both economic and environmental terms," Goodall said.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

In April, daily emissions fell by as much as 17 percent , and total 2020 emissions may be 7-11 percent lower than 2019 (as projected by the Energy Policy Simulator , and a new opinion piece in Nature by Hanna et al., Figure 2 Mean survey results of recovery policy archetypes (2008-2020) aggregated using relativity-adjusted scores.

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