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The health and safety considerations of confined space entry for cleaning terminal storage tanks

Envirotec Magazine

Without stringent health and safety protocols, however, the processes that extend your tank’s working life could pose significant danger to the specialists undertaking the clean. It also outlines the health, safety and procedural elements of the task – including personnel, equipment and emergency protocols. Entrapment and trip hazards.

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Stricter Air Pollution Laws Needed, Says Coroner in Ella Kissi-Debrah Inquest

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A coroner is calling for national limits on air pollution to be reduced to match World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines and made enforceable by law. At present, the national limits in the UK are more than double for PM2.5 (25 Air pollution had never been identified as a cause of death in the UK until this point.

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‘CO2 is Life’: TalkTV Presenter Andre Walker Hosts YouTube Show That Spreads Climate Science Denial

DeSmogBlog

A TalkTV presenter co-hosts a YouTube show with the leader of a climate science denial group, on which he has called climate change a “paganistic religion” and said rising CO2 emissions will make the world “more green”. Monetising Outrage ’ Walker is not the only TalkTV presenter who has attacked climate science and net zero policies.

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Measures to reduce harm from storm overflows now law

Envirotec Magazine

This ambition has now been turned into action, with the government confirming that a number of key policies will be made law. ” The post Measures to reduce harm from storm overflows now law first appeared on Envirotec. a duty on water companies to publish data on storm overflow operation on an annual basis. .”

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Spain to push for net zero by 2050 as government unveils sweeping new climate law

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Ambitious draft climate law would immediately ban new oil, gas and coal projects and end subsidies for fossil fuels. The draft law, which parliament must still approve, follows the Spanish government's declaration of a climate emergency earlier this year. per cent over the next decade.

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Government sets out new targets on air quality, water pollution, waste and woodland cover

Envirotec Magazine

While subject to consultation, the revised targets are to be incorporated into the Environment Act , which became law on 10 November last year. Kate Nield of environmental law firm ClientEarth said the target date was “far from ‘world-leading’”. Evidence of the pubic health problem presented by PM2.5

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Working to eliminate dangerous e-bike batteries

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And, as Steve Hanley writes in CleanTechnica , there are several reasons—some technical, some having to do with their use cases—that e-bikes present far more fire risk than electric cars. “An A proper BMS keeps track of the state of health of the battery cells in a battery pack.