GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Pollution, poverty and race collide in many other disadvantaged communities across California — and the country — and some argue that the state’s climate policies haven’t helped. The overall "cap" lowers every year, forcing polluters to reduce their emissions or purchase allowances from others who do. As the U.S.

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Grist

JUNE 29, 2022

logging and woods products industry has positioned itself as a purveyor of “natural climate solutions.” As our civilization begins the slow process of jettisoning fossil energy, logging interests assure us that wood products are not a retrogression but a way forward. This rosy view of logging, however, is hotly contested.

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Grist

APRIL 27, 2022

A new United Nations report released Wednesday shows farming, mining, and logging has marred more than half of the planet. If these trends continue, experts expect growing disruptions to human health, food supplies, migration, and biodiversity loss driven by climate change, in what the authors calls a “confluence of unprecedented crises.”.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 1, 2020

In mid-September, the California Air Resources Board logged the highest PM2.5 pollution, a measure of dangerous airborne particulate matter that measures 2.5 micrometers or less, since the agency began tracking that pollutant two decades ago.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2020

CETCI also manufactures fixed gas detection systems, controllers and transmitters that are deployed to monitor hazardous gases; protecting health and safety in confined spaces and indoor environments. These facilities can present a variety of potential hazards to human health. A car park installation.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Microplastic pollution is everywhere, but its size — less than five millimeters in length — makes the threat almost invisible to the naked eye. These tiny particles, which readily absorb toxins such as DDT and flame retardants, are often ingested by marine life and can potentially have negative effects on human health through the food chain.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 1, 2021

The intensity of logging has been increasing across Europe in recent years, correlating with a growing demand for forest biomass energy, and the same is happening elsewhere, including in the Southeastern US , the world’s biggest wood pellet producing region.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 4, 2024

Plans by biomass giant Drax to manufacture wood pellets sourced from Californian forests will endanger natural habitats and increase toxic air pollution for rural communities, campaigners warn. They are also concerned that the facilities could harm local communities, some of which face high health burdens.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Better to release the heat and pollution during the winter, they figure, rather than in the summer as part of a wildfire. It’s a way to reduce pollution and generate energy at the same time. After all, producing electricity by burning wood produces more carbon and pollution per kilowatt than burning coal, the Sierra Club points out.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2020

And the economic losses and climate impacts that are resulting from deforestation, soil erosion, and pollution continue to rack up. However, there is a growing body of thought on how best to measure and minimise environmental impacts, before then developing strategies that can actually enhance the health of life on land.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South Danielle Purifoy Wed, 10/21/2020 – 00:45 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.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

As Microsoft builds data centers in Iowa, it is also investing in urban forestry projects to bring an environmental and health benefit to the neighborhood as well. City Forest Credits worked with scientists to quantify the exact health benefits of each tree, creating a measurement scheme similar to carbon removal metrics.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 17, 2020

Log your running and walking miles every day and connect with others for a common goal; participation is free. In the past, the organization has raised more than $300 million for programs benefiting air, land, water, wildlife and public health.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

Major campaign groups like Greenpeace are more likely to have the resources to deal with a drawn-out legal process, such as the seven-year fight by Greenpeace USA, Greenpeace International, and other environmental campaigners against a $100 million SLAPP brought by Resolute Forest Products, a Canadian logging company. In April, a U.S.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

.” Pollution, poverty and race collide in many other disadvantaged communities across California — and the country — and some argue that the state’s climate policies haven’t helped. The overall “cap” lowers every year, forcing polluters to reduce their emissions or purchase allowances from others who do. As the U.S.

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Grist

AUGUST 17, 2023

Since then, Pepperwood has provided a model of how combining science with local Indigenous research , knowledge, and practices can restore forest health and resiliency while mitigating the growing frequency and severity of fires. Wildfires now account for nearly half of the fine-particle pollution in the West.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Logging has been allowed in some of Europe’s most important forests. million to settle air pollution claims against the wood pellet factories in the US. Residents in Gloster have spoken of their health declining since Drax began operations in the town in 2014. These areas are supposed to be legally protected.

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Grist

JULY 21, 2022

Unlike several other Earth Day weekend cleanups going on farther down the beach, this group has been given special instructions that will help them categorize and log everything they find, from food scraps and toys to tiny pieces of foil and, of course, many types of plastic. Dan DeLong / InvestigateWest.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 28, 2021

And “fireplaces are still a stalwart feature in most of our homes and are dominated by gas logs,” said Jon Showalter, vice president and chief operating officer of a custom builder in Raleigh, in a letter to the commission , On the choice of fuel for heat, at least, evidence suggests Duke’s program has made no difference.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or TCEQ, has not told residents about the health risks they face. TCEQ documents obtained by Public Health Watch show that some of those early readings were double the level Texas considered safe at the time. Emerging research also connects it to diabetes and reproductive problems.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2021

And securing a clean bill of health for such products was one of the project’s aims. An important parameter is the Log Removal Value (LRV) , she said – a measure of the ability of a treatment processes to remove pathogenic microorganisms. Samples are being taken in winter and summer, to examine the differences. .

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Grist

JULY 7, 2021

He had already sowed many of his fields with cover crops — not for harvest but to improve soil health and capture carbon dioxide through photosynthesis — and he expanded his use of them. Done wrong, it would allow corporations, such as Delta Air Lines, Shell, and Google, to pollute consequence-free. “In Grainfill Creative.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In addition to bat houses, you can provide habitat in the form of decaying logs. Avoid pesticide use that suppresses insect populations as well as polluting the environment, food supply and human health. Here are two design options if you opt to build your own: Four-chamber Nursery Bat House and Two-chamber Rocket Box.

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Grist

JUNE 30, 2021

No matter, the Donald’s EPA gutted the rule on behalf of industrial and agricultural polluters by removing half of wetlands and a fifth of streams and tributaries from protection. Muskrat cruise the reeds as turtles bask on floating logs. The Trump administration’s own scientific advisors agreed with Obama’s interpretation.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

It is against this backdrop, APRIL has also been trying to turn around its reputation for environmental destruction, pollution, and land disputes. Farmers are given support and advice on protecting soil health and cultivating rice paddies and bananas as opposed to inefficient palm oil plantations.

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Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 30, 2020

Here is a brief introduction to 50 young activists that fighting for the health of our planet and our communities. Cruz has logged more than 160 dives since the age of 10 and has been shooting underwater photographs since he was 12. He is also concerned about health problems in black communities due to poor air quality.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 12, 2020

In recent months the president's pro-oil advocacy includes an executive order that allows polluting projects like power plants and pipelines to forego proper environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Endangered Species Act and Clean Water Act. At the same time the U.S.

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Green Market Oracle

JULY 6, 2020

Trump shut down the entire Global Health Security and Bio-defense agency and he fired Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossart, whose job was to coordinate a response to global pandemics. Trump and Republican's support for the fossil fuel industry further undermine the health of Americans and biodiversity. At the same time the U.S.

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