Clean Energy Trust

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Here’s why Clean Energy Trust is excited about our investment in Continuum Ag , an Iowa-based startup run by farmers, for farmers, to drive the adoption of regenerative agriculture practices that improve sustainability, increase profits, and sequester carbon in the soil. Plowing or tilling soil has been done for thousands of years.

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Soil Carbon Carbon-negative Agriculture 52

Grist

MARCH 28, 2024

Amid the commotion, an invisible gas often escapes unnoticed, warming the planet and harming our health: methane. At more than half of the hundreds of garbage dumps surveyed — in the largest assessment yet of such emissions — most of the pollution flowed from leaks, creating concentrated plumes. We need to have regulations in place.”

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Methane Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Carbon 129

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]

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Recycling Recycling Waste Waste 246

Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

When it comes to waste, plastic was found to have the highest relative environmental impact in the nursery system (about 80% of the value of the total footprint). Other important environmental issues facing this industry are water use and water pollution. A soil additive called Hydretain can also be used.

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Sustainability Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Organic 148

The Environmental Blog

JULY 14, 2020

The health of human beings depends on the state of the environment as well. Moreover, poor methods of managing waste lead to an increase in soil and water contamination and air pollution. The good news is that you can reuse most of the products you buy from the store like plastic containers and food packaging materials.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 21, 2022

The main challenges with building sustainability involve reducing overall impact to human health the and the environment. Reducing emissions, pollution, and environmental degradation. Creating healthy indoor environments with low pollution. Some of the main challenges include: Responsible and efficient use of natural resources.

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Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 147

Grist

MARCH 22, 2024

If you were to create a recipe for plastics, you’d need a very big cookbook. Scientists know, for example, that at least 3,200 plastic chemicals pose risks to human health or the environment. more than $900 billion in health expenses annually. Plastic covering a beach in Lima, Peru.

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Plastics Health Microplastics Pollution 114

The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 17, 2023

When constructed properly, it can help lessen pollution and allow you to enjoy savings on water and energy usage, and it can increase the value of your home. To build an eco-friendly property, you should choose sustainable materials as much as possible, such as recycled plastic, reclaimed lumber, natural products, and recycled glass.

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Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Cool roof Solar Energy Monitor 195

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The findings have sparked questions over public health, with experts expressing fears over contaminants possibly affecting the entire food chain. Previous studies have found microplastics in vegetables, birds and sea animals, but this is the first time plastic particles have been found in farm animals’ blood. According to Dr. .”

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2022

HVAC refrigerant, often freon, leaks as a gas, making it difficult to detect and imposing a serious health hazard to humans and the environment the longer the leak persists. These products may also contain volatile organic compounds (VOCs), making breathing in these chemicals a potential health risk. Espoma Organic Weed Preventer.

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Home Energy Monitoring Sustainability HVAC Soil 148

Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Delivering on their corporate mission and promise to create a deliver environmentally friendly bottles and packaging, Chlorophyll Water has announced that they have achieved a major step in their commitment to limit and ultimately cease their contribution to the world’s plastic epidemic. Chlorophyll Water is a proud GBB Member.

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Biodegradable Recycling Recycling Packaging 101

Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

When it comes to waste, plastic was found to have the highest relative environmental impact in the nursery system (about 80% of the value of the total footprint). Other important environmental issues facing this industry are water use and water pollution. A soil additive called Hydretain can also be used.

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Sustainability Business Energy Monitoring Organic Building Energy Monitoring 78

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Moreover, the health of humans, pets, wildlife , aquatic organisms, vegetation, soil and infrastructure are heavily impacted as road salts enter the environment, seeping into groundwater and draining via runoff into freshwater estuaries. Excessive road salt threatens public health and wildlife.

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Health Energy Monitor Soil Plastics 28

Green Living Guy

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

With rising levels of climate change and growing pollution, Planet Earth is in danger of environmental destruction. Medical authorities have been issuing health warnings to the global citizens on the health consequences of tampering with nature. But we are yet to take them seriously.

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Climate change Health Pollution Global warming 59

Green Living Guy

MAY 24, 2021

It’s no secret that the environment that we live in can significantly impact our health. The quality of our air, food, water, and soil all have a direct effect on how well our bodies can function. This is especially true… Read More Environmental Factors and Their Threat on Autoimmune Diseases.

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Soil Health Plastics Pollution 52

Green Living Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

In addition to your health, it can help the environment. A plant-based diet can help keep you healthy. It also entails eating foods high in fiber that can reduce your risk of diseases, such as cancer. Here are some of the main reasons to switch to a plant-based diet today. It Lowers Your Carbon […].

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Health Carbon Global warming Soil 112

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

Certification schemes aim to provide some assurance that products like compost and digestate are safe for human, animal and plant health. But tiny plastic fragments follow a multitude of pathways into the enviroment. Road run-off is another source – and vehicle tyres are a particular contributor to this pollution.

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Microplastics Plastics Soil Waste 222

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

A contaminant whose importance appears to have grown significantly in recent years, poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) present a challenge to pollution management given their apparent toxicity – although a clear picture is still emerging – and persistence. As regulations tighten, the topic seems to be growing more urgent.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Waste Waste 100

AGreenLiving

MARCH 5, 2021

It is more urgent than ever to shift from linear, use-it-up-and-throw-it-away models to a circular economy: where waste and pollution are designed out, products and materials are kept in use for longer, and natural systems can regenerate. This pollution also threatens biodiversity. Take the textiles industry.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2021

The technology to capture climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions from smokestacks, and even from the air around us, already exists; so too does the technology to use this carbon dioxide to make products like plastics, concrete , carbonated drinks and even fuel for aircraft and automobiles.

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Climate change Plastics Carbon Fossil fuels 72

GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2021

Integration of EJ as a major component of social justice that substantially reduces income inequality, health care, housing and other quality of life disparities. EPA also should prepare an integrated health risk assessment to provide a scientific basis for agency decision making.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

GreenBiz readers got excited about climate change solutions that ranged from the new, from the emerging potential of hydrogen as an energy source to changes in plastics manufacturing, to the ancient, such as planting trees. Some of the biggest contributors to the plastic crisis are the cosmetics and fashion industries. . Courtesy of.

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Sustainability Plastics Agriculture Carbon-negative 540

The Environmental Blog

JULY 23, 2023

From cleaning supplies to personal care items to household goods, many of these products contain harmful chemicals that can pose significant risks to our health and the environment. However, what lies beneath the appealing packaging is often a cocktail of chemicals that can have adverse effects on our health.

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Biodegradable Health Packaging Ethics 195

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

New scientific findings reveal that Cuba’s rivers are in better health than the Mississippi River. Compared to the Mississippi River, Cuba’s 25 rivers surveyed showed lower nutrient concentration of phosphorus and nitrogen pollution. The work was part of a study on Cuba’s hydrology, focusing on the water quality of the island’s rivers.

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Agriculture Sustainability Pollution Soil 28

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

To this day, BP has still not recovered in value and has been branded a dirty oil company soiled in shame. McDonald’s addressed the environmental issue of plastic pollution by replacing their straws with paper alternatives. However, these new straws weren’t recyclable, whereas the plastic straws were.

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Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Plastics Building Energy Monitoring 148

Low Impact

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

While this contributes to soil fertility, it represents a waste of water, agrochemicals and energy used in production. Packaging – More plastics are needed to package produce that is stored for longer periods, to prevent dessication and wilting. Although the surplus might find a market, it is often ploughed back in.

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Building Energy Monitoring Agriculture Energy Monitor Soil 74

The Environmental Blog

MARCH 16, 2021

Comparing before and after photos, most people thought that reduced air pollution may have only been COVID-19 pandemic ’s redeeming quality. Exponential Rise in Plastic Demand and Waste. The pandemic has increased the demand for plastics in the healthcare sector and even in our households.

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Plastics Global warming Waste Waste 195

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Every effort must be expended on reducing risks and unknowns, whether from changes in weather, crop disease, and livestock health, or fluctuating commodity and market prices, not to mention consumer tastes and regulatory requirements. Overall, soil degradation was calculated in 2010 to cost the UK £1.2bn every year.

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Resilience Agriculture Soil Organic 68

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 9, 2021

This means the company would remove water from the pond, pack soil around it, then seal the ash with a combination of crushed rock, artificial turf and plastic. Before the Clean Air Act of 1970, things were easier for polluting industries, as they were free to pump coal ash into the air. Alabama Power says this is enough.

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Biodiversity Waste Waste Biodegradable 28

Low Impact

MARCH 10, 2021

Non-organic, mono-crop agriculture damages soil, as well as using harmful pesticides and herbicides that pollute the environment and disrupt the wild food chain. Food is often packaged in unnecessary plastic or other non-sustainable packaging – posing a waste problem of massive proportions.

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Ethics Agriculture Packaging Organic 62

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

To this day, BP has still not recovered in value and has been branded a dirty oil company soiled in shame. McDonald’s addressed the environmental issue of plastic pollution by replacing their straws with paper alternatives. However, these new straws weren’t recyclable, whereas the plastic straws were.

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Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Plastics Building Energy Monitoring 78

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2023

Consumption of PFOS-contaminated freshwater fish can cause significant increases in peoples’ blood serum levels of the forever chemical, creating potential health risks. There should be a single health protective fish consumption advisory for freshwater fish across the country.” According to the pfasfree.org.uk

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Seafood Pollution Health Soil 262

Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

Less heralded but no less important was the commitment to reduce all pollution to levels not harmful to wildlife and ecosystems, taking in significant cuts to nutrients, pesticides, and plastic waste.

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Biodiversity COP Carbon-neutral Government 40

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 7, 2022

Each travel, duffle, shopping and computer bag that hits the stores adds to the ongoing use of synthetic fibers, environmental pollution and waste. This is not only good for the skin it touches, but also for the environment, soil health and wildlife. The packaging was minimalistic and plastic-free. Just the way I like it.

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Organic Ethics Carbon-neutral Soil 28

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The leader in water, hygiene and energy services sells to a diverse collection of institutions such as hospitals, food and beverage providers, as well as heavy industry including power plants and plastic manufacturers. The ride-sharing brand positions this as a radical shift that will benefit communities, partly by reducing pollution.

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Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 522

Business Green

MAY 16, 2021

Major investigation from green group highlights how plastic produced by major UK retailers is being illegaly dumped and burned across Turkey. Greenpeace said the investigation highlighted that some of the British waste had been dumped relatively recently, noting that packaging for a Covid-19 antigen test was found amongst bags of UK plastic.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Attending conferences like GreenBiz 21 serve as perfect soil and ground to grow meaningful connections and partnerships! I was particularly interested in the discussions around plastic packaging and waste throughout the event. Plastic pollution is a problem greatly impacting the health of NYC waterways.

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Sustainability Plastics Innovation Education 411