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Sustainability and the never-ending battle against burnout

GreenBiz

Then, with shame burning my face, I had to cancel a GreenBiz workshop I was leading about how to take care of yourself. Of course I was proud of being a director on Apple’s Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives team (and very grateful for the Apple shares that accompanied the title). I’d spent weeks designing the workshop.

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Study establishes £37 million saving from pollution measures

Envirotec Magazine

The correlation between air quality data and healthcare spending showed that, if not improved, poor air quality will continue to damage health in the local population, costing over £1.5bn in the next decade and causing over 50,000 new cases of non-communicable diseases including asthma and coronary heart disease.

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Electric Trucks Are A Gamechanger If Strong Policy Leads The Way

Energy Innovation

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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We can escape “the era of pandemics” says biodiversity expert group, but it will require transformation

Envirotec Magazine

COVID-19, says the group, is at least the sixth global health pandemic since the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918, and although it is believed to have its origins in microbes carried by animals, like all pandemics its emergence has been entirely driven by human activities, says the report released on 29 October.

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UK soils could see step change in carbon sink potential, with proper investment

Envirotec Magazine

Investing in the ground beneath our feet could have wide-ranging benefits for the environment, animal and human health – as well as moving closer to Net Zero, according to new research. Governments, however, need to quickly implement ‘regenerative agriculture’ policies to incentivise farmers to take up the challenge, the researchers argue.

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Policy Manager

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Policy Manager | Center for Resource Solutions | San Francisco. Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) is seeking a candidate with 2-5 years’ experience to join its expanding renewable energy policy and market development team. Due to the COVID health crisis, CRS staff is currently working remotely. Draft and review reports.

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Human Health in the Age of Climate Change: Disease, Nutrition, and Access at a Crossroads

Energy Innovation

The research underscores a trend that scholars have warned of for decades: climate change presents new and intensified challenges for human health. Experts are urging decision-makers headed to COP27 to center human health in this year’s discussions about climate change mitigation and adaptation. Source: Semenza et al.