Business Green

JUNE 3, 2021

VIDEO: Leading experts from Forum for the Future, Walgreens Boots Alliance, GSK Consumer Healthcare and Hansen and Ersbøll Agenda discuss the relationship between human health and the state of the planet's climate and natural world. What can we do to avoid further global health crises as we 'build back better'?

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2023

But it also marked the moment when air pollution’s harms were finally acknowledged, and efforts began to legislate against it. Early December saw the 70th anniversary, and a time for reflection and stock-taking by environmental health experts, including a fascinating lecture by Dr Ian Mudway of Gresham College.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2022

People around the world are increasingly aware of and impacted by climate change, which is connected unsurprisingly with a parallel uptick in associated mental health stress. But providing supportive services requires a better understanding of climate change’s effects on the mental health of all people.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 26, 2023

This net zero scepticism has quickly entered the upper echelons of Westminster politics, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak saying that policies to achieve the UK’s legally binding climate targets shouldn’t “hassle” households and should be “proportionate and pragmatic”.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

Global assessment of soil pollution warns of major threat to food supplies unless urgent action is taken to accelerate adoption of sustainable farming practices and tackle industrial waste. The knowledge gap on soils affected by diffuse pollution and its impact on other environmental compartments is even greater.".

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2022

So conclude researchers at Utrecht University, who have developed a new water quality model they say will better appraise the current and future pollution status of rivers and streams globally. In addition to identifying hotspots of water quality issues, the model can help with attributing the source of pollution to particular sectors.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Former Un Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has added his voice to calls for more funding for efforts to tackle air pollution, as a new report today highlighted the "urgent need" for the world to take action to improve global air quality. Outdoor air pollution is responsible for over four million deaths every year.

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Energy Central

JUNE 2, 2022

What they don’t admit is that through these actions they are aiding and abetting pollution leading to 1 in 6. We, therefore, by necessity need to continue relying on fossil fuels being extracted, processed, transported, and burned.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Industry Voice: Haleon's Sarah McDonald explains how the company’s sustainability strategy is closely intertwined with its purpose – to deliver better everyday health with humanity. Better everyday health should be within reach of everyone, but too many are held back because of issues beyond their control.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It is vital that all political parties commit to a rapid programme of investment and expansion for important wildlife habitats and protected sites.” We need political leaders who will shoot for the moon in tackling the existential challenges we face, not bury their heads in the sand.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The UK government should increase tax on things we want less of - such as pollution - and reduce tax on things we want more of - such as jobs - explains Eunomia's Chris Sherrington. But to my mind, this is not an argument for not increasing taxes on polluting activity. This is not a new idea, but it is one whose time has come.

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Eco-Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Can India follow in China’s footsteps and bend the curve with its declared war on pollution? Latest data shows that political will and strong policies are needed to bring about air quality improvements.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 30, 2020

This crisis has exposed preexisting racial disparities created by deep-seated social, economic and political factors. These same underlying issues make African Americans more vulnerable to health damage from pollution, as well as from heat waves, storms and other effects of climate change.

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Front And Centered

MARCH 26, 2024

The following is a statement by the Front and Centered Coalition Leadership regarding I-2117: The campaign to repeal these recently enacted laws represents a reckless and bad faith effort by a wealthy individual and his politics of despair and division to undermine well-intentioned policy for the environment, education, and healthcare.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2020

DeSmog investigation uncovers lobbying by some road and freight trade bodies that may have delayed and watered down local UK measures to tackle illegal levels of air pollution. Air pollution is a serious public health issue and tackling it is essential for the health of people in towns and cities across the country," she said.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The former EPA administrator and current president and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has been a leading advocate for smart, successful strategies to protect public health and the environment for more than 30 years. Policy & Politics. They’re in the crosshairs of the danger," she said. Business community role.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 5, 2021

Successfully solving a public health crisis, tackling climate change, battling racism — all require, at the core, a personal commitment from each of us to do our part. Examples from politics to public health are too many to mention. Examples from front yards are too obvious to overlook.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

When we talk about the blue economy, we're talking about sectors that are sustainable and that maintain the health of the ocean that support our economies and communities, both human and wild," said Helvarg. Can ocean and coastal health become part of a "new deal" — green, blue or any other hue? Policy & Politics.

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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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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

It’s hard to make planting trees political, one reason this climate mitigation strategy has received rare bipartisan support for the past two decades. 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. Jesse Klein.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2022

The new Tyre Extinguishers' group is targetting fuel-hungry vehicles in bid to highlight their outsized contribution to urban air pollution and the climate crisis. The leaflets seek to highlight how SUVs are disproportionately polluting and dangerous for other road users compared to other cars. It's time for action.".

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Key players in California energy politics. Successes that have inspired women to get involved in politics. Mary Hughes , a longtime political strategist, is president of Hughes & Co., a strategic communications and political consulting firm in Palo Alto. The post Politics and You ! REGISTER. ?

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

New analysis suggests three million working days a year are lost to air pollution. The UK economy could enjoy a clean air dividend of £1.6bn if World Health Organisation (WHO) targets for air quality were met, a major new report has calculated. Other pollutants such as Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) are not mentioned at all.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 20, 2023

has a long history of pioneering climate policies that are eventually adopted nationally or by other provinces, and with its pre-existing EV advantage, population density, abundant clean electricity, and political environment (B.C. KEY FACTS Transportation is responsible for 42% of all climate pollution in B.C.,

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

When it comes to ocean health, the work of convincing farmers to ditch their synthetic fertilizers can't happen fast enough. We're bringing them in as formal employees and providing health insurance.". "To some of them, it sounds a little like a joke. They look at you and say, 'So my plants are going to taste like fish?'

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2020

Call comes in letter signed by more than 40 million healthcare professionals backed by World Health Organisation and other influential groups. This is not the time to go back to business as usual, it is a time to take bold steps forward to create a future that protects both people and the planet.".

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 6, 2024

But an October report by the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) and Beyond Plastics found that only 4 out of the 11 chemical recycling facilities that have been built in the U.S. We are in the belly of the beast, and our health is suffering from it,” said Jo Banner, a lifelong resident of St.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Now the alliance is launching a hunger strike to demand that the victims of a 2016 environmental disaster in central Vietnam caused by Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation, a subsidiary of the Formosa Plastics Group, be compensated for their losses, that the polluted area be restored, and that those who have been jailed for protesting be released.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2023

Outlining the new water strategy today, Environment Secretary Therese Coffey acknowledged "things need to change", and insisted that stronger regulatory action set out by the government would help push the water sector to reduce polluting activities. "I

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Defend Our Future

JANUARY 27, 2021

President Biden is putting climate progress front and center with bold and decisive executive actions that will begin his administration’s efforts to reduce climate pollution and put us on track to ensuring cleaner, healthier communities. Statement from Defend Our Future. The Defend Our Future Team. ###.

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Terra Infirma

JULY 31, 2023

A bit like building a cigarette factory as part of a public health drive, if you ask me. While CCS will almost certainly play a role in hitting Net Zero, creating pollution and then paying someone to collect and store it forever is incredibly inefficient – far better to avoid creating the problem in the first place.

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Sustainability Consulting

JULY 21, 2021

Everyone loves a good TED Talk, here’s one of our favorites: Educating and empowering women and girls is one of the most important things we can do to confront carbon pollution and could result in a reduction of 80 tons of CO2 equivalent emissions says Omani scientist, activist, and athlete Rumaithat Al Busaidi in her compelling TED Talk.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 18, 2021

The data on air pollution impact is limited, especially for recently-implemented schemes. Dozens of local grassroots groups formed to oppose them, voicing concerns over poor implementation, lack of consultation, and feared exacerbation of existing economic and health inequalities. But these schemes also attracted fierce opposition.

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Yet the Chamber is currently working to eliminate one of the most effective climate and public health protections on the books in the United States. The Chamber’s position is bad for business, our health, and the planet. When it comes to the Chamber’s Amicus Brief, the answer is clear: it highly obstructs progress.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2021

These new data streams and physical models offer uncharted opportunities to develop new climate solutions, land management practices, water security, environmental justice and predict air and groundwater pollution. Ultimately they could slow species extinction, and optimise nature for human wealth, health and well-being.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

DeSmog can reveal that three APPGs received benefits in the past two years from think tanks whose funders or members include major polluters, including Shell and Equinor. million from polluting interests or climate science deniers in 2022. RWE runs the most polluting coal power plant in Europe.

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Grist

APRIL 27, 2022

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.”. That is, if humanity can muster up the political will. It’s not complicated,” Thiaw said. “It

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