Grist

JANUARY 28, 2020

Dean Blanchard Seafood, headquartered on the barrier island of Grand Isle in the Mississippi River Delta, is one of the largest shrimp suppliers in the United States. Dean Blanchard Seafood took a hit, and Blanchard later told a reporter that he estimated his business was worth 15 percent of what it was before the spill.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

It isn’t easy to undo a century of industrial pollution — or even agree on how to do it. Community groups say they were blindsided by the EPA’s proposals, which they argue will expose disadvantaged communities to unacceptable levels of toxic pollution. “We Efforts to clean up the Lower Duwamish Waterway have been decades in the making.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

"We've tried tirelessly to influence the UK government on what needs to be done, but their Plan to address this deluge of pollution entering our seas is still unacceptable. The case is being led by the Good Law Project, with seafood business Richard Haward's Oysters and surfer and activist Hugo Tagholm also acting as co-claimants.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 14, 2022

Food is responsible for over a third of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions, and industrialised agriculture is the leading cause of wildlife decline, antibiotic resistance and pollution. Seafood production is described as a “potential growth opportunity” that could be a source of a “potentially lower-carbon and healthy source of protein”.

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Green Living Guy

JUNE 7, 2022

It can lead to consequences for human and wildlife health, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. Microplastics are a pathway for pathogens on land to reach the ocean. The study, published today in the journal Scientific Reports, is the first to connect microplastics in the ocean with land-based pathogens.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In more modern times, support for aquaculture has ebbed and flowed along with concerns about animal health and welfare, worries over the effluent pollution caused by wastewater discharges, and the unintended impacts of production infrastructure such as pipes and pumps on natural ecosystems.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The scoring system for the eco-labels will take into account greenhouse gas emissions, water scarcity, water pollution and biodiversity loss associated with foods served at the catering facilities, based on ingredient information and environmental impact data from academic research.

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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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AFN Sustainable Protein

MAY 29, 2018

The Coller FAIRR Protein Producer Index , which tracks 60 of the world’s largest food companies worth a combined $300 billion, assesses how these companies are managing critical sustainability risks ranging from pollution to the Paris Agreement, and food safety to worker safety. Lerøy Seafood Group ASA. Company Legal Name.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

MAY 29, 2018

The Coller FAIRR Protein Producer Index , which tracks 60 of the world’s largest food companies worth a combined $300 billion, assesses how these companies are managing critical sustainability risks ranging from pollution to the Paris Agreement, and food safety to worker safety. Lerøy Seafood Group ASA. Company Legal Name.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

Our oceans, teeming with life, are under siege by a silent threat – plastic pollution. Understanding the impact of plastic pollution is crucial, and so is recognizing our role in mitigating this growing crisis. Impact of Plastic Pollution on Marine Life Plastic debris takes a brutal toll on marine animals.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

While big polluters publicly tout CCS as a viable climate solution, internally they acknowledge that it perpetuates their extractive operations and is costly and inefficient. While they’re capturing some [carbon], it’s still a net polluter,” she said. It feels like we’re having this stuff just shoved down our throats.

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AGreenLiving

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?

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 8, 2023

In the report – which surveyed village officials, tourism workers, fishmeal factory employees, and local fish workers, among others – researchers documented that since the arrival of the factories in 2016, fish had jumped in price, fish-smokers and dryers had lost work, and widespread pollution was damaging local ecology and tourism.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Knowing what has been collected is an effective way to identify the source of the pollution and provide data for policymakers. Ocean pollution, particularly plastic from inland as well as boating activities, has become a massive environmental issue in recent years. Why is Coastal Cleanup Month important? The cycle is toxic.

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Grist

AUGUST 27, 2019

There are crusty boatyards and pristine yacht clubs, seedy seafood joints and fancy oyster bars, “my she was yar” schooners and “I’m on a boat” party cruisers. The group started the crusade, called Operation Plastic Pollution Purge, last year. In terms of the health of marine life, it’s not good,” Coiro told Grist. “In

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Whether driven by animal welfare, health, or environmental concerns - or a combination of all three - more and more people are either becoming vegan and vegetarian or reducing their meat consumption and eating greater proportions of plant-based food. There can be little doubt diets are steadily changing in the UK.

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Grist

MARCH 29, 2023

This phenomenon — groundwater rise — could also have dire effects on people’s health, exposing them to new or unearthed pollutants. Now those areas have both polluted soil from military or industrial activities, [and] they also have rising groundwater,” Hill said. Rising groundwater is “out of sight, out of mind,” Jones said.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 2, 2024

Even in a state famous for its seafood, Cameron once stood out. A few decades ago, Cameron was the largest producer of seafood in the entire country, hauling in hundreds of millions of pounds of fish, shrimp, and oysters each year. Noise and air pollution have made life difficult for nearby residents.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 10, 2022

But Taylor believes that recovery from Ida is proving to be more difficult than ever for his community due to financial hits from the pandemic and health issues made worse by the toxic emissions his community continues to be “bombarded with.” We have always had what we needed — we live off the water — with the seafood.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

But in Florida Bay, which sits on the west side of the Keys, many marine species have been fighting their own battle with bleaching and other effects of extreme heat, sending a strong, if silent, message about their own stress and the health of the essential habitat they inhabit. Normally resilient creatures are struggling to survive.

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Grist

JULY 21, 2022

From large pieces, such as bottles, cups, and even a Smurf action figure, to tiny microplastics — fragments, films, fibers, or foams less than 5 mm long — plastic is one of the most common pollutants this group will find, mirroring what cleanup crews regularly see across the country. Dan DeLong / InvestigateWest.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This is because the polluted fresh water entering the salt water environment will kill off most of the brown shrimp and oysters, as well as most of the Bottlenose dolphin that live there. Where the river’s polluted water enters the Gulf there is rapid land loss and a growing dead zone. Lennox Yearwood Jr.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 4, 2022

They told me that the facility is already polluting their air, flaring almost nonstop since December, in addition to the noise and light pollution the facility creates, first from construction and now from operations. I’m worried about the health impacts the plant might have on my family,” Nicole told me.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 10, 2023

🐄 Dalan Animal Health , an Athens, GA-based bee vaccine developer, raised $5M in Seed funding from Prime Movers Lab and At One Ventures. The deal aims to avoid costly litigation by major industry players and maintain a nationwide standard for truck pollution rules. Share new deals and announcements with us at hello@ctvc.co

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GreenBiz

JULY 1, 2020

While many Native American communities have high risk factors — overcrowding, chronic medical conditions and underfunded health care systems — and the pandemic has slammed Navajo Nation in the American West, Louisiana’s tribes appear to have been spared the brunt so far. Census designates 0.8

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 15, 2023

In a letter to regulators, the Bucket Brigade lambasted the company for seeking permission to pollute more by increasing emission limits in its air quality permit, rather than fixing the issues that led it exceed its permitted emissions. She pointed out that these changes threaten to leave even more stakeholders out of the permitting process.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 1, 2020

While many Native American communities have high risk factors — overcrowding, chronic medical conditions and underfunded health care systems — and the pandemic has slammed Navajo Nation in the American West, Louisiana’s tribes appear to have been spared the brunt so far. Census designates 0.8 “That’s not us. .”

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

Conference New Green Revolution: How to Cut Pollution without Sacrificing Yields (Panel Discussion): Increasing yields often means using more fertilizer, pesticides and herbicides. But more chemicals generally means more greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution. Because you never forget your first.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Boma Brown-West, Director of Consumer Health, EDF+Business. We want to call attention to how the biggest environmental impacts and the biggest health impact of products is really due to the products themselves and the creation and the use of a product," Brown-West noted at the time. LinkedIn | Twitter.

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