Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2021

The network will provide “unprecedented ultra-high definition visibility of local air pollution”, says Marc Ottolini, CEO of AirLabs. The firm behind it hopes “to fundamentally transform how we monitor and manage air pollution to improve public health and well-being in urban spaces.”

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 15, 2022

A new Stanford University-led study seems to reveal that removing one thing in particular – a common air pollutant – could lead to dramatic gains in crop yields. Nitrogen oxides, or NOx, are among the most widely emitted pollutants in the world. A NOx-ious problem. Image credit: Lobell, et al. Science Advances.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

These water “batteries” could form the basis of a smart water grid, improving the resilience of the water supply in the wake of climate change – in the same way solar batteries in homes store excess electricity that can be sold back to the National Grid. A full list of the winners is included below.

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AutoGrid

MAY 3, 2023

This year, in the Sustainability/Energy category, the magazine is honoring AutoGrid’s customer CLP Power , the utility serving Hong Kong. Missions” Critical In the face of July 2021’s extreme heatwave, CLP Power’s Energy-Saving Missions program was able to curtail power consumption across 600,000 Hong Kong households.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 13, 2021

Water infrastructure planners should aim to exploit emergent digitally-controlled rainwater storage and recycling technologies to contribute substantially to water demand reduction targets, as well as reducing flood and pollution risks, say experts. Proven successes already. “In

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

Surface cracks and biofilms on plastic particles might help spread pollution Concerns about microplastic pollution arise not only because of the particles themselves, but also from whatever cargo they might be carrying. Surface features such as holes and biofilms also increase this propensity to collect pollutants.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 30, 2021

The report , which draws from government data, raises concerns about the potential health effects on those living near the refineries and the federal enforcement that the high levels of this cancer-causing air pollutant should trigger. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and now executive director of EIP, an environmental advocacy group.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Monitoring expert EarthSense is among the firms supporting the project. The project will be led by air quality and public health consultants Enjoy the Air, in partnership with the Sandwell Council, to examine the link between air pollution, behaviour and the cost of air pollution-related healthcare in the Sandwell area.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything. Jacobson’s Early Story.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

New research from campaign group Mums for Lungs appears to reveal a failure to tackle wood smoke pollution in the UK. Having a wood stove in your home is like having 750 diesel trucks pumping their exhaust into your living room [1], as the group explains, yet 200,000 stoves are sold every year in the UK. air pollution. [2].

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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. What’s maybe most surprising is that we lived with air pollution for so long before finally waking up to the recognition that it was harmful, in the 1950s. Monitoring milestone. Envirotec writes.

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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

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The series is supported by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University, and is part of their POWER project. . As the Northeast Organizer for Clean Water for North Carolina , she’d met with residents of a small, majority Black town called Ahoskie, 40 miles from her home.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2023

The report evaluates the impact of the national Natural Flood Management Programme which received £15 million of government funding, including benefits to communities and to biodiversity alongside protecting homes and businesses from floods. million m3 of water storage and increased flood resilience to 15,000 homes, said a statement.

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Greenability Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The project met sustainability benchmarks for energy efficiency, water conservation, material selection, waste reduction, and more to achieve the Leadership in Energy and Design (LEED) certification. “The Electric Vehicles KCI is now the first U.S. airport to feature wireless electric bus charging.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

Headlines proclaiming Covid lockdowns drastically reduced pollution were mostly referring to nitrogen dioxide, NO2, a reactive gas emitted from burning fuel. It is a key pollutant of concern for health,” said Randall Martin, the Raymond R. monitors per million people. “PM 2.5 “PM 2.5 When they compared PM 2.5

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Meiling Gao and Vivian Bi from California, who jointly won with their initiative “Clarity”, a smart, indoor-outdoor low cost air monitoring system that provides real-time air quality data. Uniquely the monitors’ data is captured and recorded by volunteer ‘citizen scientists.’ Anai Green (Lumiweave, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel).

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

If you take Shell’s word for it, the oil giant’s growing petrochemical operations are indicative of its “commitment” to a cleaner energy future. Today, a peculiar sign still greets those who enter the town: residential homes are pictured next to an oil tank, surrounded by refinery towers, all basking together underneath the sun and blue sky.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 28, 2022

The aim is to convert the biomethane into usable energy either as heat, electrical power or as a replacement for fossil-derived gas fuels, including for use as a transport fuel. FM BioEnergy use a methane-sensitive monitor and laser, as well as infra-red devices, to conduct their leak detection surveys.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 12, 2022

A stretch of the River Thames at Port Meadow, Oxford, has been designated as an official river bathing location after a nearly two-year long local battle against sewage pollution. Bathing water status is seen by campaigners as a key tool in reducing raw sewage pollution. CC BY-NC 2.0 Let’s hope we’re the second site of many more.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2022

While advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) technology had been fully deployed in the power and gas industries, water was just beginning to look into its adoption. It targeted financial relief for infrastructure, alternative energy sourcing, and scientific research and development. Wastewater 2012- 2022.

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Green Technology

JUNE 21, 2023

This 10-story, LEED Platinum-certified, Net-Zero Energy and Carbon building provides a transitional home for California’s Legislature and Executive Branch and facilitates public access to legislative hearings.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

While bioenergy remains the world’s largest source of renewable energy, there is still at this point a sense that there might not be enough to go around, to meet the demands of aviation. Between 2006 and 2021, these kinds of usage fell precipitously as more and more of this material went into making biodiesel (mostly for vehicle transport).

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The benefits for people are clear – beavers help stop flooding downstream, filter out impurities and they create new homes for otters, water voles and kingfishers. Their activities prevent soil being washed away after rainfall – their dams filter water, cleaning it and reducing pollution downstream. Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2019

They believe the UK is already experiencing it in air pollution (68%), extreme weather (61%), flooding (64%), species extinction (60%), coastal erosion (58%) and heat waves (54%). Nearly three quarters of the public (73%) believe that people are becoming much more fearful and anxious about climate change. Government is doing too little.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2021

Their groundbreaking achievements were discovered by the Brave Blue World Foundation during the research phase of its powerful documentary, Brave Blue World , which aims to drive positive change in water. It has also achieved a 50% reduction in energy savings. Bangalore was famous for its lakes which have been degraded by pollution.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 1, 2021

Ocean gyres also lead to more plastic washing up on Haiti’s beach, which all adds up to increased plastic pollution on land and in the surrounding Caribbean Sea. HP partnered with recycled-plastic supplier Lavergne, material reclamation monitor First Mile, and the non-profit organisation WORK in a bid to find a better solution.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Just a week earlier, Louisiana state regulators approved a preliminary air permit for a proposed renewable diesel unit at a refinery run by the pipeline firm’s parent company, PBF Energy. Detail of sheen on the surface of one of the ponds impacted after a pipeline owned by PBF Energy ruptured, shown on January 22.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Nothing could have prepared the man who played Star Trek ’s Captain Kirk for the profound shock of seeing his home planet from 65 miles above. There’s an irony here: In order to gain this more-than-sky-high perspective, astronauts and space tourists have had to take an incredibly polluting journey. Joe Raedle / Getty Images.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The series is supported by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University, and is part of their POWER project. As the Northeast Organizer for Clean Water for North Carolina , she’d met with residents of a small, majority Black town called Ahoskie, 40 miles from her home.

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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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