DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2023

The fossil fuel industry, pesticides, and industrial agriculture are inextricably linked,” explained Asha Sharma, PANNA organizing co-director and co-author of the report. Many pesticides release volatile organic compounds (VOCs), a precursor to ground-level ozone that acts as a powerful greenhouse gas.

Building Energy Monitoring 98

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels Energy Monitor 98

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

As human society has continued to innovate exponentially, largely at the expense of the planet, scientists have hypothesized that we are beginning to enter a new epoch, or period of time in history, defined by human impact on the earth known as the Anthropocene.

Resilience 78

Resilience Building Energy Monitoring Ocean acidification Business Energy Monitoring 78

Grist

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The spotlight This summer, we’ve covered a number of innovative solutions that cities around the world are implementing at a community level to combat deadly heat — things like tree equity, shade structures, and reflective pavement. This week, we start with the tech side. .”

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Cooling HVAC Technology Ozone 86

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

Diverse compounds are emitted by everything from motor vehicles to power plants, and include both greenhouse gases and short-lived climate pollutants – which are known to fuel global warming – as well as a host of volatile organic compounds that can lead to short- and long-term health problems in humans.

Energy Monitor 213

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Pollution Health 213

AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. When energy use surges in the autumn and winter seasons, particulate matter and ozone increase to dangerously high levels. Innovative practices often can be found at the local level.

Energy Monitor 28

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Pollution 28

AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. When energy use surges in the autumn and winter seasons, particulate matter and ozone increase to dangerously high levels. Innovative practices often can be found at the local level.

Energy Monitor 28

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Pollution 28

GreenBiz

AUGUST 27, 2020

From a food security perspective, farmers can harness soil organic matter to ensure greater productivity of their fields and reduce erosion and improve soil structure, which leads to improved water quality in groundwater and surface waters. Investment in startups operating upstream, or closer to the farmer, increased 1.3 Pull Quote.

Soil 281

Soil Agriculture Health Meat alternatives 281

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Carbon accounting – also known as a carbon or greenhouse gas inventory – is the process of measuring the amount of carbon dioxide, or other greenhouse gases (GHG), an organization emits. The process helps organizations highlight and target high GHG emitting operations with emission reduction strategies.

Carbon 78

Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 78

Grist

JUNE 29, 2022

The signatories of the 2020 “agreement of principles” included conservation nonprofits like the Environmental Defense Fund, the American Forest Foundation, American Forests, and the Nature Conservancy, or TNC, the largest and wealthiest nonprofit conservation organization in the U.S. communities and destroyed U.S. forestry sector.”

Logging 96

Logging Carbon-neutral Climate change Biodiversity 96

AGreenLiving

AUGUST 27, 2020

From a food security perspective, farmers can harness soil organic matter to ensure greater productivity of their fields and reduce erosion and improve soil structure, which leads to improved water quality in groundwater and surface waters. Investment in startups operating upstream, or closer to the farmer, increased 1.3

Soil 28

Soil Agriculture Health Investment 28

DeSmogBlog

JULY 14, 2022

Rather than transforming the fossilized remains of organisms into gasoline and other motor fuels, the Texas plant breaks apart the molecular structure of oil, through a process called cracking, which turns it into the primary ingredient for car seats, single-use plastic bags, plastic coffee cups and much more.

Plastics 98

Plastics Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 98

Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2021

He meets with innovators and change-makers in technology, civil society, agriculture, education, and sustainability. Greta gained public attention after organizing a one-person strike at her school to demand climate justice. The award-winning director Damon Gameau is motivated by the planetary concerns his daughter will inherit.

Climate change 147

Climate change Sustainability Fossil fuels Law 147

Defend Our Future

MAY 21, 2020

WHAT: “ Public Hearing on Proposal to Retain the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter ,” an Environmental Protection Agency-organized hearing. But in the midst of this unprecedented public health crisis, the Trump Administration is rolling back public health protections that keep us safe from air pollution.

Pollution 52

Pollution Ozone Health Climate change 52

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

32 million for the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund: This fund helps developing countries reduce their use of ozone-depleting chemicals, which include several powerful greenhouse gases. It delivers funding through a diverse range of more than 100 organizations , from major U.S.

Fossil fuels 378

Fossil fuels Climate change Resilience Biodiversity 378

Rinexii

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Bush, a Republican president, got an “Environmental Hero” award for his work on climate change 8 , and another Republican president, Ronald Reagan, was responsible for putting in place laws to protect our ozone layer 9 –so what happened? Why did conservatives suddenly start doubting climate change they previously believed in?

Climate change 52

Climate change Government Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral 52

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

32 million for the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund: This fund helps developing countries reduce their use of ozone-depleting chemicals, which include several powerful greenhouse gases. It delivers funding through a diverse range of more than 100 organizations , from major U.S.

Fossil fuels 28

Fossil fuels Climate change Resilience Biodiversity 28