GreenBiz

MAY 15, 2020

Could indoor air quality become part of the post coronavirus playbook? Here is what we know, or think we know, about COVID-19: it can spread through the air. According to a news release from the National Institutes of Health on March 17, these respiratory droplets seem to be detectable in the air for as long as three hours.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

Huue is a biotechnology startup working to clean up the apparel industry’s manufacturing footprint by creating sustainable dyes for textiles, food and cosmetics. Made of Air. Made of Air helps solve the emissions problem created by the increased use of concrete, steel and wood in our cities. Made of Air Audi building facade.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 5, 2020

How racism manifests itself in clean energy. Including clean energy. . It's no secret that there are grave inequities in clean energy. In the spirit of this moment, I turned the microscope on my own sector to ask, how does racism manifest in clean energy? . It pertains to surviving and being able to breathe clean air.".

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is a global concern for health, wellbeing and productivity as people spend 90% of their time indoors, where IAQ can be up to 7 times worse than outdoor air quality. Employees are demanding more transparency when it comes to IAQ and are aware of the impact of air quality on their health.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

Recently-launched water filtration and air purification company Aqua Perfecta is developing a UK postcode checker for customers to measure air pollution and help the company offer advice on air purifying products. and PM10 concentrations at their homes, using the online postcode checker.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 4, 2021

For both these leaders, the business of creating and selling more clean energy fails to clear the threshold for durable and honorable business. . It's important to add energy to the list of 'kitchen-table' issues such as eviction that social justice advocates address. Clean Energy Finance Forum. Pull Quote. Renewable Energy.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Significantly higher nitrogen oxide rates – an air pollutant that causes millions of deaths each year and can be effectively avoided when emission standards are enforced – were emitted per kilometre from exported than scrapped cars.

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The Environmental Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Many of us care about the environment – some of us even go beyond the extra mile and take the effort to donate towards conservation groups and make important lifestyle changes to help clean up the planet. Before we clean the planet, it’s important for us to take a look at how we clean our homes. Personal Safety.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

During 2019, the UK Government set out its plans for reducing the levels of specific air pollutants, in a document called the Clean Air Strategy. For the efficient abatement of VOCs, ammonia or sulfur-containing pollutants, speak to the air filtration experts, CPL Activated Carbons.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 9, 2023

IQAir’s index aims to provide a globally consistent metric, and so differs from the generic Air Quality Index (AQI) figures also often quoted in media coverage, whose calculation method varies from country to country. Alerts have been issued by at least 13 states, affecting cities including Washington DC, Detroit and Philadelphia.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

As the global economy reawakens after the COVID-19 shutdown, air emissions and VOC enforcement in China remain a hot topic. Over the past several decades, public health and environmental concerns have made controlling smog a top national policy goal in China and enforcement an increasingly critical issue for companies to navigate.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Despite 18,693 complaints from members of the public (2015-2021), only seven councils have issued fines in the last six years, on average just over three every year. air pollution. [2]. The statement issued by Mums for Lungs included a number of first-hand accounts that appeared to be from members of the public.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 22, 2021

Academics and experts at The University of Manchester are calling for large-scale behavioural change in a bid to improve the UK’s air quality (“the biggest environmental health issue facing the UK”), in a new publication, On Air Quality. This is why we welcome this timely publication.”. Says Professor Coe.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

City of Turlock installs air cleaning devices in entire bus fleet. The city of Turlock will become the first in California to install air cleaning devices across its entire operational bus fleet, in an effort to protect drivers from the risk of airborne transmission of coronavirus.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Clutter also collects dust and houses pests, which decrease air quality and put you at risk for a plethora of medical problems. Deep-Cleaning . Although your house may appear clean, that’s not always the case, especially if you don’t practice deep cleaning. Air Purifiers . Residential Water Filtration Systems .

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Energy Central

APRIL 3, 2024

A legal challenge to a fossil fuel powered cryptocurrency mining operation in North Tonawanda was revived by the Third Department, overturning dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the Clean Air Coalition of Western New York (“CACWNY”) and the Sierra Club.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

For decades, many mining activities have caused acid runoff into essential water and food sources, noise and air pollution, and even the uprooting of native communities. This group worked together with IRMA to create a standard that covers the major mining issues for the environment, workers' rights and community relationships.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

1 reason that a consumer is not an IKEA customer is accessibility," Angela Hultberg, head of sustainable transportation at IKEA, said last week on the virtual stage of GreenBiz Group’s clean economy conference, VERGE 20. As air pollution is on the rise, cities all over the world are looking to close city borders to fossil fuels.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 18, 2021

The electronic diffusion tube (EDT) from Alphasense is said to overcome some of the limitations of diffusion tubes, a popular low-cost air-quality monitoring tool. Clean Air Day (17th June) was marked by hundreds of events across the UK.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 24, 2022

Rick Duke , Senior Director and White House Liaison for the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, and co-chair of the Climate & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) Working Groups will open proceedings on 15th June. He will be followed by H.E. In Rick Duke and H.E

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Pollution can have significant effects on air quality. If you’ve ever had trouble seeing through the haze or found it hard to breathe while jogging by traffic, you’ve experienced the impact of low-quality air. The two main kinds of air pollution are ozone and particle contamination. Heavy Cleaning.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

Given this, it was not surprising to see an uptick in corporate ambition on sustainability issues. What’s also different about this moment is the alignment and, increasingly, integration of social and environmental issues inside companies. That’s changing.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Environmental and public health issues According to the UMA researcher, this work sets a new path that could reduce soot emission of thermal engines and, thus, palliate the associated environmental and public health issues. The significance of low carbon bio-alcohols and bio-ketones fuels for clean propulsion systems, Fuel.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Clean or Replace Dirty Air Filters. According to the Department of Energy, replacing a clogged air filter with a clean one can lower your HVAC system’s energy consumption by 5% – 15%. Not to mention, dirty air filters can trigger allergies and respiratory issues due to the accumulation of irritants in the air.

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Green Living Guy

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Pollution has become a major issue over the last few decades as advocates for a society fueled on something other than petrol became more and more common. The post Low Emission and Clean Air Zones: What You Need To Know appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 30, 2020

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. Finally, we speak to Tony Reams, assistant professor at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, about the issue of “energy injustice.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Local authorities need to act urgently and use smart technology to address the air pollution crisis that is currently facing our towns and cities, says Marc Ottolini, CEO of air quality monitoring and management expert AirLabs. This has caused an increase in support for action against air pollution.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Under pressure from trucking trade groups, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) decided to delay enforcing some of the registration and reporting provisions of its Advanced Clean Fleets regulation, which had been scheduled to take effect at the end of 2023. Should they be complying with the new rules to be on the safe side?

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Charged

DECEMBER 29, 2023

billion penalty to settle claims that it violated the Clean Air Act by installing defeat devices on hundreds of thousands of engines. The penalty would be the largest ever under the Clean Air Act, and the second largest environmental penalty in US history.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Richmond, a diverse, industrial city where housing prices and incomes have lagged behind its Bay Area neighbors, has poor air quality and some of the highest rates of respiratory and cardiovascular disease in California. And in several recent years, it emitted as much or more of certain air pollutants. In the U.S.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

  It can also be a gas furnace, blower, and ductwork setup where heated propane or natural gas is combined with indoor air and distributed through the ductwork to warm different sections of a building. Air leaks can be a migraine-inducing issue when you are shelling out for heating but don’t see where the heat is going.  

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 28, 2023

The term “clean hydrogen” doesn’t have a specific official definition, but on the whole, it tends to refer to H2 that is produced in a way that doesn’t generate carbon emissions. Carbon capture is not a new term used only for the production of clean hydrogen fuel.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 15, 2024

A call for aid has been issued for renewable thermal energy projects in the residential, industrial, and agricultural sectors in the province of Valencia in Spain. The total budget for the thermal renewable energy program, which is part of the European Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan, is EUR 10.24

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2021

The network will provide “unprecedented ultra-high definition visibility of local air pollution”, says Marc Ottolini, CEO of AirLabs. An air quality sensor network described as “the world’s densest” will be installed in Camden, London, this summer.

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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.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2020

Four out of five Britons are worried that UK air pollution limits don’t match WHO guidelines. Research released on 14 January by Hubbub finds 80% of Britons are worried that the UK limits for air pollution don’t match WHO guidelines. Nearly every area of the capital breaches WHO guidelines for PM2.5 pollution particles. •

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

A June medical study links air pollution and extreme heat from climate change to pregnancy risk that disproportionately affects Black women. The mask issue illustrates a clear design disconnect. Racial Issues. This discrimination extends to healthcare and environmental harm. Pull Quote. Contributors. Heather White. 13, 2014.

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