Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2024

Living systems have evolved to reconstitute waste — creatures like dung beetles fill an ecological niche of breaking down other organisms’ faeces — but waste is a problem that still plagues human systems. Cities tend to deviate from the universal scaling law as they grow wealthier.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

While there is a way to go to reverse the decline, this shift is gaining momentum following regulatory change such as the EU Nature Restoration Law in July 2023, and greater investment in nature-based solutions. However, the landscape is evolving, albeit slowly, towards an approach that better values and protects the oceans.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

“Combined with law,” says the group, “these approaches will open up a new field of precision toxicology that will transform approaches to chemical safety management in the same way that precision medicine is informing healthcare.” John Colbourne, of the University of Birmingham, leads PrecisionTox.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

There’s a lot of beautiful things that happen out of [Richmond]," says Khamphanthong, a community organizer with the Asian Pacific Environmental Network whose family emigrated from Laos in the 1980s. But at the same time, when you look at the reality of it, it is sad.". California has done exactly that.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 29, 2023

In 2021, it ran a column in its magazine arguing that, “Politicians and others who warn of an impending climate ‘catastrophe,’ ‘cataclysm’ or ’emergency’ are being unnecessarily alarmist.” She’s succeeding as head of the Business Council Greg D’Avignon, who spent 12 years with the organization. The Business Council of B.C.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The report comes four months after the two organizations announced a lawsuit against the company alleging Eni used “lobbying and greenwashing” to push for more oil and gas production, despite having known about the risks fossil fuels posed over the past 53 years.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2022

A major investigation into the management of wastewater treatment works in England was announced by the EA and Ofwat in November 2021, at the same time as a new Environment Act became law. These measures remove any doubt that the expectations being placed on the sector are immense. This is where biological treatment comes into play.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

While subject to consultation, the revised targets are to be incorporated into the Environment Act , which became law on 10 November last year. Kate Nield of environmental law firm ClientEarth said the target date was “far from ‘world-leading’”.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

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. However, like Ahoskie, Joyner’s community wasn’t quick to organize against the plant. . “I Enviva had built its first North Carolina plant there two years before. .

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2022

Indeed, there is a cautionary note in the latter, which states that “You may use alternative methods to those set out in the Code in order to comply with the law. Employers should ensure that the procedures used are sufficiently sensitive for the situation being monitored and of proven effectiveness for assessing adequate control.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 24, 2024

My journey into this topic started when an Ohio community organizer told me someone made a liquid deicer out of radioactive oilfield waste for home driveways and patios, which was supposedly “Safe for Pets” and had been selling at Lowe’s. law, it is still considered nonhazardous. As you will see, this indeed was the case.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 9, 2023

Further research by DeSmog has shown that Eni’s company magazine Ecos made repeated references to climate change during the late 1980s and 1990s — while running advertising campaigns promoting natural gas, which is mostly comprised of planet-warming methane, as a “clean” fuel. That case is still pending. ‘Friend Methane!

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EDF + Business

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

See the White House’s statement and compiled quotes from elected officials, industry groups, businesses and other organizations. According to Climate Power’s Clean Energy Boom report, the law has driven $278 billion in clean energy investments, creating over 170,000 new jobs in 44 states.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 28, 2020

Our organization is inclusive and events are open to people of all genders. Veena has been interviewed in a number of corporate governance publications around governance for sustainability, including in the Cover Story of the 2017 Fall Edition of C Suite Magazine. Before that, Veena practiced law in India. 7:40 pm: Q&A.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Veena has been interviewed in a number of corporate governance publications around governance for sustainability, including in the Cover Story of the 2017 Fall Edition of C Suite Magazine. Before that, Veena practiced law in India. Veena received a Masters in Law degree from Washington University in St. from Brooklyn Law School.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

can also enter the bloodstream, with impacts on cardiovascular, respiratory, and other organ systems. Hand in hand with gas levels comes particulate matter, more commonly referred to as PM, the health risks of which are understood to be especially acute with PM2.5 Whilst both can penetrate deep into the lungs, PM2.5

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Andrew Winston

APRIL 16, 2019

This brings me to business, and a warning: no organization can avoid values shifts. Morals changed, and then laws. There are “DC visit” days organized by a few focused NGOs, and they’re always hoping for bi-partisan climate solutions. They don’t appreciate being handed a disaster movie for them to live with for 70 to 80 years.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 30, 2021

oil refineries released the potent carcinogen benzene in 2020 at levels high enough to require action under federal law, the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) reported this week. I grew up in a place called the Chemical Valley,” she said in a press call organized by EIP. “It More than a dozen U.S. Credit: Sharon Kelly.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

It won’t happen without it thriving,” Rhoman Hardy, senior vice president of Shell Chemicals and Products, told Business and Industry Connection Magazine regarding the company’s plans for Louisiana. “We’re in a moment of realizing that the chemical industry is key to the energy transition. Shell Norco.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

“There’s a lot of beautiful things that happen out of [Richmond],” says Khamphanthong, a community organizer with the Asian Pacific Environmental Network whose family emigrated from Laos in the 1980s. “But at the same time, when you look at the reality of it, it is sad.” California has done exactly that.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 24, 2022

His organization supports re-use by the oil and gas industry, he explained, but does consider it important to understand what’s in the water before using it for agriculture or in ways that could affect people or wildlife. “The And as a shale well gets older, the blend from the well tends to get more watered down.

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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. World Health Organization.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

So I started looking in old gas-industry magazines for potential leads. A few months later, the New York Times reported on the study, bringing national attention to the issue, and an op-ed in the Yale Law Journal described indoor air pollution, as a “menace” that required “comprehensive federal legislation.” This study ( Samet et al.,

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 21, 2020

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. However, like Ahoskie, Joyner’s community wasn’t quick to organize against the plant. “I Enviva had built its first North Carolina plant there two years before.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Textile industry is biggest dye consumer Mauveine, the first organic synthetic dye, was discovered in 1865, spurring the creation of the global dye industry. Exposure to dyes can trigger allergies, asthma and diseases including dermatitis and central nervous system disorders, as well as organ dysfunction and increased cancer risk.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 21, 2015

I was dissatisfied and frustrated with the limitations of working within a highly political and bureaucratic organization. I had six figures of student loans, my husband earned just above minimum wage as a magazine editor, and we needed to pay our San Francisco rent. But neither of these were the case where I was.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 14, 2021

The ACTI-VOC is a small pump used to obtain samples of vapour-phase organic compounds (VOCs) for further analysis by a process called thermal desorption (TD). The REST team use their ACTI-VOCs to capture samples of the VOCs emitted by decaying remains at various stages of decomposition.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 6, 2020

Brad Bauer: I started out working at a law firm in Boston then tagged along with my then-girlfriend, now wife, when she finished school and started practicing in San Francisco. I wasn’t enamored with practicing law — it certainly wasn’t something I wanted to do for the rest of my life. Energy markets in the U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Even if they don’t cause death, cigarette butts can reduce the ability of certain aquatic organisms to reproduce or feed. Despite the fact that throwing a cigarette on the ground is against the law, the survey suggested that 1 in 3 smokers (32%) don’t realise it’s illegal to litter cigarettes. More facts about cigarette butts.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

European law along these lines is expected to come into practice in 2025. A spokeperson for the firm said they were now able to guarantee the daily collection of volumes needed for a smooth logistics process – “and it takes us fewer hours and less km than before.“.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 12, 2021

A successful Senior Director will work in collaboration with colleagues and clients to provide tailored solutions that successfully engage employees and communicate change within organizations. Our culture is collaborative, and we value diversity, recognition, development and making a difference in our communities.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

An organization run by former Obama-era Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, with the backing of the AFL-CIO, a federation of 56 labor unions, has created a policy “blueprint” to build a nationwide pipeline network capable of carrying a gigaton of captured carbon dioxide (CO2). Here is how they might act in those areas.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

based Center for International Environmental Law has reported. Meanwhile, Shell would commission British scientist James Lovelock — later a renowned proponent of the “Gaia Theory” of earth as a self-regulating organism — to investigate the possible global consequences of pollution from fossil fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Yet Schläffler has continued to call Last Generation terrorists in one way or another; Schläffler also began describing the group as a “criminal organization,” and publicly calling for it to be investigated for organized crime. Just six months later, in May 2023, German police conducted nationwide raids on Last Generation activists.

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Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 30, 2020

Aidan Dresang is a climate justice advocate and digital organizer from Madison, Wisconsin. This passion quickly turned into community organizing and eventually led to his involvement with YCAT where he served as one of their executive directors. "I Karen Dong is an organizer from Watchung, New Jersey and currently resides in New York.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

When it comes to those shaping the corporate climate movement — either from within companies or as part of NGOs and policy organizations that recognize the critical role businesses must play in addressing the climate emergency — I’m grateful to say it’s becoming easier to find women with a seat at the decision-making table.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 8, 2023

an organization fully funded by the AAR), one slide cited the benefits of ECP braking, including “controlled brake application through the train” and “shorter stop distances,” among other benefits. We therefore are not the right organization to take on the task of performing the testing.”

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