The Environmental Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

Soon Punjab started facing a new gamut of problems like deteriorating soil health, pest-infested crops and over exploitation of ground water resulting in disastrous consequences. According to some estimates this volume is equivalent to three times the volume of water present in Lake Mead, the largest reservoir of USA which is 640 sq.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 22, 2023

France is the second largest market in the EU for pesticides, which have been found to harm biodiversity , soil health and human health. A 2022 study found the weedkiller – which earned Bayer $840 million in global sales in 2018 – is present in the urine of 99 percent of the French population.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Jim Giles explores the deep divisions that are shaping the emerging field of soil-based offsets. This week, I'll try to untangle one of the more complex, confusing and contentious aspects of our food systems: the emerging market for soil carbon offsets. A second Young Turk heresy concerns the use of soil sampling.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The government is set to unveil further details of its Agriculture and Environment Bills this week, which Eustice said would help encourage land managers to take actions to better support flood management, such as planting hedgerows to help hold water in soil and create natural dams.

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Grist

OCTOBER 9, 2019

As they walled off rivers and created dry islands from what was previously soggy marsh, they discovered incredibly rich soil. No one foresaw that this very bounty — soil rich with organic material — would, over time, become a curse of sorts. That organic material contains copious amounts of carbon. And the land began to sink.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 25, 2022

Activists and scientists have found alarming levels of radioactivity in samples collected along the road and soils outside Austin Master Services, an oilfield waste processing facility with a history of sloppy practices in eastern Ohio. Soil nationwide generally has a radium background level of about 1 picocurie per gram, and the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Standing water under new construction can signal subsidence, which can lead to structural issues, and the water also presents a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Naquin shared with me that he had no desire to be present for the first move-ins, when I met him at the site on August 24. The land wasn’t prepared right.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

BASF’s wine tasting is just one example of many such pandemic-style lobbying efforts by the European agriculture industry since the EU has attempted to pass sweeping new policies to combat climate change through measures included in its “Green Deal,” first presented in December 2019.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2020

There is significant uncertainty among many contractors and clients over the legal obligations and practical measures required around projects that entail the disturbance of asbestos in soil, according to SOCOTEC, a UK provider of testing and compliance solutions. What are the risks from asbestos in the ground?

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

Earlier this year, Danone became the first listed company to become an "enterprise à mission," a new type of corporation created by a 2019 French law. Cecilia Keating. Mon, 07/20/2020 - 00:30. It is looking at the elephant in the room, and going after it piece by piece. You showed evidence that finance can change the world.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

He says: “Dyes create several problems when they reach water systems, from stopping light reaching the microorganisms that are the bedrock of our food chains, preventing their reproduction and growth, to more direct consequences like the toxic effects on plants, soils, animals and humans.

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Grist

MARCH 22, 2024

What is known presents many reasons for concern. Josep Lago / AFP via Getty Images At the end of the plastic life cycle, incinerators and landfills can release PFAS, dioxins, PCBs, and other endocrine disruptors as air or soil pollution — some of which may contaminate nearby food supplies. The biggest is the U.S.

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Grist

MARCH 30, 2022

In February, on the eve of the release of a major new report on the effects of climate change by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, several of its authors met with reporters virtually to present their findings. Arctic permafrost — frozen, carbon-rich soil — is thawing and beginning to release the carbon stored within.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 31, 2022

Radiological analysis of sludge samples taken from these boots revealed radium levels roughly 15 times EPA levels for soil at Superfund sites. DeSmog presented the Health Physics Society with information and documents concerning the situation at Austin Master, but the group has not replied to questions. Credit: Marco Kaltofen.

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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 19, 2019

But agriculture can also be a carbon sink, where carbon is stored (sequestered) in both crops and soil. That’s why we believe new mobility options present huge opportunities for climate and for better lifestyles. Make the state carbon neutral by 2045 , per House Bill 2182 , signed into law in June, 2018. California goal.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 21, 2021

The land loss caused may be due to the increased nutrient availability for organic soils, greater flooding and physical scouring. We support Gulf of Mexico restoration, but in light of the information presented in the DEIS, we cannot support the proposed sediment diversion,” it states. .

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Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

With a focus on outsized impact and returns, we recognize the incredible opportunity climate tech presents: to invest in solutions that will help avoid (or at least temper) our looming crisis. Developed a remote Carbon Index to quantify soil organic carbon as a tool to help verify soil-based carbon offsets.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

An environmental consultant provides advice to companies and other organizations on a wide range of environmental issues such as green manufacturing, hazardous-waste remediation (disposal and cleanup), soil contamination, environmental disasters, sustainability initiatives, compliance, renewable energy and water, air, and soil quality.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

An environmental consultant provides advice to companies and other organizations on a wide range of environmental issues such as green manufacturing, hazardous-waste remediation (disposal and cleanup), soil contamination, environmental disasters, sustainability initiatives, compliance, renewable energy and water, air, and soil quality.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

In the event of a major earthquake, the soils are at risk of “liquefaction” — the ground would essentially turn to mush, and the hundreds of tanks could rupture, spill, or explode. The letter argues that the city may have violated the law. Downtown Portland with oil and liquid fuel tanks in foreground.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

It is especially pertinent to take the opportunity presented by the Covid-19 crisis to reflect on and align the underpinnings of our economic and financial system with a sustainable future. WWF chief executive Tanya Steele said: "The findings of the Review are clear: nature underpins our economies and our prosperity.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

Earlier this year, Danone became the first listed company to become an ‘entreprise à mission', a new type of corporation created by a 2019 French law. The pioneering governance structure will see the food giant officially entrench environmental, social, and societal objectives into its bylaws, alongside more typical profit goals.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

That hasn’t stopped the industry presenting itself as a solution to world hunger, however. . Regenerative agriculture seeks to restore natural habitats and reverse climate change by restoring soil health and improving its ability to store carbon. Jan Dutkiewicz, Policy Fellow, Harvard Law School.

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Grist

JUNE 29, 2022

After a dispiriting stint in corporate law, she turned to full-time environmentalism, joining Dogwood Alliance in 1997 and becoming its executive director at the age of 30. “I It’s well known among ecologists that intact forests, with their extensive root systems and firm soil, absorb more water during storm events than logged forests.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 20, 2020

Danone’s Eric Soubeiran: ‘The food system is broken’ Cecilia Keating Mon, 07/20/2020 – 00:30 Earlier this year, Danone became the first listed company to become an “enterprise à mission,” a new type of corporation created by a 2019 French law. “You showed evidence that finance can change the world.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Creating better businesses with B Corp Certification and beyond B Corp Certification presents a set of guiding principles that support organizations to minimize their impact on the environment and society. Are, and how, are human rights and environmental laws enforced in your country? Assess your company’s supply chain risks.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2021

If the industry was not exempt from hazardous waste law,” said Troutman, “the characterization of their waste would be far better, the tracking would be far better, and it would be harder for companies to manipulate the system like this.”. Credit: Justin Hamel ©2021. Attempts to locate the authors of the anonymous letter were not successful.

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Grist

JANUARY 23, 2020

After Toledo’s water crisis, Ohio went further, passing a law that prohibits farms in the western Lake Erie region from applying fertilizer on frozen or rain-saturated soil. But here, too, most fertilizer runoff efforts are voluntary — and exceptions undercut the state’s 2015 ban. The state sets no phosphorus cap for most farms.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

based Center for International Environmental Law has reported. Society had acknowledged that it had “over-estimated” the carrying capacity of soil, water, and air so “current wisdom” would lead us to “unequivocally condemn such past practice.” Such reassurances were echoed by A.A.T. Such reassurances were echoed by A.A.T.

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Mearth

JANUARY 30, 2021

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

If not properly plugged and abandoned, these wells and facilities can contaminate waterways and soil, serve as a source of climate and air pollutants, and can present physical hazards to people and wildlife,” CalGEM writes in a 2023 legislative report. An idle well in Santa Barbara County, California.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Blake Scott, Waste Analytics In Ohio, state laws also enable fracking waste treatment facilities to be developed and built without any public participation. “No other developed country has such poor regulations and oversight for these upstream wastes as the United States” – J. and Geneva, Switzerland. “Is

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Grist

JANUARY 10, 2024

I guess what we are kind of trying to present there is just the information,” he told the board. “It’s We can present the data, but what you do with the data is ultimately a political decision,” he says. Killing predators, he said during the meeting, “seems like one of the only things that’s within our direct control.”

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Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 30, 2020

Jerome was selected to be the first and only person under 18 to work as an intern for Citizens Climate Lobby and he gave a compelling presentation to DC City Council members in support of the Clean Energy DC Act of 2018 which passed with the most aggressive emission restrictions in the country. So here I am." We can see and feel it.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

With PFAS present, Marinette residents are cautioned against recreation and fishing in local waterways, but their drinking water is safer than their neighbors as Marinette draws its municipal water from Lake Michigan. It’s happening all over the country because PFAS chemicals have been in use for years without adequate regulation.”

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Mearth

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Cecilia Morrell, a cam model in Toronto, mentioned that such a sudden enhance in new fashions makes it troublesome for pre-present ones to stand out. The performers work for tips, to accommodate laws that regulate intercourse work. It helps build a private connection so when you really wish to present your appreciation, tip them.

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

Barring any late Congressional dramas, President Joe Biden could sign the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law before the week is out, triggering a multi-billion dollar green investment bonanza that promises to drastically accelerate US emissions reduction efforts.

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