The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

One of the main threats to lagoons is pollution. The industrial and community wastewater discharge, irresponsible use of agricultural chemicals, land-based pollutants carried by storm water runoff, and the growth of tourism activities all contribute to the pollution of lagoons. Avoid Using Motorboats.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

One challenge which EMR faces is how it handles a series of non-biodegradable chemicals found in some plastics which are categorised as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Scientists have only realised more recently that they create persistent pollution problems. The impact on EMR’s operations is – in some ways – profound.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 13, 2022

City, Vietnam as one of 15 river locations around the world to tackle plastic pollution. The global partnership between the two organizations will implement advanced technology to intercept and clean up waste in some of the world’s major rivers. Coca-Cola and The Ocean Cleanup selected the C?n River in C?n

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

“These protein-based air filtering materials should be very promising to capture multiple species of air pollutants.” They are most often made of petroleum products and glass, which leads to secondary pollution when old filters are thrown away, Zhong said.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

Geoscience technology firm CGG has conducted a microplastics pollution survey as part of a scoping study into whether it would be possible to create a “Plastic Free zone” on Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon). This highlights pollution ‘hotpots’ with high microplastic concentrations. Image credit: Phil Ross , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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TechCrunch: Climate

JANUARY 31, 2024

The vastness of the ocean allows polluters to evade detection in all but the most egregious violations. The nonprofit organization […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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U.S. Green Technology

APRIL 5, 2021

Noise pollution, also known as environmental noise or sound pollution, is defined as regular exposure to elevated sound levels that may have adverse effects in humans and other living organisms. The post How to Combat Noise Pollution appeared first on U.S. Green Technology.

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Grist

APRIL 24, 2024

The more plastic a company makes, the more pollution it creates. That finding “shook me up a lot, I was really distraught,” said Win Cowger, a researcher at the Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research and the study’s lead author. More than 1 in 10 of the pieces came from Coca-Cola, the top polluter by a significant margin.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 27, 2022

The scientists say that enriching waters with particular species of bacteria could be a natural way to remove plastic pollution from the environment. The effect is pronounced: the rate of bacterial growth more than doubled when plastic pollution raised the overall carbon level in lake water by just 4%.

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Econaur

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Delhi’s persistent struggle with air pollution has been making headlines, with the air quality index (AQI) hitting alarming levels. While various factors contribute to this crisis, buildings emerge as a significant contributor, accounting for nearly 70% of the pollution, according to the World Health Organization.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 16, 2021

This, in turn, is believed to have had an effect on pollution levels in the atmosphere. At the same time, says the group, this collection of data allows scientifically substantiated predictions to be made about the pollution levels of future mobility scenarios. The meta-analysis was coordinated by Prof.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 21, 2023

Our filter, unlike plastic filters, does not contribute to further pollution as it uses renewable and biodegradable materials: tannic acids from plants, bark, wood and leaves, and wood sawdust—a forestry byproduct that is both widely available and renewable.” They found that their method (dubbed “bioCap”) trapped from 95.2 per cent to 99.9

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

particulate pollution in the air from 20 ?g/m The target proposals to improve water quality and availability address pollution from abandoned mines, nutrient pollution and water demand. This change in approach will help us in the pursuit of the targets we are setting under the Environment Act.’”. Air quality. g/m 3 to 10 ?g/m

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2022

A new report attempts to provide a diagnostic of the scale of the ocean pollution challenge facing humanity. The Invisible Wave: Getting to zero chemical pollution in the ocean has been prodeuced by Back to Blue, an initiative of Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

Explosive new QC legal opinion suggests estate agents, property websites, surveyors and conveyancers are now legally obliged to inform prospective buyers and renters of air pollution levels. Firm offering free air pollution rating system for every UK address, using 1.5 billion data points generated by Imperial College London.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 10, 2020

The world is experiencing a sudden, dramatic drop in all kinds of air pollution. CPower is helping organizations chart a path to energy’s future. The skies are dramatically different. People can hear birds they didn’t even know were there, and see landscapes that have been shrouded for decades.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2020

The Pollution Pavillion was designed in collaboration with artists Climate and Cities and King’s College London. Four out of five Britons are worried that UK air pollution limits don’t match WHO guidelines. pollution particles. • Nearly every area of the capital breaches WHO guidelines for PM2.5 limits by 2030.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Oil spills may be dramatic and devastating, but they’re not the biggest contributor to ocean oil pollution — not by a long shot. According to the report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, “ Oil in the Sea ,” these sources are by far the largest and fastest-growing contributor to ocean oil pollution.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

A new study from the University of Eastern Finland seems to show that, upon attack by bark-feeding weevils, conifers release substantial quantities of volatile organic compounds that provide important cues to neighbouring seedlings. Conifers are dominant tree species in boreal forests, but they are susceptible to attack by bark beetles.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 28, 2019

According to Gemidan, plastic, glass and metal still pollutes the soil – despite PAS 110. It is heartening to see the media give so much airtime to the huge problem of plastics polluting the sea, which has rightly brought about huge concern from the public”, said Tony Pickess from Gemidan.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 7, 2022

Each travel, duffle, shopping and computer bag that hits the stores adds to the ongoing use of synthetic fibers, environmental pollution and waste. The reality is that it doesn’t have to be that way. Terra Thread has taken that idea to heart with a line of bags that are sustainably and ethically produced.

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Green Living Guy

APRIL 25, 2022

22 Apr 2022 – To mark Earth Day (22 April), some 20 major sporting organizations won the IOC Carbon Action Awards. The 20 organizations, which include 12 International Federations (IFs), seven National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), won the […].

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Water fleas, or Daphnia , could provide an important ‘early warning system’ for chemical pollution in our lakes and rivers and, where prevention to pollute has failed, could work as a bioremediation agent to help reduce hazards. The approach uses Daphnia to understand what chemicals can be toxic to other species and how.

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The City Fix

MARCH 24, 2023

While cities are hubs of innovation and opportunity, the increasing pace of urbanization also exacerbates inequality, stresses infrastructure, and fuels climate change, air pollution and other environmental problems.

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In the process, a lot of particulate and gaseous pollutants are released into the atmosphere: ultrafine soot particles, carbon monoxide, highly volatile organic substances such as formaldehyde, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and many more.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Five people dying prematurely every week – 260 for the year as a result of two most harmful forms of air pollution, PM2.5 The economic health impact costs of air pollution in Bristol estimated to be up to £170 million a year. pollution than Liverpool City and Greater Manchester, but a lower death rate and a smaller population.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The new Environment Bill needs improvement in a number of ways to meet this, including world leading WHO air pollution standards on the face of the bill, a legally binding timetable with an earlier date for reporting, and an acknowledgement of the need for resources to implement the changes at local level.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A new study appears to reveal avenues for better pollution mitigation by enhancing the effectiveness of vanadium-based catalysts through nitrogen-doped biomass carbon for the degradation of furan at lower temperatures. Furans can be produced as a by-product of waste incineration.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 7, 2021

Aqua Pro is a reseller of BioOne, an organic, bacterial-based drain cleaner formulated to naturally clear pipes, leach fields , grease traps, pump stations and more. BioOne shows the potential for designing products based on bioremediation , that is, using naturally occurring microorganisms to break down pollutants.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Manufacturing is bad for the planet in general, and the textile industry is one of the leading producers of manufacturing pollution and waste. With this in mind, the Good Clothing Company decided to implement old-school clothing production that is better for the Earth and a pleasure for the consumer.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2020

Air pollution is not a new problem in the UK – the London smog of 1952 killed 12,000 people. Since then, the effects of climate change, major industry and lifestyle changes have altered the air that we breathe, for example, coal-burning has dramatically declined, while increased road transport has led to new air pollutants.

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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. 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.” Early adopter.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Record hot temperatures in the UK over the summer caused significant changes to the levels of harmful pollutants such as ozone and particulate matter, prompting a number of novel observations by the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS). A field of ripened wheat in Drinkstone, Suffolk, during the July 2022 heatwave.

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NRDC onEarth

JULY 26, 2023

The Michigan Public Service Commission approved a settlement today led by advocacy organizations on behalf of utility customers that will require DTE Energy to emit less pollution and invest more in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and assistance to low-income ratepayers.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2021

In its application, submitted in partnership with the Kenya Climate Change Working Group (KCCWG), WBA highlighted the importance of tackling short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), in particular methane and black carbon, to achieve the Paris Agreement targets “to limit global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.5°C,

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Green Living Guy

APRIL 13, 2021

Unfortunately, modern agriculture practices contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, as well as water pollution, reduced biodiversity and other environmental issues. But through organic farming, we may be able to find a better way to supply … Read More How Organic Foods Can Help the Earth.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MARCH 23, 2021

Join WCS and Votes for the Planet to discuss the impact of plastic pollution and create your own Plastic Pollution Plan! Plastic pollution wreaks havoc on our oceans, soil, air, and has become a leading cause of climate change. But have you wondered how best to fight plastic pollution? July 15, 2021. Virtual Event.

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