Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

It attempts a snapshot of air pollution exposure in over 7000 cities worldwide, and its impact on health. and NO2 pollution, with fine particles seeming to be an affliction of the world’s poorer regions especially, while NO2 is a problem for city dwellers everywhere. Standout findings this year include a clearer picture of PM2.5

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 21, 2022

Green buildings use certified sustainable materials and reduce waste while preserving valuable natural resources. Reducing emissions, pollution, and environmental degradation. Reducing waste. Creating healthy indoor environments with low pollution. Increasing energy efficiency. Improving air quality and lighting.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Not only are they a significant source of air pollution, but they also contribute to climate change via their conversion into ozone. The potential of this “waste to value” concept has been realized by a company from The Netherlands. Perfect and ready to use for fertilizer production.”.

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Greenability Magazine

JUNE 28, 2021

According to the Mid-America Regional Council, local air quality is compromised whenever chemicals are ignited, and this in turn contributes to pollution. Plus, like most holidays the increased waste from plastic and disposables is added to landfills nationwide. Send leftovers home with guests and consider composting any food waste.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 8, 2022

“ The typical conference attendee produces more than four pounds of waste and nearly 400 pounds of CO 2 emissions a day. Tip #1: Implement an effective waste management system. pounds of waste per day, of which 85% is said to end up in landfills. – Meet Green , The Environmental Impact of the Events Industry.

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

By investing in this fund, customers can help address some of the global challenges we face in areas such as climate change, sustainable agriculture, pollution and renewable energy.". Scottish Widows said the relaunch of the fund was the latest step it had taken to achieve net zero by mid-century across its entire portfolio.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2022

Being more energy-efficient, reducing waste – through recycling, reuse, and reducing regimes -, and curbing scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from the daily commute, all help your company save money. Ask employees to bring reusable mugs and water bottles to reduce waste and be sure to have filtered water options available.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

Scientists have warned this afternoon that targeted action to slash methane emissions across the oil and gas, agriculture and waste sectors is one of the easiest and most cost-effective strategies ways to curb global temperature rise.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Support for efforts to slash methane emissions over the next decade is growing, with around 150 governments now signed up to a global UN-backed pledge to tackle the potent climate pollutant, it was announced at COP27 in Egypt this afternoon. Implementation of the Pledge is now really moving forward," said Kerry at the event.

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Sustainability Consulting

MARCH 31, 2021

Steiner argues that humanity has achieved many radical things like closing a giant hole in the ozone layer, ending nuclear proliferation and smallpox, but we have also taken the Earth to the brink. It’s not rational that one third of all food produced globally goes to waste while one in ten people goes hungry.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

India Gate, New Delhi: Residents of the city face pollution levels with a health impact estimated to be equivalent to smoking more than two packs of cigarettes a day (image credit: Amit kg / Shutterstock.com). Centuries on, sources of airborne pollution are only becoming more numerous and wide ranging.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Pollution Health 213

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 3, 2020

Unfortunately, contemporary ice-making and maintenance technologies consume large amounts of energy and produce refrigerant gases that cause pollution , making them environmentally harmful. CFCs and HCFCs are synthetic gases attributed to ozone layer destruction. Traditional ice rinks have noise, energy waste and pollution costs.

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Global warming Carbon-negative Microplastics Pollution 36

Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

Less waste than / Less toxic than. That means spelling out, for instance, that the bottle produces 20 percent less waste than the previous version of the product. Ozone-safe or ozone-friendly. Expect 'ozone-friendly' to be under scrutiny as the next Green Guides are developed, as the FTC recently flagged the term.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

There’s an irony here: In order to gain this more-than-sky-high perspective, astronauts and space tourists have had to take an incredibly polluting journey. Space travel has been criticized, then and now, as a waste of money and resources and a distraction from more pressing problems. Others argue that it was a coincidence.

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Earth Day Home Energy Monitoring Ozone Energy Monitor 94

The Environmental Blog

MARCH 16, 2021

Comparing before and after photos, most people thought that reduced air pollution may have only been COVID-19 pandemic ’s redeeming quality. Exponential Rise in Plastic Demand and Waste. Plastic pollution brings a host of environmental problems, with many ending up in landfills for, possibly, eternity.

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GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2021

The facts have emerged through decades of publications that document the disproportionate risk of Black, Latino, Asian and Native American populations from pollution sources (proximity to manufacturing, storage, processing and waste management facilities, highways, landfills, contaminated water bodies and other dispersed sources).

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 20, 2021

A holistic and well organized sustainability plan will include several key components: Part 1: Sustainability Drivers – This section summarizes the aspects of your business that use scarce natural resources, contribute to climate change, cause environmental harm or produce useless waste. How much do we waste? Is it hazardous?

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Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 128

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

As the phrase ‘forever chemicals’ enters the Oxford English Dictionary for the first time in 2024, and these fluorinated substances expand the list of micropollutants, it might be time for a change in the way these persistent environmental pollutants are tackled. Some use technologies like ozone oxidation, and membrane filtration.

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Agriculture Pollution Stormwater Ozone 147

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Jax and Bones makes sustainable pet beds with filling made of recycled bottles and foam that won’t harm the ozone layer. The Welcome Home Pet Bundle includes a Puppy Love blanket, rope leash, Skipper rope toy, I Love My Llama plush toy and Farmhouse Check Waste bag holder all packed into a rope toy basket.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

On Wednesday, the World Health Organization, or WHO, published an update to its air quality guidelines — the international rubric that sets non-binding standards for safe levels of air pollution for the world’s countries. It sets higher standards for almost every pollutant the organization monitors. Clayton Aldern / Grist.

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Unsustainable

APRIL 30, 2019

The nine planetary Boundaries are: Stratospheric ozone: filters ultraviolet rays (UVR) coming from the sun, which would otherwise place the system is at risk. Biosphere (biodiversity) integrity: infinite human activities affecting eco-systems risk disintegration of natural biodiversity.

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Biodiversity Carbon-negative Resilience Real Estate 53

AGreenLiving

MAY 24, 2021

The facts have emerged through decades of publications that document the disproportionate risk of Black, Latino, Asian and Native American populations from pollution sources (proximity to manufacturing, storage, processing and waste management facilities, highways, landfills, contaminated water bodies and other dispersed sources).

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Pollution Health Politics Policy 28

AGreenLiving

JULY 3, 2020

Besides its ability to reduce environmental pollution, the new AI-based bioreactor also improves health. Terrestrial radiation, which is supposed to be absorbed by the ozone layer, is also retained in the atmosphere. The power used in running the system is minimal, and the waste produced can be utilized for other purposes.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 24, 2021

The facts have emerged through decades of publications that document the disproportionate risk of Black, Latino, Asian and Native American populations from pollution sources (proximity to manufacturing, storage, processing and waste management facilities, highways, landfills, contaminated water bodies and other dispersed sources).

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Health Politics Pollution Policy 28

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Public Health Watch also analyzed more recent TCEQ pollution data and found that Channelview’s benzene problem has only worsened over the years. A Public Health Watch analysis of TCEQ pollution data shows that between 2019 and 2021, annual readings soared as high as 2.1 ppb, exceeding even today’s weakened TCEQ guidelines by 50%.

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Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 93

Grist

JANUARY 23, 2020

Fertilizer is a major pollutant. rules intended to protect people from water pollution have prompted sharp reductions in the nutrients discharged by sewage treatment plants since the 1970s, but loopholes in the Clean Water Act shield agricultural operations from similar federal enforcement. Article continues below. More in this series.

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Agriculture Pollution Soil Health 124

Unsustainable

MAY 1, 2019

The IPCC was an outgrowth of a 1987 Canadian conference which produced the Montreal Protocol , an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion. Which countries and sectors are the largest polluters? In June of 1988 James E.

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Green Market Oracle

JULY 8, 2020

During this time we made significant progress on a number of environmental fronts including asbestos, acid rain, DDT, open-air nuclear tests, endangered species, toxic waste, waste recycling, leaded gasoline, ozone, pollution, mercury emissions and SLCPs.

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Fossil fuels Ozone Logging Global warming 98

Sustainability Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Water Pollution In April, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Chief Andrew Wheeler said safe drinking water, plastic pollution and other litter in the oceans, drought in western states and water infrastructure are "the largest and most immediate environmental and public health issues affecting the world right now."

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Climate change Fossil fuels Methane Pollution 52

GreenTechMedia

APRIL 14, 2020

” Public Investment implies that what you build actually matters, that wasting money is, well, wasting money and, as in all investments activity, there's a dramatic difference between a smart, productive choice and a foolish, unproductive one. But a better description of that activity is “public investment.”

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