Envirotec Magazine

JULY 2, 2021

According to the authors, plastic pollution is a global threat, and actions to drastically reduce emissions of plastic to the environment are “the rational policy response” Plastic is found everywhere on the planet: from deserts and mountaintops to deep oceans and Arctic snow.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 18, 2021

Companies are jumping aboard the federal packaging and recycling policy train. With an aggressive national recycling target (50 percent by 2030); a renewed White House focus on climate change; and clamor for consistent state rules around cutting trash, the federal sustainability policy train is leaving the station. Arlene Karidis.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

These issues will be addressed by subsequent speakers from philanthropic organisations which are engaged in air quality matters by funding research, undertaking monitoring and other initiatives, whilst also lobbying policy makers, seeking to improve environmental legislation and hold the government to account.

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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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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Ahead of crunch talks to broker a landmark Global Plastics Treaty, the OECD sets out plan for near-eliminating new plastic pollution worldwide by 2040

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Investors call on major US polluters to clean up lobbying activities. The private sector cannot address the full range of impacts from climate change without strong public policy designed to help stabilize the climate. Cecilia Keating. Thu, 10/29/2020 - 00:10. Carbon intensive companies in the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2024

Half of the board members at the world’s six largest advertising and public relations companies have ties to polluting industries, DeSmog can reveal. DeSmog’s analysis reveals that half of these directors have connections to polluting industries. None of the directors, other holding groups, or other companies responded.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 10, 2021

Exposure to air pollution, even over the course of just a few weeks, can impede mental performance, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Aging. Air pollution levels were obtained from a site in Boston. Air pollution has also been associated with poor cognition of children and adults. Elevated average PM2.5

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Of more than 8 million deaths worldwide from outdoor air pollution, 61% linked to fossil fuels, finds study Air pollution from fossil fuel use is killing 5 million people worldwide every year, a death toll much higher than previously estimated, according to the largest study of its kind.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The post “Price the damage:” Garnaut and Sims reboot calls for carbon “fee” for big polluters appeared first on RenewEconomy. Ross Garnaut and former competition tsar Rod Sims say basic economics means you must price the damage that fossil fuels impose on everyone.

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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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Charged

MARCH 30, 2023

Now a team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have begun to document the actual respiratory impact of EV adoption in a study that uses real-world data to link electric cars, air pollution and health. To study the effects of EV adoption, the research team compared four different data sets.

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The Verge: Energy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A formal proposal still needs to be issued, but it has already faced pushback on how much of those pollution cuts should come from risky tactics aimed at capturing rather than preventing pollution. It also carves out room for controversial technologies for capturing carbon dioxide pollution.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 25, 2024

The only way to mitigate those risks is to cut emissions at speed and scale and strengthen the grid – and that requires public policy. Decarbonizing has begun, but public policy is crucial to ensuring the necessary reductions to stabilize the climate. This is especially true when it comes to climate-related policy.

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NRDC onEarth

AUGUST 24, 2023

With a new Building Performance Standard policy, Colorado is leading the nation with clean, healthy buildings.

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Energy Central

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

21) held oral arguments on the legality of the Environmental Protection Agency’s “good neighbor” policy to limit upwind states from polluting downwind states, two legal constructs dominated the discussion: “severability” and the court’s “emergency docket.” As the U.S.

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NRDC onEarth

MAY 2, 2023

While the 9th Circuit Court ruling threatens local government action to cut pollution from gas appliances, California policy makers have several opportunities this legislative session to reinforce that local leaders are far from alone in the important work to get fossil fuels out of our homes.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 31, 2023

Voters back schemes that charge road users for driving highly polluting vehicles, according to a new poll from Omnisis for DeSmog. People who intend to vote Conservative at the next election support charges on more polluting vehicles by a margin of 47 percent to 36 percent. Under the scheme, a daily charge of £12.50

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

In 2010, the European Respiratory Society appealed to physicians to “recognise that air pollution is the largest environmental challenge for European citizens, one that currently limits the fundamental right of all individuals to breathe clean air. i] In the UK around 40,000 deaths are attributable to outdoor air pollution.[ii].

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 16, 2021

The algorithm picked out these city-block-sized satellite images as local hotspots (top) and cool spots (bottom) for air pollution in Beijing (image credit: Tongshu Zheng, Duke University). Being able to find local hotspots of air pollution using satellite images is hugely advantageous.” measurements on a small scale. .”

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2021

The new principles would inform all future government policies and would effectively replace similar principles that underpinned EU legislation. The new consultation on the draft policy statement on the five environmental principles will seek feedback on how they should be interpreted and proportionately applied.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 9, 2022

This week, Energy Innovation launched the Oregon Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) , our newest state-specific, open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan model that estimates the environmental, economic, and public health impacts of hundreds of climate and energy policies. By Shelley Wenzel. Business As Usual Scenario.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

MSG had generously proposed to distribute blackout blinds to local serfs, but in the end their application was rejected on the grounds of the inescapable light pollution that would pour over people and wildlife. An advert produced by Badvertising.

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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

JUNE 23, 2022

In this way, policy makers could propose targeted measures to reduce the most dangerous aerosols, he said. While the composition of fine dust varies across the sites, the researchers say they have consistently identified the main source of aerosol pollution: residential heating with solid combustibles such as wood or coal.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Data from the network of sensors, coupled with ‘inverse modelling’, can help to identify sources of GHG emissions, providing city leaders with information to help them decide on climate change policies and observe their impact almost immediately. This is what it would look like for CO2 if we electrified the vehicle fleet.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 2, 2023

It has been building for several years alongside revelations that AGA has used paid influencer campaigns to defend gas stoves and waged state-by-state, city-by-city lobbying offensives against initiatives to replace gas furnaces, water heaters, and stoves with electric-powered devices aimed at reducing pollution linked to climate change.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

The two cars have been driving London’s streets, measuring air pollution, since 2018. Advocacy group Environmental Defense Fund Europe (EDFE) together with Mayor Sadiq Khan have released the second wave of data from Breathe London , an ambitious collaborative project to measure and map air pollution across the capital.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Evidence shows these policies are working; as of August 2021, 95% of heavy-duty vehicles operating in London are compliant with more stringent LEZ standards introduced in March 2021. These types of policies are especially important for addressing vehicles known to have real-world emissions well in exceedance of regulatory limits.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2019

New data from King’s College London show 124 additional out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and 424 hospital admissions for stroke and asthma on higher pollution days. one of the most dangerous forms of pollution. Head of NHS in England warns “this is a health emergency”.

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Residents of Jakarta, Indonesia woke up on August 31, 2023, to a thick blanket of haze and news that their city was again ranked the most polluted in the world — one of many times during the last several months when air quality became.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 30, 2020

This defensive strategy involves vigorous public records requests, and in some cases legal action or intervention, to try proving a supposed conspiracy by those working to hold polluters accountable. Tags: ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) chris horner Energy Policy Advocates climate liability

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NRDC onEarth

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This past year saw continued climate action, with important policies that will reduce carbon emissions and air pollution while improving quality of life.

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Energy Innovation

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The EPS allows users to model numerous policies that affect energy use and emissions including a renewable portfolio standard, fuel economy standards for vehicles, industry methane standards, incentives for clean energy technologies like we see in the Inflation Reduction Act, and accelerated R&D advancement of various technologies.

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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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Charged

MARCH 18, 2021

The US House of Representatives is currently considering the CLEAN Future Act , “a comprehensive and ambitious plan to ensure the United States acts aggressively to tackle the climate crisis in the 2020s and achieves net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution by no later than 2050.”.

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Energy Innovation

AUGUST 14, 2023

This piece was authored by Muhammad Abdullah, an 2023 summer Transportation Policy intern with Energy Innovation and Energy Innovation’s Chris Busch, Director Transportation and Senior Economist. Ella Kissi-Debrah was born, raised, and died a tragically early death in south London, a hot spot for motor vehicle pollution.

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