Financing the end of plastic pollution
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Sponsored: The Global Plastics Treaty must include a financing plan that supports the countries most impacted by plastic pollution and least equipped to deal with it.
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GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Sponsored: The Global Plastics Treaty must include a financing plan that supports the countries most impacted by plastic pollution and least equipped to deal with it.
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 3, 2023
But experts say these tire emissions are a significant source of air and water pollution and may be affecting humans as well as wildlife. Researchers are only beginning to uncover the toxic cocktail of chemicals, microplastics and heavy metals hidden in car and truck tires.
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Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 29, 2024
Surrey researcher Yendle Barwise assembling one of the pollution monitors. If you’re trying to take pollution out of the air, choose evergreen trees with smaller leaves. They studied which caught the most particles of pollution and which best allowed the rain to wash those particles safely to the ground.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Environmental and engineering consultancy Ricardo is applying its expertise in air quality measurement to enable local authorities across Greater Manchester to monitor the contribution to air pollution from wood burning stoves, raise public awareness of its risks, and reduce its impact on people’s health.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 24, 2023
Santiago, Chile: The country hosted eight of the most polluted cities in the Americas in 2022. Key findings The top five most polluted countries in 2022 were: Chad (89.7 The region of Central and South Asia was home to eight of the world’s ten cities with the worst air pollution. annual guideline Iraq (80.1 annual guideline.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
Climate-friendly investments can create more jobs per dollar than polluting alternatives.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 6, 2023
The last decade has seen some progress with studying plastic pollution, but there are still significant challenges, such as a lack of comparability of reported results, especially when it comes to microplastic particles. Few studies of pollution by MPs have been published in Brazil, especially regarding inland aquatic areas.
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 12, 2024
Launched in November 2022, and funded by a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the project examined the link between air pollution, behaviour and the cost of air pollution-related healthcare in the Sandwell area. Kate Barnard said: “With every breath we take, both our health and the economy suffer from the burdens of air pollution.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 12, 2024
In England, 7,800 schools are in locations where air pollution breaches WHO limits. ” Scientists monitored pollution in two classrooms at an infant school in Guildford, UK. Coarse particle pollution fell by 18% in the classroom nearest the road and 36% in the other classroom.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Chris Packham is urging the public to spend 20 minutes counting stars to help build a crucial national database mapping light pollution. Artificial light pollution is one of the biggest threats to nocturnal creatures, many of which have suffered sharp population declines. Light pollution disrupts wildlife.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
By Gauthier Eppe Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that pose a significant threat to human health and the environment. References [1] Lallas, Peter L., “The Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants.” link] [5] Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and pesticides. 4] Phillis, M., “EPA
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. Install A Rain Barrel.
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 5, 2021
By accounting for, disclosing and then mitigating transport pollution, companies can be better local neighbors and better global citizens.
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Now, we can add air pollution to the list of threats. Our research from 2022 revealed that when exposed to two common air pollutants at concentrations within EU air quality limits , the visits of pollinating insects to flowers plummeted by as much as 90%. We were surprised by what we found. CLICK TO ENLARGE.
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 16, 2023
One strategy for removing pollutants from water is by using porous materials that behave like sponges. The results showed that SU-102 removed many of the pharmaceutical pollutants that were not fully removed by the wastewater treatment facility.
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 16, 2022
Thursday, 16 June marks the release of findings from a UK pilot scoping study looking at development of an air pollution reporting system for businesses. Air pollution emissions and its impacts are not required in standard corporate reporting of GHG emissions.
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 27, 2023
Experts believe that this increase will have significant air pollution implications for China and other developing countries such as India. The study seems to show that, if recent increasing ozone pollution trends continue, nighttime oxidation in China will increase further even if NOx emissions are reduced. Increased O3 and PM2.5
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 16, 2023
A new online tool highlights where opportunities exist to install nature-based solutions, such as wetlands, to tackle road runoff pollution before it ends up in London’s rivers. The seriousness of UK river pollution has come to widespread notice, especially in the last couple of years. It has gone live today (16 October 2023).
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Tiny waterfleas could play a pivotal role in removing persistent chemical pollutants from wastewater – making it safe to use in factories, farms and homes, a new study appears to show. Leveraging this trait, researchers sourced strains with diverse tolerances to chemical pollutants, incorporating them into the technology.”
NRDC onEarth
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Today's agency action will deliver lifesaving protections from dangerous air pollution.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
By Dr Calum Preece Improving the monitoring and mitigation of major pollution trends is one of the most important areas of environmental research. Nitrogen pollution is one of the best examples of a major environmental issue for which reliable, accessible monitoring is required in order to solve the problem.
Renew Economy
JANUARY 28, 2024
The European Environmental Agency and Human Rights Watch have released new research showing the devastating cost of industrial pollution on human health and the environment. The post Industrial polluters cost Europe €4.3 trillion in health and environmental damage, coal the main culprit appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 16, 2023
Environment Agency Executive Director John Leyland said: “These new enforcement powers will be an extra tool in our armoury to hold polluters to account.”
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.
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
A visible layer of air pollution stretches out across the sea. Desert dust was assumed to be the primary contributor to elevated air pollution across the Middle East. Our study highlights how anthropogenic air pollution is a leading health risk and important climactic factor across the Middle East.”.
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 10, 2022
A first-of-its-kind national study appears to find that previously frozen winter nutrient pollution — unlocked by rising winter temperatures and rainfall — is putting water quality at risk in 40% of the US main landmass, including over 40 states. That’s a big problem that urgently needs addressing.”.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JUNE 5, 2020
China's pollution levels are rising. Will Europe follow? Or will some countries take measures to preserve one of the few happy by-products of COVID-19?
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 19, 2021
The water sector must get better at communicating the challenges of tackling pollution and why there is an urgent need for better collaboration between utilities, government bodies, regulators and customers. Collaboration and cooperation will be key. There needs a united voice to communicate with the public.”.
U.S. Green Technology
MARCH 8, 2022
The release of greenhouse gases from manufacturing and residential processes causes air pollution. Here are some of the ways air pollution harms pollination. The post How Air Pollution Impacts Pollination appeared first on U.S. In fact, over 40% of Americans live in areas with unhealthy particle contamination levels.
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
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 23, 2022
The London Assembly Environment Committee launched ‘Clean Air for all Londoners’ – a report on air pollution in the capital – on 23 March. A regular report should be produced on the changes in pollution on London’s main roads. And we have the stark evidence that air pollution is particularly damaging to children’s health.”.
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 6, 2021
Recently-launched water filtration and air purification company Aqua Perfecta is developing a UK postcode checker for customers to measure air pollution and help the company offer advice on air purifying products. and PM10 concentrations at their homes, using the online postcode checker.
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Norilsk, the world's most northern city, has been dubbed one of the world's most polluted cities by experts. The small city of about 176,000 started experiencing its pollution during the early days of the Soviet Union. As an area rich with precious metals, Norilsk remains a hotbed of mining at the expense of the ecosystem.
The Verge: Energy
MARCH 1, 2024
That’s roughly equivalent to the annual pollution from adding more than 1,000 new gas-fired power plants. Global temperatures are on the rise as all of that pollution builds up in our atmosphere and traps heat. If not for that strain on hydroelectricity, CO2 pollution from the power sector would probably have fallen last year.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 27, 2023
Shining light on a water droplet creates an effect that is useful for exploring the properties of individual atoms, and may also help with measuring water quality, and detecting small amounts of pollutants. A study about the technique was published in Physical Review Letters.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 12, 2020
A team led by environmental physicist Stefan Schreier at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences in Vienna is attempting to build up a better picture of nitrogen dioxide pollution in the city. The group is using MAX-DOAS instruments mounted on top of buildings to build a more accurate map of pollutant distribution.
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.
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 13, 2022
Plastic pollution in the ocean may serve as a source for novel antibiotics, according to a new student-led study conducted in collaboration with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. A polyethylene bag floats in the open sea.
Grist
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Efforts like these took aim at pollutants like the group of chemicals known as aerosols, which include sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and other compounds that are harmful to human health. Some studies estimate that, without aerosol pollution, the world might have already warmed by another half a degree Celsius. Clean Air Act.
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.
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.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 27, 2021
A study published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology has revealed that exposure to air pollution increases the risk of blindness in elderly people.
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 9, 2021
Researchers at the University of Washington have found a relationship between increased levels of fine particle pollution and the risk of dementia.
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 11, 2024
The US Environmental Protection Agency's has announced a new standard for protecting the public from fine particulate air pollution. The post Heart attacks, cancer, dementia: Four essential reads on the health effects driving US EPA’s fine particle air pollution standard appeared first on RenewEconomy. Scientists explain why.
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