GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Climate-friendly investments can create more jobs per dollar than polluting alternatives.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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).

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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.”

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2024

Lawmakers returning to work today (Monday) were greeted with smoke flares and a demand to “Stop Polluting Politics” from a banner hung off London’s Westminster Bridge. The Conservative Party has regularly accepted donations from polluting interests and climate science deniers , worth £3.5 million in 2022.

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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.”.

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POWER Magazine

APRIL 18, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has denied an industry petition seeking to delist stationary combustion turbines from the agency’s list of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) major source categories regulated […] The post EPA Denies Industry Petition to Delist Stationary Combustion Turbines as Hazardous Pollutants appeared first on POWER Magazine. (..)

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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 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.”

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NRDC onEarth

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Today's agency action will deliver lifesaving protections from dangerous air pollution.

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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.

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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?

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 19, 2024

It can facilitate the mineralisation of a large range of organic pollutants, like azo dyes , into water and carbon dioxide molecules with a high degradation efficiency.” A variety of physical, chemical and biological processes are currently used to remove carcinogenic and recalcitrant organic compounds from water.”

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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.”.

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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

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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The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 4, 2024

Concerns about air pollution and athlete health overshadowed preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games and required industry and traffic shutdowns to clean the air during the event itself. They found that particle pollution deaths in China were increasing at about 213,000 a year and peaked at 2.6mn people in 2005.

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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.”.

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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.”.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 3, 2024

Origin Energy’s 2,880-megawatt Eraring power station, slated by the company to close in August 2025, reported mercury pollution jumped 130% in 2022-23 compared with the previous year, according to data from the national pollution inventory. The heavy metal permanently damages brains and kidneys, especially those of children.

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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.

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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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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.

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NRDC onEarth

MAY 11, 2023

The agency’s proposal to limit carbon pollution from coal- and gas-fired power plants—which until now has gone nearly unchecked—is a vital step toward combating climate change.

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NRDC onEarth

JULY 26, 2023

A new analysis of satellite data shows that despite some recent progress, air pollution remains a persistent problem across India.

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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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