Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 17, 2022

These underserved populations face hardship related to access to clean water and negative consequences in deterioration of health due to air pollution. Lupita Montoya, expert in indoor air quality and aerosol science, to address the inequities they have seen in their community and what must be done to remove this health risk for good.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

But environmental health experts have specifically called into question the EPA’s proposal to raise acceptable levels of benzo(a)pyrene, or BaP, and similar compounds in the Superfund’s sediment. In 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, released a comprehensive cleanup plan for the waterway. David Ryder / Getty Images.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

These documents show how companies worked to erode public acceptance of climate science over the years — including Exxon corporate reports from the late 1970s, revealed by DeSmog in 2016, which stated “There is no doubt” that CO2 from the burning of fossil fuels was a growing “problem.”. Document 1: 1959.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Veteran sustainable food and farming experts welcomed the strategy as one that just might have a genuine shot at transforming the agriculture sector and result in better public health, contribute to ending the vertiginous decline of biodiversity, and lower greenhouse gas pollution. A Liveable Future at Stake.

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Fairsnape

MARCH 30, 2022

The Regenerative Playbook landed at the World Book Day Zoom Regenerative special event on the 1st of March. Below we present a collection of comments, observations and reviews from the launch, and on the playbook. It was inspired by the Content Coms Little Books series which have been such a force for good. Joanna Watchman. But what does this mean?

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2021

This story is part of a collaboration between DeSmog and Public Health Watch. The normal flare plus the BBQ is on,” Elida Castillo, the program director of Chispa Texas, an environmental advocacy group, wrote to me in a text on December 6. The burning of the ground flare is a sign production could begin soon.

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2022

A growing body of evidence argues personal mental health is deeply connected to wider policy failures – could embedding mindfulness teaching into society improve our responses? Things are tough out there at the moment, aren't they? And, as we are fast realising, the two issues are of course inextricably linked.

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Grist

MARCH 22, 2024

Scientists know, for example, that at least 3,200 plastic chemicals pose risks to human health or the environment. Scientists know, for example, that at least 3,200 plastic chemicals pose risks to human health or the environment. more than $900 billion in health expenses annually.

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Grist

JUNE 14, 2023

Today’s story, from news and politics fellow Akielly Hu, shares the perspective of one young person who witnessed the effects of climate change on the places she loved and decided to take what some might call a drastic measure — suing her state government. Now it’s time to think bigger, speak louder.”

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Grist

APRIL 24, 2024

“We’ve had research for 30 years now saying that plastics are dangerous to our health,” said Aidon Charron, director of End Plastic Initiatives at EarthDay.org. The spotlight Hey there, Looking Forward fam. members are supposed to be finalizing a global treaty to address plastic pollution.

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2021

And now it is facing fierce criticism not just from the perennial climate-denying opponents of climate action, who allege the net zero mission is an exorbitantly expensive and unnecessary pipe dream, but also from a growing number of the world's most influential and respected environmental campaigners and scientists. The backlash is underway.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 10, 2020

But even as these shifts expose inequities in the health and food systems, many experts hope that the current moment offers an opportunity to build a new, more sustainable food system. “Be My Guest” is at once an enjoyable read and a hopeful meditation on how food and hospitality can make a positive difference in our world.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

Brazen Beef is just one example of how meat and dairy companies are working hard to convince the public and policymakers that a greener, more benign version of industrial animal agriculture is within reach. These narratives have prompted concern among many scientists and campaigners. The science shows that for humanity to stay below 1.5C

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

million dead trees in the last three years, said Nic Enstice, a scientist at the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, a California state agency. I come around a corner and all of a sudden there’s this freaking massive mound of wood the size of a four-story apartment building.”. The state has removed 1.5 But we’re not keeping pace,” he said.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Mon, 03/08/2021 - 01:40. In early February, more than 1,200 sustainability professionals gathered online for GreenBiz 21. And each day after the mainstage talks and panels, a few of my GreenBiz Group colleagues and I hopped onto Zoom to convene with 12 students and young professionals poised to become sustainability leaders of the future.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South Danielle Purifoy Wed, 10/21/2020 – 00:45 This story was originally published by Southerly , in partnership with Scalawag and Environmental Health News for its Powerlines series, which looks at climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South.

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Grist

AUGUST 17, 2023

It was a warm January morning, and my forehead was sweating under my orange hardhat. I pulled the starter rope of my chainsaw, lifted the roaring silver blade, and sliced through a small Douglas fir. The tree barely made a sound as it fell. Within minutes, bits and pieces of seven trees lay strewn around me.

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Grist

JUNE 29, 2022

In 2020, more than a hundred climate and forest scientists submitted a letter to Congress advising lawmakers not to trust the industry’s sustainability claims. The scientists counseled instead, to mitigate the climate crisis, the U.S. In the fight against climate change, the $300-billion U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

If we are not proactive in helping to convince the public and policymakers in particular, who have an impact on our activities – if we are not successful in convincing them of the benefits that we bring to the table, then we will be relegated to has-beens.”. We cannot continue business as we have done in the past,” he went on. “If

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 16, 2022

A super absurd example of oil and gas companies appropriating and weaponizing the language of climate advocates for their own greenwashing,” commented author and climate activist Genevieve Guenther on Twitter. Ultimately, they’ve been using it to obstruct climate action, a longtime goal of the oil, gas, and coal industries.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Health CLIMATE IMPACTS Disposable City: Miami’s Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe by Mario Alejandro Ariza, 2020 A deeply reported personal investigation by a Miami journalist examines the present and future effects of climate change in the Magic City -- a watery harbinger for coastal cities worldwide. Climate impacts 2.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 28, 2021

And it’s derailing an incentive program lauded by efficiency advocates and builders based largely on field reports that could amount to nothing more than coincidence. “A Scientists were just beginning to grasp the gravity of climate change. North Carolina utility regulators could issue a decision at any moment.

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Grist

MARCH 6, 2024

But in January, the Biden administration announced a pause on approvals for new LNG terminals — a move that has been largely applauded by climate advocates and local leaders in the Gulf Coast, where the majority of current and proposed terminals are located. But Hinojosa and her fellow advocates are continuing to wage their own defense.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 4, 2022

I’m worried about the health impacts the plant might have on my family,” Nicole told me. Travis Dardar, an indigenous fisherman in Cameron, Louisiana, has a front-row view of the expansion of the liquified natural gas (LNG) industry’s export capacity on the Gulf Coast — and it isn’t pretty. “It Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Jesse Merrick, shown here in better health, covers a football game in his job as a sportscaster. “Hoping your family is OK,” he remembers reading when he woke up. The Thomas Fire had just broken out in Southern California and was quickly growing into a nearly 300,000-acre behemoth. Jesse frantically tried to reach his relatives in Ventura.

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Grist

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The vision “We’re taking on this audacious project to remake the world in a way that is built on a sustainable infrastructure, a more fair infrastructure, that will usher in health equity and help people thrive. Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe has referred to “unabated” as a weasel word.)

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Grist

JANUARY 23, 2020

This story was published in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity and The World. It was sunny and 82 degrees, a perfect August day for a trip to the public beach just outside Toledo. Scientists suspect they’re causing clusters of deadly liver disease across the country. But hardly anyone was here.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2021

Those levels are more than 400 times the protective health limits designated by the U.S. On May 8, 2017, a drum of radioactive oilfield waste from Australia arrived at a remote West Texas disposal site operated by local oil and gas environmental services company, Lotus LLC. The oil and gas industry produces an extraordinary amount of waste.

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EDF + Business

MARCH 1, 2021

The purpose of the Climate Corps Alumni Advisory Board is to work in partnership with the Climate Corps team to enhance Climate Corps’ impact and programming through deeper alumni engagement. Members serving in the 2021-2022 term are: Trevor Anderson. (He/Him/His) Praneet Singh Arshi. (He/Him/His) Jackie Bach.

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Grist

APRIL 3, 2024

Older people may remember her as the young, beautiful blond scientist who was photographed for National Geographic, sitting with her binoculars in the Tanzanian jungle. Others may be more familiar with her work as a public speaker and advocate for conservation. The vision Every single one of you has that indomitable spirit.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

He asserted that “renewables are not able to provide the reliable energy we need” and advocated gas and nuclear energy, claiming that fracking for shale gas had been “demonised” by climate activists. scientist Steve Koonin , who has questioned the extent of human influence on the climate. At the conference, U.S. At the conference, U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

This week, environmental advocates addressed intensifying fossil fuel pollution, climate injustices, and the Biden administration’s failure to take the lead on climate change solutions during the People vs. Fossil Fuels protests in Washington, D.C. Their goal remains to increase the pressure on the President to declare a climate emergency.

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Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 30, 2020

Greta is a recent incarnation in a lineage of young environmental advocates that dates back decades. Here is a brief introduction to 50 young activists that fighting for the health of our planet and our communities. Aidan Dresang is a climate justice advocate and digital organizer from Madison, Wisconsin.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Allegations of past deforestation have long dogged Indonesian pulp and paper APRIL, but is the firm now seeking a path to redemption? What lies beneath is equally precious, both for the ecosystem and the climate. Much of RER sits on Sumatra's largest peatland swamp, which in parts stretches down 15 metres below ground.

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2021

The pandemic has highlighted how quickly a crisis can expose and aggravate existing gender, race, and class-based inequalities, while also providing a reminder of how the climate emergency carries all the same risks, but amplified. That said, women have played a central role in 21st century climate action. per cent more than women in the same roles.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

On Tuesday, the United States government published the Fifth National Climate Assessment — an exhaustive summary of the leading research on climate change and how it affects life in every part of the country. It may come as no surprise that its findings are dire. But the report also offers reason for hope. decreased by 12 percent.

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2021

The pandemic has highlighted how quickly a crisis can expose and aggravate existing gender, race, and class-based inequalities, while also providing a reminder of how the climate emergency carries all the same risks, but amplified. That said, women have played a central role in 21st century climate action. per cent more than women in the same roles.

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