Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2021

The programme, funded by the Scottish government funded advisory group Zero Waste Scotland and delivered in partnership with North Lanarkshire Council, involves the use of RFID tags. The use of RFID technology enables us to achieve this aim and will support our ambition of increasing household recycling activity across North Lanarkshire.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Like other climate liability lawsuits targeting fossil fuel companies, Hoboken's suit alleges that the oil and gas companies and their lobbying group not only knew early on about the climate harms resulting from their products, but actively engaged in campaigns of deception to undermine climate science and avoid policy responses.

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GreenBiz

MAY 3, 2021

Akamai awarded points for actions completed during the month, and allowed offices and employees to tag and challenge each other through the online platform to encourage higher levels of participation. One activity that appears to be particularly intriguing and meaningful is urban tree planting, according to Beale.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 5, 2024

They are also unable to produce power at night or in inclement weather and have a hefty price tag, especially considering the charging rates. IDTechEx research reveals that there is a small but actively growing market for fuel cell generators, where on-site stored hydrogen can be converted to electricity when required.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The answers will drive business decisions for venue operations, fan engagement and brand partnership activation. It developed the sustainability-minded audience by capturing a list of terms that someone interested in sustainability may use in their Twitter bio, or by tagging accounts that a climate activist may follow.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Tags: Oregon youth climate activism Juliana v. The plaintiffs in the Oregon case, appealing a state appellate court decision in January, charge that the state has a public trust obligation to protect the atmosphere on behalf of future generations. United States climate liability kate brown

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 24, 2020

The project’s developer, the Decro Group, has pledged that the new building, which is one of six active multi-family developments under construction in a five-block radius, will provide supportive and affordable housing for “chronically homeless individuals, persons at risk of becoming homeless, and low-income families.”.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Climate and clean energy advocates in the community have become fed up with the city-owned utility, which is not only stalling in efforts to phase out its fossil fuel portfolio, but is actively funding two gas industry trade associations to the tune of a quarter of a million dollars each year.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Tags: activism School Strikes climate strikes Fridays for Future Covering Climate Now 2019 Millions of children and adults are expected to strike across the globe today, inspired by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg ’s call for climate action. .

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The investigation , published Monday, October 26, also describes how the auto giants largely dismissed those risks and actively lobbied to block action and fund climate science denial campaigns. Tags: climate change Ford general motors automakers E&E News Center for International Environmental Law SUVs climate liability

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Michael Grossman

MAY 4, 2023

Having An Account Is Not The Same As Being Active There’s an old aphorism that 20 percent of the people will end up doing 80 percent of the work. That formula certainly holds when it comes to who's actively using Twitter instead of those using the platform passively. What kind of content is the most active 25% sharing?

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 15, 2020

During that same time, vast numbers of other businesses in both states — including the Shell plastics plant itself — were forced to slow or stop activities in efforts to combat the spread of the deadly coronavirus. Tags: falcon pipeline Shell Oil Company COVID-19 NWP 12 Permit Keystone XL Shell Pipeline Co. FracTracker Alliance

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 16, 2020

Idling villagers’ faces are suddenly lit by the prospect of seeing their families as they rush to meet the late arrivals, stirring this sleepy shopping centre into activity. Tags: Chinese National Offshore Oil Co. The bus is our only connection with Kenya through Isiolo town. I think the rest of the country forgot us.”.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2019

That comes six years after a widely cited 2013 study reported 97 percent agreement among publishing climate scientists that human activity causes climate change — a consensus that has grown stronger in the years since. Tags: Mark Mathis clear energy alliance Marcellus shale climate science denial

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 31, 2020

Plant, the co-founder of Idle No More SF Bay, a group led by Indigenous women dedicated to climate activism, is no stranger to climate-fueled disasters, including California’s growing wildfire crisis. Tags: COVID-19 california wildfires climate change climate liability

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 4, 2020

Read time: 7 mins There are only two things that have made any real difference in protecting the public from the dangers of oil trains: activism that has stopped new infrastructure , and low oil prices. While activism is currently on hold during the pandemic, impacts on oil prices abound. The latest numbers show that U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 19, 2019

In other words, the oil majors are actively betting on, and are heavily invested in, blowing past climate targets and burning as much carbon as possible, despite protestations from company executives that they are good-faith actors. Tags: Vaca Muerta Shale Argentina Total fracking YPF oil majors

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Tags: Friends of the Earth climate activism oil change international UN climate talks COP25 “It’s so stark, the contrast between climate breakdown, the potential of massive expansion of fossil fuels, using markets to game the system, the access polluters have to these talks when civil society is really marginalised.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Undeterred by these physical realities, tonight CFACT will release its paean to climate denial, pledging to “rock the climate change debate,” a debate that has long been settled by the 97% or more of actively publishing climate scientists who agree that current warming trends are manmade. . Tags: climate hustle marc morano CFACT

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 16, 2019

Tags: koch industries Charles Koch David Koch Jane Mayer Christopher Leonard Koch Industries was under investigation for theft of oil from the Osage and other Indigenous nations.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 24, 2020

One of those state boards is the Railroad Commission of Texas, a little-known agency that oversees oil and gas activities across the state. Sitton, who recently lost reelection , regulates the very activities he personally profits from. On March 19, he published an opinion piece in Bloomberg, “ The U.S.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

Green search engine Ecosia has seen an increase in active users to 20 million, the not-for-profit venture announced this week. It uses satellite technology, geo-tagging, photographic evidence, and field visits to monitor the impact of its reforestation projects.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 8, 2020

It turns out that the main reason for spiraling nuclear plant construction bills is soft costs, the indirect expenses related to activities such as engineering design, purchasing, planning, scheduling and — ironically — estimating and cost control. Vogtle also offers an insight into why productivity is so low.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 20, 2020

With two turbines, the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind pilot is tiny; and with a price tag of $300 million, it’s very expensive for a generation facility of its size. Four years after the Block Island project first put wind turbines in American waters, the second U.S. A tiny project in a market obsessed with scale. offshore wind market.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 28, 2022

During manufacture, Ford batteries and their inner modules are tagged with 2-D data matrix codes, which are then scanned with a cell phone by each organisation as the battery changes hands.

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Green Market Oracle

JULY 3, 2020

As reported by the Canadian Anti-Hate Network there are over 300 active right-wing extremist groups in Canada. Research shows that Canadians are among the most active online right-wing extremists. On a per capita basis Canadians were found to be more active than average users in the U.S. and Britain.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 31, 2020

The new school of pumped hydro focuses on isolated reservoirs that don’t disrupt river ecosystems; this simplifies permitting, but projects still face a decade-long development timeline and billion-dollar price tags. The company prides itself on using a cheap and abundant material for its active ingredient.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 5, 2024

We found that fish activity, swimming ability, and time of day all play a role in fish passage, often more so than spill levels alone,” explained PNNL Earth scientist Ryan Harnish. The number of smolts passing through the powerhouse turned out to be related to their activity level and swimming ability, not just spill.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 7, 2020

“At this stage, while we are not ordering any new resource procurement with this decision, we do strongly encourage the [load-serving entities] to initiate procurement activities and planning activities within their individual [integrated resource plan] portfolios, to bring these resources to market,” the order states.

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Front And Centered

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The project started with the support of a technical advisory group (TAG) and fundraising by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). Instead, most of us experience it as an invisible entity we have no control over: My community experiences the economy in a way that’s foreign, it’s outside.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2021

4] The application can track the life cycle of debris right from collection, segregation and transportation to incineration by geo-tagging every process and submitting details on a common platform wherein all waste generators, transporters and those handling treatment facilities will be asked to register themselves. [5] 11, 2021). [2]

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 10, 2021

A UK-Canada event last week praised 26 “exceptional individuals actively working to move Canada to net-zero emissions”, five of whom work for companies and investors involved in the fossil fuel industry, including the Canadian oil sands. TAG), the largest natural gas transporter in Brazil.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP27, said the 30-point programme had been developed with a broad range of active stakeholders, noting that the targets drew from scientific advice as well as local knowledge and existing climate adaptation initiatives. "At

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EDF + Business

AUGUST 24, 2023

This CCP label will indicate an overall baseline for credit quality, and companies should respond by shifting their portfolio over time to CCP-tagged credits. Later this year, the ICVCM will also ramp up its assessment process of identifying and labeling credit types that meet its Core Carbon Principles (CCPs).

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

While nature doesn’t come with a clearly labeled price tag, sustainability innovation understands that there is great economic value in preserving ecosystems, natural resources, biodiversity, and cultures and communities around the world. Starting with a recycled structure is a big deal when it comes to building and construction.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

The tag “forever chemicals” is clearly very appropriate for a class of synthetic compounds whose unusual molecular structure, including the carbon-fluorine (C-F) bond (considered one of the strongest found in organic chemistry), appears to offer little scope for any thermal or other degradation at all, so they endure permanently.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 21, 2019

When guests consume less energy, attend ecological activities and make sustainable dietary choices during their visit, the price tag of their stay can be discounted by up to 50 percent. A Finnish hotel is changing the tourism industry by showing that sustainability can really pay off.

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