DeSmogBlog

JUNE 17, 2022

Canadian police and security forces have intensified their surveillance and harassment of Indigenous people in recent months in an effort to clear the way for the construction of two long-distance oil and gas pipelines in British Columbia, earning the condemnation of international human rights observers. This is our land.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Goat Organic Apparel has set out to change that with clothing that makes a bold statement in favor of human rights and ethical manufacturing. Proudly transparent about the conditions under which its clothing is made, Goat recently launched a T-shirt where they placed the apparel tags on the outside of the garment.

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Green Market Oracle

JULY 3, 2020

There are hundreds of hate groups in Canada and Canadians are involved thousands online channels that espouse rascism, misogyny and other extreme right-wing views. As reported by the Canadian Anti-Hate Network there are over 300 active right-wing extremist groups in Canada. Canada is a bastions of the white supremacy movement.

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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

and is endowing waste loading stations with absolutely touchless automated opening/closing doors wherein no human touch with the waste disposal points is involved. The AWCS is operated by a control system and is accessible24/7/365. MariMatic Oy has set upPneumatic Waste Collection 4.0 With PWC 4.0

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Low Impact

JUNE 7, 2020

People interested in social change have been through this for decades, and it goes right back to the 19 th century – the co-operative movement was a fantastic idea. That’s what I’d advise people to do – to look at the human element first, because one day you’re going to be ancient (50!), I think you’re absolutely right.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Besides doing the right thing for future generations, going green in the office can provide your company with tangible bottom-line benefits. However, investing in renewable energy such as solar, wind or geothermal can come with a steep price tag and these technologies aren’t effective in every region. Globally, approximately 3.8%

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

BaP, which causes cancer in humans, is part of a group of compounds known as carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons , or cPAHs. percent sliver off of the whole project’s $342 million price tag. According to the EPA, the new standards would require five fewer acres to be cleaned up and would lower costs by about $1 million — a 0.33

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2023

It explained that these include impacts on Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPs & LCs), biodiversity, pollution, human rights, labour rights, and gender equality. It added that programs will be able to tag both existing and new carbon credits with the CCP label, provided that it has also approved the category.

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EDF + Business

JULY 30, 2019

I think breathing clean air is a basic human right and something I will continue to fight to improve in cities across the world. We need to put a value on clean air and water rather than just a price tag for implementing projects. Every citizen should know exactly what they breathe into their lungs.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In 2014, 71% of respondents were worried about the damage humans had caused to our planet. A small reduction in plastic consumption and waste (although a step in the right-direction) should not be applauded as a sustainable move without addressing the wider challenges just mentioned. In 2019, this figure rose to 77%.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Climate change is really the thing we need to be thinking about right now, and so to know that Facebook and Instagram is censoring that messaging, when it's just a tiny part of the message you are trying to get out there… they need to re-evaluate their policy," she said. The response to it is simple: reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In 2014, 71% of respondents were worried about the damage humans had caused to our planet. A small reduction in plastic consumption and waste (although a step in the right-direction) should not be applauded as a sustainable move without addressing the wider challenges just mentioned. In 2019, this figure rose to 77%.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 3, 2021

Leading companies, including tech firms Microsoft and Akamai, are expanding their focus into new realms — ones that explore the intersection of sustainability and human health, or that allow employees to take action to reduce their own impact at home and in the communities where they live.

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Better Ventures

APRIL 13, 2021

Someone’s available to chat or talk right when you need it. They’ve eliminated the stigma of “going to the therapist” and they’ve lowered the price tag, considerably improving access, particularly for low and middle income communities. One company which appears to be getting this right is Quartet Health. That’s not what we need.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Carbon accounting addresses human-attributed climate change by reducing a business entity’s associated emissions The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) at the behest of the G7. ppm in 2020.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Don’t use a human being for experiments, tell them that,” says Alexa Cruz, who has lived in a public housing development in Manhattan since 1969. Don’t use a human being for experiments, tell them that.” That’s a hefty price tag for a renter if you’re comparing it to a window AC unit, and the new unit isn’t likely to be cheaper.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Tags: Biden administration aquaculture human rights abuses The Outlaw Ocean Project But the push to expand fish farms is spurring a fiery debate, prompting calls from the U.S.-based based commercial fishing industry for more support while drawing skepticism and critique from many marine biologist and environmentalists.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 30, 2021

Fossil fuel companies lied for decades about climate change, and humanity is paying the price. Humanity ultimately wasted precious decades arguing about whether global warming was real rather than defusing the threat. It’s long past time to right these wrongs. Humanity cannot get back the 40 years lost to big oil’s climate lies.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Despite warnings about “food-wars” caused by global famine and disease, human biomass on Earth has quite literally exploded. There are more humans than ever, who are at the same time fatter than ever before! For humans, food can be broken down into two main groups: Macros and Micros. This is called photosynthesis.

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Grist

JUNE 21, 2021

The report, which has become the most globally respected pulse-taking of human health in a changing climate since its first publication after the 2016 Paris Agreement, shows just how high the stakes are. The paper says that climate change is already affecting human health in every country on earth. What are their rights as a tenant?”.

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Green Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Why was this the right time for the county to create such a position? Both of those things were happening right around the same time in 2015. It was something that students came up with themselves, seeing that we were doing great things, but not seeing the results that we wanted because we weren’t necessarily targeting the right area.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

It is the kind of price tag that is bound to make treasuries baulk and climate sceptic newspaper editors salivate, but the report stressed that the benefits from building a global clean energy system would greatly outweigh the costs. On the solar supply chain and human rights.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It makes slightly more sense if we go back in time a couple of years and follow how one right-wing politician has been talking about The Last Generation. Frank Schäffler, of the Free Democratic Party, or FDP, is a member of the German parliament, or Bundestag , and is well known for hard-right positions.

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Front And Centered

MARCH 30, 2023

For our March member spotlight, join us in learning more about our coalition member, GABRIELA Seattle, and their work to fight for women’s rights locally and overseas. Together with the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines, we are excited to host Deaconess Joyous Prim, who organizes with migrant workers in Hong Kong.

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Grist

JANUARY 10, 2024

A wolf print, right, lies in the mud near calving grounds for one of Alaska’s major caribou herds. It’s — you know — wolves aren’t an important factor right now.” Andrew Lichtenstein / Corbis via Getty Images Hoof prints and paw prints, left, dot the sand in Togiak Nation Wildlife Refuge. Steve Hillebrand / U.S.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Grant Downie had been out of the Pacific Ocean for about 10 minutes when he realized he could no longer see out of his right eye. Though his right eye regained its function 20 minutes later, the 33-year-old decided he was done with such risky dives, even if the decision would end up costing him income. “I

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Grant Downie had been out of the Pacific Ocean for about 10 minutes when he realized he could no longer see out of his right eye. Though his right eye regained its function 20 minutes later, the 33-year-old decided he was done with such risky dives, even if the decision would end up costing him income. “I

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Energy and Cleantech Council

JUNE 25, 2021

1187 – the ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2021 – would require publicly traded companies to disclose their commitments to ensuring that environmental, social (human rights), and good governance standards (ESG) are reflected in their operations, activities, and supply chains. Although H.R.

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Green Market Oracle

MARCH 17, 2020

I’m coming right to you Senator Sanders. The price tag for your climate plan is about $1.7 I think you’re right. The deal right now is, do we have the courage? We could get everything exactly right, we’re 15% of the problem. Here is the full summary: Jake Tapper: (13:37) Let’s move now to the climate crisis.

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