GreenTechMedia

APRIL 2, 2020

The IEA study will show that disposing of solar panels in landfill is unlikely to have an adverse impact on human health, according to co-author Dr. Garvin Heath, a senior scientist in the U.S. And although the blades, like solar panels, are not expected to pose a health hazard, their size is seen as challenge when it comes to disposal.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

1 Only seven countries and three territories last year met World Health Organization pollution guidelines for fine particulate matter, according to the latest report by Swiss company IQ Air, published in March. From Monash University, in Melbourne, and published in March in The Lancet Planetary Health, this study looks at PM2.5

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The Verge: Energy

AUGUST 21, 2024

. | Raquel Natalicchio / Houston Chronicle via Getty Images The US has dealt with 60 percent more weather-related outages during warmer months over the past decade than it did during the 2000s, according to data crunched by the nonprofit research organization Climate Central. It’s a trend that raises health risks as the planet heats up.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2022

While Health & Safety Executive enquiries and a full investigation are on-going, initial reports indicate that a pressure test was being undertaken on a pipeline when an uncontrolled burst occurred. While the health and safety benefit cannot be overstated, the reputational risk of all companies involved is also at stake.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

For instance, according to Eurostat, the populations of common farmland birds in Europe have declined by 17% since 2000. Continuous declines in biodiversity pose a major threat to human health and wellbeing. Looking back, the international community has repeatedly failed to reach most of its biodiversity targets.

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The Verge: Energy

AUGUST 26, 2024

Air pollution has fallen sharply in wealthy Western nations but is still a serious health risk in many places around the world. Since that was largely lacking before 2000, they also rely on computer model simulations to peer back in time. These images make the invisible visible.” “Air Satellite and ground-level readings of PM2.5

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Grist

AUGUST 4, 2021

According to a new flood mapping tool called the Global Flood Database , between 2000 and 2015, the population exposed to flooding in Malawi and Mozambique increased by 150 to 250 percent. Then, by pulling global population data for 2000 and 2015, they calculated how much populations changed in affected areas during that period.

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The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 21, 2024

I remember Geoff Scaife, then chief executive of Birmingham Health Authority, describing it as “one for the price of two”. We can perhaps hope, with Polly, that Wes Streeting will be more sceptical.

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Grist

MAY 23, 2024

More research is also needed to understand the exact effects of microplastics on reproductive health, although many scientists agree they’re probably bad news. According to an analysis published last year , human sperm count fell “appreciably” between 1973 and 2018, with the greatest declines in the years since 2000.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

On the positive side, global green building trends indicate a dramatic increase in eco-friendly building activity worldwide, not only for environmental and health reasons but also because of the strong business benefits. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), created in 2000.

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EDF + Business

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Even with my background in agriculture, I leaned into learnings from my agroecology coursework at Michigans School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) to demonstrate the resiliency benefits of sustainable agriculture and soil health practices , s he noted.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 10, 2024

According to Climate Central , about 83% of significant reported power outages between 2000 and 2021 in the United States were attributed to weather-related events. From 2000 to 2021, there were more than 1,500 weather-related power outages, according to the Energy Information Administration. are volunteers.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 29, 2022

Concentrations of this chemical in the snow cores increased significantly from around the year 2000 until the core was taken in 2017.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2021

Calls come as Global Climate Risk Index estimates climate change has taken 475, 000 lives and incurred $2.56tr of economic damages between 2000 and 2019. The UK is ranked the 102nd worst affected country in 2019, however it is ranked 18th over 2000-2019 for fatalities and is the 20th worst affected country when it comes financial losses.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

It has been one of the most important public health messages since the COVID-19 pandemic began but a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF shows that, as the crisis began, three in 10 people worldwide could not wash their hands with soap and water at home.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

in 2000, the New York Times expressed that it arrived just at the right time as consumers had become more likely to hunt for bargains rather than shop at department stores and it was now “more chic to pay less.” This consumption demand has driven fashion retailers to producing almost twice the amount of clothing than they did in 2000. .

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Grist

JULY 15, 2021

Sunny-day flooding, which is when tides reach about 2 feet above the daily average high tide, is already more than twice as likely as it was in 2000 , according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Seeping cesspools become a public health issue.”. People lose their jobs because they can’t get to work.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Published by the prestigious ICES Journal of Marine Science, the paper certifies “fishing for DNA” as an inexpensive, harmless complement to nets, acoustics and other established ways to monitor the health of fish stocks and/or the shifting diversity, distribution and abundance of aquatic life.

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Grist

AUGUST 4, 2021

According to a new flood mapping tool called the Global Flood Database , between 2000 and 2015, the population exposed to flooding in Malawi and Mozambique increased by 150 to 250 percent. Then, by pulling global population data for 2000 and 2015, they calculated how much populations changed in affected areas during that period.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 22, 2022

energy use is roughly the same as it was in 2000 despite a 30% boost in economic growth. Non-toxic, sustainable, and ethically-sourced building materials are equally important in minimizing environmental impact and health risks. Reduction in health risks via non-toxic, green building materials.

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Grist

MARCH 27, 2024

Farmers learned to live with the health impacts of the toxic version, and today it remains the primary pasture grass across 37 million acres of farmland. Friendly fescue hit the market in 2000, developed by Pennington Seed Inc. It’s a longstanding problem, and it’s spreading. The southeastern U.S.,

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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2022

Cities are "the engine of the global economy", contributing to around 80 per cent of the world's GDP, but exponential, unsustainable growth of the built environment - which has increased by two-thirds since 2000 - has come at the expense of nature and clean air, a new report from WEF argues.

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Grist

JULY 15, 2021

Sunny-day flooding, which is when tides reach about 2 feet above the daily average high tide, is already more than twice as likely as it was in 2000 , according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. Seeping cesspools become a public health issue.”. People lose their jobs because they can’t get to work.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 2, 2022

Social : Customer relations, employee relations, labor, employee wellbeing, community relations, health and safety, supply chains, human rights, and work-life balance. Losses can be far greater, as experienced by the pharmaceutical company Bausch Health (formerly known as Valeant). Yet, note that this is an average figure.

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Charged

JUNE 27, 2024

At that voltage, a test system will need a source voltage capacity of 1500 to 2000 V to test and charge 800 V and higher battery packs. Having a switching power supply, for example, with a flyback converter topology, to charge the test system requires a circuit that is 150 V to 200 V higher than the battery voltage.

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Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 13, 2022

EPS platform to enable forecasting changes in jobs, gross domestic product (GDP), and public health impacts. version includes new public health impacts and updated energy consumption data. The South Korea EPS was launched on the 3.3.1 platform in partnership with the NEXT Group. The Mexico model was upgraded to the newer 3.3.1

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2022

The chemical was brought under scrutiny by campaigner Erin Brockovich, and made famous in a popular 2000 movie that took her name – leading to attention from the public and legislators alike. In part due to the high-profile coverage of issues such as the Flint crisis, water-users in the US are more engaged than ever.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Bayer, which now owns Monsanto , announced at the end of July that it will re m ove the harmful pesticide glyphosate — a “ probable carcinogen ” — from its Roundup herbicide products by 2023, as it continues to face mounting pressure from lawsuits about the product’s health impacts. .

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Energy Innovation

DECEMBER 16, 2022

an environmental health scientist and bio-social scientist at the University of Washington. Understanding the health impacts of exposure. Improved communication around both the health impacts of smoke exposure and the steps that can be taken to reduce these exposures is essential to creating a smoke-ready community.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

According to a 2016 study by public health, nutrition and environmental experts, replacing beef with beans in the American diet would free up 42 percent of U.S. A systematic review based on multiple studies concluded that emissions “differ considerably per diet, with a vegan diet having the lowest CO2eq production per 2000 kcal consumed.”

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Terra Infirma

JULY 12, 2019

Mrs K, aka Professor Karen Johnson, has appeared as a talking head in a Guardian video about soil health (see above). She’s super excited getting soil health some publicity and wanted my help with sharing it on social media.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Published by the prestigious ICES Journal of Marine Science, the paper certifies “fishing for DNA” as an inexpensive, harmless complement to nets, acoustics and other established ways to monitor the health of fish stocks and/or the shifting diversity, distribution and abundance of aquatic life.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Virginia Lamb, Groundwork Education and Consulting, is an Environmental Educator with over 25 years’ experience in recycling, composting, soil health and organic gardening. Panel Agenda (PT). 5:00 – 5:05 Arrival, introductions, and housekeeping. 5:05 – 5:40 Panel discussion. 5:40 – 5:55 Q&A from the audience.

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Business Green

MARCH 17, 2020

Meanwhile, with the health crisis in the UK and elsewhere unfolding rapidly, it remains unclear for how much longer social distancing efforts could last, and whether more severe measures such as forced school and workplace closures could yet still be implemented to try and halt further spread of the virus.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In the late 1960s, as the complaint details, the Stanford Research Institute issued reports that accurately predicted the atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in 2000. Nuclear physicist Edward Teller warned the oil industry at an API event in 1959 that global warming might melt the polar ice caps and submerge coastal cities.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

As the planet heats up, allergy seasons are getting longer and the climate crisis is “violating” her “right to health” said Comparelli, a climate activist in her 20s with Fridays for Future Italy. This is compared to around 380 in 2010 and approximately 40 in 2000. . Above all, though, Comparelli is afraid.

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Front And Centered

JULY 21, 2020

Consider that in the 2000 Presidential election, if Black voters in Florida hadn’t been robbed of their right to vote , we may have elected a President who would have addressed global warming. Imagine the nightmare of this hitting us in the midst of a global health pandemic that is already overwhelming our healthcare system.

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