GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In other words, a building that is organized instead of chaotic. And I just thought a building as an organism operated by children would be so much fun. Those kinds of things were people paying attention to issues of human health and dignity and trade and quality. Teaching a group of sixth graders about systems design, 2011.

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Carbon-negative Carbon Sustainability Recycling 505

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2022

In 2011, previous work led by Professor Holmes first identified mecC -MRSA in human and dairy cow populations. The World Health Organization now considers MRSA one of the world’s greatest threats to human health. Due to its resistance to antibiotics, MRSA is much harder to treat than other bacterial infections.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

It calls for the health sector to divest from the industry most responsible for driving the climate crisis, which the medical community has recognized as a public health emergency. It is the first analysis of its kind looking at health sector investments in fossil fuels. private hospital systems. Credit: Ted Eytan (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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Fossil fuels Investment Health Sustainability 98

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

Certification schemes aim to provide some assurance that products like compost and digestate are safe for human, animal and plant health. It allocates actions to stakeholders including the EA, local authorities and organic processors. Sometimes organic material gets stuck inside the plastic, distorting the weight measurement.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 3, 2021

They contain organic matter (such as resin and brominated flame retardants), chemical residuals and heavy metal elements that can be seriously damaging to the environment and human health. PCBs are typically composed of 30% metallic and 70% non-metallic materials.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Many of these arguments have been around for decades,” said Cóilín Nunan, a policy and scientific adviser to Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics, a coalition of health, sustainable farming, and civil society organisations. drug makers Elanco Animal Health Inc., Phibro Animal Health Corp., and Zoetis Inc. and Zoetis Inc.,

Building Energy Monitoring 139

Building Energy Monitoring Medicine Health Agriculture 139

Greentown Labs

MAY 26, 2021

Bayer , headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany, is a multinational life science company with core competencies in the areas of health care and agriculture. Sustainable development and inclusive growth are core elements of Bayer’s corporate strategy and vision: “health for all, hunger for none.” billion in funding. c om 603-867-3657.

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Front And Centered

MARCH 16, 2021

After a day of organizing, grant writing and reports, and rolling up her sleeves steeped in community work, Ophelia Noble seamlessly hops on to the five o’clock video meeting with a grace about her tone, and a disciplined focus on the latest frontline story about the work for justice. “

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Green Market Oracle

MAY 27, 2020

He is a Board director of several organizations including the new Canadian Institute for Climate Choices, the Transition Accelerator and the SeedChange Foundation. Matt Wayland, IBEW Matt Wayland began in the Canadian office of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) in 2011.

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Carbon Climate change Policy Government 98

Andrew Winston

MARCH 26, 2020

Our health care system and economy risk collapsing under the weight. In this vein, seemingly political questions like “Should everyone have some basic health care coverage?” If there isn’t a basic floor of access to energy, water, food, and health care for everyone , we’re all at risk. If we don’t all thrive, none of us will.

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Climate change Health Resilience Politics 103

Grist

APRIL 21, 2023

Researchers in the Netherlands surveyed 30 studies to see if emphasizing climate change as a pressing, localized problem would motivate people to support environmental policies, donate to environmental organizations, or switch to lower-carbon practices like cutting down on driving. One problem?

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Climate change Global warming Carbon Organic 118

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

In 2011, the IFC lent poultry company Ust-Kamenogorsk Poultry (UKPF) invested $2 million in refurbishing housing for chickens, among other projects. With this Global North-financed fast-food expansion comes a host of environmental, social, and health concerns in regions often unprepared to field them. as clients.

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Africa Agriculture Health Investment 125

Smart Energy International

MAY 10, 2024

In addition, the average annual number of weather-related power outages has increased by almost 80% since 2011. In addition to facing anything from a house fire to a pile-up on the highway or hazardous chemical leaks, they are trained medics responding to physical and behavioural health emergencies. are volunteers.

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 112

Grist

APRIL 17, 2021

Vaccines are under development but need to be fully efficacious,” says Michael Bonsall , a mathematical biologist at the University of Oxford, who is not affiliated with Oxitec but has collaborated with the company in the past, and who worked with the World Health Organization to produce a GM mosquito-testing framework. I don’t care.”.

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Biotechnology Technology Health Biotech 124

Grist

DECEMBER 16, 2019

By the second day, the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department and the county’s Air Pollution Control District had issued an air-quality warning, and local libraries and nonprofits urged residents to protect themselves from the harmful smoke and ash, offering free N95 respirator masks.

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Soil Health Pollution Climate change 98

Greentown Labs

JUNE 9, 2021

That’s why today, Greentown Labs and Saint-Gobain, with support from MassCEC, have launched the Greentown Launch Healthy Buildings Challenge , seeking applications from startups with buildings-related technologies that optimize for the health of people and the climate, together. June 15 at 1:00 p.m. With its headquarters in Somerville, Mass.

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Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Startups Business Energy Monitoring 98

Greentown Labs

JUNE 16, 2020

This is why it’s more important than ever to have partners and organizations like Greentown Labs, whose mission is to solve the climate crisis through entrepreneurship and collaboration. We are proud to welcome this organization to our City and look forward to the continued partnership.

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Energy Innovation

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Wildfires are often heralds of change for the landscapes they burn, not only harming humans and other organisms but also leaving behind drastically altered ecosystems. Less widely recognized threats, like dissolved metals and other molecular health hazards, lurk in runoff from industrial sources, home waste, and building materials.

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Organic Health Carbon Innovation 52

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 15, 2021

James High School before being drawn into the fight against heavy industry — and its public health and environmental impacts — in her home town alongside the Mississippi River. Kimiko Hirata, 50, fought coal plant construction in Japan following the 2011 meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. It Would Just Kill Us All’.

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Fossil fuels Organic Pollution Plastics 98

Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

is harnessing biology to clean water for planetary and human health. and Houston, Texas, Greentown is home to more than 200 startups and has supported more than 500 since the incubator’s founding in 2011. Its co-founders are Tejus Mane , Matthew Bukovicky , and Aniket Khade. Aquasaic (Cambridge, Mass.) billion in funding.

Startups 119

Startups Incubators Incubators Carbon-negative 119

AGreenLiving

MARCH 12, 2021

Related: NYC Metronome clock now displays deadline for irreversible global warming Using that definition, the researchers found that from 1952 to 2011, the number of summer days in the Northern Hemisphere increased from 78 to 95. Numerous studies have already shown that the changing seasons cause significant environmental and health risks.”

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Global warming Health Agriculture Organic 36

Sustainability Consulting

MARCH 24, 2020

Grab a copy of Greener Products by Al Iannuzzi, senior director of Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHS&S) at Johnson & Johnson for some tips and inspiration. The book draws upon numerous case studies as well as the author’s personal experience from leading sustainable marketing strategies for a worldwide brand.

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Sustainability Innovation Health Organic 52

Greentown Labs

MAY 18, 2021

Impactful Health R&D (Nova Scotia, Canada) is developing sustainable active packaging to prolong the shelf life of fresh fish. This approach can increase return on investment for the entire value chain, while reducing organic waste and plastics pollution. With its headquarters in Somerville, Mass. billion in funding.

Startups 52

Startups Packaging Incubators Incubators 52

AGreenLiving

MAY 28, 2021

Toiletries are all organic, biodegradable and zero-waste, while the en suite shower uses purified rainwater collected on-site. For example, in 2011, The Lodges Community work partnered with the nonprofit organization Education is Power in order to fundraise for educational programs in the local area. +

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Education Biodegradable Organic Health 36

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

That’s unlike many other sectors, such as in organic agriculture. The average amount of water used per well by the unconventional oil and gas industry in Ohio from 2011 to 2021, demonstrating demand for surface freshwater is increasing by 6 to 38% per year. However, even independent auditing isn’t a perfect solution.

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Natural gas Waste Waste Methane 98

Greentown Labs

MARCH 10, 2020

. “ Unilever has been a pioneer in deploying science-based sustainability goals and incorporating them into the DNA of the organization,” said Emily Reichert , CEO of Greentown Labs. We’re thrilled to partner with them and eager to see how our organizations will collaborate this year and in many years to come!

Startups 52

Startups Incubators Incubators North America 52

Greentown Labs

MARCH 10, 2020

. “ Unilever has been a pioneer in deploying science-based sustainability goals and incorporating them into the DNA of the organization,” said Emily Reichert , CEO of Greentown Labs. We’re thrilled to partner with them and eager to see how our organizations will collaborate this year and in many years to come!

Startups 52

Startups Incubators Incubators North America 52

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 9, 2023

Supporting these findings, the Harvard Business Review reports 99% of large company CEOs want to address sustainability issues as a must for the future success of their organization. The ISO 14000 standards address a need to standardize EMSs on a global scale, meaning comparisons between organizations can be made. What is ISO?

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Organic Energy Monitor 78

Earth Gratitude

APRIL 17, 2016

The following year, a group of like-minded friends, who I only knew on social media, organized a Bike Power Week for Earth Day. On April 22, 2011, just going one day without driving was a huge challenge for me. However, I now enjoy greater health. The oil well gushed for 87 days, killing wildlife and sliming beaches.

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Earth Day Health Organic Climate change 40

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 6, 2021

It seeks a Chief Executive Officer to lead the organization and expand the reach of its operations. In 2000, VEIC entered into a contract with the Vermont Public Service Board to implement a major, multimillion-dollar program that transformed the organization and catapulted it to a new level of scale, impact, and visibility.

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Organic Policy Sustainability Energy 40

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

Between March and July 2020, nuclear lobbies met with EU representatives twice as often as they did in 2018, according to the non-governmental organization Reclaim Finance. In response, the European Commission asked its Joint Research Centre (JRC) to assess the absence of significant environmental harm from nuclear power.

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Investment Sustainability Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral 98

AGreenLiving

JUNE 17, 2020

.” But meat companies that raise animals such as poultry, pigs, cattle and other livestock for protein also must take into account something else few widget, gadget or electronics makers need to worry about — how to manage water and materials contaminated by organic, biological waste.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MARCH 16, 2021

Success in building relationships and organizing collaboration in a technical interdisciplinary setting, including with members outside one’s organization. Sila was founded in 2011 and is based in Alameda, CA. Each of us has the power and responsibility to promote the health and safety of fellow Sila-zens.

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Batteries Organic Electric vehicle Law 40

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 8, 2019

The California Supreme Court held that the EIR did not adequately discuss potential health consequences that could be caused by a significant increase in pollutants resulting from the development project. The EIR Failed to Connect Significant Project Emissions to Potential Human Health Impacts. Background for Appeal.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 8, 2019

The California Supreme Court held that the EIR did not adequately discuss potential health consequences that could be caused by a significant increase in pollutants resulting from the development project. The EIR Failed to Connect Significant Project Emissions to Potential Human Health Impacts. Background for Appeal.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 14, 2021

The accelerator runs from May to October, with the core programming offered from June to August, and will be 100% virtual until further notice in accordance with COVID-19 health and safety guidelines. Greentown Labs is headquartered in Somerville, MA and has supported more than 300 startups since its founding in 2011.

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Both tracks offer exclusive access to EPRI’s breadth of testing facilities, demonstration sites, and technical experts, as well as experts from across Shell’s technology organization and hydrogen business and, when appropriate, access to the Shell GameChanger and Shell Ventures teams. With its headquarters in Somerville, Mass.

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