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Using urban forestry to fight for environmental justice

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To better support the health of these communities, Berckes’ organization employs local teenagers to plant and care for trees. He applied after hearing about a friend’s positive experience working with the organization. "It "People are getting sick or dying from heat," Berckes said, "and their utility bills are going up.

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4 things corporations should know about urban forestry projects

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In 2013, American Forests called Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Denver, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and New York; Portland, Oregon; Sacramento, California; Seattle and Washington, D.C., That’s one reason investing in urban forestry isn’t as simple; nor does it have the same sustainability impacts. the 10 best cities for urban forestry.

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Why e-commerce retailers should increase transparency about their products

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We want to call attention to how the biggest environmental impacts and the biggest health impact of products is really due to the products themselves and the creation and the use of a product,” Brown-West said. E-commerce retailers would need to integrate sustainability goals into their organization and operations.

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Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South

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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. However, like Ahoskie, Joyner’s community wasn’t quick to organize against the plant. . “I

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Why Google, BASF and Sephora are coming together on safer chemistry

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Target's Sustainable Product Standard came on the scene in 2013. A color-coded letter grade rolls up information from the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification , Cradle to Cradle (on material health) and the EPA SaferChoice Safer Chemical Ingredients List. Nike has its own Chemistry Playbook.

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Remembering Flex exec Bruce Klafter

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Bruce was engaging, warm, thoughtful and way farther along the journey in sustainability and environmental, health and safety issues than most people I spoke with back then. Read his 2013 interview , when he "retired" from Applied Materials, in which he recounts his professional journey to that point.).

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How My Green Lab is cleaning up R&D

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"My Green Lab is a brilliant project because it reaches out to change behavior and mindset of scientists in the lab," said Pernilla Sörme, risk management lead in global safety, health and environment at AstraZeneca, which expanded Green Lab Certification to seven sites across its global portfolio.

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