Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In 2014 and 2018, regulations for DPFs have been updated as we uncovered more about their impact on dangerous emissions, but their effectiveness has been minimal as vehicles can typically pass the current MOT smoke test without DPFs and a visual test to check the existence of a filter is not fit for purpose.

Pollution 298

Pollution Law Policy Government 298

GreenBiz

JULY 13, 2020

When the Chemical Footprint Project launched in December 2014, it aspired to become the next carbon footprint or the next widely used tool for measuring company performance on a critical sustainability concern — toxic chemical use in the manufacturing of products. . Chemical footprinting comes of age. Meg Wilcox. Mon, 07/13/2020 - 02:00.

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Retail Health Carbon Policy 408

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Safeguarding water supplies and helping utilities and other clients protect public health is a top priority for manufacturers of water network fittings and components. Regulatory compliance is a key part of delivering high quality products that are fit for purpose and minimise risk. .

Innovation 242

Innovation Health Waste Waste 242

GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The economic, environmental, and public health challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis in 2020 continue unabated as we usher in a new presidential administration. billion from 2014 to 2019 in ISO-New England. It’s clear the needs of the electric grid are evolving to a more distributed energy future.

Energy 246

Energy Energy Fossil fuels Investment 246

Business Green

MARCH 23, 2020

The government has been accused of neglecting soil health in England and thereby potentially heightening the risks of flood, food insecurity, and biodiversity loss, after a freedom of information request revealed it spends just a fraction of its environmental monitoring budget on enhancing and protecting soils. With an estimated 2.2

Soil 65

Soil Health Government Investment 65

Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 21, 2021

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell talks with Patrick Hanlon, Director of Environmental Programs for the Minneapolis Health Department. They discuss Green Cost Share: a program that promotes public health by matching investments in solar and energy efficiency projects.

Health 68

Health Pollution Investment Climate change 68

GreenBiz

JANUARY 19, 2021

"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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Plastics Sustainability Waste Waste 396

Impact Alpha

JUNE 1, 2021

ImpactAlpha, June 1 — Amsterdam-based Incision launched in 2014 to help surgeons and other operating room staff share surgical experiences, skills and expertise. The post Rubio Impact Ventures backs surgical care tech startup Incision appeared first on Impact Alpha.

Startups 119

Startups Health 119

Grist

APRIL 16, 2024

Previous mass bleaching events happened in 1998, 2010, and between 2014 and 2017. Die-off of coral threatens not only the health of marine ecosystems, but also the livelihood and food security for people who depend on them. Ocean health is being impacted drastically by climate change, but we still have time to get things right.

Health 145

Health Cooling Climate change 145

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2020

E-waste is a health and environmental hazard, containing toxic additives or hazardous substances such as mercury, which damages the human brain and / or coordination system. Since 2014, the number of countries that have adopted a national e-waste policy, legislation or regulation in place has increased from 61 to 78. kg per capita.

Energy Monitor 130

Energy Monitor Waste Waste Oceania 130

Charged

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

All Phoenix electric school buses, shuttle buses and trucks, from the first-generation vehicles delivered in 2014 to the company’s current-generation vehicles, can now be equipped with V2G capability, enabling fleets to send excess energy back to the grid via Fermata Energy’s FE-20 bidirectional chargers. Source: Fermata Energy

Electricity 116

Electricity Energy Energy Resilience 116

Grist

JANUARY 30, 2024

This week, a climate and health researcher published a commentary in the journal Nature Medicine that takes the McMichael standard to its logical conclusion. It doesn’t look at the mental health consequences of extreme heat and extreme weather and the related increase in suicides that have been documented in recent years. “At

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Climate change Health Medicine Policy 145

GreenTechMedia

APRIL 10, 2020

That corporate lineage is interesting in that AES became the first to contract a battery of this size when utility Southern California Edison awarded it the Alamitos contract in 2014. Once the plant is operational, expected in August 2021, CPA will use it to satisfy a resource adequacy obligation with the state.

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Batteries Fossil fuels Politics Health 246

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

These pollutants, which include particulate matter, nitrogen and sulfur oxides, and toxic substances such as benzene, have been linked to health problems ranging from respiratory disorders to reproductive problems to cancer. Some feel uncomfortable about the source of these funds, because they often come at a cost to community health. "We

Pollution 407

Pollution Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Policy 407

ThinkGeoEnergy

JUNE 17, 2024

Throughout its operations, PT Geo Dipa Energi (Persero) has maintained a strong commitment to Health, Safety, Security, and Environment (HSSE) & Safeguard standards. Remarkably, the HSSE performance has recorded 8 million safe work hours with zero lost time incidents since the plant began production in 2014.

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Geothermal power Health Energy Energy 104

Grist

MARCH 29, 2020

On February 24, the government initiated a permanent ban with a decree titled, “ Comprehensively Prohibiting the Illegal Trade of Wild Animals, Eliminating the Bad Habits of Wild Animal Consumption, and Protecting the Health and Safety of the People.”. But will the ban simply drive a long-thriving trade underground?

Medicine 140

Medicine Cooling Health Agriculture 140

Business Green

APRIL 15, 2021

Health systems will bear the brunt of the climate-related health emergencies, so bold action needs to be taken to reduce the sector's ever-growing emissions, a new report argues. There is no question the health impacts of the climate emergency have the potential to dwarf those of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Health 89

Health Fossil fuels Climate change Government 89

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Particulates and health. Hand in hand with gas levels comes particulate matter, more commonly referred to as PM, the health risks of which are understood to be especially acute with PM2.5 and PM10 (particulate matter measuring 2.5um and 10um, respectively) and smaller particles.

Energy Monitor 242

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Pollution 242

Grist

DECEMBER 14, 2022

But so far, there’s been limited empirical research linking the tribe’s public health woes to its environment. She wants to take her kids out hunting and foraging with her, but she doesn’t want to expose them to the environmental health hazards she suspects are lurking in the soil. Or rather, the dogs do.

Health 144

Health Medicine Waste Waste 144

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 21, 2023

As a result, Black residents there are forced to breathe in more pollution and face a higher risk of related health problems, according to the suit filed by Inclusive Louisiana, Mount Triumph Baptist Church, and RISE St. James Parish Council steered polluting facilities into Black neighborhoods along the Mississippi River.

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Government Pollution Plastics Health 98

Charged

OCTOBER 26, 2020

When I undertook to write a comprehensive history of the company in 2014, I knew I would have to update it from time to time, and that’s one reason I opted to publish it exclusively as an e-book. Six years later, I’ve released edition 4.1, and none too soon.

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Automotive Cooling Health Electricity 86

Greenability Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

In partnership with Evergy, the installation in 2014 of 308 solar panels to generate about 29,000 kilowatts of electricity a year at Truman Sports Complex. COVID / Health & Safety : Speakers from Children’s Mercy Hospital and Harvesters Community Food Network. Events will be held from 10 a.m. –

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Sustainability Recycling Recycling North America 105

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2022

On the subject of water quality issues – in the aftermath of the 2014 water crisis in Flint, Michigan, many US cities started more closely inspecting and monitoring their own pipe infrastructure and water sources.

Building Energy Monitoring 113

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 113

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

It is almost entirely below ground and access is mostly through access shafts often in remote locations which increase health and safety risks associated with personnel entry to the aqueduct. upgrade in 2014 when 350 metres of tunnels were refurbished and new valves and flooring put in its chambers. It had a £2.6m

Health 147

Health Technology 147

Business Green

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

According to a YouGov survey conducted in January 2023 , 10 per cent of Brits said that they have now tried Veganuary - where they pledge to try a vegan diet for 31 days - since the campaign first launched in 2014. The Veganuary movement was founded in 2014 to inspire and support more people to try vegan food.

Health 69

Health Climate change Pollution 69

Grist

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, released a comprehensive cleanup plan for the waterway. But environmental health experts have specifically called into question the EPA’s proposal to raise acceptable levels of benzo(a)pyrene, or BaP, and similar compounds in the Superfund’s sediment.

Health 137

Health Pollution Seafood Demand 137

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2020

Researchers followed this reintroduced population and tracked their distribution and health. The recent report feels a far cry from the one produced after the first official beaver reintroduction trial, which ran in Knapdale, Scotland from 2009-2014. Now they’re back.

Politics 147

Politics Health Pollution Government 147

Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 3, 2020

According to a 2014 NASA study , such concentrations of wealth have historically contributed to the collapse of civilizations. A recent Bloomberg article sites research which indicates that we can expect to see greater disparity between rich and poor as the world warms.

Climate change 98

Climate change Biodiversity Health Government 98

Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2022

Following the introduction of the charge, the average person in England now buys around three single-use carrier bags a year from the main supermarkets, compared with using around 140 mainly free bags in 2014. billion bags used in 2014 before the charge was introduced. Defra said the results represented a huge drop on the 7.6

Plastics 83

Plastics Retail Recycling Recycling 83

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

Awarded through the International WELL Building Institute’s (IWBI) WELL v2 pilot, the workplace earned this prestigious distinction with its health-focused design based on 10 categories of building performance. Established in October 2014 and currently in its second iteration, the WELL program was created by the U.S.

Health 28

Health Organic Carbon 28

Planet Pulse

MARCH 17, 2022

Kyle Cavanuagh at the University of California – Los Angeles works with PlanetScope data to quantify and measure the extent and health of kelp forests off the shore of Northern California. “We in urban spaces. “[ Our paper ] shows neighborhood level hot spots [of PM 2.5 ] in Delhi,” explained Dr. Bergin. Sustainable Agriculture.

Energy Monitor 111

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Agriculture Education 111

AFN Sustainable Protein

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The food and agriculture technology venture capital market has changed significantly since AgFunder started producing reports back in 2014. Early 18 Clean Food Group , Willicroft DSM Venturing Netherlands Corporate venturing arm of health and nutrition company DSM. Fast forward five years and that number was 45 for 2022.

Agriculture 97

Agriculture Technology Biotech Investment 97

EDF + Business

MAY 30, 2023

Based on 2014 data (the most recent exposure data available from FDA), U.S. Based on 2014 data (the most recent exposure data available from FDA), U.S. In 2014, FDA concluded BPA use in food was safe based on studies from 2009-2013, and until recently, FDA maintained this position [2] despite newer scientific studies.

Packaging 52

Packaging Health Sustainability 52

Grist

JULY 26, 2024

The Sunshine State, which was once among the world’s leading citrus producers and until 2014 produced almost three-quarters of the nation’s oranges , has weathered such challenges before. If I had some underlying health issues, it’s even harder,” he said. Its citrus growers are nothing if not resilient. I’m an old guy.

Climate change 130

Climate change Agriculture Soil Health 130

Renewable Energy World

MAY 3, 2021

As an example, construction of the Genesis Solar Energy Center in the Sonoran and Mojave deserts in 2012-2014 destroyed trails and burial sites and damaged important cultural artifacts , spurring protracted legal conflict. They also can harm desert scrub plant communities , including plants that are culturally important to indigenous tribes.

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Climate change Agriculture Electricity Resilience 110

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 23, 2025

A recent study by biologist Kevin Timoney reported on by APTN showed that the AER had only done field investigations on less than 4 percent of over 500 reported tailings spills from 2014 to 2023. Despite this record of rarely straying far from the office coffee pot, regulators seemed certain there was no cause for alarm.

Pollution 119

Pollution Law Government Health 119

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 12, 2021

according to a 2014 study. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) told DeSmog that the UK’s CCS projects will face rigorous safety assessments that “show there is no significant risk of CO2 leakage or damage to human health or the environment”. percent and 75 percent.,

Energy Monitor 98

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Carbon 98