GreenTechMedia

JULY 15, 2020

Vice President Al Gore to use advanced computing techniques to convert satellite images and sensor data into a publicly available source of real-time data on carbon dioxide emissions and other air pollution. ClimateTrace has been in the works since last year , when Google.org awarded a $1.7 based Carbon Tracker and U.S.-based

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2022

Even the finest particles of pollution influence the process of cloud formation and the rainfall regime, it seems. These nanoparticles of pollution [smaller than 10 nanometers] used to be overlooked in atmospheric calculations and models. We therefore compared the pollution line with nearby areas that lie outside the plume.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), which regulates the offshore energy industry, has acknowledged gaps in accountability that could be enabling more pollution, such as unverified self-reported emissions numbers and flyover inspections that fail to detect pipeline leaks. Credit: BOEM , CC BY-SA 2.0

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

billion from 2014 to 2019 in ISO-New England. And the savings didn’t stop there: CO2 pollution was reduced by 1.4 While this model looks to the future, people are already experiencing the benefits of distributed generation. Local solar saved New England residents $1.1

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Just over half of all directors at 30 of the world’s largest insurance companies have affiliations to polluting companies and organisations, reveals an investigation by DeSmog, including several individuals holding senior roles at some of the world’s largest energy companies. Which raises the obvious question, why? Shrago said.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 14, 2022

The TRIG programme was launched by the Department for Transport in 2014 to foster research and innovation in the sector. The Leicestershire-based clean-tech company unveiled the unit at COP26 in Glasgow last November.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2021

As economies emerge from Covid-19, it is crucial governments set their sights on rapid action to curb plastic pollution worldwide, a new UNEP and WRI report implores. At least a million seabirds are killed annually by plastic pollution, while estimates suggest there are around 270,000 metric tonnes of plastic now clogging the world's ocean.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The UK government should increase tax on things we want less of - such as pollution - and reduce tax on things we want more of - such as jobs - explains Eunomia's Chris Sherrington. In the 2010 Budget , it was further announced that fuel duty would rise by one pence per litre above indexation in April 2014.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 6, 2020

billion in 2014. “This transaction will increase our scale and grow our energy services network to help replace centralized, polluting power plants and accelerate the transition to a 100 percent clean energy future,” said Sunrun CEO Lynn Jurich in a statement on the purchase. billion, the companies announced Monday night.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 27, 2024

New data seem to show that only two percent of polluting vans scrapped under the ULEZ scrappage scheme have so far been switched to electric vehicles despite Transport for London (TfL) committing over £100 million in funding to businesses. Nearly half (46%) also believe delivery vehicles have a negative impact on their local roads.

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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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Charged

AUGUST 31, 2021

They are often cited as an ideal use case for electrification, because they travel short distances within pre-defined areas, offer lower total cost of ownership, and eliminate emissions around port facilities, many of which are major sources of air pollution.

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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.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

A company which has developed a new eco-friendly wastewater treatment system that could reduce pollution in rivers and seas has raised £700,000 to help it launch its technology to the market. Not only can it reduce pollutants such as phosphorous and nitrogen, but the biomass that is recovered can be used to generate biogas or fertiliser.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 27, 2020

New research combining Planet’s high cadence satellite imagery and other innovative technologies has successfully found the sources and pathways of plastic pollution in the Caribbean Sea. Typically, temporary floating barriers called booms are deployed in ocean clean-up efforts to collect and contain pollutants.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Almost 100 universities that have pledged to shed ties to the fossil fuel industry still bank with financial institutions that have collectively provided $419 billion (£345 billion) to polluting interests between 2016 and 2022. The latter emits up to three times more global warming pollution than producing the same quantity of crude oil.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

In September 2021, the WHO noticeably reduced its yearly average PM (Particulate Matter) guideline values to 5 µg/m3, and in March, the UK government announced a consultation on new target levels for air pollutants to be included in the Environment Act, including a reduction in the PM2.5 target to 10 µg/m3 by 2040. and PM10 (PM4.25

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 17, 2022

A panel of air quality specialists illuminating how pollution is inequitably distributed toward marginalized communities and strategizing how to address this injustice. Air pollution is a sounding alarm for immediate climate action. February 10, 2022. 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST. Virtual Event. Standard ticket: $15. No promo codes needed.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 7, 2024

The letter also takes issue with pollution from fish farms. Their operations pollute the surrounding marine environment with microplastics, antibiotics, and chemicals such as formaldehyde, as contaminated water flows through nets into the open sea. The EU, for one, has invested 1.4

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 21, 2023

James Parish Council steered polluting facilities into Black neighborhoods along the Mississippi River. 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.

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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. We are currently seeing a similar surge in federal investment. Wastewater 2012- 2022.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

AVTA says in addition to slashed carbon emissions and local air pollution, it's been able to save 769,231 gallons of diesel fuel, the equivalent of more than $1 million in fuel cost savings. . An Earthsmart FedEx zero-emission all-electrical truck in Lower Manhattan on July 17, 2014. . Denver International Airport.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. Natura, which issues a regular environmental profit-and-loss statement , went carbon-neutral in 2007 and became the first public B Corporation in 2014. Mary Barra, Chairman and CEO, General Motors; Detroit. LinkedIn | Company profile. million acres the 4.4

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

square feet of land and the assuaging of animal species distinction, water pollution and habitat destruction. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), there are almost 60 million more undernourished people now as compared to 2014. pounds of cattle feed that could have been consumed by a malnourished human, 64.5

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 6, 2024

The GWPF has in the past expressed the view that carbon dioxide has been mis-characterised as pollution, when in fact it is a “benefit to the planet”. GWPF director Benny Peiser has said “it’s extraordinary that anyone should think there is a climate crisis”.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The UK Government awarded it subsidies under the Contract for Difference (CfD) scheme in April 2014, and it was to start running by September 2018. The science behind biomass is there for everyone to see – it worsens climate change and has an expensive and polluting supply chain.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 27, 2021

Launched in 2014, Petite Lucette is a sustainable and circular fashion brand founded by French sisters, Anaïs and Clémence. The fashion industry has become the world’s second largest polluter, contributing 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Petite Lucette Launches a Sustainable and Circular Fashion Brand .

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

This electrification effort is being driven by the nation's war on pollution. In the period between 2014 and 2016 China canceled many coal plants and installed scrubbers on 80 percent of existing plants to reduce sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide and other hazardous emissions. The Chinese city of Shenzhen alone electrified 16,000 buses.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 12, 2021

A number of big polluters, including fossil fuel companies, support and are involved in the UK’s CCS plans. . according to a 2014 study. But a 2014 research paper suggested that due to how carbon interacts with certain rock formations, not all such aquifers are necessarily effective for storing it. percent and 75 percent.,

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

billion) — counts major polluters among its clients, and has defended two companies sued over allegedly polluting local communities. . He added that “it is unfortunate that a firm with a reputation for helping polluters will be given access to the heart of negotiations to advise COP26”. History of Polluting Clients.

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Grist

AUGUST 12, 2021

While that might seem like a no-brainer to some, it’s a finding that could have big implications for lawsuits seeking to hold polluters accountable for disaster damages. Humans have “unequivocally” warmed the planet, the IPCC report said, making heatwaves, droughts, and wildfires more extreme in the process.

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Grist

JANUARY 28, 2020

Increasingly, Blanchard and other Gulf Coast fishermen find themselves reckoning with a different type of pollution, a threat to ocean biodiversity and Louisiana’s $2 billion seafood industry that’s unrelated to oil and much harder to fix. Fertilizer is a major pollutant. Article continues below. More in this series.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Transport is the single biggest contributor to carbon dioxide emissions in the UK, making up 26 percent of all CO2 pollution in 2021. Reform UK has made transport a pillar of its political campaigning, claiming there is a “war on drivers” being waged via anti-pollution and low-traffic schemes. The Tory party received £3.5

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

It isn’t easy to undo a century of industrial pollution — or even agree on how to do it. In 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, released a comprehensive cleanup plan for the waterway. Efforts to clean up the Lower Duwamish Waterway have been decades in the making.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 21, 2021

A new paper out today reveals that tax credits for fossil fuel extractive companies to conduct research and development (R&D) increased by around £20 million year on year between 2014 and 2016. The paper found that in 2014, fossil fuel companies received £26,782,754 in tax credits for research and development.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2024

Chevron is the city’s largest employer, largest taxpayer and largest polluter. Chevron is the city’s largest employer, largest taxpayer and largest polluter. They released the world’s first plan to achieve net-zero carbon pollution. And there’s a reason for that: Chevron owns The Richmond Standard.

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Grist

APRIL 4, 2022

Although emissions are rising more slowly than they have in previous years, humanity has lost precious time to drive down climate pollution, and even with the most ambitious policies, there is now only a 38 percent chance that the world will stave off a 1.5-degree There is no time to lose, the report authors said.

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