Envirotec Magazine

MAY 19, 2023

Image credit: Kerckweb / Shutterstock.com Scotland’s environmental regulator has issued a civil penalty of £75,000 to a health food supplements manufacturer for failing to provide a leakage detection system on equipment containing powerful greenhouse gases that trap heat in the atmosphere and contribute to climate change.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Population aging and economic development setbacks may outpace the health benefits of less air pollution and slowed climate change, according to a group examining air quality and the factors most likely to impact future premature deaths. However, lower pollution concentrations alone did not necessarily lower the projected number of deaths.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Harrowing statistics from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work state that quarry workers are twice as likely to be killed in an accident than construction workers, and thirteen times more likely than those working in manufacturing.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Reaching the 2015 Paris Agreement goals requires bold action from all sectors and levels of our society. It is a bit like voting: A single vote almost never sways an election; but the duty and mass activity of voting are vital to the health of a democracy. To achieve net-zero, let’s agree on one definition of success. Peter Boyd.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In 2015, the world, acting through the United Nations, set in place a system of 17 very ambitious goals to guide humanity’s development toward sustainability through 2030. Harder but not impossible: COVID-19 and the Sustainable Development Goals. Alan AtKisson. Mon, 02/22/2021 - 01:00. Now it is 2021. But the analysis does not stop there.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Beyond these practical benefits, restoring nature also delivers significant well-being and health benefits, which strengthen the foundation for sustainable growth. If the Government is serious about delivering sustained economic growth, it must recognise and support the natural systems that underpin that growth.

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U.S. Green Technology

AUGUST 13, 2021

When the United Nations (UN) established the Paris Agreement in 2015, global society began adopting an eco-conscious mindset. As we reduce atmospheric and surface pollution, we can improve the health and. As we reduce atmospheric and surface pollution, we can improve the health and. Green Technology.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 11, 2021

For years, companies have focused voluntary social reporting on metrics that are, let’s say, comfortable: government-mandated data, such as occupational health and safety or certain hiring metrics, that has been measured and managed for years. Reprinted from GreenFin Weekly, a free weekly newsletter. Subscribe here.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Despite 18,693 complaints from members of the public (2015-2021), only seven councils have issued fines in the last six years, on average just over three every year. Campaigners have written to the Health Secretary to call for wood stoves to be phased out by 2027. Image credit: Demetri Dourambeis , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 air pollution.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2023

Consumption of PFOS-contaminated freshwater fish can cause significant increases in peoples’ blood serum levels of the forever chemical, creating potential health risks. Identifying sources of PFAS exposure is an urgent public health priority,” said Stoiber. PFAS build up in our bodies and never break down in the environment.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 17, 2021

Getting ISO’ed is a big deal, and I’m proud to have helped lead the charge at Nextracker to achieve certification for ISO 9001:2015. Our ISO 9001:2015 accreditation is confirmation of our demonstrated and ongoing commitment to reliability, quality assurance, the environment, and safety.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Through 2019, it managed a 1 percent reduction against a 2015 baseline. The company had hoped to reduce consumption by 15 percent by this year, against a 2015 baseline, but it actually increased water use by 1 percent per metric ton of product produced. . Through 2019, it has achieved 70 percent.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2021

NO2 is a key air pollutant from traffic emissions, associated with respiratory problems, while ozone is also harmful to health, and damages crops. This is what we expect from the air chemistry, but this will counteract at least some of the health benefit from NO2 reductions. The changes in PM2.5 differ from city to city.

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Charged

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Portugal-based EVSE manufacturer i-charging has received ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certifications, complementing its existing ISO 9001:2015 certification. ISO 45001 is the global standard for occupational health and safety management systems.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 19, 2019

Read time: 15 mins In July 2015 workers at the Garden Creek I Gas Processing Plant, in Watford City, North Dakota, noticed a leak in a pipeline and reported a spill to the North Dakota Department of Health that remains officially listed as 10 gallons, the size of two bottled water delivery jugs.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Read time: 15 mins On November 28, 2015, Roger Majano, plagued by a noxious smell overwhelming his Los Angeles neighborhood, heaved a jackhammer onto the walkway in front of his property at 323 Firmin Street. It was the dead of night, but Majano had run out of patience trying to get to the bottom of the sickening and persistent smell.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2020

By 2015, it had a 100 percent bio-based PET bottle, as other companies are looking to do the same. Sustainable packaging is not yet a reality, but there has been progress with reducing packaging weight, sourcing fiber responsibly and exciting developments in material health and bio-based options. About 5 percent of U.S.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

The annual demand could reach 19,120,458,891 tons by then, representing a tenfold increase from 2015 to 2050. . Deployed at scale, hydrogen from all sources could account for almost 20 percent of energy consumed by 2050, projects the Hydrogen Council. Technology & Investment Solutions is among those doing research for California.

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The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 18, 2024

Researchers say early deaths may have been avoided over 10-year period if technology installed Research has estimated the health impacts from the coal-fired power plants that operate across India. Despite regulations passed in 2015, fewer than 5% of these plants operate with modern systems to clean up air pollutants from their chimneys.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 30, 2021

The group, whose global membership includes dozens of corporate CEOs and board chairs, launched in December but its roots emanate from the publication of Laudato si' , Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical on climate change.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2021

An IAEA mission leader inspects tanks containing contaminated water on the site in 2015 (image credit: IAEA Imagebank , CC BY-SA 2.0 Japan has ended years of speculation over the fate of radioactive wastewater stored in tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant since the 2011 disaster.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2021

It’s a vicious circle not only leading to extreme weather but also collapsing food systems, and increasing risks of dangerous pathogens, zoonoses and other health impacts.”. Ever since the Paris Climate Summit in 2015, there has been much focus on tipping points. Reliance on the GDP-based system is not going to work.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 4, 2022

Hearteningly, the trend shows overall the water sector is responding to legislative pressures and customer concerns with an increased focus on policies that drive environmental performance, health and safety and value for money. The highest scoring year was 2019, with water companies improving across all areas.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 26, 2022

Working in a biophilic office environment nourishes employees’ physical and mental health in many ways such as reducing airborne pollutants, creating a calming atmosphere, among several others. Biophilic design encompasses benefits for human health as well as for environmental sustainability and business productivity.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The experience of space and place refers to spatial features and characteristics of the natural environment that have advanced human health and wellbeing. Studies have proven that biophilic design can improve mental and physical health, environmental conditions and may be economical. Biophilic Design and Biophilic Urbanism.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2022

People around the world are increasingly aware of and impacted by climate change, which is connected unsurprisingly with a parallel uptick in associated mental health stress. But providing supportive services requires a better understanding of climate change’s effects on the mental health of all people. Source: Marazziti et al.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

After the contentious exit of David Crane , who was leaning hard into the disruptive power of renewables, COO Gutierrez became CEO overnight in 2015. Vas" Narasimhan views this moment as the best to be alive, partly because science promises to advance health by unlocking genetic mysteries that have built up over 3.7

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 22, 2023

Working in a biophilic office environment nourishes employees’ physical and mental health in many ways, such as reducing airborne pollutants, creating a calming atmosphere, among several others. Having plants and green walls in the office can improve air quality by removing airborne pollutants, reducing indoor CO 2 and producing oxygen.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

More remains to be done, it said, and our growing understanding of the effects of air pollution on human health should inform further progress. This is necessary, it said, “if we are to achieve the best air quality in Europe – with a quality of air that aims to protect and enhance health, wellbeing and the environment.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2019

Encouraging citizens to take part in almost every step of scientific air quality research improves their understanding of how air pollution affects their health, finds a new study from the University of Surrey. Reference.

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Impact Alpha

JULY 22, 2020

The Schmidt Family Foundation launched the program in 2015 to support and scale technologies addressing ocean health. The winners. The post Schmidt Marine Technology Partners awards $1.5 million to reduce coastal pollution appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Founded in 2015 by Henrik Hagemann & Gabi Santosa and spun out of Imperial College London, Puraffinity provides a differentiated solution to the world’s ever-growing PFAS problem as its technology consistently and reliably removes PFAS from water, in a much more cost-effective manner compared with conventional treatments.

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2020

Call comes in letter signed by more than 40 million healthcare professionals backed by World Health Organisation and other influential groups. This is not the time to go back to business as usual, it is a time to take bold steps forward to create a future that protects both people and the planet.".

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The current system means society is throwing away or burning billions of pounds of valuable materials, while polluting the environment and negatively impacting on human health. vii] Anthesis (2018) Testing for toxics: How chemicals in European carpets are harming health and hindering circular economy. Available at: [link].

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Amidst four concurrent crises — health, economic, race relations and climate — one stand-out 2020 development has been the rebound of major stock markets and, particularly, the growing performance and prominence of environment, social and governance (ESG) traded funds. ESG investments: Exponential potential or surfing one wave?

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GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

Over the past several decades, public health and environmental concerns have made controlling smog a top national policy goal in China and enforcement an increasingly critical issue for companies to navigate. As the global economy reawakens after the COVID-19 shutdown, air emissions and VOC enforcement in China remain a hot topic.

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The Guardian: Energy

MAY 16, 2024

Study finds about a quarter of health burden comes from power stations that generate just 3% of country’s electricity India struggles with some of the worst air pollution in the world. But despite regulations set in 2015 , less than 5% of India’s power plants have modern systems to clean up air pollutants including sulphur and mercury.

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