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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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2021

The first COVID-19 lockdowns led to significant changes in urban air pollution levels around the world, but the changes were smaller than expected – a new study appears to reveal. NO2 is a key air pollutant from traffic emissions, associated with respiratory problems, while ozone is also harmful to health, and damages crops.

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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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Impact Alpha

JULY 22, 2020

ImpactAlpha, July 22 – Three startups and a university will receive the funds over two years to advance their solutions addressing pollution from agricultural and wastewater run-off, a major driver of algae blooms and dead zones. million to reduce coastal pollution appeared first on ImpactAlpha. The winners.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 22, 2024

The world’s foremost climate science body, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has said that “immediate and deep emissions reductions” are needed “across all sectors” to limit global warming to 1.5C – the global target established by the 2015 Paris Agreement. Aviation contributes approximately 2.5

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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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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. A Citizen Science Approach for Enhancing Public Understanding of Air Pollution. Mahajan, S., Pinto, J.A., Riccetti, A.,

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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. Tags: Los Angeles orphan wells Hydrogen sulfide air pollution DOGGR california Aliso Canyon

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Former Un Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has added his voice to calls for more funding for efforts to tackle air pollution, as a new report today highlighted the "urgent need" for the world to take action to improve global air quality. Outdoor air pollution is responsible for over four million deaths every year.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

In line with the ‘polluter pays’ principle, it is only fair that those responsible for carpet pollution should be forced to pay for the damage they cause.” Also, CRUK claims that this is recycling, while in reality, shredded carpet cannot be used again and ends up polluting the environment. ix] Hilton, M.

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Grist

APRIL 24, 2024

members are supposed to be finalizing a global treaty to address plastic pollution. “We’ve had research for 30 years now saying that plastics are dangerous to our health,” said Aidon Charron, director of End Plastic Initiatives at EarthDay.org.

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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. The review suggested there now needs to be more inclusion of other pollution sources, such as agriculture and domestic combustion.

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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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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

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. As it is proven by studies, a wellness room provides benefits for both employees and employers. Catalano, P.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 30, 2021

The report , which draws from government data, raises concerns about the potential health effects on those living near the refineries and the federal enforcement that the high levels of this cancer-causing air pollutant should trigger. More than a dozen U.S. Canary in a Coal Mine”.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

What is purported to be the first global map of cargo ship pollution has revealed interesting effects including the apparent impact of fuel regulations. The new study used satellite data from 2003 – 2020 to determine the effect of fuel regulations on pollution from cargo ships. Navigating a sea of data. Disappearing act.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The ride-sharing brand positions this as a radical shift that will benefit communities, partly by reducing pollution. After the contentious exit of David Crane , who was leaning hard into the disruptive power of renewables, COO Gutierrez became CEO overnight in 2015. Mauricio Gutierrez, CEO, NRG; Houston. LinkedIn | Company profile.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The Paris Agreement on climate change, signed into life in 2015, may not be perfect. Over 90 per cent of global greenhouse emissions are now covered by net zero targets, and key clean technologies such as wind, solar, and electric vehicles are rapidly disrupting polluting industries and driving down growth projections for fossil fuel demand.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2019

The government’s failure to protect people from exposure to hazardous air in Punjab risks violating their human rights to life and health, Amnesty International said on 30 October. Air pollution and the climate crisis are intricately linked. Smog near the India-Pakistan border.

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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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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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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2022

UN to start work on blueprint for treaty hailed as ‘most significant multilateral deal’ since the Paris Agreement on climate change in 2015. The deal will kick-start work towards a legally-binding treaty by 2024 covering the full lifecycle of plastics, including their production, design, use, disposal, and pollution of land and oceans.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Climate change is already negatively impacting the health of Canadians, impacts that will become more severe in relation to the extent of warming that occurs. The link between airborne pollution from the combustion of fossil fuels and respiratory health is well-known. xii] [xiii].

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

million people die as a result of air pollution every year, but governments are still spending more supporting fossil fuel projects than they are tackling dirty air. Projects tackling air pollution receive less than one per cent of global aid spending, a new report from Clean Air Fund has revealed.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 11, 2020

Environmental and health and safety law imposes certain duties on site operators which, if not complied with, can result in legal proceedings, fines and reputational damage. These should be considered by businesses responsible for storing, using or transporting potentially polluting materials. But it doesn’t have to be complicated.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In December 2015, as a response to increasingly frequent environmental disasters that disrupted ecosystems and human health — plus caused unforeseen business losses and jeopardized assets and infrastructure — the Financial Stability Board launched the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2021

NOx is a generic term for the oxides of nitrogen that have significant effects on the environment and human health. Globally, a wide variety of organisations have published reports linking serious health effects with short- and long-term exposure to NO2. NO2 is generated by industrial processes including cement manufacture.

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Business Green

JULY 9, 2021

Company admitted to 6,971 illegal spills from 17 sites in Hampshire, Kent and West Sussex between 2010 and 2015. The company accepted there had been 6,971 illegal spills from 17 sites in Hampshire, Kent, and West Sussex between 2010 and 2015 following legal action from the Environment Agency.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The 90,000 first responders charged with cleaning up the carnage, along with others who spent time on or near the 9/11 site continue to suffer from serious health effects almost two decades later. According to reports around 20 percent of the people who were exposed to toxic contaminants are suffering from a range of health problems.

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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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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2021

Restoring the UK's seas to health could deliver a multi-billion pound boost to the country's economy by 2050, generate thousands of new jobs, and help ameliorate the climate crisis and restore biodiversity, according to a new report launched today by WWF in partnership with Sky Ocean Rescue.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2022

But conservation charities decry 'pattern of inaction' over past 15 years that could see waterway health worsen before it improves. The government faces a major challenge to improve the health of England's waterways.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2022

During the early 2010s, US states, Native American Tribes, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the regulated community undertook to overhaul the Water Quality Standards (WQS) regulations, before issuing the final rule in 2015. We are currently seeing a similar surge in federal investment. Wastewater 2012- 2022.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2020

In 2015, two beaver families were released on the River Otter in Devon. Researchers followed this reintroduced population and tracked their distribution and health. benefit the diversity of freshwater invertebrates, reduce nutrient levels in outflow, filter pollution and ?allow Now they’re back.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Scaling up energy storage can help smooth out spikes and keep the lights on reliably without activating highly-polluting fossil fuel peaker plants. In fact, our grid already uses storage to reduce peak demand, saving consumers hundreds of thousands of dollars as a result. Will it spur economic development or solar ownership?

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