GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

During the session, Cecily Joseph, adviser for the Presidio Graduate School Initiative for Equity and Social Justice, highlighted the three major components of sustainability in business today — racial equity, climate change, and health and wellness. during COVID-19 and nearly one-third of U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2019

The Government acknowledged the serious and growing impacts of poisonous particle pollution from brake, tyre and road surface wear on the environment and human health – but diverted attention away from the immediate and urgent need to stop it entering directly into rivers and streams, water quality specialists have warned.

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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

MAY 25, 2023

Any potential human health implications, for example through contact via bathing or recreation, remain unknown. Richard Benwell, CEO of Wildlife and Countryside Link, said: “A harmful chemical cocktail is being stirred up in UK rivers, putting wildlife and public health at risk. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 31, 2019

CEA 's report first points to a drop in some types of air pollution in Pennsylvania between 1990 and 2016 and next to a rise in natural gas production in the state from 2010 to 2018.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Concerns about air quality, which has already begun declining nationally since 2016 , are growing rapidly for those living in the shadow of Shell’s $6 billion plastics plant under construction along the Ohio River in western Pennsylvania’s Beaver County.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2022

Established in 2016, the firm says it has created a solution to producing a sustainable source of Omega-3 for animal and human consumption – something which is currently produced by extracting the oil from billions of wild caught fish. Edinburgh-based biotechnology start-up MiAlgae has secured further investment of £2.3m

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

"There’s a lot of work to be done to provide affordable nutrition … and allow those who are seeking to grow organic, or use any tech enabled process that might be better for soil health, better for nutrition, to at least get started," he said. million certified organic acres, an increase of 9 percent over 2016.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Working under group CEO Roberto Marquez, João Paulo Ferreira’s Latin America CEO position has overseen the heart of the original business since 2016. 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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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 5, 2020

A Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation in 2016 found children "dying in crumbling, illegal mica mines … but their deaths were covered up." We are focused on safety for human health. The company has banned more than 1,800 ingredients from its formulations due to health and safety concerns. None of them attend school.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 2, 2020

The IEA study will show that disposing of solar panels in landfill is unlikely to have an adverse impact on human health, according to co-author Dr. Garvin Heath, a senior scientist in the U.S. And although the blades, like solar panels, are not expected to pose a health hazard, their size is seen as challenge when it comes to disposal.

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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.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 2, 2021

Indeed, this fact has been acknowledged in the 2016 Paris climate agreement.). failed nation-states. Now, and increasingly as these effects compound, adaptation to climate impacts must receive at least commensurate attention, promotion, support and funding to that dedicated to climate change mitigation efforts.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Kasha Global launched in 2016 to improve access to menstrual care products, contraceptives and pharmaceuticals for low-income women in Africa. The post French pharmaceutical giant makes strategic investment in Rwandan health e-commerce company Kasha appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Customers can order.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 22, 2024

Following the 14 July hearing he was sentenced to a total of 32 months in prison, of which he will serve half, after pleading guilty to charges of running a waste facility without a permit, and for disposing of waste material, namely asbestos, in a manner likely to harm the environment or human health. to remediate the site.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 18, 2024

The most common neonic found was imidacloprid, of which China produced 23,000 tonnes in 2016, says the study authors. A third of samples collected contained levels of the insecticide that exceeded “chronic ecological risks thresholds”, while agricultural use identified as the main source.

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Charged

AUGUST 20, 2021

Lion has delivered over 390 heavy-duty EVs in North America, and they have driven over 11 million kilometers since 2016. The province plans to eventually electrify its entire fleet of 332 school buses, as well as all its transit buses. Source: Lion Electric.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Now the alliance is launching a hunger strike to demand that the victims of a 2016 environmental disaster in central Vietnam caused by Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation, a subsidiary of the Formosa Plastics Group, be compensated for their losses, that the polluted area be restored, and that those who have been jailed for protesting be released.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2021

PFAS are harmful to health and the environment. PFAS have been associated with a wide range of serious health harms, including cancer, learning and behavioral problems in children, infertility and pregnancy complications, increased cholesterol, and immune system problems. “It 2016-00644). More information.

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Grist

JULY 5, 2022

between 2016 and 2020 represent a number 300 percent higher than in the previous five-year period. Tick researchers have differing opinions on how serious of a public health threat Powassan is at the moment. There’s potential for it to become a major public health hazard.” The 134 cases documented in the U.S.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

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. ChemFORWARD's web-based software pools together data from some of the best-known chemicals assessment methodologies. Data driven.

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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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Green Market Oracle

MARCH 20, 2020

The world is preoccupied with coronavirus , however, our health is also being impacted by climate change in a number of ways. Melting ice and rising seas are expected to add to the number of pathogens that undermine human health. Here are five other ways that climate change undermines human health.

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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. billion in health-related costs per year. [xv] xii] [xiii].

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Grist

JUNE 27, 2022

Many of us have spent the last two-and-a-half years worried about the health risks posed by other people. As the climate warms, more health risks will come not only from other people, but increasingly from the environment around us. between 2016 and 2020. The question remains whether we will be prepared.”. this year.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Latest air monitoring data for London released on Friday showed that last year only one site in London recorded a breach of both national and EU legal limits for NO2 on just over 100 occasions, marking a 97 per cent reduction on the 4,000 breaches recorded across the city in 2016.

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Charged

MARCH 12, 2021

To date, Lion has delivered over 300 electric school buses in North America with over 6 million miles driven since 2016. Lion will also provide support and training to LAUSD from its recently opened Experience Center in Alhambra, California. Source: Lion Electric.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 16, 2023

G+ members – comprising most of the biggest offshore wind operators in the world – have reported a record 44.6 million hours were worked in 2022, an increase of 38% on the previous year. The TRIR, measuring the number of injuries per million hours worked, fell from 3.28 in 2021 to 2.82 in 2022 (down from 5.52 in 2021 to 1.03

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Business Green

JANUARY 9, 2023

The study details how increasing incidences of heat stress are leading to worsening working conditions, increasing the risk of short and long-term health complications for workers, and undermining productivity in many markets around the world. hours per worker between 2016 and 2019 as a result of warming. Dasgupta said.

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Planet Pulse

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Since 2016, we have collaborated with ASU on significant programs including the Planet Incubator Program within ASU’s Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science , the development of the Allen Coral Atlas , as well as being two of the founding partners in the creation of the Carbon Mapper mission.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

It showed that only 16% of England’s waters – and only 14% of rivers – currently meet the criteria for “good ecological status”, the same percentage as in 2016. However, shying away from necessary action on England’s water quality is certainly a false economy. The post Is England losing the battle for better water quality?

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 7, 2020

This method of treating waste offers numerous benefits that help to improve the health and value of both people and their surrounding environment. To lower the pH and limit the amount of fluids left over from the waste, ashes and sawdust are spread on the collected material.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

Flooded streets in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in October 2016. Governments around the world must step up their preparations for a minimum sea level rise of 1 metre this century and be planning for up to 3 metres, according to a report released by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) in November.

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Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The research underscores a trend that scholars have warned of for decades: climate change presents new and intensified challenges for human health. Experts are urging decision-makers headed to COP27 to center human health in this year’s discussions about climate change mitigation and adaptation. Change in the potential abundance of A.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Johnny Alexander Gunneng is chief executive officer of water analytics platform provider InfoTiles, which he co-founded in 2016. Digital water technologies have an important role in ensuring universal access to safe drinking water by 2030, that is according to a new report from the World Health Organisation. Value for money.

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Grist

MAY 17, 2023

The last year the world saw a powerful El Niño, 2016, was the hottest on record. In bad news for public health, El Niño’s arrival could fuel the spread of diseases carried by mosquitoes, bacteria, and toxic algae. billion trees.

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Charged

JUNE 26, 2020

“We have been happy to support Transdev in their commitment to sustainable mobility since 2016,” said Marc Bédard, President and founder of Lion Electric. With 31 100% electric LionC school buses in their fleet, Transdev’s green shift is certain to have a major impact on the environment and children’s health for years to come.”.

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