Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

A proposed reporting standard that seeks to unlock accountability for the impacts organizations have on the natural world, informing the global response to a deepening biodiversity crisis, has been made available. Judy Kuszewski is Chair of the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB), which is responsible for setting the GRI Standards.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

In a 2016 study, Seattle determined 28 percent of the city is covered in trees, close to its 2037 goal of 30 percent. Because urban forestry generally has a relatively low carbon removal impact, fewer organizations are focused on creating carbon credits for these projects. the 10 best cities for urban forestry.

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Solar Power World

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Although energy storage standards from both organizations are relatively young (UL 9540 began in 2016; NFPA 855 in 2020), they received… The post Industry safety codes and standards for energy storage systems appeared first on Solar Power World.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. The 2016 wave of enforcement actions resulted in renewed effort by companies that hadn’t been shut down to take regulatory concerns more seriously since then. China’s new frontier for VOC regulations. Shuying Xu.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

By 2016 (and accounting for the rebound from that crash), it stood at about $400 billion. No longer is it necessary for nuns organized through the Sisters of St. Prior to the 2007-08 financial crash, ExxonMobil enjoyed a market capitalization in excess of $500 billion. billion and Total’s cancellation of $9.3

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GreenBiz

APRIL 7, 2021

magnitude earthquake in Aceh, Indonesia, in 2016, disaster managers were able to able to identify which communities were at greatest risk due to rapid access to data. magnitude earthquake in 2016 in the Pidie Jaya Regency, Aceh Province of Indonedia. . Delfina Grinspan. Wed, 04/07/2021 - 01:30. In the aftermath of the 6.5 Shutterstock.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Fishers, organizers, and concerned citizens in Texas, Vietnam, and Louisiana — areas that are home to existing or proposed Formosa plants — have supported each other’s efforts to mobilize against the Taiwan-based firm, forming the organization International Monitor Formosa Alliance (IMFA). Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 3, 2021

and Puerto Rico, NeighborWorks America is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization working to achieve housing affordability and community resilience across the nation. The organization’s Green Committee meets quarterly to organize sustainability and community outreach plans and communicate progress with the rest of the divisions.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

A decade earlier, Real Goods Solar grew organically and through acquisition and pulled in tens of millions in revenue. The leadership instead pivoted to selling the Powerhouse solar roof technology that Dow Chemical had tried and then discarded in 2016. But this isn't just any bankruptcy. Solar roofs failed to save RGS.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Famously, in 2016, around 2.5 These gases include volatile organic compounds (VOCs), meaning sensitive VOC sensors can be used to check the condition of these batteries – either within portable detectors or in process/plant monitoring equipment. Batteries 2016 , 2 , 5. words: ION Science) References: Nedjalkov, A.et

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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." It’s not a guarantee: In 2016, Lush discovered natural mica in a range of mica pigments it had been told were synthetic. (It None of them attend school.

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Grist

MAY 17, 2023

But that’s just the start of the kind of heat we’re headed toward, the World Meteorological Organization warned on Wednesday. The last year the world saw a powerful El Niño, 2016, was the hottest on record. Record-hot temperatures have scorched the Earth, with recent years numbering among the warmest since records began in 1880.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Niall McKee, Yeo Valley Organic, Brand Director, said: “As a nation, milk is the third most wasted food product in the UK, with around 490 million pints wasted every year, according to Wrap. One variant of the scheme’s logo. It’s the small acts that can make a big positive difference.”.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The original edition, published in 2016, was edited by Ronald DiPippo; the new one was edited by DiPippo along with Luis C.A. The exceptionally well-organized text is backed by a 30-page index. Click here to purchase the book. The book is available in both hardback and eBook formats. Gutirrez-Negrn and Andrew Chiasson.

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Green Living Guy

OCTOBER 29, 2020

David Knop checks his organic newly-planted blackberry rows for moisture in Steeleville, Ill. Isaac Smith/The Southern, via AP) First off, the number of certified organic farms in the United States increased 11 percent in 2016 to 14,217 from the previous year. The post Organic Farming in U.S.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Samsonite first disclosed the state of its environmental, social and governance (ESG) journey with the publication of its first ESG report in 2016, a requirement for the company’s listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 14, 2021

It currently has more than 18 gigawatts of solar power and battery storage under development, including for utilities and major commercial and industrial organizations. In the last couple months, Shell set a target to reduce absolute emissions by 50% by 2030, compared to 2016 levels, which includes all Scope 1 and 2 emissions.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Some of that is driven by CORSIA, the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation, a 2016 agreement governing international flights, developed by the 191-nation International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a United Nations body. percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to ICAO. “We

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 4, 2024

“The Carbon Majors research shows us exactly who is responsible for the lethal heat, extreme weather, and air pollution that is threatening lives and wreaking havoc on our oceans and forests,” said Tzeporah Berman, international program director at the grassroots environmental organization Stand.earth, in a press release. In the U.S.,

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 29, 2022

OKRs allow companies to set ambitious goals at the organization, department and employee level, creating a network of goals that collectively support the larger mission. Now more than ever, organizations are facing more global regulations and public pressure to hold accountability for their social and environmental impacts.

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Charged

AUGUST 16, 2022

As CNN reports, the truck was designed by former Formula One engineer Gordon Murray in 2016, commissioned by a non-profit called the Global Vehicle Trust. The organization rents out delivery space on the trucks, mostly to small farmers and traders. It started with two trucks in 2021, and now operates a fleet of 12 trucks.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Jharkhand has made great strides in bringing down the number of poor, reducing the incidence of poverty from 75 percent to 46 percent in the 10 years ending in 2016, but the state has lagged behind other Indian states in reducing poverty, according to the World Bank. Most of all, it was the extreme poverty.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 2, 2020

Over the last decade, the body has organized the collection and treatment of more than 33,000 tons of PV panel waste, equivalent to roughly half a gigawatt of solar capacity, said Thoring. As a result, in 2016 the association embarked on what Goetz said was the first pilot project in the U.S. to turn fiberglass hulls into cement.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 15, 2021

In February 2016, the government of Lithuania implemented a “deposit return system”, to give consumers an incentive to return used beverage containers for recycling. TOMRA supported Lithuania with the implementation of their new container deposit system, launched in February 2016 with a tight ramp-up timeframe.

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Green Market Oracle

APRIL 27, 2020

In the face of oversupply and falling demand due to the cornavirus the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Russia agreed to cut oil output by 10 percent but this did not stop the free-fall. In 2016 it was becoming apparent that diminishing oil industry returns was threatening the future of the industry.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 5, 2020

The property became one of the first vineyards in the Napa Valley to farm 100% organically in 1985, eventually evolving into a leader in sustainable farming for the famous wine-growing region. In 1992, Spottswoode made history again by becoming one of the first wineries to earn CCOF organic certification.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In August 2016, Pinchot University was acquired by Presidio Graduate School (PGS). Coursera partners with more than 200 leading universities and companies to bring flexible, affordable, job-relevant online learning to individuals and organizations worldwide. In addition, It has an easy and robust search engine. . Julia Craighill.

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Charged

MARCH 3, 2022

Did Ford refuse to release the trademarked name Model E to Tesla back in 2016 because it was already planning to use the name for a future EV division? We are creating an organization that benefits from all of Ford’s know-how and capabilities, but that can move with speed and unconstrained ambition to create revolutionary new products.”.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

where safe-harbored projects with federal Production Tax Credits lined up are essentially being built using plans from 2016. ” The ongoing use of shorter blades is largely restricted to the U.S., Other markets with limiting permitting conditions, such as Poland, are still installing smaller turbines. MHI took a 2.5

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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. Mike Seed explained: “Elemental analysis should be seen as a key cornerstone of England’s efforts to tackle its current water quality crisis.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Today, the Consumer Energy Alliance ( CEA ) — an organization funded by oil and gas producers — released their own report that presents a different narrative about energy production and air quality in Pennsylvania, a state that’s become one of the nation’s largest producers of fossil fuels.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2022

Moreover, spent biochar can be used to enhance the quality of biosolids, an organic fertiliser that many treatment plants produce, and which is applied to soils where it sequesters carbon for centuries. Untreated screenings are also a source of methane emissions, a greenhouse gas that is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

2020 was, along with 2016, the joint hottest year on record ever — closing out the warmest decade on record ever. More than 200 companies and organizations are so far involved. The state of the planet. Global average temperatures are now about 1.2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

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Grist

AUGUST 27, 2024

In the fall of 2016, soaring temperatures caused the permafrost encasing a remote Norwegian mountainside to thaw. Cryopreserved cells likely can remain alive for hundreds of years, with the aim that the collections could one-day be thawed and used to recover DNA and entire organisms.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Since our first cohort in 2016, the annual "30 Under 30" selection process has become both easier and harder. No doubt, some worthy souls within your organization, community or professional network could benefit from your tutelage. Guide on the side.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 28, 2020

Wind was the big winner: onshore projects that started construction in 2016 and 2017 will now have five rather than four years to finish projects, while still receiving production tax credit (PTC) benefits. The organization, which has led the charge for an ITC extension, also hinted that it will continue to push for congressional action.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 16, 2022

To give you some perspective on the importance of sustainability in the sports industry we consider the carbon footprint of the 2010 South Africa World Cup, the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, and the 2016 Rio Olympics together. Team games should be better organized and scheduled to reduce travel. million tonnes of CO 2e.

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