Grist

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A class of chemicals commonly used in plastic food containers and cosmetic products may have caused about 10 percent of the United States’ preterm births in 2018, according to a study from environmental health experts at New York University. Phthalate exposure is just one way the plastics industry externalizes harms.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

And a newer option, soil carbon, also is generating investment from multiple corporate sectors. Yet another natural sink absorbs about as much carbon dioxide as our planet’s soils and forests combined: the world’s coastal and ocean waters. That’s why one recent survey recorded almost $160 million spent on forest offsets in 2019.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

And a newer option, soil carbon, also is generating investment from multiple corporate sectors. Yet another natural sink absorbs about as much carbon dioxide as our planet’s soils and forests combined: the world’s coastal and ocean waters. That’s why one recent survey recorded almost $160 million spent on forest offsets in 2019.

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Business Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 370

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Excavated soil from the site will be used for an ambitious habitat creation scheme – the largest within the M25. Some of this is attributed to Covid-19, as well as the drop in interest rates since the project began in 2018. A 110-hectare site at Rainham is being developed for use by the RSPB, which owns the site.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Soil itself can hold immense amounts of carbon and is capable of absorbing — through sequestration — more carbon than either oceans or forests. It’s estimated that over the last few centuries, at least 50 percent of the Earth’s soil carbon has been released into the atmosphere. A lack of available alternatives.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2020

Fraction of budget spent on soils in England despite importance for combatting floods and boosting food security, Sustainable Soils Alliance warns. The Sustainable Soils Alliance (SSA) said it found just 0.41 The news comes amid growing concern about the health of soils both in the UK and worldwide. With an estimated 2.2

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GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

In 2018, the Land O’Lakes Sustain program, now part of Truterra , provided loans for the cooperative’s farmers to adopt sustainable methods such as water-reuse systems and manure separation technology. Some big food companies trying to address their Scope 3 emissions have started working to knock down those barriers for farmers. .

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As more corporate sustainability teams cultivate projects to restore biodiversity and degraded landscapes or to nurture soil carbon sequestration and other nature-based climate solutions, interest in drone technologies that can weed out the best opportunities is flourishing. Let me drone on a moment about drones for agriculture or forestry.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Despite Pollan’s many pages of ‘shroom-inspired revelations in his 2018 book on psychedelic drugs , scientists at Leiden University in the Netherlands say the relationship between fungi and humans is not particularly harmonious. But we also need to preserve the soil fungi that we already have.

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GreenBiz

JULY 17, 2020

Winner of the 2018 Global Change Award , the company aims to unlock value for the textile and fashion industry, for farmers and for the planet. The effluent is actually perfect organic fertilizer, and we take it back to the farms to build soil fertility and further sequester carbon — just like the sheep does.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 30, 2023

Lighthouse Award winners AB InBev 100+ Accelerator This innovation programme to fuel the growth of startups was established by AB InBev, Coca-Cola, Colgate-Palmolive, and Unilever in 2018, with the goal of connecting global corporations with innovative entrepreneurs developing break though advancements for water stewardship and sustainability.

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 4, 2023

Planet Basemap of Somalia • August 2022 For example, we can use “planetary forensics” like measuring the amount of moisture in soil to give us a clear environmental signal about the conditions in dry regions. This map depicts global measurements of Soil Water Content derived from satellite imagery. Dry conditions have displaced 1.3

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Its microbial fertilizer fixes nitrogen (moves nitrogen from the air to the soil) so that plants can use it as food. Kula Bio’s technology also boosts soil health, according to its team, helping farmers treat their land responsibly. Every ecologist you talk to will say that is the cornerstone way to start improving soil health.

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Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Aptly named, Justdiggit supports local farmers and pastoralists in Tanzania and Kenya to use accessible tools, like shovels, to dig bunds—semi-circular shaped pits that help the soil capture rainwater. PlanetScope imagery from May 27, 2018 through May 11, 2022 captured Justdiggit’s vegetation restoration in Pembamato, Tanzania.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2024

This pesticide has been banned in the UK since 2018 but has been approved for use on British sugar beet crops. Research published in 2023 found harmful neonicotinoids present in more than 10% of English rivers, home to 3,800 invertebrate species, despite a ban of these chemicals in 2018.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

in 2018, it was worth £1.72 The special trays are soil-less, and water can be supplied as water to the roots or as a spray mist. The farmer can control the environment – lighting, temperature and water provision – without having to suffer the vagaries of the weather. And it is growing globally. billion and set to rise to £9.84

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Grist

AUGUST 10, 2021

A lot of those findings echo past reports — including the 2018 special report on the potential impacts of 1.5 But others, like permafrost melt releasing the carbon stored in Arctic soils — were more certain and designated “high confidence.”. degrees Celsius (2.7

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Soil Sea level rise Climate change Carbon 144

Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

On September 28, 2018, a destructive magnitude 7.5 The strength and stiffness of the soil decreased dramatically due to the shaking of the great quake, turning it from a solid to a liquid in one of the most dramatic soil liquefaction events ever recorded, leading to destructive landslides. pic.twitter.com/vTZXc5sjIc. —

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Soil 81

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

billion tonnes of waste is dumped globally, with devastating effects on our air, oceans and soil. Faisal Butt, Founder and Managing Partner at Pi Labs, said: “With global annual waste generation predicted to increase by 70% between 2018 and 2050, we urgently need innovative solutions to help us move towards a zero waste economy.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2021

Toast Ale - which specialises in using waste bread to brew beer, delivering significant emissions reductions in the process - became the first UK brewery to certify as a B Corp in 2018. As such it has partnered with charity Soil Heroes, which work with farmers to build healthier environments and promote regenerative agricultural practices.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

An example of a pit latrine, where human waste is deposited in the soil where nature is able to safely sanitise it (image credit: Dr Simon Willcock, Bangor University). This includes pit latrine waste that gradually filters through the soil — a natural process that cleans it before it reaches groundwater.

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Waste Waste Soil Asia 147

Grist

MARCH 14, 2023

The research relies on satellite data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, used to measure subtle changes in Earth’s stores of water, including groundwater, surface water, snow, ice, and soil moisture. Warmer air can suck moisture out of the soil, amplifying droughts.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

“December activity alone may have topped 47 GW, which is higher than total Chinese wind capacity additions from 2018 and 2019 combined,” noted Wood Mackenzie’s Li in an email. Indeed, in many parts of China the soil is frozen over in December so it is hard for any construction work to take place, he said.

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Planet Pulse

JUNE 15, 2020

It’ll be good to see our Doves back on New Zealand soil (at least temporarily), and we plan to have the pics to prove it. The first time we launched with Rocket Lab was with our Dove Pioneer satellite in January of 2018 on their “Still Testing” flight, which was their first launch to orbit. The image was collected on June 6, 2020.

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Soil Technology 105

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Potholes on England’s major roads have caused 5,000 injuries since 2018. Current road technology creates an estimated 700,000 tonnes of carbon emissions each year, and the cost of repairing pothole-plagued UK roads is expected to be £12 billion over the next decade. Last year, England spent £1.2

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Climate change Soil Cooling Carbon 130

Green Roof Technology

DECEMBER 31, 2017

The green roof growing media (soil for the green roof plants) is a blend of different mineral components with an organic content of typically less that 15%. It is practically impossible to set this material on fire – even when the natural moisture content is not considered.

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Grist

MARCH 27, 2020

Bristol is studying samples of soil and ice extracted from the north Alaskan coast in 2018. Emily Bristol takes soil samples off the coast of Alaska. At nearly 20 feet long, the cylinders of ice reveal the deep past, holding the frozen remains of dead plants from 40,000 years ago. Sasha Peterson. “I

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 7, 2023

CreChar’s circular solution permanently sequesters carbon in soils helping to secure a Net Zero future. The product is a carbon-rich, porous material that will help stabilise the performance of AD plants and enhance green energy production from food and farming waste.

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Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

During Zambia’s first harvest in May 2018, Derek Nicolle, General Manager of Agrivision Zambia – Mkushi Estates, who grows soy, wheat, and maize on 3,000 hectares, was experiencing unnoticed irrigation issues. May 25, 2018 // Credit: RHIZA. New technologies are making this possible at a scale never before possible. .

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Agriculture Energy Monitor Soil Africa 79

E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

AUGUST 13, 2019

Last December, the 2018 Farm Bill passed with a first-time provision to add a new agricultural product to the market?—?carbon with the Soil Health Demonstration Trial (SHDT), which was crafted and advanced by an E2-led coalition. in this case through absorption and storage in plant matter and soil. carbon removal?—?with

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Energy Monitor Carbon Soil Building Energy Monitoring 60

Grist

MARCH 14, 2023

The research relies on satellite data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, used to measure subtle changes in Earth’s stores of water, including groundwater, surface water, snow, ice, and soil moisture. Warmer air can suck moisture out of the soil, amplifying droughts.

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Climate change Soil South America Africa 96

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 5, 2023

There are also increasing concerns about the effects of agriculture on soil health, with detrimental effects including erosion, pollution (nutrients and pesticides), compaction, desertification and salinisation. With no soil or pesticide contamination, water efficiency is further enhanced by the absence of a requirement for washing.

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Technology Building Energy Monitoring 147

Greenability Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

He received the 2018 James Beard Award for Best American Cookbook and a 2019 James Beard Leadership Award. Improving urban soils with low-cost materials. Gail Fuller of Fuller Farms and Great Plains Regeneration will discuss the importance of healthy soil and his journey into regenerating his farm, his community and himself.

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Resilience Climate change Agriculture Soil 77

Grist

JULY 23, 2024

David Ngibuini is a second-generation coffee farmer in Kenya’s central highlands, an area of cool temperatures and rich volcanic soil that’s long been one of the best places to grow coffee on Earth. In recent years he’s planted shade trees, which have also boosted soil nutrients and led to improved cherry quality.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 25, 2022

Activists and scientists have found alarming levels of radioactivity in samples collected along the road and soils outside Austin Master Services, an oilfield waste processing facility with a history of sloppy practices in eastern Ohio. Soil nationwide generally has a radium background level of about 1 picocurie per gram, and the U.S.

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Waste Waste Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 98

Grist

APRIL 20, 2022

Sometimes, only a thin layer of soil covers yawning craters where the ice has vanished, what Hasson calls “ghost ice wedges.” Many variables influence permafrost’s stability, like how cold it is, how deep it runs, and the quantity of soil moisture, or its “ice richness.” Many of the valley’s spruce trees lean drunkenly.

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Soil Methane Climate change Government 144

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 12, 2021

I’m an investigative journalist and I’d been arrested twice in 2018, both times for allegedly trespassing on what’s known as “critical infrastructure,” a felony under a then-new Louisiana law that — at the urging of the oil and gas industry — redefined pipelines and their construction sites as critical infrastructure.

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