Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

On 7 September Southern Water announced “a comprehensive plan” that it claimed demonstrated its commitment to reducing pollution incidents and helping to improve the environment. Our plan of activities aims to deliver zero pollution incidents by 2040.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

with a 2040 objective, which is a concern for many stakeholders. In the past, there have been concerns that monitoring and modelling have been regarded as almost separate methods for the assessment of air pollution, but speakers will outline the case for greater integration. The proposed targets relate to PM2.5

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GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

Textiles and the fashion industry account for about 20 percent of global wastewater pollution, 10 percent of global carbon emissions and 17 million tons of municipal solid waste. Electric vehicles are projected to reach 58 percent of global passenger vehicle sales by 2040. Huue cofounders Dr. Tammy Hsu and Michelle Zhu. Courtesy of.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 22, 2024

Though ENGIE has ambitious renewable development objectives , it plans to expand its LNG terminals in Europe, is one of the top European developers of gas power plants globally, and has agreed to import American shale gas beyond 2040. BBC StoryWorks has also worked extensively with other polluting transport companies.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 16, 2025

And with the UK government planning to ban the sale of new diesel and petrol HGVs by 2040, theres a real urgency around moving to this technology. There are zero emissions at the point of use plus theyre quieter when running, cutting noise pollution in urban areas.

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Business Green

JULY 23, 2020

The amount of plastic which ends up in the ocean each year is set to almost triple by 2040 unless governments and industry dramatically ramp up their anti-plastic efforts, scientists have warned. However, industry and government can stem the tide ocean plastic by 80 per cent in the same time frame if they act now, according to scientists.

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2021

Scientists are calling for a binding treaty to phase out global production of virgin plastic by 2040. Plastic pollution poses a considerable, even though not yet fully understood, threat to the environment, species, and habitats, as well as to cultural heritage," he added.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 22, 2021

Amazon also has committed $100 million to support sustainable forest, wildlife and nature projects in its quest to reach net-zero carbon status by 2040. What started as a $10 million investment became the $100 million Right Now Climate Fund. Pull Quote.

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Charged

JULY 17, 2024

The Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) regulation has similar but less stringent sales targets for heavy-duty vehicles, and the Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) regulation requires public transit fleets to go green by 2040. However, even if such goals are met, large numbers of old, polluting vehicles will remain on the roads.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The entire company (including transportation) will be net-zero carbon by 2040. AVTA says in addition to slashed carbon emissions and local air pollution, it's been able to save 769,231 gallons of diesel fuel, the equivalent of more than $1 million in fuel cost savings. . Uber says it will reach that goal by 2040.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

That percentage is supposed to grow to 58 percent of new sales by 2040. . The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) put out a report earlier this year that found that ride-hailing trips are 69 percent more polluting than the trips they replace. Aggressive policies around the world are helping spur this electric transition.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The launch comes quickly after Flogas unveiled its 2040 Vision and ambition to supply customers with 100% renewable energy by 2040. This is a major draw, as it helps businesses meet strict government carbon and pollutant reduction targets.”.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

Calls are growing for nations to sign an historic global treaty to tackle plastic pollution at a UN Environment Assembly conference due to take place in Nairobi this Spring. Discussions about a global pact to cut plastic pollution are expected to dominate the agenda of a UN Environment Assembly 5.2 conference in April.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Ahead of crunch talks to broker a landmark Global Plastics Treaty, the OECD sets out plan for near-eliminating new plastic pollution worldwide by 2040

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EDF + Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

As part of its ambitious goal announced today to achieve zero-carbon operations by 2040, Walmart outlined a notable timeframe for transforming its truck fleet. Its embrace of zero-emission trucks is significant because large trucks are a major source of air pollution that harms our health and warms the climate.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2021

Corporate signatories to the Climate Pledge have committed to net zero by 2040. For those not yet up to speed, net zero refers to the goal of emitting no greenhouse gases by a specific date, typically 2050. However, Germany just committed to reaching this goal by 2045. IBM said it would reach that milestone in 2030. The bar continues to move.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

If coal and gas were extended to 2040 for Peter Dutton's nuclear plan, the extra emissions created would be the same as having the nation's most polluting plant - Hazelwood in Victoria - run for 106 years.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The company was the eighth biggest plastic polluter in 2019, according to the Changing Markets Foundation. The company is aiming to achieve net-zero carbon emissions in its global operations by 2040. And what are those items packaged in? Most of the time, plastic.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

Over the last 50 years African nations have suffered from rapidly deteriorating air quality, making their cities some of the most polluted in the world. However, far too little has been done to try and combat the dangerous air quality with just 0.01% of global air pollution funding currently spent in Africa.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

is launching a new service to help media outlets include information on air pollution levels in their weather forecasts. Between March and June, air pollution reports gave the UK a glimpse of life with less air pollution , as nitrogen oxide levels in some cities fell by around 60 per cent due to less traffic on the roads.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Just over half of all directors at 30 of the world’s largest insurance companies have affiliations to polluting companies and organisations, reveals an investigation by DeSmog, including several individuals holding senior roles at some of the world’s largest energy companies. Which raises the obvious question, why? Shrago said.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2020

DeSmog investigation uncovers lobbying by some road and freight trade bodies that may have delayed and watered down local UK measures to tackle illegal levels of air pollution. Air pollution is a serious public health issue and tackling it is essential for the health of people in towns and cities across the country," she said.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The government has today confirmed all new heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in the UK will have be zero-emission by 2040, as Ministers prepared to host Transport Day at the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow. The report also details how global sales of zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) have more than doubled since 2019 from 2.1 million to 5.3

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 30, 2024

But Oxy’s plans for them appear to be less about sustainability and more about creating a “license to pollute,” according to a new analysis from the nonprofit Carbon Market Watch. Its overarching goal is to achieve net-zero emissions for its operations and indirect energy use by 2040.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 4, 2021

The new 18-tonne and 26-tonne trucks will be powered by 100% recyclable lithium-ion batteries, rather than diesel, and will help with the continued reduction of air pollution in the City. Air pollution is the largest environmental risk to public health with up to 36,000 people dying prematurely every year in the UK. “We

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Speaking to announce the lifting of the ban, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Jacob Rees-Mogg said his government was “going to ensure the UK is a net energy exporter by 2040”, adding that: “To get there we will need to explore all avenues available to us through solar, wind, oil and gas production”.

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The Verge: Energy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Photo by Jan Woitas/picture alliance via Getty Images The European Union saw a record drop in pollution from fossil fuel power plants last year, according to a new report. It’s an even bigger drop in power sector pollution than the bloc experienced in 2020 when the covid-19 pandemic shut down business and travel.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2022

Hundreds of countries around the world have agreed to draw up an international treaty to tackle the devastating impacts of plastic pollution, in an "historic" UN-led decision today that could lead to legally-binding international commitments and targets to slash plastic waste levels and engineer a more circular economy.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Plan includes a string of new targets and commits NHS to reducing emissions under its direct control to net zero by 2040, before bringing its supply chain footprint in line by 2045. The NHS today took a major step into the decarbonised future, announcing a multi-year plan to become the world's first net zero national health system.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 11, 2021

As for transportation, our city has bike-share and ride-share programs, one of the largest networks of electric vehicle chargers, real-time bus travel information, a commuter rail (SunRail) and a fare-free bus rapid transit system called the Lymmo to help lessen commuter pollution and congestion within the city.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 12, 2020

Distributed renewables — mainly solar PV, increasingly combined with battery storage — now have highly convincing economics against costly and polluting distributed diesel for commercial and industrial demand applications. Commercial and industrial off-grid energy access will see significant growth in the 2020s.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 2, 2020

The research was limited to the primary pollutant in each of the three biggest classes of solar panel today: crystalline silicon, cadmium telluride (CdTe) and copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS). The pollutants were lead, cadmium and selenium, respectively.

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Grist

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Well, folks, there’s a first time for everything — the Ocean Cleanup project has successfully deployed a device that collects plastic pollution. The goal is to remove 50 percent of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the next five years, and 90 percent of ocean plastic by 2040, an effort it estimates will require around 60 devices.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2024

In addition, diesel engines burn fossil fuels releasing carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas (GHG), as well as other pollutants, such as nitrogen oxides (NOx). Some oxides of nitrogen are not GHGs but they do perform a role in the formation of tropospheric ozone which is a GHG.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

Campaigns run by the AAA and Danish Crown are just two examples of the way in which the meat industry is increasingly turning to a playbook long used by other polluting sectors such as Big Oil and pesticide manufacturers , with the campaigns ultimately causing “confusion and delay,” NYU’s Jacquet argues. Meat Industry Playbook.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2020

As the world's largest drinks producer, it has has been singled out as the most polluting brand in the world for two years running by the Break Free from Plastic campaign in its global audit of plastic waste. CCEP's announcement comes as Coca-Cola faces growing pressure to ramp up its green credentials.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 28, 2024

It was published by plastic pollution prevention startup CleanHub. Single-use deluge Plastic bags in particular are a huge ocean pollution issue. As 1 million are purchased worldwide every minute, and with only 1 in 6 getting recycled, many will end up polluting the environment.

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