Grist

MARCH 3, 2022

There are estimates of billions of additional people at risk of dengue fever later in the century,” Kristie Ebi, an epidemiologist at the University of Washington and a co-author of the report, said on Sunday. So are serious water-borne diseases such as vibriosis and cholera, which cause nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

One signatory, Associate Professor Tony Fletcher, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said: “We have found effects on human health in the few specific PFAS which have been studied in detail, and exposure up to now is so widespread.” “As However, three PFAS chemicals is still only scratching the surface.

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Grist

JULY 24, 2019

Lycorma delicatula , named for the lantern-shaped body of the adult that appears to glow under its dull wings, is used in traditional medicine in China, its native land. In the early 20th century, Dutch elm disease, a fungus from Asia that is spread by elm bark beetles, killed 75 percent of native elms. In the U.S.,

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MAY 7, 2024

Eirikur Bragason, Chief Operating Officer of Arctic Green , which develops or operates more than 1,000 geothermal projects across Asia and Europe will speak about opportunities, financing models and the company’s project development experiences. Széchenyi Medicinal Bath in Budapest, Hungary (source: flickr/ Alex E.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The genetic code of the world’s flora and fauna is currently used to develop a host of commercial products – everything from groundbreaking medicines, to ingredients for detergents – but companies are only asked to make voluntary donations for its use. Such antagonistic corporate lobbying has no place at UN nature talks”, he said.

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2021

As well, it designated the Pangolin, the most-commonly illegally trafficked animal in South East Asia, as a first-class protected species and removed it from the Chinese Pharmacopoeia of ingredients for medicine following initial reports that Covid-19 could have come from the mammal.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 18, 2020

Coined as a “once-in-a-lifetime” healthcare facility, the new campus will not only provide top-quality care for children but will also house facilities for advanced research and learning in pediatric medicine. B+H Architects Images via B+H Architects. B+H Architects Images via B+H Architects.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

A few tech companies are working to grow clean hydrogen in Europe and Asia and, lately, California. SGH2 CEO Robert Do, whose background is in physics, medicine and business, can't name companies yet but said, "We have also had enormous interest from other buyers in California and globally.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 19, 2020

This renewable and easily harvestable organism is used for everything from food to spa treatments to a possible COVID-19 medicine. Other parts of Asia, including China , Indonesia and the Philippines, also produce seaweed for food and other products. Farming seaweed People collect seaweed both wild and cultivated from seaweed farms.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Before turning to genetic engineering, the foundation tried unsuccessfully to breed a hybrid chestnut that looked and grew like an American chestnut but had genes from species native to Asia that gave it blight resistance. Aside from the whole issue of being transgenic, this is just about access and care of place,” he told me.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Chock-full of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, seaweed has been a staple of Asian diets and traditional medicine for centuries, and its various applications in food production and scientific research date back decades. Asia dominates the market with 97.4 Between 1969 and 2019, global seaweed production increased to 35.8

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Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2023

With experience spanning several countries, she managed go-to-market for utility-scale solar in Latin America, smart grid software in Asia Pacific, clean air gas-insulated high-voltage switchgear (GIS) & breakers in North America, and wildfire mitigation in California.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Once inside, they can explore rare species from the Houston region and around the world in the Global Collection Garden, learn about practical uses for plants in the Edible & Medicinal Garden and gain knowledge of water purification and flood control in the Stormwater Wetlands Garden.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

The key insight driving our investment thesis is that for thousands of years animals have been employed as a technology to provide valuable products and services including transportation, communications, energy, labor, clothing, medicine, and of course food.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 15, 2020

A few tech companies are working to grow clean hydrogen in Europe and Asia and, lately, California. SGH2 CEO Robert Do, whose background is in physics, medicine and business, can’t name companies yet but said, “We have also had enormous interest from other buyers in California and globally.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Hiking , canoeing and archery will be just some of the activities offered in addition to a zipline that stretches more than four city blocks into the Oklahoma City Zoo’s Sanctuary Asia elephant enclosure, which is located just across the camp’s lake. A NASA-certified instructor will lead designated courses in astronomy.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 27, 2021

resolve to claw back battery manufacturing capacity from Asia through a new $2.6 Is the current array of electricity generators and distributors prepared for this challenge? The answer is no. billion SK battery plant in Georgia. Much more focus and resolve will be required over an extended time. As former George W.

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Grist

MAY 30, 2024

billion people — notably in South and East Asia and the African Sahel — experienced at least 31 days of extreme heat, hotter than 90 percent of documented temperatures between 1991 and 2020, according to a new report. percent in South Asia. But the most vulnerable people are those who are pregnant.” percent) compared to white women (9.5

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 6, 2020

Related: Coronavirus and its impact on carbon emissions The wildlife trade in Asia often includes the selling and transporting of animals while they are still alive, making it particularly risky to human health. Similarly, the MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) outbreak in 2017 spread from bats to camels to humans.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 27, 2021

resolve to claw back battery manufacturing capacity from Asia through a new $2.6 Is the current array of electricity generators and distributors prepared for this challenge? The answer is no. ” In other words, our abilities to estimate future demand from EVs, and deliver reliable electricity supplies for their use, are highly uncertain.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

They grow or forage some of their own food and medicine, including ginseng and morel mushrooms, and fish and hunt for trout and deer. In southeast Asia, Veolia has worked on water treatment solutions for the cosmetics industry, and has recently developed new desalination technology. While former U.S.

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