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Smart meter network passes 20 million milestone

Envirotec Magazine

The firm behind the telecommunications infrastructure underpinning the UK’s smart meters rollout, the Data Communications Company (DCC), says the 20 millionth smart meter has been connected to its national network. The group’s CEO, Angus Flett, said: “These 20 million meters have been added in less than 4 years.

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IoT project will assess impact of climate change on forests, and inform UK policymaking

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A trial is underway in forests in Surrey and Northumberland to assess the potential for Internet of Things (IoT) technology to monitor tree growth and the impacts of environmental change on the UK’s forests. It will monitor tree growth and the impacts of environmental change on the UK’s forests.

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Monitoring for flood management

Envirotec Magazine

Launching a consultation on the agency’s flood strategy, she said: “We can’t win a war against water by building away climate change with infinitely high flood defences.” Flood risk management therefore focused on measures to protect communities and industry in affected areas. Monitoring NFM.

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Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South

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This story was originally published by Southerly , in partnership with Scalawag and Environmental Health News for its Powerlines series, which looks at climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South. Enviva had built its first North Carolina plant there two years before. .

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Next generation flow measurement drives sustainable water management

Envirotec Magazine

2 This move to the cities goes hand in hand with increasing industrialization, which demands more water for manufacturing and generates more effluent. All these concerns are aggravated by climate change, which makes the availability of water less predictable.

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Kwasi Kwarteng says biomass wood imports are “not sustainable”

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Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told a private meeting of MPs this week that Drax’s imports of US-made wood pellets to be burnt for energy are “not sustainable” He added that it “doesn’t make sense” and told MPs the government had not fully investigated the sustainability of burning wood pellets, a type of biomass.

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Geospatial data and climate action: New UN report

Envirotec Magazine

It also supports governments and communities in making informed decisions, whether building resilient infrastructure or improving social and economic opportunities to reduce the vulnerabilities of specific communities. The geospatial lens can provide so much more physical detail such as type of vegetation or buildings.