Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2022

Researcher Mark Higgins testing soil with a probe. As part of their research, the team collected soil cores down to three feet at the orchard sites: “We found high levels of arsenic persisting, more than one would expect for 50 to 60-plus years after these pesticides were applied.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2020

There is significant uncertainty among many contractors and clients over the legal obligations and practical measures required around projects that entail the disturbance of asbestos in soil, according to SOCOTEC, a UK provider of testing and compliance solutions. What activities on site give rise to the highest risk?

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 30, 2020

University of West London (UWL) researchers say they have developed pioneering techniques to map the architecture and mass density of tree roots within the soil to a high degree, all using ground penetrating radar technology, and without causing harm to the plants.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 19, 2020

The program collects information about soil health, biodiversity and ecosystem function, which is related to water cycle, mineral cycle, energy flow and community dynamics. This fall, Timberland plans to introduce a collection of boots using regenerative leather sourced from Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed ranches.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

JBS , the world’s second-largest food company, also shared its plan to support regenerative agriculture practices, which are said to improve soil health and biodiversity. Despite glowing media coverage, experts warn that regenerative agriculture lacks a clear definition. based environmental organization.

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Front And Centered

JUNE 20, 2020

Advocacy by Front and Centered, our members, and allies helped create this Task Force during the 2019 Legislative Session in order to develop strategies that address environmental health disparities with guidance from the communities most impacted by pollution. The proposed definition is a modified version of the EPA’s EJ definition.

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Grist

AUGUST 25, 2022

Trees are essential to human health and survival. Their shade cools us down on hot days, they clean the air and trap water in the soil, they provide food and shelter to countless other species, and they suck planet-warming carbon out of the atmosphere. Both older & young trees have succumbed.”.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

All these methods work to improve the soil, reduce air and water pollution, cut emissions, and boost biodiversity. These big ag entities often link regenerative agriculture to carbon storage in the soil. Nature-based Solutions Often associated with: trees, offsets, soil sequestration, conservation, nature-positive.

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Grist

JULY 26, 2024

Torrential rain and flooding can inundate groves and deplete the soil of oxygen. If I had some underlying health issues, it’s even harder,” he said. Greening is kind of this negative underlying health condition that makes anything else that happens to the tree, that stresses that tree, just further magnified.”

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

As such, the company is working with farmers worldwide to adopt a regenerative approach to farming that encourages healthier soil and ecosystems, better water stewardship and a broader diversity of cultivated seeds and crops. And by definition, a commodity has no value or very limited value.

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Low Impact

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Let me just read something that’s on your website, which blew me away: “The UK fleet is made up of 5,911 boats, 21% of which are more than 10 metres in length, while 79% are 10 metre or smaller – the official ‘small-scale, inshore fishing’ definition, and the boats that Sole of Discretion work exclusively with.

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Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Vandersat’s innovative products help customers better measure and understand water management and crop health in major markets. We are excited to announce that Planet has entered into an agreement t o acquire VanderSat , a leading provider of advanced earth data and analytics. Participants in the Solicitation .

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 17, 2021

Soil scientists strongly disagree about whether soil carbon sequestration (SCS) can effectively help to decarbonize the atmosphere. Our recently published article in Nature Sustainability outlines our concerns that this conflicting messaging undermines efforts to restore soils to safeguard human and environmental well-being.

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Planet Pulse

AUGUST 2, 2021

In addition, there is the need to continue working with Planet images in other future projects led by PRIAS such as evaluating the feasibility of the soil in planting crops, monitoring of crop yield, health analysis of crops, and disease monitoring,” said Vargas. . To learn more about our products, visit our site.

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Grist

DECEMBER 14, 2022

But so far, there’s been limited empirical research linking the tribe’s public health woes to its environment. She wants to take her kids out hunting and foraging with her, but she doesn’t want to expose them to the environmental health hazards she suspects are lurking in the soil. Grist / Zoya Teirstein. Or rather, the dogs do.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The document urges governments, companies, and greenhouse gas crediting programmes to work together to promote "clear and transparent" carbon accounting methods, by establishing definitions, rules and a common understanding of approaches. All carbon reductions conferred by projects should also be verified, real and additional, it adds.

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Low Impact

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Modern, large-scale agriculture destroys soil and wildlife, and uses vast amounts of fossil fuel energy. Industrial monocultures are destroying ecosystems, poisoning watercourses and removing soil, and don’t produce as much per hectare as small farms anyway. It’s not something that can continue if we want to survive, let alone thrive.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 16, 2024

If not properly plugged and abandoned, these wells and facilities can contaminate waterways and soil, serve as a source of climate and air pollutants, and can present physical hazards to people and wildlife,” CalGEM concluded in a 2023 legislative report. The mandate of CalGEM is to protect public health and the interests of Californians.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 4, 2021

One option is to deploy microbes that grab nitrogen from the air and add it to soils, a route pioneered by first movers such as Pivot Bio. Learn more: Food Navigator spoke with the startup that’s ” expanding the definition of what a food crop is.”

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2021

Every five years the Climate Change Committee (CCC) conducts a root-and-branch review of the UK's preparedness for escalating climate impacts, such as heatwaves, floods, storms, droughts, coastal erosion, and their threats to public health, food security, power supplies, homes, offices, and infrastructure.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

On EVs, it calls for countries to agree a common definition and target dates by which all new road vehicles should be net zero emissions, suggesting fossil fuel cars and vans should be phased out by 2035 at the latest, with petrol and diesel heavy duty vehicles to be removed from sale in the 2040s.

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Business Green

MARCH 6, 2023

This enhanced rock weathering process forms a critical part of Earth's natural carbon cycle that, among other things, helps to make the planet habitable by keeping soils fertile and oceans alkaline. Moreover, there is evidence the approach can deliver wider benefits in terms of soil and ocean health.

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Grist

OCTOBER 9, 2019

As they walled off rivers and created dry islands from what was previously soggy marsh, they discovered incredibly rich soil. No one foresaw that this very bounty — soil rich with organic material — would, over time, become a curse of sorts. That organic material contains copious amounts of carbon. And the land began to sink.

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Business Green

JUNE 15, 2021

As a result, the UK is already facing a catalogue of physical threats to public health, infrastructure, and businesses which are costing the country billions of pounds each year, according to the Climate Change Committee's (CCC) latest five-yearly comprehensive climate risk assessment. The pandemic is a new context for that," Stark argued.

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Elemental Excelerator

JUNE 28, 2021

In addition to improving profitability and productivity, the technology enables better grazing techniques that can improve soil health, stimulate grass productivity and root growth, and turn our vast grasslands into more efficient carbon sinks. It’s a labor and capital resource constraint thing.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

The 18 works in the exhibition encompassed visual art, sculpture, film, and sound, taking visitors on a journey through forests, soils, seas, cities, and innovations. And if the size of the crowd during BusinessGreen 's visit on a hot, stuffy August evening is anything to go by, there is definitely an audience for such an approach.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 4, 2021

One option is to deploy microbes that grab nitrogen from the air and add it to soils, a route pioneered by first movers such as Pivot Bio. Learn more: Food Navigator spoke with the startup that’s ” expanding the definition of what a food crop is.”

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Health CLIMATE IMPACTS Disposable City: Miami’s Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe by Mario Alejandro Ariza, 2020 A deeply reported personal investigation by a Miami journalist examines the present and future effects of climate change in the Magic City -- a watery harbinger for coastal cities worldwide. Climate impacts 2.

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Grist

MAY 14, 2024

Although Xiong’s previous research using space-exposed seeds has identified mutant varieties of wheat that are more tolerant to saline soil , which can prove useful as saltwater encroaches on agricultural fields thanks to rising sea levels, she hopes to identify others that are resistant to dry conditions or use nitrogen more efficiently.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2022

On top of storing carbon, the trees planted through the programme protect soil, boost local biodiversity, and provide new income opportunities to farmers from timber and fruits, according to the company.

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Grist

JUNE 12, 2024

Plastics threaten “near-permanent contamination of the natural environment,” according to one study , and pose a global health crisis , with plastic chemicals linked to preterm births , heart attacks , and cancer. When recycling started taking off in the early 1990s, there was no definitive, agreed-upon definition of what it meant.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

As such, the company is working with farmers worldwide to adopt a regenerative approach to farming that encourages healthier soil and ecosystems, better water stewardship, and a broader diversity of cultivated seeds and crops. And by definition, a commodity has no value or very limited value.

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Low Impact

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

If you simply want somewhere to grow your own food, or to work with your hands in the soil, there are other possible options, so it is worth asking: Is there already a community garden near you? While starting a community garden can be a very rewarding experience, it entails a lot of work. Community farms.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 19, 2021

And since there’s no legal definition of “green” or “eco-friendly”, they often get away with it. Safer Choice certification is done by the Environmental Protection Agency and is a certification and labeling program that shows consumers which products perform well and are safe for human health and the environment.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 19, 2020

The program collects information about soil health, biodiversity and ecosystem function, which is related to water cycle, mineral cycle, energy flow and community dynamics. This fall, Timberland plans to introduce a collection of boots using regenerative leather sourced from Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed ranches.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 10, 2020

According to a growing body of scientific research, incorporating trees into farmland benefits everything from soil health to crop production to the climate. Farmers rotate livestock from place to place, allowing soil to hold onto more carbon. There is no clear definition. This was no esoteric inquiry.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

million hectares, is is inevitable farming has a central role to play in improving the health of woodlands, habitats, soils, water quality, flood resilience, and air quality, as well as helping the UK achieve its climate targets. Given agriculture accounts for almost 70 per cent of England's land mass, or around 8.9

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