Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

Even the definition of “microplastics” is slippery. Rivers, for example, though we would expect this to be a catchment-specific issue, said David Tompkins, a soil scientist with Aqua Enviro, during the November event. Even the definition of “compostable” is still a source of some uncertainty, she said.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Announced on 20 February, the voluntary framework is presented as an advance in the effort to support deployment of carbon removal and soil emission reduction activities across the EU. The regulation encompasses an open definition of carbon removals, aligning with IPCC standards, covering atmospheric or biogenic carbon removals.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The report’s findings also echo earlier analyses that companies’ vague definitions of ‘regenerative’ – which can encompass a wide range of nature-friendly farming techniques such as no-till and organic farming – are undermining accountability.

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Grist

JULY 19, 2021

It can grow in partial shade and doesn’t give a damn about soil moisture as long as it’s not growing in a desert. Poison ivy might love soil warming even more than it loves CO2.” By comparison, the other plants she studies at the Harvard Forest only grow between 10 and 20 percent faster in warmer soil.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 9, 2021

What is the ISO ( International Organization for Standardization) 14001 Standard: Principles, Definitions and Certifications. Certification Definitions. Soil contamination. The post What is the ISO 14001 Standard: Principles, Definitions and Certifications appeared first on Green Business Bureau. Pollution prevention.

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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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Green Living Guy

APRIL 13, 2022

Growing your own organic vegetables or fruit is definitely healthier as you pay much more attention to it than a huge farm could ever do and you […]. In an age where hyper-production is taking over every industry, which influences the quality of the product, it is always valuable when you can have something that is homemade.

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Grist

AUGUST 23, 2023

It was June 21, 2023 — the edge of summertime in Acadia National Park, and I was schlepping soil to help restore biodiversity to the park’s summits. “One reason for that is that there probably isn’t any soil left in these degraded areas,” Nadeau said.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 8, 2024

Key Regulations and Guidelines for Greywater Use When reusing greywater, it’s essential to abide by regulations and guidelines, including: Recycled greywater used in irrigation systems must be applied directly to the soil. Sprinklers shouldn’t be used.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 29, 2020

29 – Soil health is all the talk on the campaign trail in Iowa as well as on the slopes of Davos. Something’s definitely in the air, er, ground, when organic agriculture features in a Super Bowl ad. ImpactAlpha, Jan.

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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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The Verge: Energy

JULY 9, 2024

. | Photo by Jens Büttner / picture alliance via Getty Images Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in everyday gadgets, electric vehicles, and to store renewable energy could be a growing source of the “forever chemicals” that pollute soil and waterways, new research suggests.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

We believe we can't wait for consensus definitions to start making progress. Not all regenerative practices or ESG initiatives are created equal and not having an agreed-upon definition before starting will make determining the success difficult. So we're doing those things in parallel.".

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Planet Pulse

MARCH 30, 2021

Dense, year-over-year satellite data can also highlight topography and soil properties over broad areas, enabling growers to direct resources across vast field areas with greater reliability. Accurate crop productivity data begets better definition of management zones and specific crop-yield forecasting.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 10, 2019

It will however regain much of its bacterial properties once added to garden soil. Bottom line, indoor composters offer fast, odorless, nutrient-rich fertilizer that will regain much of its bacteria once used with soil. It turns to soil overnight,”. Oklin is one of the world’s leading food waste solution providers.

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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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Grist

AUGUST 25, 2022

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. Surprisingly, there is no scientific definition distinguishing trees from other shrubby plants.

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Low Impact

JUNE 17, 2020

Soil fertility. If you have fertile soil, over time grasses or – if not managed – pernicious weeds – will overwhelm the wildflowers you are trying to establish. They’re more expensive and you’ll get less diversity, but they’re definitely an option. Existing grass. …is simple.

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Low Impact

JULY 14, 2021

The soil in those days was dead from decades of industrial scale ‘factory without a roof’ agricultural thinking, producing food for an unthinking populace. The land is heavy unrefined silt and clay, and given this heavy industrial treatment it was devoid of any organic matter content and soil life (microbiota).

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Front And Centered

JUNE 20, 2020

Our goal is nothing short of ensuring every corner of Washington has air that is safe to breathe for the most medically vulnerable, water that is clean enough for anyone to drink, swim or fish in, and soil that is free of contamination. The proposed definition is a modified version of the EPA’s EJ definition.

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Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

VanderSat has world-class expertise in providing insights to customers by drawing from NASA, ESA and JAXA satellite data, and has built a suite of novel products that report on key conditions on the Earth’s surface, like soil moisture, land surface temperature, vegetation optical depth, and biomass. Participants in the Solicitation .

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The prices will definitely fall very quickly if these countries can support it until we get to comparable cost levels as fixed-bottom,” said Winnemuller.

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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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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 7, 2022

These themes are not definitive — when we invest, we look for transformative teams and technologies, areas ripe for innovation, and where we can make the most impact. Increase carbon removal in soil, forests, and ocean ecosystems. We have identified three themes to help guide our cohort selection this year across our six sectors.

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Grist

JULY 26, 2024

Torrential rain and flooding can inundate groves and deplete the soil of oxygen. It doesn’t help that climate change is bringing insufficient rainfall, higher temperatures, and record-setting dry seasons , leaving soils with less water. Diseased trees face particular risk because illness often impacts their roots, weakening them.

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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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Business Green

DECEMBER 18, 2020

1 , AGCO is sowing the seeds for a global refresh of its mission - including electrified farm machinery, autonomous field robots that swarm through fields and smart tractor retrofits that provide farmers with insights into metrics such as the organic matter in their soil. "It With new CEO Eric Hansotia poised to step up Jan.

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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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Planet Pulse

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Over all that varying terrain, there’s an astonishing diversity of climates and soil types, crops, and practices, and a serious challenge in bringing agri-tech to growers. We definitely look forward to better resolutions with the same daily revisit times. Dialogue with farmers, and the rest of the ag value chain, is key.

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Business Green

AUGUST 31, 2020

We are altering the chemistry of our atmosphere and oceans in ways that will negatively impact future generations, and on land, we deplete our soil more rapidly than it can possibly replenish. And yet despite all this, I believe our system of capital markets and competition between companies has to be a major part of the solution.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

The term refers to actively pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and storing it in soils, plants, rocks, and within the Earth’s crust. Earth is rich with existing carbon “sinks” that already draw down CO2, like forests, soils, and wetlands. That’s where carbon removal comes in.

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Grist

AUGUST 4, 2021

A 2018 study looking at trees and soil carbon found that 80- to 90-year-old hemlocks sequestered 6.8 times more soil carbon than black birches of the same age. We’re definitely concerned,” Bryan Ellis, a forester with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, told Grist.

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 22, 2020

That is the very definition of sustainable development. Planet’s data can also help determine where sustainable practices, like building and maintaining healthy soils, rotating crops, reducing or eliminating tillage, and adopting regenerative agroforestry practices are being followed, making sustainable supply chains more transparent.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 28, 2020

It’s definitely worth a trip once we can leave our houses again. Low-water plants tend to need good drainage in the soil , especially in non-arid climates. You can find out your soil’s drainage by doing a simple DIY soil percolation test, like this one from Tennessee State University Cooperative Extension: Soil Perc.

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Defend Our Future

MAY 10, 2023

Buckets of water, various trees, soil, mulch, shovels, gloves, and safety equipment were provided – but the community members planted the seeds of their future. It definitely put a smile on my face. On the event day, despite cold and snowy Iowa weather, over 50 volunteers showed up to plant trees!

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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. Both scenarios put the public at risk. “If

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