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Study links EVs with real-world reductions in air pollution and respiratory disease

Charged

Electric vehicles produce far lower greenhouse gas emissions over their lifecycles than legacy vehicles, and this fact has been demonstrated by dozens of studies over the past decade (regardless of what you might read on Facebook). EVs are also expected to deliver benefits in terms of human health, but this has not been extensively studied.

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Healing Through Food: The Art & Science of Food as Medicine

Better Ventures

Embracing Ancient Wisdom and Modern Insight to Improve Health Introduction Oh, food. Food is so many things: nourishment, culture, enjoyment, sustenance… But is food medicine? We’ve always had an inherent understanding that the food we put into our bodies impacts our health. trillion allocated to treating diet-related illnesses.

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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

Not only does reclaimed lumber give that rustic, farmhouse look and possess some unique history within its grain, but it also helps preserve our carbon-sequestering forests and rejects monoculture tree farms that do not support biodiversity or ecological health. RECYCLED STEEL. BIO-BASED AND RECYCLED INSULATION.

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AstraZeneca promises to get to net zero 10 years ahead of schedule

Business Green

The move will see AstraZeneca accelerate its plans to cut carbon, with the firm promising yesterday to double energy productivity, use 100 per cent renewable energy, and reduce total energy consumption by 10 per cent from a 2015 base, all by 2025.

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UK Government Launches Critical Imports and Supply Chains Strategy

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

Green , and James Bee On 17 January 2024, the government launched the Critical Imports and Supply Chains Strategy (the strategy), which aims to safeguard UK supplies of goods including medicine, minerals, and semiconductors. Latham & Watkins will continue to monitor developments in this area.

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Why massive Saharan dust plumes are blowing into the US

Grist

Tropical storms derive their energy from wet air. So what does that mean for respiratory health, especially with COVID-19 being a respiratory disease? Graham Carlos of the Indiana University School of Medicine and Eskenazi Health. “We You can watch the dust’s progress from a satellite with this neat tool.

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AstraZeneca advances plan for climate-friendly inhalers

Business Green

per cent less Global Warming Potential (GWP) than propellants currently used in respiratory medicines. AstraZeneca said it now expects Breztri to be its first medicine to transition to the new near-zero climate impact inhaler, subject to regulatory approval.