Envirotec Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

Mark Kemp, the new President of the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (ADEPT), has launched the group’s new Climate Change and Green Growth policy position. Mark Kemp is the Executive Director of Environment and Transport at Hertfordshire County Council.

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Climate change Policy Resilience Transportation 241

Green Living Guy

JUNE 7, 2022

It can lead to consequences for human and wildlife health, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. The study, published today in the journal Scientific Reports, is the first to connect microplastics in the ocean with land-based pathogens. It found […].

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Microplastics Transportation Health Electricity 134

GreenBiz

MARCH 30, 2021

As a fundamental public service, public transit should be conceived as a scalable, resilient and adaptive system. These changes in transportation patterns should inform how we analyze and address old problems. The current crisis is causing us to reconsider both the nature of transit and the role of the public realm.

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Scooters Transportation Resilience Demand 296

Charged

JANUARY 24, 2025

Located in four clusters of electrical generation infrastructure strategically placed around the new terminal to create a single smart, resilient energy system, this microgrid will also include 3.84 megawatts (MW) of solar energy will be part of a 12 MW microgrid. MW of fuel cells and 1.5

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Electricity Health Electric vehicle Transportation 111

The City Fix

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

City dwellers worldwide are shifting lifestyles as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in terms of transport. As cities begin to re-open, urban planners and designers are rethinking urban and transport infrastructure to adapt to a post-pandemic world. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Resilience Transportation Health Technology 124

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2023

The first winners of the Freight Innovation Fund (FIF), backed by £7 million overall, were announced on 11 April and, so the Department of Transport suggests, could help create cleaner, more innovative ways of delivering freight around the country. million in UK government funding.

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Government Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 243

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 15, 2023

CSA enhances soil health and builds climate resilience, while aiming to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. We evaluate if this sustainable agricultural practice can serve as a climate-smart agricultural practice in terms of food production, soil health, and environmental sustainability. What is biochar?

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GreenBiz

MAY 8, 2020

Last week, three respected real estate companies — Cushman & Wakefield, Hines and Delos — announced an initiative intended to help companies begin the process of reconfiguring their offices to protect employees’ health as they return to work. You don't have to wait until August for three great discussions on the circular economy. EDT May 18.

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Real Estate Smart Cities Earth Day Packaging 356

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced that $3 million was being made available through its Climate Resilience Initiative to help municipal electric utilities and rural electric cooperatives. Climate Impact Vulnerability Assessments and Resilience Planning (max award $100K). Have you read?

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Resilience Carbon-neutral Innovation Technology 97

GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

In a way, we are seeing this crisis as an illustration of how expensive the failure to build resiliency can ultimately prove. The Corporate Sustainability Team will be working with our CEO and executive team to implement new initiatives as they relate to sustainability and operational resilience. I moved from the U.S.

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Sustainability Health Carbon-negative Climate change 458

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

Developed countries must do “much more, much faster” in their efforts to tackle the climate crisis, over 200 health journals have said in a statement warning of the unequal health impacts of rising global temperatures. The IPCC report shows that every fraction of a degree hotter endangers our health and future.

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Health Demand Climate change Biodiversity 97

Greentown Labs

AUGUST 17, 2022

Agricultural practices routinely involve large-scale monocrop operations that negatively impact soil health and utilize unsustainable chemical practices, producing harmful waste streams. Upcoming Sector Pitch Days will focus on transportation, electricity, and buildings. million people in the U.S., Skytree ’s unique CO?

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Agriculture Resilience Carbon-negative Startups 98

The City Fix

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In the global conversation around decarbonizing transport, the spotlight on electric vehicles has never shone brighter. The EV revolution is underway, with consumers embracing them in record numbers and manufacturing ramping up around the world. And yet, electric vehicles will. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Transportation Electric vehicle Sustainability Electricity 105

Business Green

JULY 9, 2020

NHS Sustainability Day campaign launches annual impact report as work continues by expert panel commissioned by NHS England to investigate into how and when the health service can meet net zero. The group was convened in January, as NHS England launched an intiaitve dubbed For a Greener NHS, in a bid to tackle the 'climate health emergency'.

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Health Sustainability Climate change Plastics 94

Green Living Guy

AUGUST 15, 2022

Global warming has driven an influx of extreme weather events and prompted city governments worldwide to seek sustainable solutions for greater climate resilience and public safety measures. Perhaps even more alarming, […]. The post Creating Sustainable Green Spaces in Urban Environments appeared first on The Green Living Guy.

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Sustainability Global warming Resilience Health 145

Business Green

APRIL 14, 2020

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) is to present advice to the government on supporting a resilient, low carbon economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis as part of its annual assessment of the UK's progress towards its 2050 net zero greenhouse gas emissions goal this summer.

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Resilience Government Climate change Policy 101

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

With public health and climate change both at the forefront of global issues, right now is an opportune time for hospitals and healthcare facilities to shift towards a more sustainable way of operation. Redesign transportation systems to be more eco-friendly. Sustainable Healthcare. Greater employee satisfaction and retention.

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Sustainability Waste Waste Health 148

The City Fix

APRIL 1, 2020

Our primary concern is for the health and welfare of all those affected. The COVID-19 pandemic is already affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans, and it’s poised to get worse before it gets better. The COVID-19 outbreak’s. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Resilience Health Packaging Climate change 94

GreenBiz

MARCH 31, 2021

The food, beverage, tobacco, transport equipment, textile, chemicals and pulp and paper industries are early candidates with high proportions of process heat in this range. Industry leaders, governments and utilities should work collaboratively to increase competitiveness, deliver health benefits and transition to a net-zero future.

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Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 308

The City Fix

JUNE 24, 2021

The global coronavirus pandemic brought a wave of public and private initiatives to help societies adapt and recover, from economic stabilization and safety measures to new business models and shifts in consumption. Many of these initiatives are not green, despite. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Transportation 129

Transportation Climate change Resilience Health 129

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2024

At its annual President’s Awards on the 16th of May, the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (ADEPT) recognised the achievements of members and partners working across the country. An advisory service for small businesses picked up the Delivering Clean Growth Award.

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Innovation Government Transportation Biodiversity 162

Andrew Winston

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

They have resilience. The Building Blocks of Resilience. A company can’t thrive amid uncertainty without financial, portfolio, and organizational resilience. A company can’t thrive amid uncertainty without financial, portfolio, and organizational resilience. The business had very little financial resilience.

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Resilience Organic Climate change Sustainability 78

Business Green

MAY 7, 2020

It is now clearer than ever before that the health of humanity is inextricably bound to the health of our planet," the letter reads. "It It is now clearer than ever before that the health of humanity is inextricably bound to the health of our planet," the letter reads. If nature is protected, we are protected.

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Resilience Climate change Government Health 87

The City Fix

MARCH 9, 2023

Transportation is a crucial enabler of economic development, providing people access to markets, employment, education, and health services. In addition to these development benefits, improving transport systems by making them cleaner, safer, more inclusive and more resilient accelerates climate action.

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Transportation Resilience Education Health 52

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 17, 2025

Among others, MLI criticizes what they argue is the carbon intensity of ZEV production as well as non-exhaust particulate matter emissions, which they claim create substantial risks for adverse health effects and premature fatalities. Gas-powered cars release a range of toxic air pollutants which impact our immediate health.

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Electric vehicle Climate change Health Fossil fuels 69

Business Green

MAY 25, 2020

Call comes in letter signed by more than 40 million healthcare professionals backed by World Health Organisation and other influential groups. This is not the time to go back to business as usual, it is a time to take bold steps forward to create a future that protects both people and the planet.".

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Health Packaging Resilience Fossil fuels 97

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Innovators from multiple sectors including energy, manufacturing, transport and food and beverage, could have the opportunity to share their condition monitoring solutions with every water company in the UK and Ireland. This challenge seeks to draw from solutions developed in other sectors which have similar issues to address.”.

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Innovation Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 130

Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 8, 2020

Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, As the Government of Canada develops and deploys its response to the unprecedented impact COVID-19 is having on our health and economy, we offer your government our support, assistance and advice to ensure that stimulus and recovery efforts help build a better, more resilient Canada.

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Resilience Energy Energy Fossil fuels 75

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Our future health and prosperity are closely linked to the state of the ocean,” said Erna Solberg, co-chair of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy and Prime Minister of Norway. This report signals an exciting new pathway to a low-carbon, climate-resilient future. gigatonnes of CO2e annually by 2050.

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Seafood Climate change Carbon-neutral Sustainability 214

Business Green

MAY 6, 2020

And today, the Committee on Climate Change, the UK government's official advisors, joined the chorus of organisations making the case for a climate-focused recovery, setting out in clear terms why the government should prioritise climate resilience in its post-coronavirus economic plans.

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Resilience Packaging Government Aviation 77

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 27, 2020

It all comes together because we know that the co-pollutants of CO2 from fossil fuel, and from the fossil fuel-burning power sector and transportation sectors, are all part of that justice equation," she said. Empowering communities.

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Recycling Recycling Climate change Fossil fuels 318

Smart Energy International

JUNE 6, 2022

MOBI (Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative) has released the first Battery State of Health standard as a component of its Battery Initiative. With the standard , MOBI aims to accelerate the use of battery health as a key parameter in various business applications and regulatory frameworks. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Health Batteries Blockchain Electric vehicle 52

Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 27, 2025

By generating hydrogen directly at steel mills, companies can ensure a continuous, reliable supply, avoiding costly delays associated with transporting and storing hydrogen cylinders. On-site production eliminates dependency on volatile supply chains, providing industries greater resilience against market fluctuations and operational demands.

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Hydrogen Technology Innovation Fossil fuels 74

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 22, 2024

On 18 July The Rivers Trust and South East Rivers Trust welcomed the new Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Steve Reed MP to Chamber Mead Wetlands, a demonstration of how nature-based solutions can be improve river health.

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Pollution Biodiversity Government Cooling 162

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Road development and management can embed unsustainable modes of transport and inequitable access, fragmenting communities and impacting on the environment. In 2020, in the United States alone, state and local governments spent $204 billion on highways and roads.

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Transportation Climate change Resilience Construction 130

Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The findings from the poll, commissioned by the three nonprofits and conducted by data science and behavioural economist Brian Singh of ZincTank in August, found that over half of Calgary’s citizens (57 percent) want Calgary to chart a course for a more sustainable and resilient city by investing in the transition toward clean energy.

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Climate change Resilience Health Investment 106

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

The tracking devices will be deployed in transects from zero, five and ten nautical miles offshore, and from three locations in Cornwall, each location selected to pick up different current regimes that control whether plastic firstly escapes the coastal environment and, further out to sea, where it is eventually transported to.

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Plastics Pollution Health COP 147