Grist

JUNE 12, 2024

It’s very, very, very bad,” she says in ABC’s prime-time Earth Day special , letting out heavy sighs and listing jumbled statistics about deforestation and the hole in the ozone layer. Some featured “ Susan Spotless ,” a girl in a white dress who would wag her finger at anyone who soiled public spaces with their litter.

Recycling 145

Recycling Recycling Plastics Earth Day 145

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 20, 2024

They should consider processes, materials, people, policies and projects related to energy, waste, buildings, products, packaging, supply chain, transportation, food, water, community and employee well being. Do we communicate policies company-wide? The initiatives should be prioritized based on impact, effort, cost and feasibility.

Business Energy Monitoring 60

Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 60

Grist

JUNE 29, 2022

It’s well known among ecologists that intact forests, with their extensive root systems and firm soil, absorb more water during storm events than logged forests. When exposed to sunlight, volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides transform into ozone, which is especially dangerous to children and the elderly.

Logging 98

Logging Carbon-neutral Climate change Biodiversity 98

GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2021

What public policies are needed? A variety of policies can be applied to reduce environmental justice inequities. EPA historically has identified "critical population sub-groups" in setting ozone, particulate and other ambient air quality standards. Integrating environmental justice with climate change policies.

Pollution 430

Pollution Health Politics Policy 430

Grist

JULY 6, 2024

Adding sulfate aerosols to the stratosphere would degrade the ozone layer (thereby increasing global cancer rates) and increase acid rain. Partially blocking the sun’s rays could interfere with normal plant processes and reduce agricultural yields. This has created a vacuum that University of Chicago leaders seem excited to fill.

Solar Energy Monitor 119

Solar Energy Monitor Carbon-negative Climate change Cooling 119

AGreenLiving

MAY 24, 2021

What public policies are needed? A variety of policies can be applied to reduce environmental justice inequities. EPA historically has identified “critical population sub-groups” in setting ozone, particulate and other ambient air quality standards. Integrating environmental justice with climate change policies.

Health 28

Health Pollution Politics Policy 28

AGreenLiving

MAY 24, 2021

What public policies are needed? A variety of policies can be applied to reduce environmental justice inequities. EPA historically has identified “critical population sub-groups” in setting ozone, particulate and other ambient air quality standards. Integrating environmental justice with climate change policies.

Pollution 28

Pollution Health Politics Policy 28

Grist

JANUARY 23, 2020

After Toledo’s water crisis, Ohio went further, passing a law that prohibits farms in the western Lake Erie region from applying fertilizer on frozen or rain-saturated soil. But here, too, most fertilizer runoff efforts are voluntary — and exceptions undercut the state’s 2015 ban. The state sets no phosphorus cap for most farms.

Agriculture 133

Agriculture Pollution Soil Health 133