Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Intended to fill the policy vacuum emerging from the UK’s departure from the EU on 31 January, the Environment Bill has been eagerly anticipated, and seemingly gives government the power to set legally binding targets on all aspects of the environment in future. Soil and biodiversity. Envirotec reports.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

This puts the natural world – from hedgerows and soils, to ponds and the wildlife that depends on them, at risk. Bare soils are protected from blowing away or draining into rivers, preserving our ability to grow crops in future and locking in carbon. It also reveals the gaps in domestic legislation which need filling.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

The biomethane industry, policy makers and regulators need to work closely together to fully realise these benefits, prioritising organic waste and residue feedstocks, incentivizing sustainable agricultural production and valorising biomethane co-products (digestate and biogenic CO2).”

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 3, 2025

Farmers are being asked to produce sustainable food, protect biodiversity, improve soil health and combat climate change all while facing unprecedented economic challenges and pressures from development.

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CleanTech Group

APRIL 5, 2023

Carbon farming via soil. Farmers are looking beyond conventional production of crops and animals and exploring the option of capitalizing on carbon markets.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The post Shared solar trailblazer wins federal funding to scale up manufacturing on home soil appeared first on RenewEconomy. Melbourne-based shared solar pioneer secures $3.8m to drive local manufacturing of its SolShare technology, which helps unlock solar for apartment residents.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 9, 2022

Past and present EU policies have proven to be inadequate for the management of nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus,” says Martin Wassen, professor in environmental sciences at Utrecht University and lead author of the publication. Farm to Fork strategy.

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Science Daily: Renewable Energy

JULY 23, 2024

Their study will help growers and policymakers select the feedstocks most suited to meeting goals like reducing production costs, lowering greenhouse gas emissions and building soil carbon stocks.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The AD process also produces an organic biofertiliser and soil conditioner, called digestate. Benefit #5: Soil health AD offers significant benefits in terms of soil health. or visit www.gfdl.co.uk Notes [1] ADBA’s Anaerobic Digestion Policy Report, April 2023 [2] [link]. What’s in it for farmers?

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Carbon neutral refers to a policy of not increasing carbon emissions and of achieving carbon reduction through offsets. Other offsetting projects enhance biodiversity, improve soil quality, food production or rainwater absorption.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 16, 2021

It’s the work of some leading players in this area: ReFED, a nonprofit that works on food waste; WWF; Natural Resources Defense Council; and Harvard’s Food Law and Policy Clinic. A new action plan that’s just eight pages long but packed with game-changing proposals is the best blueprint I’ve seen for how to achieve these gains.

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Planet Pulse

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

In response, environmental policies increasingly require sustainable agricultural practices like carbon farming, which maximize carbon sequestration. Carbon farming, also known as regenerative agriculture, aims to sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) in the soil, by maximizing plant growth and minimizing soil disturbance.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 13, 2022

New farming policy stripped of ambition to aid nature recovery, says conservation group. Our global food systems are reliant on thriving natural systems to provide healthy soils, safe and plentiful water, beneficial pollinators, and a stable climate, and investing in nature-based solutions will be key to securing food security.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Michael Clarke, Scotland Chair, Nature Friendly Farming Network, says: “As Scotland sets forth future food, and farming policies and funding for environmental restoration, we stand on the precipice of transformational change. Six in ten want to support carbon storage (61%), improved water quality (64%) and high-welfare farming (66%).

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 3, 2025

” Penny Simpson, Environmental Law Partner at law firm Freeths, attempted to place the report in context: The fundamental problem with modern economies is that good intentions to try to address problems as they emerge can, over the long run, lead to a steady accretion of rules and regulations which stifle innovation.

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Grist

DECEMBER 18, 2024

But these policies often address climate change in isolation without regard for other pressing issues like a decline in biodiversity, the contamination of freshwater sources, and the pollution of agricultural soils. A forest of quiver trees in Namibias biodiverse southern region.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 20, 2022

“This will in turn provide support for policymakers so that they can make better policy decisions for the sustainable management of peatlands.”. The project is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and involves 23 UK and international project partners contributing vital datasets and expertise.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Soil itself can hold immense amounts of carbon and is capable of absorbing — through sequestration — more carbon than either oceans or forests. It’s estimated that over the last few centuries, at least 50 percent of the Earth’s soil carbon has been released into the atmosphere. A lack of available alternatives.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The restriction would hopefully prevent further groundwater and soil contamination and health risks for people and the environment. Firefighting foams containing PFASs have caused many cases of environmental contamination in the EU, both in soil and drinking water.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

A change in the policy landscape seems imminent, as Envirotec found out. 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. We don’t know enough to inform policy. What do we know?

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2020

Data is collected and transmitted to Defra and Forest Research where advanced analytics will be used to assess the impact of temperature, humidity and soil moisture on tree growth and function. Specialist sensors have been attached to trees in two forests and are connected via Vodafone’s Narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) network.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Alongside the policy discussions on how to reach the Paris Agreement of 2015 and limit global warming to 1.5⁰C, A Healthier Earth will have a central plot to demonstrate biochar’s role in both carbon capture and soil improvement, including its ability to tackle food and water security in desert environments. “It

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

A lack of policy support in the draft Environment Bill and ELMS as well as perpetual delays in the Waste and Resources Strategy roll out, AD is the unsung hero of the UK renewables boom. This showcases the importance of anaerobic digestion (AD) as a vital player in addressing the Climate Emergency.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 6, 2021

But since that time, I've had the opportunity to speak before Congress, active members of Congress, the Senate, who've actually come to Lowndes County to see for themselves and have been working on policies to try to address this issue in rural communities. I had the opportunity to visit Geneva, because the U.N. There are no towns.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 29, 2021

With the right policies and processes, golf course managers can reduce waste and minimize the risk of polluting the environment. Apply fertilizer in a safe way that protects air, water and soil quality and eliminate the risk of over fertilization, which often results in the killing of plants and grass. .

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 29, 2021

With the right policies and processes, golf course managers can reduce waste and minimize the risk of polluting the environment. Apply fertilizer in a safe way that protects air, water and soil quality and eliminate the risk of over fertilization, which often results in the killing of plants and grass. .

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 21, 2023

Study found that in some cases up to 77% of fertiliser spread on UK soil went into atmosphere Some nitrogen fertiliser types spread on UK farmland are ending up in the atmosphere, with the worst offenders emitting on average 18% of the applied nitrogen fertilizer as ammonia gas into the air. of the applied nitrogen fertiliser types.

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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. It is looking at the elephant in the room, and going after it piece by piece.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Alice Groom, RSPB Senior Policy Officer said: “This research has landed as Governments from the four UK countries develop new agricultural policies to replace the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy. Nature underpins our ability to produce food and can provide food-sustaining ecosystem services like clean water and better soils.

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2020

A group of moderate Conservative MPs has served up a raft of policy recommendations designed to help deliver on the Prime Minister's pledge to "build back greener" from the Covid-19 recession, including proposals to bring forward the petrol and diesel car sale ban to 2030, plant tens of thousands of trees, and create a domestic carbon tax.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

However, insurance policies typically do not cover them, so the farmer is forced to take on the extra up-front costs and risk. One example of the financial challenges sustainable farms face comes in the form of crop insurance. This increased access to capital could help scale the market.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

For the good of future generations, we must retain existing laws and improve protections for nature, writes Joan Edwards, director of policy for The Wildlife Trusts. The estimated cost to UK farmers of soil degradation alone is £1.2 Image credit: Colin , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 We face an urgent nature and climate crisis. billion each year.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

.” Of the diverted carpet, 22% is shredded and used as surface for outdoor equestrian arenas (manèges), which raises additional concerns about hazardous substances contaminating the soil and air when horses trot over the carpets releasing fibre particles. 2018) Policy toolkit for carpet circularity in EU Member States.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Findings from the study also support that Florida’s sediments, such as sandy soils and porous limestone, are not suitable for nutrient removal by conventional septic systems, particularly in low-lying elevations with seasonally high water tables.

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2024

EFRA committee questions government response to calls to put soil health on the same policy footing as water and air quality

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

In addition to making these changes in its own stores, DySard said MOM’s is very active in local and federal advocacy and policy, by submitting testimony and attending hearings on plastics-related legislation. "I And not into the ocean, the soil and bits of them go into our bodies. Everything goes somewhere.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

The circular economy concept is all about making better use of natural resources such as forests, soil, water, air, metals and minerals. Every year, more than 9 million deaths occur due to air, water and soil pollution. The Action Agenda demonstrates five opportunities associated with the shift to a circular economy: 1.

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