Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 30, 2022

The new network also refreshes 60x more regularly than the existing system of air quality reference stations in Camden, “capturing and reporting hyper-local air quality data every minute to map the issue in real time” Initial data from beta testing over the past month has already revealed a number of interesting findings, says AirScape.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2021

The network will provide “unprecedented ultra-high definition visibility of local air pollution”, says Marc Ottolini, CEO of AirLabs. The firm behind it hopes “to fundamentally transform how we monitor and manage air pollution to improve public health and well-being in urban spaces.” Early adopter.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

By Gauthier Eppe Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that pose a significant threat to human health and the environment. References [1] Lallas, Peter L., “The Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants.” link] [5] Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and pesticides.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

New research from campaign group Mums for Lungs appears to reveal a failure to tackle wood smoke pollution in the UK. air pollution. [2]. Even so called ‘eco- stoves’ emit much more pollution than diesel HGVs – and you would not want those in your living room! Image credit: Demetri Dourambeis , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Countries to adopt “reuse targets” if text is adopted Environmental charity City to Sea has today (4 September) welcomed the inclusion of reuse targets 1 in the first ever draft of the Global Plastics Treaty as “a potential gamechanger” in the global campaign against plastic pollution. The text says: b.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2023

But it also marked the moment when air pollution’s harms were finally acknowledged, and efforts began to legislate against it. What’s maybe most surprising is that we lived with air pollution for so long before finally waking up to the recognition that it was harmful, in the 1950s. Monitoring milestone.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 14, 2021

Now referring to the old small mixers as ‘eggbeaters’, Tom said that the pressure ratios on the previous set up, plus varying diameters of pipework also put a strain on the biogas engine, but that pump supplier Landia helped to optimize the system. “It’s a never-ending learning process”, says Tom.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

McCarthy observed that the pandemic is one more example of how our system has left some communities behind, drawing a parallel to the disproportionate impact of climate change and pollution on communities of color. They’re in the crosshairs of the danger," she said. Trade-offs? "I I want something better than survival.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The findings highlight the vital role of mangroves in stabilising polluted regions, and the importance of protecting these ‘coastal guardians’ around the world. People should nonetheless still refer to the SA Department of Health’s advice if they are considering eating fish caught near the smelter.”.

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Charged

APRIL 11, 2022

To be fair, Mr. Eustice’s reference to EVs was one sentence in a lengthy discussion of measures to combat particulate pollution. The idea is that EVs’ brake pads and tires wear more quickly, producing higher amounts of fine particulate matter, a pollutant that contributes to respiratory diseases and can enter the bloodstream.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

The EA’s downbeat appraisal made frequent reference to Southern Water’s record-breaking £90 million fine announced in early July, for sewage discharges believed to have caused significant damage to ecosystems along coastlines including that near the mouth of the Solent, pictured (image credit: James Stringer , CC BY-NC 2.0

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GreenBiz

JUNE 5, 2020

I can’t breathe" refers to more than police violence. times more hazardous pollution than white people — regardless of income. Breathe 56 percent more pollution than they create. Are exposed to 50 percent higher rates of particulate pollution than the general population. Manifestation 1: 'I can’t breathe'. "I

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Green Living Guy

AUGUST 18, 2021

Indoor air quality, or IAQ, refers to the quality of the air inside of a building. Just like the outdoors, indoors can have air pollution. What is indoor air quality? The air quality indoors affects our health, in either a positive or a negative way. People who stay indoors for a long period of time […].

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 29, 2022

AQMesh pods incorporate measurement of a broad range of air pollutant gases in a single device. In the 2019 AIRLAB International Microsensors Challenge, AQMesh was recognised as the most accurate multi-parameter outdoor air quality monitor, and was evaluated for the highest number of pollutant measurements offered within a single system.

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U.S. Green Technology

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Air pollution continues to increase in cities globally, thanks to rising congestion from road vehicles. Micro-mobility refers to small and light individual vehicles with speeds up to. As a result, more cities and commuters find ways to resolve this environmental concern.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

In September 2021, the WHO noticeably reduced its yearly average PM (Particulate Matter) guideline values to 5 µg/m3, and in March, the UK government announced a consultation on new target levels for air pollutants to be included in the Environment Act, including a reduction in the PM2.5 target to 10 µg/m3 by 2040. Particulates and health.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

The term "resilience" can be applied to a vast array of natural, built and social systems and refers to the ability to recover function following a significant, potentially unpredictable disruption.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MARCH 18, 2025

704 (2025), which held that while the Clean Water Act (CWA) authorizes the inclusion of narrative (non-numeric) criteria in National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits, it does not authorize end-result requirements. Environmental Protection Agency , 145 S.Ct.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2019

Encouraging citizens to take part in almost every step of scientific air quality research improves their understanding of how air pollution affects their health, finds a new study from the University of Surrey. A Citizen Science Approach for Enhancing Public Understanding of Air Pollution. Mahajan, S., Pinto, J.A., Riccetti, A.,

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

India Gate, New Delhi: Residents of the city face pollution levels with a health impact estimated to be equivalent to smoking more than two packs of cigarettes a day (image credit: Amit kg / Shutterstock.com). Centuries on, sources of airborne pollution are only becoming more numerous and wide ranging.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2025

Image showing the interiors of male and female water flea bodies, which appears in the Daphnia Histology Reference Atlas. A new online tool will help researchers to study the impact of pollution on Daphnia or water fleas – tiny freshwater crustaceans that are used as sentinels for water pollution like canaries were used in coal mines.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Understanding the ‘Point of Use’ Model The term ‘point of use’ in hydrogen production refers to the generation of hydrogen directly where it will be consumed, rather than at a centralized location requiring subsequent transportation to the end users.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2021

For those not yet up to speed, net zero refers to the goal of emitting no greenhouse gases by a specific date, typically 2050. These questions and others will be central to our upcoming (and free) VERGE Net Zero conference in August. First, what is net zero? However, Germany just committed to reaching this goal by 2045.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2022

“Farming and rural land management,” he said, “impacts a higher proportion of our water bodies – 45% – than any other source, mostly through what is called diffuse pollution,” he said, referring to chemicals from things like fertilizers and pesticides, which run off the land and pollute water courses.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

This is what experts refer to as a prime example of corporate greenwashing. Basically, polluting companies increasingly need to present themselves as green to avoid accountability for their contributions to the climate crisis. The post Why Polluters’ Greenwashing Works and How to Fight It appeared first on DeSmog.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 1, 2021

This idea is called the "remaining carbon budget" and refers to how much carbon dioxide (and other gases) we can still emit before warming the planet beyond a particular target. We have already squandered decades debating and denying climate change — a form of " predatory delay " that benefitted big polluters.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 3, 2024

measurement system being installed at the site in Qaanaaq, by Tomoki Kajikawa, co-author of the study (image credit: Tomoki Kajikawa) A case study on the effects of open waste burning on air quality in Northwestern Greenland used advanced particulate monitoring to better understand the air quality risks of this kind of pollution.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2024

Since the first reference survey in 2004 led by RSPB, analysis of records from nearly 26,500 journeys across the UK shows a continuing decrease in bug splats, with the number of splats sampled on vehicle number plates by citizen scientists decreasing by 78% nationwide between 2004 and 2023.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2022

This electronic waste usually ends up in landfills or polluting the environment. Reference: Xiaohong Lan, Wenjian Li, Chongnan Ye, Laura Boetje, Théophile Pelras, Fitrilia Silvianti, Qi Chen, Yutao Pei, and Katja Loos: Scalable and Degradable Dextrin-Based Elastomers for Wearable Touch Sensing.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

The project aims to help identify pollution hot spots caused by traffic. Part of the government’s Automatic Urban Monitoring Network, the reference station has monitored ozone, NOx and fine particulates since 2017. Until recently, there was just a single continuous air quality monitoring station in or near Northampton.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2023

A resurgence of bed bugs seems apparent from recent media coverage, which reports that this is a European-wide issue and the Mayor of London has referred to the outbreak as a “real source of concern”. Blueair air purifiers filter at least 99.97% of pollutants from 0.1 Find a retailer at [link] References [1] [link]

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GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

What we refer to as "the grid" is, in developed economies, an extraordinarily complex web of asset owners, equipment manufacturers, energy producers, utilities and other energy distributors and national, regional and local governments. Such projects are on a collision course with the global transition to net-zero emissions by mid-century.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Part of the government’s Automatic Urban Monitoring Network, the reference station has monitored ozone, NOx and fine particulates since 2017. These new monitors are known as indicative monitors because they do not offer the high levels of accuracy and precision provided by reference monitors.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 26, 2022

Working in a biophilic office environment nourishes employees’ physical and mental health in many ways such as reducing airborne pollutants, creating a calming atmosphere, among several others. Having plants and green walls in the office can improve air quality by removing airborne pollutants, reducing indoor CO2 and producing oxygen.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2023

hectares of hard surfaces (such as roads, paths, roofs) from the drainage network flowing into the River Wandle which is helping to reduce surface water flooding and reduce pollution. The project will disconnect nearly 4.3 It has also helped to unlock a further £40,000 of partnership funding.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 20, 2024

The term is thrown around quite a bit, but it isn’t always clear what it is referring to Referring to a hydrogen economy isn’t anything new, having been thrown around for a few decades, but as the world seeks to decarbonize and H2 is recognized as a key part of that effort, the term is seen much more frequently.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

Ag also is a major contributor both to water pollution and climate change; the water sector, which includes the collection and treatment of wastewater, accounts for 4 percent of total global electricity consumption, according to the International Energy Agency. This isn’t small potatoes. This isn’t small potatoes.

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