Governments and corporates are facing an onslaught of litigation over climate change, environmental damag… Governments and corporates are facing an onslaught of litigation over climate change, environmental damage and allegations of ‘greenwashing’. The rise of environmental lawsuits launched by individuals, NGOs, companies and trade associations is staggering: in the 28Continue Reading
1/2 Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network and host of the “700 Club,” said in a speech in 1988 that he hoped for a future “where the water is pure to drink, the air clean to breathe and the citizens respect and care for the soil, the forestsContinue Reading
Pollutant released by industrial facilities impact on humans and the environment. The seriousness of global warming or health and ecological consequences can be underestimated if only the quantity of pollutants is used17. The global warming potential is strongly dependent on the chemicals’ radiative efficiency, in other words their ability toContinue Reading
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Heritage-Crystal Clean Inc. (Nasdaq: HCCI), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, a leading provider of environmental and industrial services, today announces a new partnership with Allonnia, Revive Environmental, and EPOC Enviro to launch 4never™, the first closed-loop PFAS remediation solution, to the landfill and industrial waste management markets. PFAS,Continue Reading
SHANNON, Ireland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PPG (NYSE: PPG) today announced that it has achieved International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001 certification for an environmental management system (EMS) at its Shannon, Ireland, operations. The company manufactures highly efficient, high-performing organic light-emitting diode (OLED) materials at the Universal Display Corporation (UDC) (Nasdaq: OLED) site. ISOContinue Reading
The Government has also created an ambition to ensure that every home is within a 15-minute walk from a green space or water such as woodlands, wetlands, parks and rivers The UK Government will publish its long-awaited Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) on Tuesday (31 January). The EIP builds on keyContinue Reading
(Credit: Unsplash) This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Gabriela de Mattos Laube and Ms. Mariana Fonseca Santana and Ms. Kamila Andrade Santana, two second-year medical students from Universidade Tiradentes, Aracaju-SE, Brazil. They are affiliated to the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of TheContinue Reading
The government will today publish its long-awaited Environmental Improvement Plan, setting out how it intends to deliver on the various targets set out in the Environment Act and honour its pledge to “leave our environment in a better state than we found it”. The new strategy builds on the 25Continue Reading
White conservative evangelicals, who make up most of the religious right movement, largely oppose government regulation to protect the environmental initiatives, including efforts to curb human-caused climate change. Multiple social scientific studies, for example, consistently reveal that this group maintains a significant level of climate skepticism. Contrary to popular perception,Continue Reading
Editor’s Note: Over the next several months, Mad in America is publishing a serialized version of Peter Gøtzsche’s book, Critical Psychiatry Textbook. In this blog, he discusses how textbooks portray ADHD and schizophrenia as genetic disorders, despite the much stronger evidence for environmental factors in causing these experiences. Each Monday, aContinue Reading
