GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Why sustainability professionals should embrace Black Lives Matter. Long before corporations acknowledged Black Lives Matter, they championed the plights of specific endangered species. Look to Black people. Look to Black people. Now, the Black Lives Matter movement is amid a watershed moment. Charles Orgbon.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 27, 2022

SOURCE: Black & Veatch. December 27, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Global water solutions leader Black & Veatch today announces its selection by the city of Charleston, South Carolina, to draft a comprehensive, integrated flood mitigation plan for the 155-square-mile community along the Atlantic Ocean. DESCRIPTION: OVERLAND PARK, Kan.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Hydrothermal vents have been identified as a previously undiscovered source of dissolved black carbon in the oceans, furthering the understanding of the role of oceans as a carbon sink.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In celebration of Black History Month, Bath & Body Works is spotlighting perfumer Gwen Gonzalez and designer Katria Judkins and offering an exclusive candle collection they brought to life.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Black & Veatch solutions and capabilities to advance Florida island’s climate resilience efforts. SOURCE: Black & Veatch. The Black & Veatch team has local elements that truly reflect our commitment to advancing our community and those around us. DESCRIPTION: OVERLAND PARK, Kan., DESCRIPTION: OVERLAND PARK, Kan.,

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 6, 2023

A collaboration between the historically Black women’s college and an exploration nonprofit will allow students to spend weeks at sea with experts of color on the research ship OceanXplorer. Read the full story at The 19th.

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 28, 2019

SDSN gathers leaders to discuss a regional strategy for the SDGs On 16th and 17th October 2019, SDSN Greece , SDSN Black Sea , and SDSN Mediterranean , together with The Economist Events and EIT Climate-KIC Hub Greece , organized the Third Sustainability Summit for South-East Europe and the Mediterranean , hosted by the Goulandris Natural History Museum. (..)

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Impakter

JULY 19, 2022

24, 2022, Russian warships lingered along the Black Sea, eventually setting up a blockade of exports […]. In 2021, Ukraine’s wheat exports made up 10% of global wheat exports, which are now practically gone and so too might the crop itself be from Ukrainian soil if things don’t change soon. When the war began on Feb.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

About 10 miles off the coast of Santa Barbara, several jet-black mounds interrupt the featureless sea floor. Santa Barbara Channel's natural oil seeps are a beach-goer's bane, flecking the shores with blobs of tar. But the leaking petroleum also creates fascinating geologic and biologic features.

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Impakter

JUNE 21, 2022

Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the world’s fifth largest wheat exporter, attacks against the country’s Black Sea ports have choked off Ukraine’s principal routes for grain exports, triggering a soar in food prices worldwide and initiating a global food crisis.

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Impakter

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The long-negotiated Black Sea grain deal, signed in July after Russia’s five-month […]. Early reports from the Operational Command “South” claim that Russia has shot at a grain-transporting barge close to Ochakiv. The post What’s Going on With Ukraine’s Grain Exports? appeared first on Impakter. Belinda Teoh.

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Impakter

JULY 22, 2022

Russia and Ukraine signed separate agreements Friday with Turkey and the United Nations freeing millions of tons of Ukrainian grain that have been blockaded in Black Sea ports by Russian forces. “Nothing Short of Lifesaving”: Russia and Ukraine Sign Grain Export Deal. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu […].

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GreenBiz

APRIL 13, 2021

National Academy of Sciences found evidence of racial bias in the investment decisions of asset allocators, including rating white-led funds more favorably than Black-led funds at similar strong performance levels. percent Black and 3.5 In 2020, when the Diverse Asset Managers Initiative (DAMI) surveyed the 30 largest U.S.

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3BL Media

APRIL 1, 2024

Marsh McLennan provided pro-bono support to create the first Marine Cargo and War insurance facility and provide affordable coverage to enable shipping in the Black Sea, helping support global food security and sustain Ukraine’s economy. Supporting Ukraine’s recovery.

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3BL Media

JULY 26, 2023

Originally published on Black & Veatch Insights The impacts of climate change are being felt across the globe, especially in coastal areas. Coastal erosion is being driven by a combination of natural processes such as waves, tides and storms, and human activities such as coastal development and climate change-induced sea level rise.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

SUMMARY: Alpha Petroleum Resources Limited (Alpha) and Energean UK Limited (Energean) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Orsted Hornsea Project Four Limited (“Orsted”) to explore the potential repurposing of the Wenlock gas platform in the Southern North Sea.

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 27, 2022

From 16 to 18 June, 2022 , members and leaders of SDSN, SDSN Black Sea , SDSN Western Balkans , and SDSN Europe took part in the 9th Global Baku Forum, organized by the Nizami Ganjavi International Center (NGIC). SDSN presented its activities that help promote innovative solutions for teaching and delivering on the SDGs.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 18, 2021

Black & Veatch announced today that it has been selected by Enegix Energy to perform feasibility studies central to the development of the world’s largest green hydrogen plant. Black & Veatch said it is engaged in developing, designing and constructing decarbonization solutions that fulfil these objectives all over the world.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Since then, remaining residents, are forced to collect water from tanker trucks or use existing industrial pipelines that source untreated water 40 miles away from an estuary on the Black Sea. Residents refuse to drink the water or even use it to wash clothes or dishes, saying the water is yellow, salty, and has an unpleasant odor.

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Eco-Business

AUGUST 6, 2023

The deal's collapse is likely to push up food prices, increasing hunger in vulnerable countries like Somalia, Yemen and Lebanon.

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Cisco CSR

AUGUST 29, 2023

“He apparently watched the movie a dozen times on a black-and-white television back in Africa!” At 19,340 feet above sea level, it is the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world. This led to Raj’s decision to add Mount Kilimanjaro to his bucket list.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Companies are going to have to get their heads around this,” she added. The WBA has highlighted its desire for “visible progress” by the next update of the Nature Benchmark in early 2026, with the last edition released in October last year.

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3BL Media

JUNE 30, 2023

Originally published on Black & Veatch Insights By Ajay Kasarabada , P.E, Prolonged droughts, frequent floods, sea level rise, and drying rivers and lakes are climate change consequences. This was only my second time attending GreenBiz23 , the premier conference for sustainability executives held in February in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

From South Africa’s endangered black rhinoceros to the shrinking Amazon rainforest, threats to the variability of life on Earth are mounting. Changing land use (such as deforestation ) and sea use has been one of the largest threats to biodiversity. Land- and sea-use change and climate change are only two of the worst drivers.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

This is threatening transportation of grain and other commodities on the 1,800-mile Danube, which flows into the Black Sea. Two major river arteries – the Danube and the Rhine – have already become almost impassible in some places. SAP’s Take.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Last year, the Romanian government signed an agreement with Dubai’s Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation and DP World to develop new infrastructure at the Port of Constanta, the largest port on the Black Sea coast.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The report finds that with 2 degrees Celsius of global warming: Black and African American people are 34 percent more likely to live in areas with the highest projected increases in childhood asthma diagnoses due to climate-driven changes in particulate air pollution.

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ESG Today

JULY 13, 2022

The projects were selected under the second call for large-scale projects, which was launched in October last year. The first call awarded grants of €1.1 billion to 7 projects in energy-intensive industries, hydrogen, carbon capture, use and storage, and renewable energy.

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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 21, 2019

During his stay he attended a two-week program organized by SDSN Greece and SDSN Black Sea. Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of SDSN, recently visited Greece together with Dr. Sonia Sachs , Director, Health Sector, Center for Sustainable Development. On July 25, 2019, Prof.

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Sustainable Development Network

MAY 25, 2020

A newly established regional network is SDSN Black Sea, hosted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, which seeks to promote actions for sustainability in the wider area of the Black Sea. Its vision is to unite people of the wider Black Sea region under the goal of sustainable development.

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B the Change

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

According to NYC.gov, “ Currently a Major Source of Noise and Air Pollution, Cross-Bronx Was Built to Divide Largely Black and Latino Working-Class Neighborhoods.” Where are all the Black women? Is the lack of Black women within the movement why I struggle to speak the language? Quite a lot. ”

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 3, 2024

These increases were attributed to local open waste burning activities, as evidenced by the visible black smoke emitted from the Qaanaaq dump site on the same day with combined data analyses using NASA’s re-analysis data and NOAA’s HYSPLIT model online simulations. Their analysis uncovered multiple instances of heightened PM 2.5

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3BL Media

MARCH 1, 2022

For example: The “Team Seas” fundraising campaign hosted by YouTube personalities Mr. Beast and Mark Rober raised $30.9M Team Seas” is an encore performance to the “Team Trees” campaign that brought in $23.6 Social giving is the highest and best use of social media,” said Nick Black, cofounder and CEO of GoodUnited.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 24, 2022

Now Canada’s federal government is giving businesses until the end of 2023 to stop selling six hard-to-recycle single-use plastic items, including polystyrene and black plastic takeout containers, cutlery, grocery bags and straws. In a sea of despair over rising plastic pollution, some hopeful signs are floating to the top.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 4, 2021

A proposal to develop weak non-binding “goal-based guidelines” on pollution prevention in connection with black carbon emissions from ships using heavy fuel oil in the Arctic – as opposed to taking immediate and effective action to immediately reduce these climate-warming emissions – has been slammed by non-governmental organisations.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The upgrades will also help prevent items which are wrongly flushed down the toilet, such as wet wipes, from ending up in the sea during severe storm events. The project is being delivered by Scottish Water’s alliance partner amey Black and Veatch (aBV).

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2024

Romania is looking to be the first country with offshore wind in the Black Sea. The Netherlands is Chair of North Sea Co-operation, and together they want to launch the North Sea as an energy powerhouse for NW Europe. They didn’t listen to the voices who said it was impossible.

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