3BL Media

MARCH 20, 2024

PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are all over the news. Collect both an influent and wastewater effluent sample – It is not uncommon to observe PFAS in water coming into a facility from the municipality-supplied water. Many of us already realize they pose a health risk to humans and the environment.

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3BL Media

JULY 7, 2022

Prior to his current role at Rockefeller, he led the North American portfolio of cities for 100 Resilient Cities (now the Resilient Cities Network), a global Rockefeller initiative to advance systemic change through strategic human and financial investment in municipal government and community leadership.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 22, 2022

This is good news. Regulations for other industrial and municipal sectors across Canada allow the release of treated water every day with clear limits and conditions. Across Canada, provinces and territories have laws to help ensure that this happens. However, oilsands mines face a substantial barrier to further reclamation — water.

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GreenBiz

MAY 22, 2020

Commentary on this week's news highlights begins at 4:35. Scaling municipal fleets. Experts from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, ChargePoint, Smart City Columbus and the city of Oakland, California share tips at 1 p.m. Episode 221: Mapping biodiversity, repair and the circular economy. Heather Clancy.

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GreenBiz

MAY 8, 2020

Commentary on this week's news highlights begins at 4:35. Scaling municipal fleets. Experts from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, ChargePoint, Smart City Columbus and the city of Oakland, California share tips at 1 p.m. Episode 219: Water, workplaces and well-being. Heather Clancy. Fri, 05/08/2020 - 02:33.

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3BL Media

MARCH 21, 2024

International Olympic Committee news Three schools have opened this week and another two are set to be inaugurated next month, fulfilling pre-Games plans for the long-term use of arenas that featured the world’s best athletes at the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Through the years, we have seen results that we are incredibly proud of – millions have been connected, learned new skillsets, and leveraged opportunities. In Tacoma, and in cities and regions across the country, innovative municipal and community-based leadership are collectively helping to incrementally close the digital divide nationwide.

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3BL Media

JUNE 13, 2022

News about “ forever chemicals ” and the Pacific garbage patch has helped to create stark awareness of the long-lasting environmental impact of durable goods and product packaging. Also: benefits of recycling materials, energy recovered with municipal waste incineration. SOURCE: Inogen Alliance.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Andrea Decore, Vice President, Low Carbon Fuels and GHG Offsets at Suncor, says the Breakthrough Energy announcement is big news. The LanzaJet process can use any source of sustainable ethanol for SAF production, including ethanol produced from municipal solid waste, agricultural residues, industrial off-gases and biomass.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2024

Some 20,000 metric tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) are produced every day in metropolitan São Paulo, with household trash accounting for 12,000 tons and street cleaning (mainly sweeping, open-air market refuse collection, pruning and grass cutting) for 8,000 tons. . “That would correspond to between 4.9 million and 57.2

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Stacey Higginbotham

MARCH 10, 2023

I wish the report had emphasized the future for Z-Wave’s new long-range offering and its security, which is where Z-Wave can differentiate itself. ( NBC News , EPA ) The White House has a new cybersecurity strategy : The White House issued a new cybersecurity strategy last week, and it has two big elements worth noting.

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CREA

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

CanREA is pleased with policy announcements on the issues of crown lands, municipal participation and reclamation security, but concerned about the announcements on agricultural land bans and “pristine viewscape” setbacks. Renewable energy in Alberta has long been a good-news story for Canada’s energy powerhouse province.

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3BL Media

JULY 25, 2022

Curbed the environmental footprint of operations by reducing carbon emissions intensity per square foot by 34% since 2014; reducing municipal water intensity by 22% per square foot since 2014; and diverting 94% of our solid waste from landfills. . To receive the latest Agilent news, subscribe to the Agilent Newsroom.

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3BL Media

JULY 19, 2022

Prior to joining PNC in 2019, Brown had a more than 25-year career as one of the leading municipal finance investment bankers in the country, including most recently serving as chief financial officer for the City of Chicago. . Graham Fund Foundation; the United Way – National Capital Area; and the Greater Washington Community Foundation.

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3BL Media

MAY 10, 2022

The plants use the recycled glass to create new glass bottles and jars. Crabtree and his friend, Bob Kunkle, a second-generation O-I glassmaker, started offering glass recycling at the brewery in 2020; the municipality didn’t offer glass recycling. That’s changed as the news has spread.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including FTSE Russell, BondLink, Moody’s, Intercontinental Exchange and more. . Green bond designations represent the majority of ESG municipal issuance, accounting for US$19 billion of par volume or 43.6%

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

We just have a few other complexities when it comes to legislation and around different municipalities that we're in," she said about developing the plan to launch in the U.S. And Keesson said the company is working to get a buyback program launched in the country. There are 374 IKEA stores in 30 countries around the world. "We

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3BL Media

MAY 2, 2022

May 2, 2022 /3BL Media/ – Underscoring its leadership in helping clients achieve advanced decarbonization, sustainability and resilience solutions, Black & Veatch announces that the Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) latest “Top 500 Design Firms” Sourcebook ranks it among the world’s leaders in power, telecommunications and water.

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Stacey Higginbotham

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Instead of spending money on surveillance tech, I’d like to see interest move to data collection aimed at defending municipal infrastructure against natural disasters wrought by climate change and pollution monitoring that could help reduce the effects of these disasters and improve overall citizen health.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark have succeeded in recovering over 98% of their municipal waste on average over the last five years. The group has drawn on data from the OECD on the treatment of countries’ municipal waste, delving into 29 countries that had data available over five years. Sweden (99%). Denmark (98%). Belgium (98%).

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 22, 2023

Our new report, produced in collaboration with the Ottawa-based Smart Prosperity Institute and funded by the Trottier Family Foundation, finds that pension managers’ support for the green transition is growing but still nowhere near the pace required to meet global net-zero-carbon targets.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2023

International Olympic Committee news The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and UN-Habitat have announced a new collaboration to promote physical activity in urban environments, underscoring the importance of sport for the sustainable development of cities and the wellbeing of their residents.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Warren is also part of the Climate Smart Municipalities Partnership, where cities in Minnesota and Germany collaborate on sustainability and climate issues. She and the supervising professor hope that the students will start a company and offer the thermal imaging service to other municipalities. Episode Notes.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Who's news. Mike Pratl became market leader for KAI Design’s Civic and Municipal market in St. General Mills Foundation Executive Director Nicola Dixon is ReFED’s new board chair, succeeding co-founder Jesse Fink , who remains on the board. Names in the News. Leadership. Collective Insight. Sponsored Article.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 18, 2022

In addition to the showpiece venues – both new and refurbished – nearly 2,000 local sports facilities, ranging from green spaces to swimming pools, are also open. Some JPY 7 billion – more than USD 50 million – was invested in the six years leading up to the Games in 248 projects across 48 municipalities. IOCMedia, #Tokyo2020 [link].

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Time to turn on the jets — let’s see commitments that make Microsoft’s aim to remove all the carbon it has ever generated look like last year’s news.). In short: to go big. Those already sprinting? The world has progressed — a bit — on climate. Most corporations were not reporting to GRI or SASB or thinking about TCFD.

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3BL Media

JULY 20, 2023

International Olympic Committee news The Olympic Games may be a year away, but the commitment to “get France moving more”, that Paris 2024 made before it was awarded the Games, is already bringing benefits for people in the country. Moving more in cities Town planning influences how people go about their lives in urban areas.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 14, 2023

About Troup County With 446 square miles of beautiful water and emerging landscape, Troup County houses three municipalities: LaGrange (County seat), West Point, and Hogansville. To keep up with the latest news involving Troup County Government, go to www.troupcountyga.org or follow us on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

Chemically similar to the fossil gas piped to our kitchens, RNG is instead generated from the breakdown of organic matter at landfills (the biggest current source), municipal sewage treatment plants, farm waste and similar sites. Watch out for more news in this space at CRS’ Renewable Energy Markets 2020 , convening online for free Sept.

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Stacey Higginbotham

MARCH 12, 2022

If you can’t sell or donate your gear, check to see if your local municipality holds any e-waste events. And the platform reviews every sale submission to determine that the products are being fairly represented. Check with your local government for options. Mine actually does and I take advantage of it every time.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

One of the ways InfoTiles makes data and information available to utilities is through smart metering of drinking water processes, along with sensors in the connecting pipe network, to evaluate domestic and municipal water consumption.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Water and wastewater utilities have been aware of the problem for a long time, but many of these utilities, which often are municipally owned and/or operating on razor-thin budgets, have been unable to do much about it. Further, in the U.S. The role of water and wastewater utilities.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

At the same time, initiatives to mitigate disparities are sometimes met with pushback — driven by mistrust and anxiety about displacement, and exacerbated by the failure of municipal and other entities to engage community stakeholders, Almanza said. We really want to expand biking infrastructure. And this is taking place.”

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Stacey Higginbotham

JANUARY 16, 2023

Indeed, we’ve all become used to our image being captured, be it by by doorbell cameras, municipal cameras, dash cams, and even average people wielding their smartphones. The post Stick figures ruled CES, raising questions about privacy appeared first on Stacey on IoT | Internet of Things news and analysis.

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Stacey Higginbotham

MAY 12, 2023

The idea is that this sensor is something citizens, nonprofits, or even governments can build and deploy around their municipalities. The sensors measure fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide, and researchers tested them against established air quality sensors in both Boston and New York City.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

By Lisa Prevost, Energy News Network. They say the state lags on the adoption of electric heat pumps relative to the rest of New England, continues to expand its natural gas infrastructure, and doesn’t allow municipalities to adopt more stringent efficiency standards for new buildings.

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Sense and Sustainability

JULY 8, 2020

In the spring of 2020, Massachusetts-based BioBot made international headlines for its discovery of COVID in Boston-area municipal wastewater. Since the early April news, more time has been spent analyzing wastewater as a form of advanced warning or sentinel program in the fight against COVID.

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