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Cummins Employees Improve Environment One Mussel and Bee at a Time

3BL Media

The mussels eat algae and bacteria, cleaning and filtering water of pollutants, resulting in healthier aquatic ecosystems. Small, flexible, colored, plastic tags were applied to the shell of the mussels, which included an individual number for each mussel to be identified and measured. KEEPING BEES HUMMING IN GERMANY, NORWAY.

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New York to Charge Emitters $1 Billion per Year, Reinvest in Emissions Reduction

ESG Today

Hochul said: “Big emitters will have to purchase permits to sell polluting fuels. The dirtier the fuel – the bigger the price tag. The program is anticipated to generate more than $1 billion in proceeds annually.

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Why the push to sell LNG as a climate solution is full of hot air

Corporate Knights

In fact, LNG Canada’s Phase 1 project in Kitimat, British Columbia, with a price tag of $40 billion , is the largest private sector project in Canada’s history. The post Why the push to sell LNG as a climate solution is full of hot air appeared first on Corporate Knights. He holds a PhD in Geography, Urban and Environmental Studies.

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Healthy choices helper?

Envirotec Magazine

An emerging class of personal air quality monitoring devices fills a need for people who care about pollution exposure in their immediate vicinity. The case for personal monitoring devices of this kind seems to rest upon the realisation that air quality can vary quite noticeably over even small distances.

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Ecobee Smart Premium Thermostat: A worthy $249 upgrade for better air and comfort

Stacey Higginbotham

Lastly, it has some nice information on the quality of air in our home. The new Ecobee also measures air quality for VOCs and carbon dioxide. Even if you don’t have a device like that, you’ll still get air quality alert notifications. Image courtesy of K. The Premium model looks much nicer than our old unit.

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Sensing evolution

Envirotec Magazine

This month we take a closer look at the steps they are taking to support the global drive to improve air quality. As global awareness of the impact of poor air quality grows, so too does the demand for monitoring. Alphasense OPCs are being used in urban areas with high pollution levels (i.e., target to 10 µg/m3 by 2040.

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Are we sure we want a smarter smart home and gadgets?

Stacey Higginbotham

Specifically, I’d hoped that we would take some of the invisible externalities associated with pollution or industrial processes and effect positive change. Maybe it would be an NGO holding a factory accountable for air pollution, or a city enacting different zoning laws to prevent people from living on top of toxic areas.

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