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COSHH assessments now available online
The National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC), part of leading climate and energy consultancy AEA, will launch, an easy to use COSHH assessment module as an add-on to its premier ChemeDox® documents management solution at the Safety & Health Expo, Birmingham, 12-14 May 2009. ChemeDox® is an online safety data management tool developed to meet the requirements of organisations that are using ...
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Mercury Marine`s environmental stewardship
A recent expansion at Mercury Marine in Fond du Lac Wisconsin has caught the attention of professionals in the energy and environmental industries. At an event this past May, the Wisconsin Association of Energy Engineers (WAEE) showcased Mercury's new process equipment and pollution control system. The 75 attendees consisted of facility engineers, plant managers, project managers, ...
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Chemical incidents at swimming pools and leisure centres on the rise
The National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC), part of leading climate and energy consultancy AEA, is experiencing a higher than normal level of calls related to incidents at swimming pools and leisure centres. NCEC receives calls from the UK emergency services, with its trained chemists advising the sector on how to deal with the mitigation of incidents involving chemical substances. Every ...
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By bike to the Sea, a CO2 free bicycle tour from Bucharest to Black Sea
By bike to the Sea, a bicycle tour from Bucharest till the sea, has become an event CO2 free thanks to CARBON EXPERT from Romania and ALLCOT Group from Switzerland. This event, which has been held for 11 years, gathered 450 amateur cyclists at the end of April, 26-28, who rode a distance of 305 kilometers. The emissions of this event, 15tn of CO2, came from 5 trucks for food, 8 buses, and 10 ...
By ALLCOT
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Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage receives £150k
The Scottish Funding Council (SFC), Scottish Government and Scottish Enterprise have each committed £50,000 to support the UK’s largest research, industry and government partnership in carbon capture, use and storage. Established with SFC funding in 2005, Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage (SCCS) is a research and knowledge exchange partnership between Heriot-Watt University, the ...
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O2 extends relationship with AEA to prepare for the CRC
Leading energy and climate change consultancy AEA has won a contract from O2 to help it prepare for the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC), which begins this April. AEA is working with O2’s management team to prepare all of the necessary data required for registration under the scheme and will be working over the next year to prepare a complete CRC footprint report and ...
By Ricardo plc
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EPA takes action to protect public from harmful lead exposure
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced enforcement actions that will require 35 home renovation contractors and training providers to take additional steps to protect communities by minimizing harmful lead dust from home renovation activities, as required by the EPA’s Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Standards. These standards provide important, front-line ...
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AEA leads the way on helping companies prepare for the carbon reduction commitment
Leading climate change and energy consultancy AEA is helping companies to save money by advising them on how to prepare for the impending introduction of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC). In preparation for the introduction of the CRC in 2010, AEA has produced an expert paper which answers the key questions businesses are asking when considering how to prepare for the CRC. Under the Carbon ...
By Ricardo plc
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Leading-edge workshops : Mapping for a sustainable future
Training4GIS™, the training and consultancy division of GeoInformation® Group, is hosting a series of workshops designed to serve local authorities, the business community and those with an interest in creating a sustainable environment.Mapping for a Sustainable Future is a comprehensive set of one day, practical workshops focused on how mapping can successfully be applied within sustainable ...
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Mikros Systems and Energy Professionals Announce Pilot Project to Take Defense-Grade Solutions to Commercial Markets
Mikros Systems Corporation, an advanced technology company specializing in advanced maintenance in military, industrial and commercial applications, and Energy Professionals, LLC, a national leader in helping organizations to significantly reduce energy costs and reach energy sustainability objectives, announced this week that they have commenced a pilot program to offer data collection for ...
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RWM Expo 2017 in the NEC
The Recycling and Waste Management Expo is taking place from 12th-14th of September 2017 at the NEC in Birmingham. The Expo, that is on for the duration of 3 days, will attract around 11,000 visitors from the Recycling, Waste and Energy sectors, with 81% of these delegates being key decision makers in their organisations. These statistics alone show the size and scale of the event, which covers ...
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Closure of regional planning bodies will not `weaken situation` for waste infrastructure
Government plans to streamline the planning system through the closure of regional planning bodies will have little impact on waste infrastructure, an expert has claimed. Energy consultancy AEA practice manager Dr Adam Read said that plans to end funding for regional partnership boards – which provide regional planning and infrastructure strategy – would have a limited effect on ...
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Study: Upcoming EPA Gasoline Regulations Could Raise Costs by 25 Cents Per Gallon
A new study says that upcoming EPA requirements could raise the cost of manufacturing gasoline, lead to the closing of domestic refineries, and force the U.S. to double its gasoline imports – while causing increased carbon dioxide emissions. "The new EPA requirements could be devastating to consumers and communities across the nation," said Bob Greco, API's group director of downstream ...
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Closure of regional partnership boards will not `weaken situation` for waste infrastructure
Government plans to streamline the planning system through the closure of regional partnership boards will have little impact on waste infrastructure, an expert has claimed. Energy consultancy AEA practice manager Dr Adam Read said that plans to end funding for regional partnership boards – which provide regional planning and infrastructure strategy – would have a limited effect on streamlining ...
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Pyrum Plans Czech Plant
Pyrum Innovations AG continues international expansion with construction of fifth Pyrum pyrolysis plant planned in the Czech Republic Pyrum Innovations AG plans to build a Pyrum pyrolysis plant in the Czech Republic together with a Czech energy group. A consulting contract has been signed with a subsidiary of the group to prepare the permit for the construction of the tyre recycling plant and to ...
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China-US links can spark emissions breakthrough
Tentative steps have been taken by China and the US towards co-operating on climate change − mainly focusing on relatively modest technological schemes connected with more efficient and less polluting power generation. But a new report calls on the two countries to be far more ambitious, and says that if the two adopt global best practice on climate change policy, total global greenhouse ...
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Researchers support Berlin on its way to climate neutrality
Until the end of the year, the researchers are going to map out scenarios for the reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions in the city, aiming at a reduction of per capita emissions from roundabout six tons a year today to less than two tons a year. This amount would fit into the goal to limit global warming to less than two degrees. To achieve this, significant improvements in the energy efficiency ...
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Electricity is Key to Solving Climate Challenge
Can the world achieve the deep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions scientists say are required to prevent catastrophic climate change? A new study published in Science brings us one step closer to the answer by providing a detailed roadmap on how to go about it, using California as the test case. "Absent dramatic changes in people's behavior, or an unforeseen breakthrough in new ...
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U.S. Oil Refinery Workers Striking for Safety
The U.S. oil worker strike has entered its second month with just under 7,000 refinery workers now on the picket lines. They come from 15 plants across seven states and are represented by the United Steelworkers (USW) Union, which represents more than 30,000 American oil workers in total. The strike, which was first called by the USW on January 31 and began on February 1, has evolved into the ...
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CDP and FirstCarbon Solutions publish inaugural Index of suppliers leading in climate change performance
FirstCarbon Solutions (FCS), a pioneer in environmental and sustainability business solutions, and CDP, the leading NGO providing the only global environmental disclosure system, today announced the debut publication of the Supplier Climate Performance Leadership Index (SCPLI), a new evaluation and benchmarking tool for CDP supply chain members and suppliers. Compiled by FCS on behalf of CDP, ...
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