George Scott

Occupation:
Editor- environmental activist

George is a Civil Engineer (MSCE) with over 25 years of experience in the design, planning, and delivery of high-value projects for both the government and private sector. He combines his engineering and science background with considerable experience in manufacturing processes and facilities in his approach to environmental problems.

George has operated water, waste water, and industrial treatment systems and has conducted and directed environmental investigations and hazardous waste remediation per the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund requirements. This experience in the management of hazardous materials was performed under the regulatory framework as administered by the Department of Energy (DOE), EPA, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Department of Transportation (DOT).


 

Nationality: English
April 07, 2019
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Heatwaves ‘more frequent, longer and hotter’ due to climate change

Climate change is pushing up sweltering summer temperatures, experts said as they warned that the UK...

July 11, 2022
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Scientists warn deal to save biodiversity is in jeopardy

Conservation groups say that a lack of political leadership has bogged down negotiations.

June 30, 2022
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Coca-Cola, Ikea, and Kim Kardashian’s fashion brand accused of ‘greenwashing’

Brands including Ikea, Coca-Cola, Unilever, Tesco, and Kim Kardashian’s clothing company have accuse...

June 30, 2022
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Biodiversity risks to persist well beyond future global temperature peak

Even if global temperatures begin to decline after peaking this century because of climate change, t...

June 27, 2022
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Covid lockdown did not slow down greenhouse gas emissions, methane levels surged

As the world stopped functioning and went inside their homes while a virus raged outside, greenhouse...

June 27, 2022
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Afghanistan Earthquake: Death Toll Almost 1,000; More Than 600 Injured In Paktika Province

A strong earthquake killed nearly 1,000 people in Afghanistan, the country’s deputy minister of stat...

June 22, 2022
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World Rainforest Day 2022: As forests are depleting, see what governments are doing to protect them

At the COP26 climate conference in November 2021, over 100 world leaders pledged nearly $19.2 billio...

June 22, 2022
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Global warming increases frequency of lightning strikes: Study

Global warming can cause more lightning incidents as every rise in surface temperature by 1 degree C...

June 20, 2022
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Spain battles wildfires fuelled by one of earliest heatwaves on record

One blaze has burned 25,000 hectares of Sierra de la Culebra, home to one of Europe’s largest wolf p...

June 20, 2022

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