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How cleaning up shipping cut pollution — and warmed the planet

Grist

Others have detected it worldwide in the years since the International Maritime Organization adopted the rule. Measurably lower levels of ammonia and sulfur dioxide dirty the air around many ports, and the majority of shipping fuel tested by the organization comply with the limits. percent to 0.5 percent to 0.5

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Planetary Boundaries, Food and Humanity

Unsustainable

The nine planetary Boundaries are: Stratospheric ozone: filters ultraviolet rays (UVR) coming from the sun, which would otherwise place the system is at risk. 2009; Steffen, W., There are nine planetary boundaries identified. The nine PBs regulate the stability and resilience of the Earth system. References Rockström, J.,

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Why is the idea of the Anthropocene so contentious?

Grist

The atmospheric chemist had won a Nobel Prize in 1995 for demonstrating how humanity was destroying the ozone layer, just one of the many ways people had radically altered the planet, from urbanization to releasing greenhouse gases.

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Greenwashing terms to avoid at any cost

Business Green

Ozone-safe or ozone-friendly. The FTC considers these terms deceptive if a product has any substance, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), known to erode the ozone layer. Expect 'ozone-friendly' to be under scrutiny as the next Green Guides are developed, as the FTC recently flagged the term. Recyclable.

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Inside the University of Chicago’s controversial solar geoengineering initiative

Grist

Adding sulfate aerosols to the stratosphere would degrade the ozone layer (thereby increasing global cancer rates) and increase acid rain. The United States supported research, but argued it should be conducted by a different mechanism — specifically, within a climate research program at the World Meteorological Organization.

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Video Storytelling: 20 Best Climate Change and Sustainability Documentaries (Plus How To Tell Your Green Story)

Green Business Bureau

Home is a 2009 French documentary film directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. Greta gained public attention after organizing a one-person strike at her school to demand climate justice. In November 2018, the youth-led organization Sunrise Movement , with the support of congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, demanded a new Green Deal.

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A Texas Community Is Being Bombarded by Cancer-Causing Benzene. State Officials Have Known for Nearly Two Decades

DeSmogBlog

Today K-Solv is legally allowed to release almost 20 times more volatile organic compounds — a class of chemicals that includes benzene — into the air each year than it did back then. In 2014, he criticized the EPA’s efforts to regulate ozone, an odorless, colorless ingredient in smog that exacerbates asthma. “I