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Why You Pay More for Gas in Summer – And Why It’s Necessary

R-Squared Energy

In the summer heat, high volatility fuels evaporate more quickly, increasing emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). These VOCs contribute to ground-level ozone and smog, which can cause respiratory issues and environmental damage. RVP is a gauge of how easily gasoline evaporates at high temperatures.

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Report: Pollution is connected to 9 million deaths worldwide each year

Grist

Other problematic sources of air pollution include methane, which produces hazardous ground-level ozone that is linked to health conditions such as lung damage, chest pain , and exacerbated respiratory diseases. According to a 2021 estimate from researchers from the University of Chicago , a failure to meet international guidelines for PM 2.5

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How the recycling symbol lost its meaning

Grist

It’s very, very, very bad,” she says in ABC’s prime-time Earth Day special , letting out heavy sighs and listing jumbled statistics about deforestation and the hole in the ozone layer. Earth Day organizers educated people about the value of sorting through their trash and advocated for community recycling programs. I recycle these.”

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Logging is destroying southern forests — and dividing US environmentalists

Grist

The signatories of the 2020 “agreement of principles” included conservation nonprofits like the Environmental Defense Fund, the American Forest Foundation, American Forests, and the Nature Conservancy, or TNC, the largest and wealthiest nonprofit conservation organization in the U.S. communities and destroyed U.S.

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EEA reports poor air quality caused premature deaths of 400,000 Europeans in 2016

AGreenLiving

.” Related: Climate change is a public health issue amounting to billions in medical costs According to the World Health Organization (WHO) , “Pollutants with the strongest evidence for public health concerns include particulate matter (PM), ozone (O3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulphur dioxide (SO2).”

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Part 2: The Dirty Dozen Documents of Big Oil’s Secret Climate Knowledge

DeSmogBlog

Provenance: The Guardian featured this document in a 2017 article titled, “ ‘Shell knew’: oil giant’s 1991 film warned of climate change danger.” He’s like, “Remember that whole ozone layer thing, and then governments got together to get rid of these chemicals? I didn’t even know until later he had done ozone hole denial.

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Fenceline Community Groups in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Celebrate Mounting Victories

DeSmogBlog

James’ march was set to take place, Lavigne learned that the town required her organization to post a $10,000 bond to obtain a permit for the march, money the group didn’t have access to on short notice. John at a protest the group held near the Fifth Ward Elementary School on October 18, 2017. Two days before RISE St.