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World Air Quality Report 2022 highlights pollution hotspots

Envirotec Magazine

Santiago, Chile: The country hosted eight of the most polluted cities in the Americas in 2022. A nuanced appraisal emerges from the 2022 World Air Quality report – compiled by Swiss air quality technology company IQAir – which includes a dismal picture from Africa and the news that only five countries met the WHO limits for PM2.5:

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Enlit Asia 2022 event launch a resounding success

Smart Energy International

Ahead of the Enlit Asia 2022 event happening from 20-22 September, a launch event has been hosted in Bangkok. The recent announcement of Enlit Asia’s partnership with Sustainable Energy Technology Asia (SETA) and the launch of this combined event, alongside Solar+Storage Asia, took place on 24 th March.

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World Biogas Summit 2022 headliners include Rick Duke, White House Liaison for John Kerry, and H.E. Hadjia Samira Bawumia, Second Lady of Ghana

Envirotec Magazine

The World Biogas Association (WBA) has published its preliminary programme for the fourth edition of its flagship event the World Biogas Summit – “the only global thought-leadership forum entirely dedicated to anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas” – which will take place at the NEC Birmingham, UK on 15-16th June 2022.

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Opening day for Enlit Asia 2022 a dynamic start to 3 days in Bangkok

Smart Energy International

With several highlights of note, the Enlit Asia 2022 Bangkok summit commenced today. Roughly 10,000 delegates from electricity and energy businesses across the globe inclusive of Asia, Europe, America and beyond descended upon Bangkok to hear high-profile industry leaders speak. This was originally published on Enlit Asia.

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EV lithium consumption in Q3 2022 up 70% over last year

Charged

In Q3 2022, more than 77,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) were deployed in the cells of recently sold passenger plug-in vehicles globally, 70% more than was deployed in the same period the year before, according to Adamas Intelligence. In Europe, deployment rose 18% year-over-year in Q3 2022 to 16,600 tonnes.

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Greenpeace: Car makers showing slow progress on decarbonizing supply chains

Envirotec Magazine

While electric vehicle sales continue to rise worldwide, automotive supply chains are lagging behind the required pace of decarbonisation, according to a new report from Greenpeace Asia. This year Suzuki received the lowest score in Greenpeace East Asia’s annual auto ranking , followed by Great Wall Motor and Toyota.

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Nearly 200 Environmentalists Were Murdered for Their Work in 2022

DeSmogBlog

But this is almost surely an underestimate, according to Laura Furones, lead author of the 2022 report. “We As in past years, Latin America was the deadliest region for environmental activists in 2022, with 9 out of 10 of the documented killings. 60 environmental activists were murdered in Colombia, 31 in Mexico, and 34 in Brazil.

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