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The quest for cleaner air

Envirotec Magazine

The industrial revolution – despite its many benefits – sounded a death knell for air quality, increasing coal-generated smog levels 50-fold in many large cities. A 2022 report from the World Bank estimated that the global health cost of mortality and morbidity caused by exposure to fine particulate matter air pollution in 2019 was $8.1

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UK substantially underestimates its methane emissions from oil and gas production – and many other countries probably do too

Envirotec Magazine

C present-day global warming relative to pre-industrial times. Due to its climate and indirect health impacts (methane is a precursor for ozone which is an air pollutant that damages human health and crops), methane mitigation has recently become a global policy priority.

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Study establishes £37 million saving from pollution measures

Envirotec Magazine

EarthSense Zephyr monitors were employed in the study. Launched in November 2022, and funded by a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the project examined the link between air pollution, behaviour and the cost of air pollution-related healthcare in the Sandwell area.

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ExxonMobil Urges EU to Remove ‘Policy Hurdles’ Slowing Oil Industry’s Hydrogen Plans

DeSmogBlog

The United States-based oil major’s willingness to publicly throw down the gauntlet to policy-makers underscores the stakes for the fossil fuel industry as the EU fleshes out its plans to slash carbon emissions, ahead of June’s European parliament elections.

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Award in Lithuania for hydrogel granules approach to wastewater treatment

Envirotec Magazine

In May 2022, the invention landed the top prize in an annual innovation fair in Lithuania, the Technorama 2022 event. Water quality in the European Union is being closely monitored and analysed. It was developed by a team of researchers from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU).

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Air Quality Monitoring Networks Support More Climate-Resilient Communities

Energy Innovation

This post is the fourth in a series titled “Real Talk on Reliability,” which will examine the reliability needs of our grid as we move toward 100 percent clean electricity and electrify more end-uses on the path to a climate stable future. It was written by Savannah M. Communities across the U.S. The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires the U.S.

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Carbon offsets alone won’t make flying climate-friendly

Grist

It’s packed with energy; per unit of weight, at least 60 times as much as the lithium-ion batteries used to propel electric cars. In the presence of the sun’s rays, nitrogen molecules set of a chain of reactions that produce ozone and destroy free-floating atmospheric methane. It’s also terrible for the climate.

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