Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

EEA estimates from 2019 attributed approximately 307,000 premature deaths to fine particulate matter in the 27 EU Member States, with a further 40,400 linked to nitrogen dioxide, and 16,800 to ground-level ozone. and PM10)‎, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide. trillion, equivalent to 6.1 Accessed 03.03.23

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 12, 2024

In collaboration with Coutanceau, DeSmog estimated that these 27 new blue hydrogen facilities could consume 48 billion cubic metres (bcm) of natural gas each year — about a tenth of the total consumption in the EU, UK and Norway in 2022 ( 499 bcm ), and more than the annual amount of gas burned in France ( 38 bcm ).

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 8, 2022

In May 2022, the invention landed the top prize in an annual innovation fair in Lithuania, the Technorama 2022 event. Ozonation and other oxidation methods, biological treatment, and membrane filtration are the advanced technologies used to remove pollutants from water.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

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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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2024

Weld County, a 4,000-square-mile area northeast of Denver, this year received failing air quality grades for ozone and particulate matter — pollutants linked to fossil fuel extraction — from the American Lung Association. The Colorado Springs area received failing grades for ozone in 2024.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

CFCs were destroying the ozone layer high in the Earth’s atmosphere, which is essential for protecting life from the Sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation. But when they break down, they create chlorine that reacts with the protective ozone, letting dangerous radiation through to the Earth’s surface. Why HFCs are a climate problem.

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Grist

AUGUST 11, 2022

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. Clouds form and then fade, and molecules like ozone get destroyed by chemical processes within months. (In It’s tough to pin down the meaning of all this chemistry.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Under the contract announced Wednesday , developer 174 Power Global will build the battery system, and Con Edison will bid its power into New York wholesale energy markets for seven years after it starts operations in 2022. After that, 174 Power will take over the battery system’s operations and wholesale market value.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 22, 2023

Indoor air quality can be negatively impacted by printers and copy machines that emit toner particles and toxic gasses such as ozone, nitrogen dioxide and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs). 8] Biophilico ltd, (2022) biophilic design features of this restorative space. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 3213. [8]

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Grist

MAY 18, 2022

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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Green Business Bureau

JULY 8, 2022

Additionally, from an economic perspective, according to yahoo finance (2022), if we use one barrel of oil as a reference price, which was $110.48 on the 17th June 2022, we will see that transportation costs have increased substantially in the last year. Yet, you can use alternatives that are healthier for you and our planet.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 22, 2024

It was established as part of the RePower EU strategy, which was adopted in the wake of Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine to help wean the continent off Russian gas. It could also contribute to increases in ground-level ozone pollution — which is harmful to human health.

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The City Fix

MAY 3, 2023

Editor’s Note: This article was updated in April 2023 with new findings from WRI’s dataset tracking electric school bus adoption in the United States, covering October to December 2022. To the best of our knowledge, these statistics are updated as of Dec.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In response, NASA began positioning itself as an environmental authority, publicizing its new satellite technology that monitored the oceans, air pollution, and the ozone layer. In the 1980s, NASA’s satellite data and computer modeling helped scientists track ozone depletion and global warming.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

in the establishment of a complete system required to reduce GHG, protect the ozone layer and adapt to climate change," the Energy Community said in a statement. per cent by 2022 thanks to a surge in low cost renewables developent, delivering an average saving of $97 per household. Montenegro continues to lead the way.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 19, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for six common air pollutants: particulate matter (PM), ozone, lead, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide. In 2022, the U.S. The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires the U.S. million to address monitoring disparities.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

When hydrogen is combusted for heating, a 2021 paper found that it can create nitrogen oxides (NOx), an air pollutant that is “harmful in its own right and is a precursor to other pollutants of concern such as fine particulate matter and ozone”. The proposed experiment in Redcar has attracted strong political support in Teesside.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2020

The Act codifies civil and criminal penalties for climate damage, prohibits fossil fuel investments after 2022, and prohibits carrying on a fossil fuel company anywhere in the world after 2025. After mass protests, the school strikes, and years of inaction, the time for moral leadership is now. It's just a question of when.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

Forty-five per cent of Americans want to be viewed as eco-friendly consumers, according to the results in September of an unpublished 2022 Eco Pulse study from Shelton Group. "In Ozone-safe or ozone-friendly. Who said your product didn't or couldn't possibly chemically harm a person or an ecosystem? Recyclable.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

Stratospheric ozone depletion – The stratospheric ozone layer in the atmosphere filters out ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun. These compounds can have potentially irreversible effects on living organisms and on the physical environment (by affecting atmospheric processes and climate).

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Grist

JUNE 29, 2022

When exposed to sunlight, volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides transform into ozone, which is especially dangerous to children and the elderly. This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Logging is destroying southern forests — and dividing US environmentalists on Jun 29, 2022.

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Grist

MAY 30, 2024

Pollutants from vehicle combustion, including nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds, react in sunlight to form ozone. A pregnant flood-affected woman carries her child as she walks near her tent at a makeshift camp along a railway track in India’s Punjab province in September 2022. And the U.S. That’s the next challenge.”

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

James Black History event on February 2, 2022. Robert Taylor in a trailer provided by FEMA, in front of his storm-damaged home on February 12, 2022. James Parish would violate the EPA’s standards for soot and ozone-forming nitrogen dioxide. Sharon Lavigne at a RISE St. Credit: Julie Dermansky. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The White House enjoyed a surprise breakthrough earlier this year when it secured bipartisan backing for the Kigali Amendment, which requires signatories to phase out HFCs alongside the ozone-destroying CFCs that were covered by the original Montral Protocol. billion tons of carbon dioxide being emitted between 2022 and 2050.

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Grist

JULY 6, 2024

Adding sulfate aerosols to the stratosphere would degrade the ozone layer (thereby increasing global cancer rates) and increase acid rain. Partially blocking the sun’s rays could interfere with normal plant processes and reduce agricultural yields.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

As such, in 2022 81% of S&P 500 companies reported their own emissions (scope 1), and the emissions of the electricity they bought (scope 2). The process helps organizations highlight and target high GHG emitting operations with emission reduction strategies. C per century.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 7, 2024

Soon after the 2024 legislative session kicked off in January, lawmakers introduced a suite of proposals intended to rein in ozone pollution from oil and gas activity, the very sort of bills the industry’s ballot measures seemed designed to block. Ozone pollution is linked to shortness of breath, asthma attacks, and heart damage.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In 2014, he criticized the EPA’s efforts to regulate ozone, an odorless, colorless ingredient in smog that exacerbates asthma. “I I haven’t seen the data that says lowering ozone will produce a health benefit,” he told The Texas Tribune. “In Honeycutt did not respond to calls and emails from Public Health Watch.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

When action is taken on these so-called classical pollutants - particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), ozone (O2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) sulfur dioxide (SO2) and carbon monoxide (CO) - it also has an impact on other damaging pollutants, according to WHO. Egypt considering bid to host COP27.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

JUNE 14, 2022

On March 14, 2022, EPA rescinded its 2019 waiver withdrawal and established a new standard for revisiting approved waiver determinations. On May 13, 2022, another group also filed a petition for review of EPA’s final rule regarding California’s authority to set GHG and Zero Emissions Standards vehicle emission standards.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Ozone, which can aggravate lung diseases including asthma and emphysema, was well above the EPA’s eight-hour limit. In 2022, the court boosted the department’s annual budget by $1.2 They gather real-time readings for ozone, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter. Nitrogen oxides, which the U.S. Mark Felix.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

32 million for the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund: This fund helps developing countries reduce their use of ozone-depleting chemicals, which include several powerful greenhouse gases. In 2021, countries will begin negotiating the Global Environment Facility's eighth replenishment, for 2022 to 2026.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

32 million for the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund: This fund helps developing countries reduce their use of ozone-depleting chemicals, which include several powerful greenhouse gases. In 2021, countries will begin negotiating the Global Environment Facility’s eighth replenishment, for 2022 to 2026.

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