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How stable isotopes help the fight against air pollution

Envirotec Magazine

Air pollution is not a new problem in the UK – the London smog of 1952 killed 12,000 people. Since then, the effects of climate change, major industry and lifestyle changes have altered the air that we breathe, for example, coal-burning has dramatically declined, while increased road transport has led to new air pollutants.

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China’s new frontier for VOC regulations

GreenBiz

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. In 2010, the Central Government of China integrated the "Guideline on Strengthening Joint Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution to Improve Air Quality" into its 12th Five Year Plan.

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Risk, doubt, and the burden of proof in the climate debate

GreenBiz

There is no need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and no point in attempting to do so," as one recent Heartland document succinctly put it. More often, it is implicitly built into the conversation, as it was in so many other public debates, like those over leaded gas, ozone and tobacco.

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Fossil Fuel Interests Spent Millions to Tank Clean Air Bills in Colorado

DeSmogBlog

The compromise was hailed as a “grand bargain” that balanced industry priorities with the need for environmental reforms in a state with mounting air pollution woes. million on consulting and signature collection for the effort, according to public documents. In November, Chevron and Occidental each gave over $1.4

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

Envirotec Magazine

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. These updates resulted in a total methane emission estimate more than five times larger than reported emissions.

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New Shell Files Could Aid Climate Cases, Attorneys Say 

DeSmogBlog

Newly-discovered Shell documents dating back decades could help strengthen lawsuits aiming to hold the oil major to account for climate damages, climate attorneys say. ” Cover of the 1987 internal Shell publication “Air Pollution: an Oil Industry Perspective.” The Washington D.C.-based

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This year’s ozone hole could be the smallest it has been in 30 years

AGreenLiving

For decades, scientists have closely observed the ozone layer , which protects Earth from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Ozone is created in our atmosphere when the sun’s high-energy UV rays rupture the stable covalent bonds of atmospheric oxygen (O2) molecules, transforming them into free radicals.

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