Charged

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, located in Göteborg, Sweden, have performed the first life-cycle assessment of a commercially available two-seater all-electric aircraft—the Pipistrel Alpha Electro, manufactured in Slovenia—directly comparing it to the fossil fuel-powered version of the same plane.

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Batteries Electricity Fossil fuels Ozone 105

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2021

These include nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), which are mostly produced by the combustion of fossil fuels such as in vehicles and engines, as well as industrial processes such as power generation and cement manufacture. Typically, at Signal Group, the flows of ozone and sample are set in a ratio of 10:1.

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Since then progress has been made on mending the ozone layer and stopping acid rain but few are now pretending that environmental issues are non-partisan. Campaigners agreed everyone wanted to leave their children as good a planet as they inherited.

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GreenBiz

MAY 16, 2020

It is gradual, and it derives largely from the familiar and widespread practice of burning fossil fuels. 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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Global warming Climate change Pollution Ozone 315

Grist

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The guidelines also create new standards for peak season ozone — which occurs during the summer months when afternoon light mixes with ground-level volatile compounds — and carbon monoxide, caused by vehicles and machinery. and PM10 — but loosening the standard for sulfur dioxide. Clayton Aldern / Grist.

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Health Pollution Ozone Climate change 143

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2023

The fossil fuel industry, pesticides, and industrial agriculture are inextricably linked,” explained Asha Sharma, PANNA organizing co-director and co-author of the report. Pesticide companies are complicit in the climate crisis, and further the agricultural sector’s dependency on fossil fuels.”.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 27, 2020

Soil removes about 25 percent of the world’s fossil fuel emissions each year through carbon sequestering, a natural way of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Furthermore, diseases are spreading quickly due to climate change and expanding global trade.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2022

Overall, deaths from these so-called “modern” forms of pollution — pollution that’s associated with industrialization, the use of fossil fuels, and chemical exposure — have increased by more than 66 percent over the past two decades. Air pollution is by far the deadliest culprit, causing more than 6.5

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Pollution Health Building Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels 106

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

The chemiluminescence detector (CLD) method of measuring NO is based on the use of a controlled amount of ozone (O3) coming into contact with the sample containing NO inside a light sealed chamber. This chamber has a photomultiplier fitted so that it measures the photons given off by the reaction that takes place between NO and O3.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels Ozone 127

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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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 25, 2022

The primary cause of greenhouse gas emissions is the burning of fossil fuels, which is occurring at a current rate at which the environment’s natural reuptake and stabilization cannot keep up. The three major greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O). Carbon Dioxide (CO2).

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Carbon Methane Global warming Business Energy Monitoring 148

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Grid reliability is also the core use case for Con Edison’s 2 MW battery at Ozone Park in Queens and for a 1 MW demonstration project with Shell/GI Energy in Staten Island. In New York City, the biggest battery is the 4.8 A battery business case geared toward a renewables-rich future.

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Batteries Ozone Nuclear Power Hydropower 130

Sunrun

AUGUST 23, 2019

Wide scale adoption of solar and other renewable energy must continue so we can address the negative societal and economic impacts of dirty fossil fuels.10 But ground-level ozone and other pollutants from cars, power plants, industrial boilers, refineries and chemical plants can kill. 14 Solar Saves on Gas and Fuel 9.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2020

Wind and solar are now cheaper than all fossil fuels. The total cost of ownership for electric vehicles has been lower than fossil fuel vehicles since 2015. This means, when businesses buy fossil fuel motors, they are polluting and losing money. A green recovery will make everyone wealthier.

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Sustainability Consulting

MARCH 31, 2021

Steiner argues that humanity has achieved many radical things like closing a giant hole in the ozone layer, ending nuclear proliferation and smallpox, but we have also taken the Earth to the brink. We spend more on subsidizing the fossil fuel industry than we do on all renewable energy.

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Fossil fuels Ozone Education Health 52

Green Business Bureau

JULY 8, 2022

Many commercial chemical cleaning products pollute our environment with harmful, fossil-fuel-derived chemicals that can wash into water courses. Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) can be found in some products, which damage the ozone layer when released into the environment. Look for certified bio-based cleaning products.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 20, 2021

You will likely uncover opportunities for alternative clean energy (non-fossil fuel energy sources and processes). Make products that are recyclable, renewable and/or biodegradable, and do not contain toxic or ozone-depleting substances. Examples include solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, wave power, nuclear and hydropower.

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Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 128

AGreenLiving

APRIL 26, 2021

As far as ozone pollution goes, L.A. This year’s installation of the American Lung Association’s State of the Air report gave Los Angeles , Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties an F in particle and ozone pollution. and surrounding counties lead the nation, says a new study. Forty percent of U.S.

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Ozone Pollution Fossil fuels Transportation 28

Business Green

OCTOBER 22, 2020

On the other hand, the analysts estimate that £1.6bn in damages and 17,000 lives could be saved annually in Bristol, London, Manchester, and Birmingham if the cities worked to meet guidelines on all major air pollutants, which also include particulate matter and ozone.

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Pollution Health Fossil fuels Ozone 41

Grist

JUNE 29, 2022

Wood energy succored Homo sapiens and its ancestors for millions of years, the argument goes, and only during the last couple of centuries was it replaced with fossil fuels like coal. The forestry industry is just like the fossil fuel industry. The scientists counseled instead, to mitigate the climate crisis, the U.S.

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Logging Carbon-neutral Climate change Biodiversity 98

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 14, 2022

A business can then consider all the aspects of their business that produce carbon, including fossil fuels , land clearance and the production and consumption of food, manufactured goods, materials, wood, roads, buildings, transportation and other services. Your carbon footprint can then be managed once understood.

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Carbon Carbon-neutral Global warming Organic 78

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Basin does not meet the state or federal ambient air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter, and existing regulations have to date proved insufficient to bring the Basin into compliance. The SCAQMD is the local agency responsible for attaining these clean air standards in the Basin. Facility-Based Mobile Source Measures.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Basin does not meet the state or federal ambient air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter, and existing regulations have to date proved insufficient to bring the Basin into compliance. The SCAQMD is the local agency responsible for attaining these clean air standards in the Basin. Facility-Based Mobile Source Measures.

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Logistics Building Energy Monitoring Ozone Business Energy Monitoring 52

Mr. Sustainability

MAY 5, 2021

How can we achieve global climate goals while carrying billions of tons of cargo each year on equipment powered largely by fossil fuels? An example with sustainable fuel by GoodShipping. GoodShipping substitutes fossil fuels with truly sustainable alternatives, recognized by the ISCC. To some, this feels wrong.

Carbon 78

Carbon Carbon-neutral Logistics Transportation 78

Mr. Sustainability

MAY 5, 2021

How can we achieve global climate goals while carrying billions of tons of cargo each year on equipment powered largely by fossil fuels? An example with sustainable fuel by GoodShipping. GoodShipping substitutes fossil fuels with truly sustainable alternatives, recognized by the ISCC. To some, this feels wrong.

Carbon 78

Carbon Blockchain Carbon-neutral Logistics 78

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”.

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Hydrogen Government Carbon Politics 96

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 20, 2024

You will likely uncover opportunities for alternative clean energy (non-fossil fuel energy sources and processes). Make products that are recyclable, renewable and/or biodegradable, and do not contain toxic or ozone-depleting substances. Examples include solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, wave power, nuclear and hydropower.

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Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 60

The City Fix

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Editor’s Note: This article was updated with new findings as of October 2024 from WRI’s Electric School Bus Data Dashboard, which is updated monthly and contains the most recent data on electric school bus adoption. Previous versions of this article are.

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Electricity Ozone Fossil fuels Law 69

Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

A company that uses fossil fuel-based energy shouldn't make this claim unless it buys renewable energy credits (RECs), the FTC says. Ozone-safe or ozone-friendly. The FTC considers these terms deceptive if a product has any substance, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), known to erode the ozone layer.

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Recycling Recycling Ozone Building Energy Monitoring 36

The City Fix

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

On July 22, the world experienced its hottest day in recorded history. The global average temperature reached 17.2 degrees C (62.9 degrees F), prompting UN Secretary-General António Guterres to issue a global call to action on extreme heat. The problem of extreme.

Pollution 52

Pollution Energy Monitor Ozone Fossil fuels 52

AGreenLiving

APRIL 20, 2021

.” Pollution and emissions According to data from Grist , many “indoor growers plug into the grid, and about two-thirds of the electricity on the grid is generated by fossil fuels.” ” This means that every pound of marijuana produced creates about 1.95

Building Energy Monitoring 28

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Pollution 28

AGreenLiving

MAY 16, 2020

It is gradual, and it derives largely from the familiar and widespread practice of burning fossil fuels. ” 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.

Climate change 36

Climate change Global warming Pollution Ozone 36

Business Green

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Researchers estimate that toxic air produced by burning fossil fuels causes an estimated 4.5 Burning fossil fuels is not just driving climate change, it is also generating an air pollution crisis that is wiping trillions of dollars from the world economy every year. million premature deaths a year. per cent of global GDP.

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Fossil fuels Pollution Ozone Climate change 59

AGreenLiving

AUGUST 27, 2020

Soil removes about 25 percent of the world’s fossil fuel emissions each year through carbon sequestering, a natural way of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Furthermore, diseases are spreading quickly due to climate change and expanding global trade.

Soil 28

Soil Agriculture Health Investment 28

Grist

JUNE 12, 2024

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. “It’s crazy what we’re doing. The bartender, Kevin Costner, says he used to be scared, too — until he started doing something about it. I recycle these.”

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Earth Day 145

Grist

MARCH 11, 2024

The atmospheric chemist had won a Nobel Prize in 1995 for demonstrating how humanity was destroying the ozone layer, just one of the many ways people had radically altered the planet, from urbanization to releasing greenhouse gases. After repeatedly hearing mention of the Holocene at a scientific conference in Mexico, Crutzen lost his temper.

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Climate change Soil Ozone North America 121

Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

The gas, which is released by a range of anthropogenic and natural sources, is ten times more powerful than carbon dioxide at warming the atmosphere and is responsible for more than half a million deaths annually, in addition to the death of ecosystems and crops, because it creates toxic ground-level ozone.

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Methane Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 67