Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

Around 70 million barrels of hydrocarbons are lost yearly due to evaporation of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) during loading, storage and transportation of crude oil on ships. VOC emission control is obviously not the only concern for a crude oil transporter. Several light hydrocarbons, such as methane, ethane and propane, are VOCs.

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Methane Organic Transportation Ozone 100

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. Some of these reactions, like the methane destruction, help cool the Earth. Clouds form and then fade, and molecules like ozone get destroyed by chemical processes within months. (In

Carbon 134

Carbon Carbon-neutral Aviation Energy Monitor 134

Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The study found that hydrogen leaks, though impactful, are about three times less damaging to the climate than methane leaks (the primary component of natural gas) on a per-mass basis. When hydrogen leaks, it reduces atmospheric hydroxyl radicals (OH), which act as natural detergents by breaking down methane.

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Natural gas Hydrogen Methane Energy Monitor 52

Defend Our Future

JANUARY 30, 2024

Despite Colorado having some of the nation’s strongest clean air protections, Denver ranks as being the seventh-most polluted city for ozone pollution in the country according to the American Lung Association’s last State of the Air Report.

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Building Energy Monitoring Methane Energy Monitor Pollution 52

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 4, 2022

Safety is particularly a concern during transport and storage. In the transport space, the most powerful use-case for hydrogen fuel cells is with commercial trucking. Some of the impetus for deploying hydrogen has come from the appeal of being able to use elements of the existing infrastructure of natural gas transport and use.

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Hydrogen Natural gas Transportation Construction 130

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 14, 2022

You’ll understand what products and processes emit g reenhouse gases (GHGs), including the carbon-containing gases carbon dioxide and methane. Carbon dioxide equivalent” is a standard unit for counting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions regardless of whether they’re from carbon dioxide or another gas, such as methane.

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Carbon Carbon-neutral Global warming Organic 78

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

These indicators, including but not limited to carbon dioxide, methane, ocean acidification, tropical forest loss, population, GDP, water use, and transportation, have reached the point past natural variation, showing indisputably that the Earth is in a different state than before. .

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Resilience Building Energy Monitoring Ocean acidification Business Energy Monitoring 78

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.

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Pollution Energy Monitor Ozone Fossil fuels 52

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Hydrogen is also present in compounds like methane and coal. produces annually comes from methane via steam reforming. But, in addition to the cost challenges of clean hydrogen fuel production, there’s a danger of the gas escaping into the atmosphere while being stored or transported.

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Hydrogen Methane Transportation Ozone 28

Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Australia vows to cut methane emissions, the US ratifies the Kigali Agreement, and all the other green business news from around the world this week. Australia signs up to global pledge to cut methane emissions by 30 per cent. EU brokers deal to bring an end to internal combustion engine cars.

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Business Energy Monitoring Methane Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 64

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

These categories are grouped as either upstream or downstream activities, and are as follows: Upstream activities : Business travel; Employee commuting; Waste generation; Purchased goods and services; Transportation and distribution; Fuel and energy-related activities; Capital goods; Upstream leased assets.

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Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 78

DeSmogBlog

JULY 14, 2022

It became apparent to me that the fossil-fuel industry is moving toward plastic because they’re losing market share in transportation and energy generation,” said Judith Enck, a former regional administrator with the U.S. On clear nights, he says, he can see the flares burning, releasing a gas cocktail of carbon monoxide and methane.

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Plastics Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 98

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2024

It is also a more potent greenhouse gas than previously assumed, although these effects come about indirectly, when it interacts with other atmospheric gases to form methane and ozone. But this might not be so reassuring in enclosed spaces. However, heating is only required during this extraction, and not for storage.

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Transportation Hydrogen Natural gas Organic 130

Unsustainable

MAY 1, 2019

While CO 2 may be the greatest contributor to climate change, other gases such as methane and nitrous oxide are also responsible for creating the greenhouse effect, therefore, solutions must also focus on the reduction of these gases. The severity of those impacts is tied directly to the amount of carbon dioxide we release.”

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Climate change Fossil fuels Global warming Pollution 40

Sustainability Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The Trump administration has weakened rules limiting venting or flaring of methane from oil and gas production on public lands and requiring reporting of methane emissions from most oil and gas production. Methane is a greenhouse gas more potent than CO2, although it has a shorter lifespan in the environment.

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Climate change Fossil fuels Pollution Methane 52