Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2024

Its high-energy UV radiation in particular is strongly absorbed by all materials and triggers photochemical reactions of compounds present in the air. A well-known example is the formation of ground-level ozone when UV light hits nitrogen oxides. Sunlight has a major influence on chemical processes.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2024

Some oxides of nitrogen are not GHGs but they do perform a role in the formation of tropospheric ozone which is a GHG. Ammonia presents a number of challenges as a fuel for engine combustion. Nitrous oxide (N2O) however, is produced by combustion processes, and is a potent GHG.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 17, 2021

CFCs have a high chlorine content and have been linked strongly to ozone depletion and global warming. HCFCs were considered an improvement when they were first introduced, as they have lower chlorine and make a lesser contribution to ozone depletion and global warming. Green hydrogen.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

These work by sensing a change in resistance in the air, and have separate sensing elements for oxidising gases (like NO2 and ozone) and reducing gases (CO, VOCs, and OH-group gases). Ozone and NOx seem to present the greatest danger to human health, suggests Kiirsk.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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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Terra Infirma

APRIL 16, 2020

I once saw ‘lukewarmer’/overseer of a major banking disaster Matt Ridley present a list of “Past Green Scares” which included acid rain, the hole in the ozone layer and, bizarrely, the millennium bug. ” This thinking is all too common in the climate-sceptic camp.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The NOx gases are chemically reactive, and so tend to contribute to the formation of other pollutants such as ozone and PM2.5. Locations with the highest recorded levels included Beirut, Lebanon, while the lowest readings were present in, for example, Sao Tome. In 2019, the global average NO2 exposure was 51.5?g/m3.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Thrive Renewables' MD Matthew Clayton discusses why decarbonisation isn't just about developing shiny new technology, how 'alternative' climate careers have become conventional, and reflects on lessons learned from addressing Ozone depletion

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GreenBiz

MAY 16, 2020

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. But, if you got enough on your side you get people into a position of paralysis about the issue.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In adults, premature deaths due to air pollution often present as heart disease and stroke, though research is beginning to suggest that diabetes and neurodegenerative conditions are also linked to bad outside air quality. The new report notes that exposure to air pollutants causes 7 million premature deaths each year.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Some of the most innovative technologies and solutions in micropollutant removal were presented at the conference, including: Recycling of spent activated carbon used in the removal of PFAS – CPL Activated Carbons Innovative UV technology – Van Remmen UV Technology Sustainable micropollutant removal with the BO3-technology – Royal (..)

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Charged

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Impact categories under consideration included global warming from greenhouse gas emissions, mineral resource scarcity from the use of rare minerals, particle emissions, acidic emissions and ground-level ozone formation. Source: Chalmers

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

The results were presented to Sandwell Council by Enjoy the Air Founder and CEO, Kate Barnard, who intends to extend the methodology used in the study to other councils, offering support in combating air pollution.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 4, 2021

The wrong amounts or incorrect use of these fumigants can be harmful to people and degrade the ozone layer. The presence of methyl iodide causes the nanocrystal emission to shift from green to yellow, and then on to orange, red, and finally deep red, depending on the amount of fumigant present.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 10, 2021

Thermal technologies to address impacted soil and waters will meet with regulatory questions regarding emissions of organofluorine compounds, and there may be residual PFAS in any ashes formed, presenting similar issues to those being encountered with incineration25, 26.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 27, 2024

Researchers of the University of Groningen discuss the challenges it currently presents. Specifically, these reactions lead to more methane, ozone and water vapour high up in the atmosphere, which all result in global warming. Hydrogen is the smallest, simplest element that was at the beginning of all other things.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 8, 2022

Ozonation and other oxidation methods, biological treatment, and membrane filtration are the advanced technologies used to remove pollutants from water. “Water quality in the European Union is being closely monitored and analysed. The wastewater treatment companies need to update their methods with up-to-date technologies.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Some use technologies like ozone oxidation, and membrane filtration. This event takes place in Leeds on Thursday 8 February 2024 and presentations will explore current legislation and ongoing initiatives about the environmental risks associated with micropollutant emissions, and treatment approaches.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 26, 2022

Indoor air quality can be impacted by printers and copy machines that emit toner particles and toxic gasses such as ozone, nitrogen dioxide and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs). More than 90% of operational costs linked to human resources and financial losses due to absenteeism and presentism account for 4% of this cost.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Nitrous oxide is a greenhouse gas and one of the main stratospheric ozone depleting substances on the planet. The authors of the study suggest the use of nitrogen fertilizer in regions where there is already a large nitrogen surplus will have to be reduced, to achieve N20 emissions targets.

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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. A battery business case geared toward a renewables-rich future.

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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). More than 90% of operational costs linked to human resources and financial losses due to absenteeism and presentism account for 4% of this cost 3.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2021

The risk therefore increases significantly with the number of people present and the length of time they stay in the room. Although it is known that UV-C light destroys the SARS-CoV-2 viruses, it ultimately increases indoor ozone concentrations,” he said.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 12, 2024

It has also yet to be determined how to account for likely leaks of hydrogen — which is considered an “indirect” greenhouse gas because it causes chemical reactions that affect concentrations of methane, ozone, and stratospheric water vapor, as well as aerosols. And how to ensure such certifications are accurate?

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2020

These facilities can present a variety of potential hazards to human health. The company’s products are employed in commercial, institutional, municipal and light industrial markets, and in a wide variety of applications. New market example: cannabis cultivation.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 22, 2024

Though industry presents blue hydrogen as a viable “low-carbon” climate solution, a litany of technical, environmental, and economic challenges continue to plague CCS projects around the world. EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson has since stated that she intends to present more developed definitions before her mandate ends this autumn.

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Econaur

JULY 14, 2020

Chlorine, Ozone, Sodium hypochlorite, Chlorine Di-Oxide , even non-chemical methods of disintegrating the pathogens like UV and IR also used many times, especially for water purification. To resolve this for disinfection of surfaces and contact points like handles etc. It is recommended to use oxidisers as disinfectants.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

Several other VOCs including ethane, propane, butane, pentane, and hexane react with NOx to form ground level ozone which has harmful effects on human health and on plants. Especially methane is a potent greenhouse gas, contributing to climate change. An overlooked problem. For many years did VOC emissions receive little focus.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JUNE 1, 2021

SCAQMD will issue solicitations for projects to be funded by the WAIRE Mitigation Program, and awards of funds must be presented to the SCAQMD Governing Board for approval at least annually. These state and federal standards require areas to reach certain ambient concentrations of ozone to be considered in “attainment.”

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 4, 2022

One of the major obstacles to using hydrogen vehicles is the scarcity of fuelling stations – at present there are only around 60 in the whole of the US, for example, all located in California, with the number expected to swell to a more 100 by mid-2023.

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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. COVID-19 has not changed the world but it has revealed deep flaws in our present. As an economist, Steiner says these numbers don’t add up.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2022

Also, mining is a significant air pollutant, releasing Ozone and ~4.5Gt of CO 2e each year. A possible solution is to reclaim and reuse rare earth metals present in products that have reached the end of their useful life. Rare earth mining also produces toxic waste , which seeps into groundwater systems.

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Grist

DECEMBER 21, 2019

They presented their plans to the public at the British Science Festival in the fall of 2011 — and triggered a “ fiasco,” as an editorial in the journal Nature described it. Known as the Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering, or Spice, project, it was run by three U.K. government to cancel the trial.

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Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

Much of the sustainability literature focuses on the Global North and on issues salient to policy makers in developed countries, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and ozone depletion. A variety of creative thinking and imaginative responses to such challenges can be found across the Global South.

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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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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

On the other hand, leaked hydrogen indirectly contributes to climate warming by interacting with other airborne compounds, particularly tropospheric ozone and methane. While hydrogen presents fewer climate risks than methane, unchecked leakage could undermine its benefits.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

The International Geoshpere-Biosphere Programme and Stockholm Resilience Center published a dashboard of 24 indicators that each depict a synchronous acceleration of upward trends from the 1950s to present day.

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