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Which creates more jobs? Green or polluting industries?

GreenBiz

Climate-friendly investments can create more jobs per dollar than polluting alternatives.

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Road hazard: Evidence mounts on toxic pollution from tires

GreenBiz

But experts say these tire emissions are a significant source of air and water pollution and may be affecting humans as well as wildlife. Researchers are only beginning to uncover the toxic cocktail of chemicals, microplastics and heavy metals hidden in car and truck tires.

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Air pollution and trees study overturns “rough and hairy is good” dictum

Envirotec Magazine

Surrey researcher Yendle Barwise assembling one of the pollution monitors. If you’re trying to take pollution out of the air, choose evergreen trees with smaller leaves. They studied which caught the most particles of pollution and which best allowed the rain to wash those particles safely to the ground.

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Financing the end of plastic pollution

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Sponsored: The Global Plastics Treaty must include a financing plan that supports the countries most impacted by plastic pollution and least equipped to deal with it.

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Experts to help tackle air pollution from domestic solid fuel burning in Greater Manchester

Envirotec Magazine

Environmental and engineering consultancy Ricardo is applying its expertise in air quality measurement to enable local authorities across Greater Manchester to monitor the contribution to air pollution from wood burning stoves, raise public awareness of its risks, and reduce its impact on people’s health.

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The stunning impact of COVID-19 social distancing on air pollution

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How efforts to flatten the curve of COVID-19 have reflected air quality in the San Francisco Bay area.

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‘Roving sentinels’ discover new air pollution sources

Envirotec Magazine

In 2019, University of Utah atmospheric scientists, the Environmental Defense Fund and other partners added a new tool to their quiver of air quality monitors: two Google Street View cars, Salt Lake Valley’s roving sentinels that would detect hyper-local air pollution hotspots. from dust or ash; and methane, primarily from the landfill.

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