Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2022

The study, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, used a purpose-built fumigation facility to regulate levels of nitrogen oxides (NOx) – present in diesel exhaust fumes – and ozone in an open field environment.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

EEA estimates from 2019 attributed approximately 307,000 premature deaths to fine particulate matter in the 27 EU Member States, with a further 40,400 linked to nitrogen dioxide, and 16,800 to ground-level ozone. and PM10)‎, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide. trillion, equivalent to 6.1

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recognizes this, which is why for the 2019 American Fitness Index rankings, the ACSM added air quality as an environmental indicator of a city’s health. In fact, two of the most common pollutants are ozone and particles, like soot from wildfires. with the worst air quality.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recognizes this, which is why for the 2019 American Fitness Index rankings, the ACSM added air quality as an environmental indicator of a city’s health. In fact, two of the most common pollutants are ozone and particles, like soot from wildfires. with the worst air quality.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 20, 2020

and ground-level ozone (O?) levels over China in February were 20-30% down on the average February levels expected at this time of year (drawing on data from 2017-2019). Air pollution is the biggest environmental health risk in Europe, with the problem greatest in cities, according to the EEA. In early March, ESA also said PM2.5

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

A 2019 report shows seven of the top ten most ozone-choked cities in America are in California. Excerpt from: California’s Advanced Clean Truck Rule is not strong enough to ensure a cleaner future.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Over the last four years (see our coverage from 2017 , 2018 , 2019 and 2020 ), Congress has sought to maintain U.S. billion for multilateral development banks: These banks are significant sources of climate finance for developing countries, providing $46 billion in climate finance in 2019.

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

In March 2019 the courts blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to expand offshore drilling in Alaska and off the northeastern coast. Delayed a compliance deadline for new national ozone pollution standards by one year, but later reversed course. In May 2019, the agency confimed it would issue the rule. Interior Department.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2020

For instance, measurements from 2019 seemingly showed how, on a day with an easterly wind, the polluted air from the busy streets and industrial areas in the southeast of the city is transferred to the west. Complementing satellite measurements. The latter is work in progress. The five-year project will run until 2021. What is MAX-DOAS?

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GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2021

EPA historically has identified "critical population sub-groups" in setting ozone, particulate and other ambient air quality standards. In Fiscal Year 2019, EPA’s EJ budget was $5.2 Protecting at-risk populations. This practice should extend to those residing in geographic zones of disproportionate pollution burdens.

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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). Biophilic design encompasses benefits for human health as well as for environmental sustainability and business productivity. Kellert, S., & Calabrese, E.

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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). Creating the Productive Workplace. [3] 3] Browning B, Garvin C, Ryan C, et al., 4] Mohora, I. Proceedings of INTCESS, 979-988. [5]

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JUNE 1, 2021

As previewed in a 2019 Latham blog post , despite the warehouse sector’s limited control over the types of trucks servicing its facilities (warehouses generally do not own or operate trucking fleets), the ISR imposes obligations on warehouses to indirectly reduce trucking emissions. more stringent permitting requirements for new sources).

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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. Clouds form and then fade, and molecules like ozone get destroyed by chemical processes within months. (In It’s tough to pin down the meaning of all this chemistry.

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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. 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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Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2022

Her speech to the United Nations General Assembly in 1989, which Sir Crispin had a central role in conceiving, elevated climate change, ozone depletion and other environmental issues in the international arena and helped usher in the UN climate convention in 1992. He will be much missed.".

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 27, 2020

A 2019 survey showed that 86 percent of Americans consume dietary supplements for their overall health and wellness, yet only 24 percent of those had information indicating a nutritional deficiency. billion was invested in agrifood tech across 1,858 deals in 2019. This isn’t unlike taking our daily vitamins. percent year over year.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The math backs this up: between 2010 and 2019, 18 nations, many under conservative leaders, have driven down emissions while growing their economies, according to a recent UN study. Other notable conservatives who have moved the agenda include George H.W.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2020

Data submitted from the UK to the European Commission on its levels of air pollution in 2019 revealed that 83% of reporting zones in the country remained at illegal pollution levels. It is well documented that the UK has a poor reputation when it comes to air quality regulation. This includes sub-micron PM 2.5

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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 requesting stakeholder feedback on the discussion draft rule by December 6, 2019. 20, 2019). [6] Looking Forward.

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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 requesting stakeholder feedback on the discussion draft rule by December 6, 2019. 20, 2019). [6] Looking Forward.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 25, 2022

Fluorinated gases are another, less prevalent type of GHG that are still significant as they have a long atmospheric lifetime and are attributed to ozone depletion. . The three major greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O). Carbon Dioxide (CO2). Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 12, 2021

ppb rise in 2019. One of the great things about reducing methane emissions is that you always get large public health and ecosystem benefits as methane is a precursor to surface ozone formation, and that’s toxic to both people and plants,” Shindell said. There is some movement at the federal level to cut methane pollution.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Ozone, which can aggravate lung diseases including asthma and emphysema, was well above the EPA’s eight-hour limit. million in 2019 so it could hire more employees and buy air monitors and a mobile lab. They gather real-time readings for ozone, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter. Nitrogen oxides, which the U.S. Mark Felix.

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Green Market Oracle

JULY 8, 2020

During this time we made significant progress on a number of environmental fronts including asbestos, acid rain, DDT, open-air nuclear tests, endangered species, toxic waste, waste recycling, leaded gasoline, ozone, pollution, mercury emissions and SLCPs. The shift has been underway for some time now but it began in earnest in 2019.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

JUNE 14, 2022

In September 2019, the Trump administration’s EPA, for the first time ever, attempted to revoke California’s waiver, specifically with respect to its GHG and ZEV program. On March 14, 2022, EPA rescinded its 2019 waiver withdrawal and established a new standard for revisiting approved waiver determinations.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 12, 2021

ppb rise in 2019. One of the great things about reducing methane emissions is that you always get large public health and ecosystem benefits as methane is a precursor to surface ozone formation, and that’s toxic to both people and plants,” Shindell said. There is some movement at the federal level to cut methane pollution.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 19, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for six common air pollutants: particulate matter (PM), ozone, lead, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide. 2019 ; D’Evelyn et al., The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires the U.S.

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Rinexii

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Bush, a Republican president, got an “Environmental Hero” award for his work on climate change 8 , and another Republican president, Ronald Reagan, was responsible for putting in place laws to protect our ozone layer 9 –so what happened? Why did conservatives suddenly start doubting climate change they previously believed in?

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Grist

DECEMBER 21, 2019

The problem is that while the benefits of solar geoengineering are potentially large (slowing global warming), so are the potential consequences , such as the possible disruption of the monsoon season in Asia and the depletion of the ozone layer. But even that is problematic. “We “But what is imagined is actually really important. “It

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 14, 2022

By the end of 2019, Aramco would go through with a far more limited IPO, in which 1.5% By early June, the monitors registered a three-hour spike in ozone levels, which, if sustained over time, Nye said, would exceed federal guidelines. Ozone is an ingredient in smog and a respiratory irritant.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 3, 2020

Terrestrial radiation, which is supposed to be absorbed by the ozone layer, is also retained in the atmosphere. For instance, deforestation of Amazon increased by 34% in 2019. A National Geographic report states that ocean levels will rise by up to 2.3 feet by 2050 due to melting glaciers.

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Sustainability Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The Trump Administration has also refused to strengthen National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter and ozone. Methane is a greenhouse gas more potent than CO2, although it has a shorter lifespan in the environment.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Robert Taylor and Sharon Lavigne with Pat Bryant protesting in front of the Louisiana State Capitol on June 3, 2019. James Parish would violate the EPA’s standards for soot and ozone-forming nitrogen dioxide. Robert Taylor in a trailer provided by FEMA, in front of his storm-damaged home on February 12, 2022. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

A Public Health Watch analysis of TCEQ pollution data shows that between 2019 and 2021, annual readings soared as high as 2.1 In 2014, he criticized the EPA’s efforts to regulate ozone, an odorless, colorless ingredient in smog that exacerbates asthma. “I In 2019, Carolyn Stone formed the Channelview Health & Improvement Coalition.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Over the last four years (see our coverage from 2017 , 2018 , 2019 and 2020 ), Congress has sought to maintain U.S. billion for multilateral development banks: These banks are significant sources of climate finance for developing countries, providing $46 billion in climate finance in 2019.

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