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Almost nowhere on Earth safe from PM2.5, says Melbourne study

Envirotec Magazine

Calcutta, India: In southern Asia and eastern Asia, more than 90% of days had daily PM 2.5 concentrations at a high spatial resolution of approximately 10km ×10km for global grid cells in 2000-2019, focusing on areas above 15 μg/m³ which is considered the safe limit by WHO (The threshold is still arguable),” he said.

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Counting the microns

Envirotec Magazine

have reduced in Europe and North America in this period, while levels have increased in Southern Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America and the Caribbean. The study noted that, In southern and eastern Asia, more than 90% of days had daily PM2.5 concentrations were distributed in the regions of Eastern Asia (50.0

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HEPCO, Obayashi commence geothermal exploration in Rusutsu, Japan

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The planned exploration phase will be from April 2024 to February 2025 and may involve the drilling of an exploration well to a depth of 2000 meters. Shiribetsu. Based on the results of exploration, a decision will be made on whether the site will be developed for commercial exploitation.

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Global Power Sector Embracing Renewables but Ditching Fossil Fuels Too Slowly

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Much of the new renewable capacity being built around the world is being offset by new coal and gas capacity, leaving the global generation mix more or less how it was in 2000. The research used machine learning to look for trends in the portfolios of companies between 2000-2018. Data was provided by S&P.

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Forget King Coal. Solar Is ‘New King’ of Global Power Markets, Says IEA

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A large part of this is in Asia, and a lot of it is very young," Cozzi said. "If From 2000-2019, solar generation increased by 664 gigawatt-hours from a base close to zero. “There are currently around 2,000 GW of coal around the world today. degrees Celsius. The Paris Agreement's stretch target is 1.5

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U.S. Coal Consumption Falls To 60-Year Low

R-Squared Energy

However, since 2000 there has been a sharply growing disparity between coal consumption in OECD and non-OECD countries. Six of the world’s ten largest consumers of coal are in the Asia Pacific region. But even in non-OECD countries (i.e., developing countries), coal consumption fell in 2020 by 1.4%.

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Nitrous oxide levels are on the rise

Envirotec Magazine

TgN y-1 (approximately 10% of the global total) between 2000–2005 and 2010–2015. This is particularly relevant in regions like East Asia, where nitrogen fertilizer could be used more efficiently without reducing crop yields. The results of the study indicate that N2O emissions increased globally by 1.6 (1.4–1.7)