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Fume faculties

Envirotec Magazine

Underpinning the effort to comply with marine emissions regulations is the monitoring of these exhaust gases, and instrumentation seems an indispensable support for marine operators under pressure to make good decisions with respect to things like fuel selection and the specification of scrubber systems. Specifying measurement.

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The Corona Virus Reduces China's Emissions by 25 Percent

Green Market Oracle

China burns about half the coal used globally while at the same time it is the leading market for solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicles. This duality is evident in Shanxi, which is both China's coal mining region and the location of some of the country's largest solar and wind power projects.

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Fast Fashion: the second biggest polluter on Earth

Envirotec Magazine

A study by McKinsey & Company uncovered that in 2014 the average person owned 60% more clothes than the average consumer in 2000, but only wore them for half as long. In the constant search for ‘newness’, wardrobes are constantly updated and changed, with clothing becoming as disposable as the packaging it arrives in.

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Where Does All The Radioactive Fracking Waste Go?

DeSmogBlog

This drum of waste entered the United States aboard a Singapore Airlines cargo jet, appropriately packaged in a steel drum. Financed by Facebook and powering Shell fracking operations, the Prospero 1 solar field lies just a few miles from the Lotus disposal site in Andrews County, Texas. Credit: Justin Hamel ©2021.

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SDG15: The fight for life on land

Business Green

In addition, 74 per cent of the poor are directly affected by land degradation globally and over 80 per cent of the human diet is provided by plants, with just three cereal crops - rice, maize and wheat - providing 60 per cent of humanity's energy intake.