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China’s new frontier for VOC regulations

GreenBiz

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. In 2010, the Central Government of China integrated the "Guideline on Strengthening Joint Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution to Improve Air Quality" into its 12th Five Year Plan. Air emission reform in China.

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Ice rink alternatives and their environmental impact

AGreenLiving

That was followed by the growing popularity of ice hockey from the 1880s onward, which increased the demand for more rink construction. CFCs and HCFCs are synthetic gases attributed to ozone layer destruction. When the 1890s rolled around, the rush to patent ice rink surfaces began and has not abated since.

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China’s new frontier for VOC regulations

AGreenLiving

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. In 2010, the Central Government of China integrated the “Guideline on Strengthening Joint Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution to Improve Air Quality” into its 12th Five Year Plan.

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China’s new frontier for VOC regulations

AGreenLiving

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. In 2010, the Central Government of China integrated the “Guideline on Strengthening Joint Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution to Improve Air Quality” into its 12th Five Year Plan.

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Logging is destroying southern forests — and dividing US environmentalists

Grist

The coalition demanded that TNC stop “promoting false climate solutions” that “center the financial interests of large lumber, pulp/paper, biomass/wood-pellet and other corporations.”. When exposed to sunlight, volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides transform into ozone, which is especially dangerous to children and the elderly.

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To succeed politically, Poilievre should embrace robust climate measures

Clean Energy Canada

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s second term — in stark contrast to the beginning of his first term — has increasingly embraced clean energy as companies looking to invest in the province demand a clean electricity grid. Other notable conservatives who have moved the agenda include George H.W.

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A Texas Community Is Being Bombarded by Cancer-Causing Benzene. State Officials Have Known for Nearly Two Decades

DeSmogBlog

As the global demand for plastics has grown, Texas also has become a hub for the petrochemical industry, which uses benzene in its production processes. 12, 2010, the TCEQ’s deputy director of compliance and enforcement, John Sadlier, addressed a Fort Worth City Council meeting packed with residents and clean-air advocates.