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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. The Law on Prevention and Control of Air Pollution, also known as the " Air Law ," was updated in 2015 (and again in 2018) to direct local governments in key regions to form emergency response plans for heavily polluting weather conditions.

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4 climate finance priorities for the Biden administration

GreenBiz

32 million for the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund: This fund helps developing countries reduce their use of ozone-depleting chemicals, which include several powerful greenhouse gases. Policy & Politics. Funding for 2021 was one area where the Trump administration and Congress were in full agreement. $32 Pull Quote.

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ExxonMobil Urges EU to Remove ‘Policy Hurdles’ Slowing Oil Industry’s Hydrogen Plans

DeSmogBlog

Global Witness concluded using public data that despite capturing five million tonnes of CO2 from 2015 to 2021, Quest released a further 7.5 It could also contribute to increases in ground-level ozone pollution — which is harmful to human health. million tonnes of greenhouse gases during the same period.

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Part 2: The Dirty Dozen Documents of Big Oil’s Secret Climate Knowledge

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Provenance: Inside Climate News featured this document in a 2015 story titled, “ Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades Ago.” Provenance: Inside Climate News featured this document in a 2015 story titled, “ Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades Ago.”

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In Texas, a battle is brewing over a Trump EPA official’s confidential emails

Grist

For instance, Honeycutt questioned the Obama EPA’s strengthening of smog regulations, making the argument — contrary to scientific evidence — that reducing ozone levels would result in negligible health benefits in part because most Americans spend the majority of their time indoors.

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Climate Change: Where Are We Now?

Unsustainable

The IPCC was an outgrowth of a 1987 Canadian conference which produced the Montreal Protocol , an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion. In June of 1988 James E. degrees Celsius.”

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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. When energy use surges in the autumn and winter seasons, particulate matter and ozone increase to dangerously high levels.