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This year’s ozone hole could be the smallest it has been in 30 years

AGreenLiving

For decades, scientists have closely observed the ozone layer , which protects Earth from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Ozone is created in our atmosphere when the sun’s high-energy UV rays rupture the stable covalent bonds of atmospheric oxygen (O2) molecules, transforming them into free radicals.

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Biophilia and Biophilic Design: The Benefits of a Green Office Environment

Green Business Bureau

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. Catalano, P.

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Biophilic Office: Interior Design Principles and Benefits

Green Business Bureau

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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Carbon offsets alone won’t make flying climate-friendly

Grist

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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How stable isotopes help the fight against air pollution

Envirotec Magazine

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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Air Quality Monitoring Networks Support More Climate-Resilient Communities

Energy Innovation

For instance, public health organizations rely on accurate air quality data to decide when to recommend opening windows at nighttime during a heat event, or conversely, when to keep doors and windows closed to maintain clean air during a wildfire smoke event. 2019 ; D’Evelyn et al., The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires the U.S.

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Fenceline Community Groups in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Celebrate Mounting Victories

DeSmogBlog

James’ march was set to take place, Lavigne learned that the town required her organization to post a $10,000 bond to obtain a permit for the march, money the group didn’t have access to on short notice. Robert Taylor and Sharon Lavigne with Pat Bryant protesting in front of the Louisiana State Capitol on June 3, 2019.