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

DeSmogBlog

and other fossil fuel companies are urging the European Union to relax targets to boost climate-friendly “green” hydrogen, hoping to win greater support for projects to manufacture the fuel using natural gas. The target builds on a pre-existing goal of producing or importing 20 million tonnes of green hydrogen by 2030.

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Report: Pollution is connected to 9 million deaths worldwide each year

Grist

The progress update builds on previous data compiled by the Lancet commission, which showed that pollution was responsible for 9 million deaths in 2015. According to a 2021 estimate from researchers from the University of Chicago , a failure to meet international guidelines for PM 2.5 named for their diameter of just 2.5

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We need to talk about the environmental impact of marijuana

AGreenLiving

As of 2021, most U.S. With the marijuana industry expanding to new audiences, what do eco-conscious people need to know about this plant and its demands on the environment? With the marijuana industry expanding to new audiences, what do eco-conscious people need to know about this plant and its demands on the environment?

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

Green Business Bureau

As such, in 2022 81% of S&P 500 companies reported their own emissions (scope 1), and the emissions of the electricity they bought (scope 2). 30 years later came COP 26 (2021) – held in Glasgow. F (2°C) (which is warmer than pre-industrial levels), and to cap further temperature increases to 34.7°F ppm in 2020.

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Air District Targets Southern California Logistics Industry

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

Proposed Rule 2305, recently released by the District in discussion draft form, would establish the Warehouse Actions and Investments to Reduce Emissions (WAIRE) Program — which would apply to owners and operators of warehouses located in the South Coast Air Basin (Basin) with greater than 100,000 square feet of indoor space in a single building.

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Air District Targets Southern California Logistics Industry

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

Proposed Rule 2305, recently released by the District in discussion draft form, would establish the Warehouse Actions and Investments to Reduce Emissions (WAIRE) Program — which would apply to owners and operators of warehouses located in the South Coast Air Basin (Basin) with greater than 100,000 square feet of indoor space in a single building.

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The World Health Organization’s new air quality guidelines ‘could save millions of lives’

Grist

It sets higher standards for almost every pollutant the organization monitors. The guidelines also create new standards for peak season ozone — which occurs during the summer months when afternoon light mixes with ground-level volatile compounds — and carbon monoxide, caused by vehicles and machinery. Clayton Aldern / Grist.

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