Grist

MAY 18, 2022

According to a 2021 estimate from researchers from the University of Chicago , a failure to meet international guidelines for PM 2.5 Other problematic sources of air pollution include methane, which produces hazardous ground-level ozone that is linked to health conditions such as lung damage, chest pain , and exacerbated respiratory diseases.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 8, 2022

The LEED Certification system is a recognized framework that ensures buildings are healthy, efficient, and carbon-saving green buildings. Once you’ve implemented strategies to lower such emissions in the first place, take a look at carbon offset schemes to mitigate the remaining GHG emissions. Tip #3: Reduce on-site water use.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 19, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for six common air pollutants: particulate matter (PM), ozone, lead, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide. The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires the U.S. Researchers have found that across the U.S.,

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The website offers countywide information and updates about particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide and ozone. In March 2021, Oxford City Council was awarded £162,500 to develop an air quality community website to help raise awareness of air pollution across Oxfordshire. and PM10) ozone, and nitrogen dioxide.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

The impact of poor air quality The release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere is well known to contribute to climate change, with carbon dioxide and methane being the subject of many global and national mitigation strategies that aim to break the vicious cycle of global warming. Air Pollution: A Case for Action Beyond 2021.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Jeff Bezos, center, and the rest of the Blue Origin team arrive for a press conference after flying into space in the New Shepard rocket on July 20, 2021, in Van Horn, Texas. In the 1980s, NASA’s satellite data and computer modeling helped scientists track ozone depletion and global warming. Joe Raedle / Getty Images.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 20, 2021

As of 2021, most U.S. As Smithsonian reports, “That’s 472 tons of electricity-related carbon—and the number is growing as the industry expands.” metric tons of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of three cross-country trips in a 44 mpg hybrid car, or 2,095 pounds of coal burned. .” acres of U.S.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

China’s new frontier for VOC regulations Shuying Xu Tue, 03/23/2021 – 01:15 As the global economy reawakens after the COVID-19 shutdown, air emissions and VOC enforcement in China remain a hot topic. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. Recycle cleaning solvents.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

China’s new frontier for VOC regulations Shuying Xu Tue, 03/23/2021 – 01:15 As the global economy reawakens after the COVID-19 shutdown, air emissions and VOC enforcement in China remain a hot topic. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. Recycle cleaning solvents.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

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. and PM10 — but loosening the standard for sulfur dioxide. Clayton Aldern / Grist.

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Grist

JUNE 29, 2022

After they are cut they can be replanted, absorbing carbon once again as they mature. The industry claims that forests that are felled sustainably — for construction, say, or for burning to produce electricity in utility-scale power plants — can provide jobs and energy, stimulate the economy, and even reduce society’s net carbon emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

With the government planning to phase out new gas boilers from all UK homes by 2035, NGN claims that hydrogen made with renewables is a low-carbon and safe alternative to carbon-intensive fossil gas. In December, the government doubled its hydrogen commitment, promising 10GW of low carbon hydrogen by 2030.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Basin does not meet the state or federal ambient air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter, and existing regulations have to date proved insufficient to bring the Basin into compliance. The SCAQMD is the local agency responsible for attaining these clean air standards in the Basin. Facility-Based Mobile Source Measures.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Basin does not meet the state or federal ambient air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter, and existing regulations have to date proved insufficient to bring the Basin into compliance. The SCAQMD is the local agency responsible for attaining these clean air standards in the Basin. Facility-Based Mobile Source Measures.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2020

It would set up a Green Recovery Commission - an idea that builds on the Decarbonisation Bill tabled by Caroline Lucas and Clive Lewis - that advises how public investment can spent to get to zero carbon. The Act enables a Green New Deal, a Clean Revolution, and crucially it recodes the laws that cause climate damage. He Tweets at @ewanmcg.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The package also included new interim targets requiring manufacturers to cut emissions from new cars by 55 per cent and from new vans by 50 per cent by 2030 compared to 2021 levels, as well as plans for new metrics for measuring the lifecycle emissions of vehicles. billion tons of carbon dioxide being emitted between 2022 and 2050.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

“It is feared that a further rise in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere could lead to a higher average surface temperature on Earth, which could have far-reaching environmental, social and economic consequences,” wrote the authors of a 1987 internal Shell publication entitled “Air Pollution: an Oil Industry Perspective.”

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

A Public Health Watch analysis of TCEQ pollution data shows that between 2019 and 2021, annual readings soared as high as 2.1 The reports said the accident released about 3,000 pounds of xylene, which can cause headaches and irritate the eyes, nose and throat, and 240 pounds of carbon monoxide, which can cause fatigue and confusion.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 14, 2022

In May 2021, the TCEQ issued a permit to GCGV. On clear nights, he says, he can see the flares burning, releasing a gas cocktail of carbon monoxide and methane. By early June, the monitors registered a three-hour spike in ozone levels, which, if sustained over time, Nye said, would exceed federal guidelines.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2021

These include climate change, biosphere integrity (functional and generic), land-system change, freshwater use, biogeochemical flows (nitrogen and phosphorus), ocean acidification, atmospheric aerosol pollution, stratospheric ozone depletion, and the release of novel chemicals. We the Power is a 2021 documentary on climate change.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Wed, 02/17/2021 - 00:30. International climate finance in the 2021 funding bill. First, it's important to look at what the fiscal year 2021 spending package passed by Congress in December did for international climate funding. Funding for 2021 was one area where the Trump administration and Congress were in full agreement. $32

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

4 climate finance priorities for the Biden administration Joe Thwaites Wed, 02/17/2021 – 00:30 Providing funding to poorer nations to undertake climate action is not only a moral and legal responsibility for developed countries, but also a strategic investment in a cleaner and more resilient world.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 12, 2021

And despite a dip in polluting activities due to the pandemic, concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rose to its highest level in 3.6 Left: Trend from 2017-2021. Right: Trend from 1983-2021. Methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas — more than 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a 20-year time-frame.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 12, 2021

And despite a dip in polluting activities due to the pandemic, concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rose to its highest level in 3.6 Left: Trend from 2017-2021. Right: Trend from 1983-2021. Methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas — more than 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a 20-year time-frame.

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