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Nitrous oxide levels are on the rise

Envirotec Magazine

Nitrous oxide is a greenhouse gas and one of the main stratospheric ozone depleting substances on the planet. Widely known as “laughing gas”, used for its anesthetic effects, nitrous oxide (N2O) is also regarded as the third most important long-lived greenhouse gas, after carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane.

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Global Briefing: Japan hints at coal export policy crackdown

Business Green

Japan remains a major financier and exporter of coal power infrastructure to emerging economies across South East Asia, prompting criticism from campaigners and some governments. UN study: Europe's transport infrastructure at high risk from climate change. Montenegro continues to lead the way.

Policy 52
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Global Briefing: UN summit sees $400bn pledged towards clean energy

Business Green

When action is taken on these so-called classical pollutants - particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), ozone (O2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) sulfur dioxide (SO2) and carbon monoxide (CO) - it also has an impact on other damaging pollutants, according to WHO. Study: Renewable energy could deliver 25 million jobs in Africa and Asia.

Energy 47
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Climate Change: Where Are We Now?

Unsustainable

While the ramifications of such data may be difficult to grasp by the layperson, what’s important to note here is that carbon emissions from human activities have been accelerating at an alarming rate. The severity of those impacts is tied directly to the amount of carbon dioxide we release.” In June of 1988 James E.