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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: UN summit sees $400bn pledged towards clean energy

Business Green

All the top green business news from around the world this week, including fresh WHO air pollution guidelines and global coal, methane and HFC commitments. More countries join global methane and coal power pledges. Study: Renewable energy could deliver 25 million jobs in Africa and Asia.

Energy 45
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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.