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Seeking clarity

Envirotec Magazine

It attempts a snapshot of air pollution exposure in over 7000 cities worldwide, and its impact on health. and NO2 pollution, with fine particles seeming to be an affliction of the world’s poorer regions especially, while NO2 is a problem for city dwellers everywhere. in Asia is brick kilns. Between NO2 and PM2.5,

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Vast amounts of valuable energy, nutrients, water lost in world’s fast-rising wastewater streams, says study

Envirotec Magazine

Enough energy to power all households in the USA and Mexico; Enough nutrients to meet ~13% of world fertilizer needs; Enough water to fill Lake Victoria in seven years, Lake Ontario in four. ” Among many findings: The energy value in 380 billion m3 of wastewater is estimated to be 53.2

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MAS Launches Singapore-Asia Taxonomy

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

Green , James Bee , and Kevin Mak On 3 December 2023, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) unveiled the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance (Taxonomy) at the United Nations COP28 climate conference in Dubai. For more information on the consultation see this Latham blog post.

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Southeast Asian Cities Have Some of the Most Polluted Air in the World. El Niño Is Making it Worse

The City Fix

Residents of Jakarta, Indonesia woke up on August 31, 2023, to a thick blanket of haze and news that their city was again ranked the most polluted in the world — one of many times during the last several months when air quality became.

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'Sickening': Textile waste from top global brands found burned in toxic kilns in Cambodia

Business Green

Greenpeace investigation reveals textile waste from global brands such as Nike and Ralph Lauren is ended up being burned at sites in Asia. According to the findings of the investigation, the Cambodian factories where the clothes are made dispose of the majority of their waste at landfill or through licensed waste disposal companies.

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Mercurial matter: Puzzling out PFAS removal in landfill

Envirotec Magazine

A contaminant whose importance appears to have grown significantly in recent years, poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) present a challenge to pollution management given their apparent toxicity – although a clear picture is still emerging – and persistence. As regulations tighten, the topic seems to be growing more urgent.

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The Manta is a hybrid catamaran that will collect floating plastic

AGreenLiving

Recently unveiled by SeaCleaners, the Manta hybrid catamaran is designed to combat the oceans’ plastic pollution in a brand new way. Using a biomimetic design, a hybrid propulsion system and a power supply from renewable energy sources, the high-tech boat will not only collect ocean waste but process it as well.