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Seeking clarity

Envirotec Magazine

Late August saw the release of “Air Quality and Health In Cities”, the latest edition of The State of Global Air report, produced annually by the US Health Effects Institute. It attempts a snapshot of air pollution exposure in over 7000 cities worldwide, and its impact on health. in Asia is brick kilns.

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Toxic air from fossil fuels responsible for air pollution crisis, study warns

Business Green

That is the conclusion of a new report this week from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), produced in partnership with Greenpeace Southeast Asia. and ozone from fossil fuels is responsible for an estimated 7.7 Researchers at CREA combined global datasets covering surface level concentrations of PM2.5,

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Green City Solutions fights air pollution with IoT, biotech and moss

Green Tech Challenge

In 2016, World Energy Outlook made a study on air pollution as the fourth-largest threat to human health – but also to our environment. With the increasing growth in mass production, industries expanding to low cost production sites in Asia, fuelling on coal and the pollution from transport, the problem continues to grow.

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Tires are saving us — and killing us, too

The Verge: Energy

Location: “Hevea trees are primarily grown in Southeast Asia,” he says, “while guayule is grown in the Southwestern US.” When 6PPD reacts with ozone, it becomes 6PPD-quinone. Chief among them? This is also a climate resiliency play. That isn’t bad just for the salmon and the Pacific Northwest’s fishing industry.

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

Business Green

World Health Organisation unveils tighter air pollution guidelines. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has updated its global air pollution guidelines to take account of greater evidence and improved understanding of the myriad damaging impacts of dirty air on human health and the environment over the past 15 years.

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