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Seeking clarity

Envirotec Magazine

One clear finding from this year’s report is that its impact on health disproportionately affects poorer regions, with exposure levels particularly high in cities in parts of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. seems disproportionately high in parts of Asia, and parts of Central and Eastern Europe. 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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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. This is particularly relevant in regions like East Asia, where nitrogen fertilizer could be used more efficiently without reducing crop yields.

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Event - Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability

Green Market Oracle

Much of the sustainability literature focuses on the Global North and on issues salient to policy makers in developed countries, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and ozone depletion.

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

Green Tech Challenge

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. Examples of those harmful pollutants are nitrous oxides, ozone and particulate matter.

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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: 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. in the establishment of a complete system required to reduce GHG, protect the ozone layer and adapt to climate change," the Energy Community said in a statement.

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