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China’s new frontier for VOC regulations

GreenBiz

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. This enshrined into law China’s first air emissions management plan and formalized an approach to regional collaboration. Targets for regulation.

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Sustainable Event Planning: Getting Started Guide for Small Businesses

Green Business Bureau

To divert waste items away from landfills and to meet the demands of a circular economy, you’ll need an effective waste management system, which is comprised of the following key elements: Waste recycling : Waste items such as plastic, glass, aluminum, and food can be recycled. A typical event attendee is estimated to generate 4.17

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Fenceline Community Groups in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Celebrate Mounting Victories

DeSmogBlog

James, with the help of Tulane’s law clinic, fought to protect their constitutional right to protest in Gramercy. The law is on our side,” Lavigne told me. The current push to expand the petrochemical industry and increase LNG exports would lock in an increased demand for natural gas at a time of worsening climate change.

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China’s new frontier for VOC regulations

AGreenLiving

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. This enshrined into law China’s first air emissions management plan and formalized an approach to regional collaboration. Yet, a predictable pattern gradually has emerged in how authorities determine non-compliant behavior.

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China’s new frontier for VOC regulations

AGreenLiving

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. This enshrined into law China’s first air emissions management plan and formalized an approach to regional collaboration. Yet, a predictable pattern gradually has emerged in how authorities determine non-compliant behavior.

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Let's pass a Green Recovery Act

Business Green

The Act enables a Green New Deal, a Clean Revolution, and crucially it recodes the laws that cause climate damage. If shareholders have oil stocks and auto stocks, they have an incentive to not demand factories go 100 per cent electric because that might hurt their oil stocks. A green recovery will make everyone wealthier.

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Air District Targets Southern California Logistics Industry

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

1] Looking ahead, SCAG estimates that total demand for warehouse space in its region in 2040 will be between 1.514 billion square feet and 1.809 billion square feet. [2]. As of April 2018, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) region, which encompasses the Basin, was home to approximately 34,000 warehouses with 1.17