GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. When energy use surges in the autumn and winter seasons, particulate matter and ozone increase to dangerously high levels. Targets for regulation.

Energy Monitor 405

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Pollution 405

EDF + Business

JUNE 24, 2021

This means cutting methane emissions is one of the fastest ways for businesses to make progress toward their sustainability targets, meet growing stakeholder demands for bold climate action and be more resilient. Fortunately, fast and ambitious methane mitigation can help avoid crop losses caused by ozone pollution.

Methane 52

Methane Sustainability Ozone Agriculture 52

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Grid reliability is also the core use case for Con Edison’s 2 MW battery at Ozone Park in Queens and for a 1 MW demonstration project with Shell/GI Energy in Staten Island. But downstate New York is facing significant supply-demand imbalances that will require large-scale energy storage to manage, he noted.

Batteries 130

Batteries Ozone Nuclear Power Hydropower 130

Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

Maria Nazarova-Doyle, head of pension investments at Scottish Widows, said the move had also been designed to meet soaring customer demand for greener investments with strong returns. Scottish Widows said the relaunch of the fund was the latest step it had taken to achieve net zero by mid-century across its entire portfolio.

Fossil fuels 88

Fossil fuels Ozone Nuclear Power Investment 88

Grist

AUGUST 11, 2022

In the presence of the sun’s rays, nitrogen molecules set of a chain of reactions that produce ozone and destroy free-floating atmospheric methane. Clouds form and then fade, and molecules like ozone get destroyed by chemical processes within months. (In It’s tough to pin down the meaning of all this chemistry.

Carbon 98

Carbon Carbon-neutral Aviation Energy Monitor 98

GreenBiz

MAY 16, 2020

More often, it is implicitly built into the conversation, as it was in so many other public debates, like those over leaded gas, ozone and tobacco.

Global warming 384

Global warming Climate change Pollution Ozone 384

Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2022

Tech startup sustainability demands startup founders, owners, and operators to follow an effective sustainability program. In terms of the environment, research from the Center for Research into Energy Demand Solutions at the University of Sussex (UK) found that working from home can reduce an employee’s emissions by up to 80%.

Business Energy Monitoring 147

Business Energy Monitoring Startups Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 147

Green Business Bureau

JULY 8, 2022

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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Sustainability Waste Waste Recycling 147

Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2022

Founded by ex-NASA scientist Dr Kyle Grant and Oxford engineer Tom de Wilton in 2017, Oxwash describes itself as "the UK's first sustainable on-demand laundry and wet cleaning service".

Investment 36

Investment Sustainability Ozone Biodegradable 36

Grist

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

“But the public sector and private sector have to come together and actually guarantee the demand.” For instance, chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs (the chemicals that eat up the ozone layer), used to be common refrigerants until they were phased out and ultimately banned.

Cooling 77

Cooling HVAC Technology Ozone 77

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2020

Responding to market demand, CETCI developed monitoring systems that met the requirements of the market. The company’s products are employed in commercial, institutional, municipal and light industrial markets, and in a wide variety of applications. All of these pose a potential risk, so an appropriate detection and alarm system is necessary.

Energy Monitor 130

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Hydrogen 130

Charged

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Seals and gaskets made with DuPont Vamac ® ethylene acrylic elastomer adhere well to metal; exhibit good sealing properties; and are resistant to water, glycol, and oil, as well as ozone and UV light. The safety of EV drivetrains demands plastic solutions that are reliable in high-voltage applications and durable for the long run.

Plastics 111

Plastics Batteries Ozone Automotive 111

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 14, 2022

But there are other GHGs that contribute significantly to human-induced global warming such as methane (CH 4 ), nitrous oxide (N 2 0), refrigerant gasses (HFCs, PFCs, and CFCs), sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 ), water vapor (H 2 0), and ozone (O 3 ). Activity data represents production and is used to reflect fossil fuel energy demand.

Carbon 78

Carbon Global warming Carbon-neutral Organic 78

Grist

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Those Apollo missions are often credited with providing inspiration for the environmental movement, as well as the first Earth Day in April 1970, when some 20 million Americans demanded that political leaders clean up the air and water in one of the largest demonstrations in U.S.

Earth Day 83

Earth Day Home Energy Monitoring Ozone Energy Monitor 83

Unsustainable

APRIL 30, 2019

The main drivers of change are the demand for food, water, and natural resources, in the face of severe biodiversity loss and changes in ecosystem services. The nine planetary Boundaries are: Stratospheric ozone: filters ultraviolet rays (UVR) coming from the sun, which would otherwise place the system is at risk.

Biodiversity 53

Biodiversity Carbon-negative Resilience Real Estate 53

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

Stratospheric ozone depletion – The stratospheric ozone layer in the atmosphere filters out ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun. The main drivers of change are the demand for food, water, and natural resources, causing severe biodiversity loss and leading to changes in ecosystem services.

Resilience 78

Resilience Building Energy Monitoring Ocean acidification Business Energy Monitoring 78

AGreenLiving

APRIL 20, 2021

With the marijuana industry expanding to new audiences, what do eco-conscious people need to know about this plant and its demands on the environment? While there are often limited studies on marijuana due to legal complications, we do have some information on the crop’s water demands.

Building Energy Monitoring 28

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Pollution 28

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

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. James Parish would violate the EPA’s standards for soot and ozone-forming nitrogen dioxide. James protest march in Lutcher, Louisiana, on October 17, 2020.

Building Energy Monitoring 98

Building Energy Monitoring Health Law Home Energy Monitoring 98

AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. When energy use surges in the autumn and winter seasons, particulate matter and ozone increase to dangerously high levels. Yet, a predictable pattern gradually has emerged in how authorities determine non-compliant behavior.

Energy Monitor 28

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Pollution 28

AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. When energy use surges in the autumn and winter seasons, particulate matter and ozone increase to dangerously high levels. Yet, a predictable pattern gradually has emerged in how authorities determine non-compliant behavior.

Energy Monitor 28

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Pollution 28

The Environmental Blog

MARCH 16, 2021

Exponential Rise in Plastic Demand and Waste. The pandemic has increased the demand for plastics in the healthcare sector and even in our households. Healthcare demand: To protect healthcare workers, wearing PPE has become mandatory in hospitals and other medical facilities.

Plastics 195

Plastics Global warming Waste Waste 195

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 3, 2020

That was followed by the growing popularity of ice hockey from the 1880s onward, which increased the demand for more rink construction. CFCs and HCFCs are synthetic gases attributed to ozone layer destruction. When the 1890s rolled around, the rush to patent ice rink surfaces began and has not abated since.

Global warming 36

Global warming Carbon-negative Microplastics Pollution 36

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 25, 2022

Fluorinated gases are another, less prevalent type of GHG that are still significant as they have a long atmospheric lifetime and are attributed to ozone depletion. . Since the demand for animal agriculture is so high globally, huge amounts of methane are released into the atmosphere. . Carbon Dioxide (CO2).

Carbon 148

Carbon Methane Global warming Business Energy Monitoring 148

AGreenLiving

MAY 16, 2020

” More often, it is implicitly built into the conversation, as it was in so many other public debates, like those over leaded gas, ozone and tobacco.

Climate change 36

Climate change Global warming Pollution Ozone 36

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

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

Logistics 52

Logistics Building Energy Monitoring Ozone Business Energy Monitoring 52

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

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

Logistics 52

Logistics Building Energy Monitoring Ozone Business Energy Monitoring 52

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Such businesses better meet the demands of the regulatory environment while coming into alignment with investor, consumer, and employee preferences. With these political shifts comes heightened regulatory demand for businesses to measure, track and report their GHG emissions. Carbon accounting is a must for any becoming business today.

Carbon 78

Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 78

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

These researchers theorized that oxidized hydrogen would cool the stratosphere and make more clouds, adversely affecting the polar vortex and increasing the holes in the ozone layer. In addition to competing with their prime commodity — gasoline — companies also face the issues of safe storage and, so far, low demand.

Hydrogen 28

Hydrogen Methane Ozone Transportation 28

Grist

JUNE 29, 2022

The coalition demanded that TNC stop “promoting false climate solutions” that “center the financial interests of large lumber, pulp/paper, biomass/wood-pellet and other corporations.”. When exposed to sunlight, volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides transform into ozone, which is especially dangerous to children and the elderly.

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Logging Carbon-neutral Climate change Biodiversity 93

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

When hydrogen is combusted for heating, a 2021 paper found that it can create nitrogen oxides (NOx), an air pollutant that is “harmful in its own right and is a precursor to other pollutants of concern such as fine particulate matter and ozone”.

Hydrogen 80

Hydrogen Government Carbon Politics 80

Business Green

JULY 6, 2020

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. The Act follows the model of the most successful environmental treaty - the Montreal Protocol, which banned CFCs and HFCs, and is healing the hole in our ozone layer.

Fossil fuels 65

Fossil fuels Law Pollution Ozone 65

Mr. Sustainability

MAY 5, 2021

Recent studies by the International Transport Forum forecast these emissions to double by 2050 as demand is anticipated to grow threefold in this period. According to the Smart Freight Center , freight transportation is currently responsible for 8% of global carbon emissions (11% if emissions from logistics sites are included).

Carbon 78

Carbon Carbon-neutral Logistics Transportation 78

Mr. Sustainability

MAY 5, 2021

Recent studies by the International Transport Forum forecast these emissions to double by 2050 as demand is anticipated to grow threefold in this period. According to the Smart Freight Center , freight transportation is currently responsible for 8% of global carbon emissions (11% if emissions from logistics sites are included).

Carbon 78

Carbon Blockchain Carbon-neutral Logistics 78

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

With the existing documents in hand, and perhaps many more yet to be discovered, prosecutors, litigators and campaign groups can ground their demands for Shell to be held accountable in even more detailed fact and documentation.” . “You have to ‘crack the shell,'” Hüzeir told DeSmog.

Fossil fuels 140

Fossil fuels Climate change Pollution Ozone 140

Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2021

These include climate change, biosphere integrity (functional and generic), land-system change, freshwater use, biogeochemical flows (nitrogen and phosphorus), ocean acidification, atmospheric aerosol pollution, stratospheric ozone depletion, and the release of novel chemicals. Length: 1 hour 24 minutes. 7: I Am Greta.

Climate change 147

Climate change Sustainability Fossil fuels Law 147

DeSmogBlog

JULY 14, 2022

As climate concerns lead to a slow but steady decline in the demand for oil, the companies’ collaboration represents a shift by the fossil fuel industry. Indeed, the International Energy Agency predicts that by 2030 petrochemicals will account for more than a third of the growth in world oil demand, and for almost 50% of demand by 2050.

Plastics 96

Plastics Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 96

Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s second term — in stark contrast to the beginning of his first term — has increasingly embraced clean energy as companies looking to invest in the province demand a clean electricity grid. Other notable conservatives who have moved the agenda include George H.W.

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Politics Carbon-neutral Ozone Government 52