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”.

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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).

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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).

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

In response to a request for comment, Shell referred DeSmog to a previous statement it has made regarding the lawsuits. ” An excerpt from Shell’s September 1992 “ Business Environment Occasional Paper ” on the “Potential Augmented Greenhouse Effect, & Depletion of the Ozone Layer.”

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Fossil fuels Climate change Pollution Ozone 140

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.

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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.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Randy asked, referring to TCEQ officials who have known about the area’s benzene problem for years. As the global demand for plastics has grown, Texas also has become a hub for the petrochemical industry, which uses benzene in its production processes. How can you just … turn a blind eye to it all?” I’d like to understand why.

Energy Monitor 85

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 85

Grist

JANUARY 8, 2020

Geoengineering is a broad term that can refer to many activities that alter Earth’s natural systems, but it’s typically thrown out to describe controversial schemes to cool the planet. Fahey is a co-chair of the Scientific Assessment Panel of the Montreal Protocol, an international agreement to protect the ozone layer.

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