Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

CFCs were destroying the ozone layer high in the Earth’s atmosphere, which is essential for protecting life from the Sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation. HFCs are less harmful than CFCs, but they create another problem – they have a strong heat-trapping effect that is contributing to global warming. What can replace HFCs?

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The Environmental Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

Additionally, in the US, transportation is responsible for the most greenhouse gas emissions, with CO2 accounting for about 97% of the overall global warming impact from transportation-related emissions. This reduces the amount of energy required to propel the truck forward, resulting in lower fuel consumption and fewer emissions.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

First launched with just over 100 national backers at the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow a year ago, the Global Methane Pledge commits signatories to collectively reducing emissions of the gas by 30 per cent between 2020 and 2030. Methane is the cheapest and fastest way to slow down global warming in the years ahead," said Timmermans. "If

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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 ). This translation is based on the global warming potential (GWP) of a given GHG.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

Methane emissions reduction could significantly reduce rates of global warming at a relatively low cost, major research warns. As such, the report emphasises that methane mitigation is "one of the best ways of limiting warming in this and subsequent decades".

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

Stratospheric ozone depletion – The stratospheric ozone layer in the atmosphere filters out ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun. If this permafrost thaws, it will release CO2 and methane which can even further accelerate global warming. Resilience Thinking and Sustainability.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 3, 2020

Unfortunately, contemporary ice-making and maintenance technologies consume large amounts of energy and produce refrigerant gases that cause pollution , making them environmentally harmful. CFCs and HCFCs are synthetic gases attributed to ozone layer destruction. Traditional ice rinks have noise, energy waste and pollution costs.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Air conditioning alone accounts for about 10 percent of global electricity use today. A substantial portion of the energy thirst related to cooling actually comes not from managing temperature itself, but managing humidity. He sees energy efficiency as a crucial step toward overall decarbonization.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 25, 2022

Each of these gases remains in the atmosphere for different lengths of time, contributes differently to the greenhouse effect, and has a different global warming potential (GWP). Methane is released into the atmosphere by humans through three major categories: agriculture, energy and industry, and waste from homes and businesses.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Exxon completes an “Atmospheric CO2 Scoping Study,” which concludes that reducing fossil fuel use through efficiency and renewable energy is the only foreseeable option. Provenance: Inside Climate News featured this document in a 2015 story titled, “ Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades Ago.”

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Although this level was not defined by the convention, the aim was to allow ecosystems and society to adapt naturally to climate change, which means slowing global warming down. In addition, several states have their own more demanding legislation in place, such as California’s and Massachusetts’ Global Warming Solutions Act.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

” “Global warming could challenge the very fabric of the world’s ecological and economic systems,” Shell executive Ged Davis wrote in a contribution to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published two years later.

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Unsustainable

MAY 1, 2019

Photo Credit: REUTERS While some politicians and citizens continue to deny the existence of man-made global warming, the evidence supporting it continues to grow. The UCSUSA points out that “Consequences of global warming include drought, sea level rise, flooding, extreme weather, and species loss.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

All the top green business news from around the world this week, including fresh WHO air pollution guidelines and global coal, methane and HFC commitments. UN energy summit sees $400bn new backing committed to clean energy. We must solve these challenges this decade. And we must start today.

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Green Market Oracle

JULY 8, 2020

During this time we made significant progress on a number of environmental fronts including asbestos, acid rain, DDT, open-air nuclear tests, endangered species, toxic waste, waste recycling, leaded gasoline, ozone, pollution, mercury emissions and SLCPs. In 2013 we also saw major strides in renewable energy across the country.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 12, 2021

For instance, while leaking methane from thawing permafrost may be categorized as a “natural” source, it is the result of global warming, which is in large part driven by the combustion of fossil fuels. In addition to slowing the rate of warming, cutting methane also reduces negative health impacts.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 12, 2021

For instance, while leaking methane from thawing permafrost may be categorized as a “natural” source, it is the result of global warming, which is in large part driven by the combustion of fossil fuels. In addition to slowing the rate of warming, cutting methane also reduces negative health impacts.

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Rinexii

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Bush, a Republican president, got an “Environmental Hero” award for his work on climate change 8 , and another Republican president, Ronald Reagan, was responsible for putting in place laws to protect our ozone layer 9 –so what happened? Why did conservatives suddenly start doubting climate change they previously believed in?

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