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Prevention: A profitable mindset when it comes to gas leaks

Envirotec Magazine

CFCs have a high chlorine content and have been linked strongly to ozone depletion and global warming. HCFCs were considered an improvement when they were first introduced, as they have lower chlorine and make a lesser contribution to ozone depletion and global warming. Green hydrogen. It is flammable and easily ignited.

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ExxonMobil Urges EU to Remove ‘Policy Hurdles’ Slowing Oil Industry’s Hydrogen Plans

DeSmogBlog

and other fossil fuel companies are urging the European Union to relax targets to boost climate-friendly “green” hydrogen, hoping to win greater support for projects to manufacture the fuel using natural gas. But the oil and gas industry is pushing hard for increased use of “blue” hydrogen. ExxonMobil Corp.

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Pop goes the diesel?

Envirotec Magazine

Leaks from generation and distribution facilities have provided one of the embarrassing backstories to the story of natural gas, something that – it has become clear – is far more widespread than was always claimed. In the UK, the blending of hydrogen into the gas grid is starting to appear on the horizon. Generating a stir.

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The quest for cleaner air

Envirotec Magazine

4 But it isn’t only the developing world that is impacted; the European Environment Agency (EEA) recognizes air pollution as a major cause of premature deaths and diseases, and the single largest environmental health risk in Europe. and PM10)‎, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide. Accessed 03.03.23

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Climate Change: Where Are We Now?

Unsustainable

coal first and then later oil and natural gas?to The IPCC was an outgrowth of a 1987 Canadian conference which produced the Montreal Protocol , an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion.