The Verge: Energy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Photo by Jan Woitas/picture alliance via Getty Images The European Union saw a record drop in pollution from fossil fuel power plants last year, according to a new report. What’s encouraging is it’s just continuing that structural decline in fossil fuels,” says Sarah Brown, Ember’s Europe program director.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 10, 2021

Asian boy wearing mouth mask against air pollution (Beijing). A meta-analysis of 14 air pollution studies from around the world seems to find that exposure to high levels of air pollutants during childhood increases the likelihood of high blood pressure in children and adolescents, and their risk for high blood pressure as adults.

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Energy Central

DECEMBER 11, 2023

About The Event Future Fuels Europe is a rapidly evolving concept that seeks to revolutionize the transportation industry in Europe. As Europe seeks to meet its.

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The City Fix

APRIL 26, 2024

With growing urban populations and increases in cars, trucks and buses, cities are poised to experience more harmful pollution threatening people’s health and livelihoods. But some cities around the world are turning to an emerging solution called zero-emission zones (ZEZs). These are designated.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 15, 2022

A new Stanford University-led study seems to reveal that removing one thing in particular – a common air pollutant – could lead to dramatic gains in crop yields. Nitrogen oxides, or NOx, are among the most widely emitted pollutants in the world. A NOx-ious problem. Image credit: Lobell, et al. Science Advances.

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The Verge: Energy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A formal proposal still needs to be issued, but it has already faced pushback on how much of those pollution cuts should come from risky tactics aimed at capturing rather than preventing pollution. It also carves out room for controversial technologies for capturing carbon dioxide pollution.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Staffordshire University is contributing forensic intelligence to an ambitious project which aims to protect endangered species like wolf, bear, lynx, and sturgeon in remote areas of Europe. We want to improve natural habitats where certain species are an incredibly important part of the ecosystem.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 23, 2022

Researchers have measured the composition of fine dust at 22 locations in Europe, producing what they describe as a European map of the most important aerosol sources. The researchers analysed data collected at 22 sites in both urban and rural areas across Europe. Combustion and traffic. Setting guideline values.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Investors call on major US polluters to clean up lobbying activities. Companies targeted by the campaign span a number of polluting sectors, including oil and gas, consumer goods, power and transportation, and have been identified as "systematically important" to the net zero transition by the campaign. Cecilia Keating.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2020

New research collated by workspace provider Instant Offices appeared to reveal that air pollution has increased in six out of the top 15 major cities since June. levels during peak lockdown when pollution levels plunged by 59%. Brisbane saw an increase in pollution during lockdown but has since seen an improvement of almost 10%.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

A couple of recent studies attempt to document the changing profile of this pollutant, and its prevalence in different regions of the world. Reacting to IQAir’s latest report, Greenpeace International senior air quality scientist Aidan Farrow said that “In 2023 air pollution remained a global health catastrophe.” levels in 2023.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The new Environment Bill needs improvement in a number of ways to meet this, including world leading WHO air pollution standards on the face of the bill, a legally binding timetable with an earlier date for reporting, and an acknowledgement of the need for resources to implement the changes at local level.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 31, 2022

Ivy Farm , a cultivated meat startup in the UK, recently unveiled what it claims to be Europe’s largest cultivated meat pilot plant in Oxford, a city just outside of the capital London. The post UK’s Ivy Farm opens the “largest cultivated meat pilot plant” in Europe appeared first on AFN.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

The two cars have been driving London’s streets, measuring air pollution, since 2018. Advocacy group Environmental Defense Fund Europe (EDFE) together with Mayor Sadiq Khan have released the second wave of data from Breathe London , an ambitious collaborative project to measure and map air pollution across the capital.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Health costs incurred as a result of air pollution are collectively higher in London than any other city in Europe, according to study that quantifies how much money European city dwellers spend due to particulate matter, NO2, and ozone.

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Grist

JUNE 10, 2022

Almost 2,000 times more particle pollution is produced by tire wear than is pumped out of the exhausts of modern cars, tests have shown. Air pollution causes millions of early deaths a year globally. Air pollution causes millions of early deaths a year globally. just from cars and vans every year.”.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Market Expansion: With the CBAM in place, there may be an increased demand for green hydrogen in Europe. This significant milestone reflects the escalating costs that factories, power plants and other polluting entities have been seeing due to their emissions.

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Green Living Guy

JUNE 13, 2022

Frankfurt, Germany: Genesis Motor Europe announces today its Genesis Charging program, an exclusive service that provides customers with the option of a hassle-free electric charging solution. Shell Recharge Solutions, is a leader in smart electric vehicle charging solutions.

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Business Green

JUNE 15, 2021

Uber said move is part of its effort to deliver a zero emission mobility platform across Europe by 2030. As Europe continues to reopen, we are committed to playing our part in cleaning up urban transport, so this partnership is crucial in our efforts to advance the electrification of our platform across Europe by 2030.".

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

Average CO2 levels in the United States and Europe. As shown on the live graphs above there were higher levels of CO2 and airborne chemicals (VOCs) in both Europe and the United States after the lockdowns, compared to before. Overall, Europe had higher levels on average than the United States.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Veteran sustainable food and farming experts welcomed the strategy as one that just might have a genuine shot at transforming the agriculture sector and result in better public health, contribute to ending the vertiginous decline of biodiversity, and lower greenhouse gas pollution. The battle over agrochemical regulation is not new.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The inquest into the death of 9-year-old Londoner, Ella Kissi-Debrah, determined that pollution from traffic made a “material contribution” to her death, and the coroner’s report said the UK must set stricter air quality limits to prevent similar deaths in the future. Image credit: Sarflondondunc , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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Forbes Green Tech

JULY 29, 2020

Satellite images showed noxious pollution vanishing over China and Europe when the world shut down in response to the coronavirus pandemic. But on the ground in Milan, environmental economist Valentina Bossetti was puzzled the air wasn’t cleaner.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

Importantly while daily levels have reduced in Europe and North America in the two decades to 2019, levels have increased in Southern Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America and the Caribbean, with more than 70% of days globally seeing levels above what is safe. concentrations globally, according to Professor Guo. “In

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

One of the most polluted cities in the EU, Warsaw has voted to adopt the city’s first ever Clean Transport Zone in July 2024, following evidence submitted by environmental consultancy Ricardo, on the health impacts and economic case for such a measure. billion euros every year. billion zloty): 12% of the city’s annual budget.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

A startup developing specialized biosensors, Grapheal, and the EDYTEM laboratory*, have announced the fine-tuning of a portable device for monitoring water-borne PFAS pollution. Made up of miniature sensors, this device provides in situ direct measurements of pollution linked to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water.

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Charged

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Now, as sales of PHEVs are surging in Europe, fueled by generous purchase subsidies and tax breaks, a series of tests commissioned by Transport & Environment confirms that emissions from the latest PHEVs are far greater than carmakers claim. They have weak electric motors, big, polluting engines, and usually can’t fast charge.

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The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Sales fell 5% over 14 countries for which data exists, according to the European Heat Pump Association Europe’s heat pump market has hit a slump, industry data shows, holding up the continent’s efforts to heat its homes without polluting the planet.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Indoor air pollution risks exacerbating prior health issues of up to 440,000 manufacturing and logistics workers in the UK, Global Action Study warns. Current regulation continues to allow unacceptable levels of airborne hazards and pollution that are dangerous to manufacturing workers' health.".

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 11, 2019

New European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled Europe's Green Deal on Wednesday, a package of 50 far-reaching policy ideas that are still missing many key details, calling it a "man on the moon moment" for Europe. This is Europe’s ‘man on the moon moment.’

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

Over the last 50 years African nations have suffered from rapidly deteriorating air quality, making their cities some of the most polluted in the world. However, far too little has been done to try and combat the dangerous air quality with just 0.01% of global air pollution funding currently spent in Africa.

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Ideas 4 Sustainability

APRIL 1, 2024

However, whether in Europe, Southeast Asia or Africa – coastal ecosystems are threatened worldwide due to anthropogenic sustainability crises such as the climate crises or pollution. They also protect against erosion caused by storm surges and other large waves such as tsunamis. … Continue reading →

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 22, 2022

Have you read: Renewable technology innovation: measuring progress – IRENA ENTSO-E: Hydrogen requires appropriate regulatory framework in Europe Rising nickel prices will not halt the energy transition. The PES reflects the plans, objectives and policies of each country and region, mainly approved as of the base year of analysis.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

A proposal to ban the manufacture, import and use of PFAS in Europe, with a few exceptions, is currently being debated at the European Commission. However, China does appear to be increasing regulations on its chemical industry broadly, having published the first List of New Pollutants for Priority Management in 2023.

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Charged

JUNE 15, 2020

This contains some interesting statistical tidbits which, taken together, indicate that post-crisis, EV leadership is likely to shift to Europe. Once they got their assets in gear, however, European automakers put the no-gas pedal to the metal, and electro-investment in Europe now far outpaces that in China. in Germany and 7.3%

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

A new analysis released on 15 September by Environmental Defense Fund Europe (EDF Europe), based on data from the Waze for Cities Programme, appears to show that traffic congestion is currently increasing in London and it is now worse than 2019 levels outside the city centre. The analysis examines data from May 2020 onwards.

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Hey, Europe: You Can’t Get to 100% Renewables Without Demand Side Flexibility. Europe has inspired the world with its ambitious renewables integration, smart energy trading, and grid balancing. An important new study from Smart Energy Europe (SmartEn) makes the case for increased DSF in Europe to meet aggressive climate action targets.

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