The Environmental Blog

MAY 19, 2021

The increasing population density in the world , migration and urbanization movements, rising living standards, increasingly increasing and excessive consumption of fossil fuels such as oil, coal, and natural gas for the last 150 years, and changes in land cover as a result of the increase in intensive industrial production.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Air pollution could soar this winter as gas boilers are cranked up at homes across the country by the UK's expanded army of home workers, the Energy and Climate Change Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has today warned. sources of these harmful pollutants from within our homes. There's less awareness however of alternative ?sources

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 26, 2021

As far as ozone pollution goes, L.A. This year’s installation of the American Lung Association’s State of the Air report gave Los Angeles , Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties an F in particle and ozone pollution. and surrounding counties lead the nation, says a new study.

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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. But when they break down, they create chlorine that reacts with the protective ozone, letting dangerous radiation through to the Earth’s surface. Why HFCs are a climate problem.

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GreenBiz

MAY 16, 2020

It is gradual, and it derives largely from the familiar and widespread practice of burning fossil fuels. 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.

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Sustainability Consulting

MARCH 31, 2021

Steiner argues that humanity has achieved many radical things like closing a giant hole in the ozone layer, ending nuclear proliferation and smallpox, but we have also taken the Earth to the brink. We spend more on subsidizing the fossil fuel industry than we do on all renewable energy.

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Sunrun

AUGUST 23, 2019

Wide scale adoption of solar and other renewable energy must continue so we can address the negative societal and economic impacts of dirty fossil fuels.10 But ground-level ozone and other pollutants from cars, power plants, industrial boilers, refineries and chemical plants can kill. 14 Solar Saves on Gas and Fuel 9.

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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. In New York City, the biggest battery is the 4.8 A battery business case geared toward a renewables-rich future.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Coal-fired power plants, vehicle-clogged highways and fossil-fuel spewing factories have contributed to the growing European air pollution dilemma. Industries, households and vehicles all emit dangerous pollutants that are harmful to human health. Interestingly, air pollution is also the main driver of climate change.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Support for efforts to slash methane emissions over the next decade is growing, with around 150 governments now signed up to a global UN-backed pledge to tackle the potent climate pollutant, it was announced at COP27 in Egypt this afternoon.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Pollution can only be managed effectively if it is monitored effectively. The chemiluminescence detector (CLD) method of measuring NO is based on the use of a controlled amount of ozone (O3) coming into contact with the sample containing NO inside a light sealed chamber.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2022

Tip #3: Minimize fossil fuel usage by data centers. And the majority of this power is generated by the burning of fossil fuels. Also, mining is a significant air pollutant, releasing Ozone and ~4.5Gt of CO 2e each year. Many data centers used by companies require a massive amount of power.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

James plans to keep pursuing environmental justice in the courts if regulators continue to put the needs of the fossil fuel industry above the needs of fenceline communities in Cancer Alley. John the Baptist Parish have a lifetime risk of cancer from air pollution that is 800 times higher than the national average.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 8, 2022

Many commercial chemical cleaning products pollute our environment with harmful, fossil-fuel-derived chemicals that can wash into water courses. Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) can be found in some products, which damage the ozone layer when released into the environment. Look for certified bio-based cleaning products.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

The gas, which is released by a range of anthropogenic and natural sources, is ten times more powerful than carbon dioxide at warming the atmosphere and is responsible for more than half a million deaths annually, in addition to the death of ecosystems and crops, because it creates toxic ground-level ozone.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 20, 2021

From water usage to pollution , growing cannabis may have a larger footprint than you’d think. ” Pollution and emissions According to data from Grist , many “indoor growers plug into the grid, and about two-thirds of the electricity on the grid is generated by fossil fuels.”

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

A company that uses fossil fuel-based energy shouldn't make this claim unless it buys renewable energy credits (RECs), the FTC says. Ozone-safe or ozone-friendly. The FTC considers these terms deceptive if a product has any substance, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), known to erode the ozone layer.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

On Wednesday, the World Health Organization, or WHO, published an update to its air quality guidelines — the international rubric that sets non-binding standards for safe levels of air pollution for the world’s countries. It sets higher standards for almost every pollutant the organization monitors. Clayton Aldern / Grist.

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 16, 2021

Comparing before and after photos, most people thought that reduced air pollution may have only been COVID-19 pandemic ’s redeeming quality. Plastic pollution brings a host of environmental problems, with many ending up in landfills for, possibly, eternity. Incineration = Air Pollution. Endangersthe Marine Ecosystem.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 16, 2020

It is gradual, and it derives largely from the familiar and widespread practice of burning fossil fuels. ” 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.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2020

Air pollution kills 40,000 in the UK each year. Wind and solar are now cheaper than all fossil fuels. The total cost of ownership for electric vehicles has been lower than fossil fuel vehicles since 2015. This means, when businesses buy fossil fuel motors, they are polluting and losing money.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 20, 2021

How can we reduce waste and prevent pollution? You will likely uncover opportunities for alternative clean energy (non-fossil fuel energy sources and processes). Pollution Prevention & Water Stewardship. Companies all pollute at some level, whether it is pollution in the air, water or soil.

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Grist

JUNE 29, 2022

Wood energy succored Homo sapiens and its ancestors for millions of years, the argument goes, and only during the last couple of centuries was it replaced with fossil fuels like coal. She attributes her exploding case of asthma to air pollutants from the mill. “I communities and destroyed U.S. I use a nebulizer now.

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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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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Basin does not meet the state or federal ambient air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter, and existing regulations have to date proved insufficient to bring the Basin into compliance. The SCAQMD is the local agency responsible for attaining these clean air standards in the Basin. Facility-Based Mobile Source Measures.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Basin does not meet the state or federal ambient air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter, and existing regulations have to date proved insufficient to bring the Basin into compliance. The SCAQMD is the local agency responsible for attaining these clean air standards in the Basin. Facility-Based Mobile Source Measures.

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Mr. Sustainability

MAY 5, 2021

How can we achieve global climate goals while carrying billions of tons of cargo each year on equipment powered largely by fossil fuels? An example with sustainable fuel by GoodShipping. GoodShipping substitutes fossil fuels with truly sustainable alternatives, recognized by the ISCC. To some, this feels wrong.

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Mr. Sustainability

MAY 5, 2021

How can we achieve global climate goals while carrying billions of tons of cargo each year on equipment powered largely by fossil fuels? An example with sustainable fuel by GoodShipping. GoodShipping substitutes fossil fuels with truly sustainable alternatives, recognized by the ISCC. To some, this feels wrong.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

. “It is feared that a further rise in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere could lead to a higher average surface temperature on Earth, which could have far-reaching environmental, social and economic consequences,” wrote the authors of a 1987 internal Shell publication entitled “Air Pollution: an Oil Industry Perspective.”

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 14, 2020

Read time: 6 mins Large business and industry associations representing the fossil fuel industry welcomed a July 13 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) announcement that the agency would not be strengthening air quality standards for ozone pollution, the main ingredient in smog.

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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. Dr. Philip Landrigan, professor of biology and director of the Global Public Health Program and Global Pollution Observatory at Boston College. microns in diameter, very tiny.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2021

This period is marked by our industrial revolution with the discovery of fossil fuel gold and its sinister implications. These choices demand self-reflection regarding our fossil fuel use and what we eat. The documentary follows local groups as they speak to one another and resist fossil fuel development.

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Delayed a compliance deadline for new national ozone pollution standards by one year, but later reversed course. Reversed course on repealing emissions standards for “glider” trucks — vehicles retrofitted with older, often dirtier engines — after Andrew Wheeler took over as head of the E.P.A.

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Unsustainable

MAY 1, 2019

A Few Relevant Data Points With the advent of the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century, humans began their dependence on the burning of fossil fuels?coal Which countries and sectors are the largest polluters? coal first and then later oil and natural gas?to In June of 1988 James E.

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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. World Health Organisation unveils tighter air pollution guidelines. UN energy summit sees $400bn new backing committed to clean energy.

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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. We are seeing massive fossil fuel divestment as the entire industry declines.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 12, 2021

And despite a dip in polluting activities due to the pandemic, concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rose to its highest level in 3.6 The data that NOAA released this month is preliminary and attributing the precise source of increased methane pollution is difficult. million years. ppb rise in 2019.

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