DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2024

Weld County, a 4,000-square-mile area northeast of Denver, this year received failing air quality grades for ozone and particulate matter — pollutants linked to fossil fuel extraction — from the American Lung Association. The Colorado Springs area received failing grades for ozone in 2024. Be very wary now,” she said. “So

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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. per cent and 0.54 per cent respectively.

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Eco-Business

APRIL 19, 2024

To restore Earth’s stability, governments must recognise the need to respect the nine planetary boundaries. This requires a steadfast commitment to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and protecting biodiversity and water resources.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 30, 2022

Friday, 17 June, the hottest day of the year so far, saw unhealthy levels of Ozone across the Borough. A recent report by the National Audit Office highlighted that the UK government is not on track to cut air pollution and is not effectively informing the public about the issue.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2021

The sensors will measure particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, carbon dioxide, and ozone, in addition to temperature and humidity. The government has pledged to significantly increase the air quality monitoring network in the UK and this project will act as a blueprint to demonstrate the benefits of a dense monitoring network.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 20, 2020

and ground-level ozone (O?) Governments should have tackled chronic air pollution long ago, but have prioritised the economy over health by going soft on the auto industry. Air pollution is the biggest environmental health risk in Europe, with the problem greatest in cities, according to the EEA.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The study finds that as much as five times more methane is being emitted from oil and gas production in the UK than what the government has reported. We hope our work will facilitate improved emission estimates and reductions not only from the UK but also from other countries producing methane from oil and gas extraction,” Mauzerall said.

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The Environmental Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

These emissions contribute to various environmental problems, including air pollution, climate change, acid rain, ozone depletion, and biodiversity loss. On a larger scale, governments and policymakers play a vital role in implementing emission standards, promoting cleaner fuels, and encouraging the adoption of electric vehicles.

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The Environmental Blog

JUNE 28, 2020

Due to Lockdown Conditions which is imposed by the individual government through the world peoples are kept themselves at their homes. NASA is monitoring our present environmental change, and for this NASA uses (OMI) Ozone Monitoring Instrument to realize the real changes of our present atmosphere condition in the globe.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2020

These legal failures have led to lawsuits against the UK government on several occasions, resulting in numerous fines being incurred. As such, those with concerns over the government’s commitment will likely be looking closely for signs that a post-Brexit government is making good on its promises. This includes sub-micron PM 2.5

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

Scottish Widows, a subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group, claims to have divested £1.4bn from companies that have failed to meet its environmental, social and governance standards since November, speeding past its initial target of divesting £440m annually from companies lagging on sustainability.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

ozone and NO2 with recent research quantifying the contribution of fossil fuels to global air pollution levels to perform a health impact assessment and subsequent cost calculation for the year 2018. and ozone from fossil fuels is responsible for an estimated 7.7 The report also finds that exposure to PM2.5 billion days of sick leave.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2022

She called for coordinated action from world governments and international agencies to mitigate pollution while also addressing other threats such as climate change and biodiversity loss. The progress update builds on previous data compiled by the Lancet commission, which showed that pollution was responsible for 9 million deaths in 2015.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 4, 2022

In June, Robert Gordon University announced it had received £33k pump priming funding from the Scottish Government to research the fabrication of “a new hydrogen gas leak detection sensor to support the safe expansion of clean hydrogen energy into daily life”.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2020

The new ‘OxAria’ study started on 1st July, extending an existing collaboration which has enabled five low-cost air pollution sensors to be installed at city centre locations, generating real-time information on key air pollutants, including nitrogen oxides (NO, NO2), carbon monoxide (CO), ozone (O3) and particulate matter (PM1, PM2.5,

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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. It means fewer than 50 national governments worldwide have still yet to commit to the initiative.

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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. Today, the government pays people to protect trees and forests have regenerated. Here are a few examples.

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Green Tech Challenge

JANUARY 6, 2017

In December 2016, the Chinese government reported the highest air pollution and the red alert was implemented in 23 cities in northern China. According to the report, this problem causes up to 6,5 million deaths annually, not to mention the 1,6 trillion-dollar annual economic damage in EU, where governments are trying to treat air pollution.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

It has revealed that human activities have been the dominant force of global climate change since the mid-20th century, underlined by the discovery, more than 30 years ago, of the Ozone Hole over Halley and Faraday Research Stations on Antarctica by scientists at British Antarctic Survey.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 22, 2020

On the other hand, the analysts estimate that £1.6bn in damages and 17,000 lives could be saved annually in Bristol, London, Manchester, and Birmingham if the cities worked to meet guidelines on all major air pollutants, which also include particulate matter and ozone.

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Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

Much of the sustainability literature focuses on the Global North and on issues salient to policy makers in developed countries, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and ozone depletion.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi announced the government would launch a review before the end of June aimed at tightening conditions for the export of coal-fired power plants. The Swiss government has written to the UN confirming it will upgrade its national climate action plan before the COP26 Climate Summit this autumn.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. In 2010, the Central Government of China integrated the “Guideline on Strengthening Joint Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution to Improve Air Quality” into its 12th Five Year Plan. at those companies.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. In 2010, the Central Government of China integrated the “Guideline on Strengthening Joint Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution to Improve Air Quality” into its 12th Five Year Plan. at those companies.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 17, 2019

.” Related: Climate change is a public health issue amounting to billions in medical costs According to the World Health Organization (WHO) , “Pollutants with the strongest evidence for public health concerns include particulate matter (PM), ozone (O3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulphur dioxide (SO2).”

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 19, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for six common air pollutants: particulate matter (PM), ozone, lead, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide. The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires the U.S. In 2022, the U.S. million to address monitoring disparities.

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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. Promote polycentric governance – Polycentric governance promotes collaboration, connectivity, and learning across scales and cultures. Industry and the Anthropocene.

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Sunrun

AUGUST 23, 2019

5 Many state and local governments that offer property and sales tax exemptions, too. But ground-level ozone and other pollutants from cars, power plants, industrial boilers, refineries and chemical plants can kill. Federal and state incentives are available for going solar. 6 Find out more about federal and state incentives.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In response, NASA began positioning itself as an environmental authority, publicizing its new satellite technology that monitored the oceans, air pollution, and the ozone layer. In the 1980s, NASA’s satellite data and computer modeling helped scientists track ozone depletion and global warming.

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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 ). What’s the relevance of these different GHGs to carbon footprinting? .

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

EEA estimates from 2019 attributed approximately 307,000 premature deaths to fine particulate matter in the 27 EU Member States, with a further 40,400 linked to nitrogen dioxide, and 16,800 to ground-level ozone. and PM10)‎, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide. United Nations Environment Programme.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

That amendment, if passed, would have allowed manufacturers to negotiate lower tax bills with local governments, giving the already dominant petrochemical industry a way to permanently avoid paying property taxes. James Parish would violate the EPA’s standards for soot and ozone-forming nitrogen dioxide.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Some use technologies like ozone oxidation, and membrane filtration. Strong partnerships between governments, academia, industry, and NGOs are essential to share knowledge, develop effective solutions, and implement best practices. Collaboration: No single entity can solve this complex issue alone.

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GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2021

Most of this growing literature has not been accepted by private industry, nor has it been thoroughly evaluated to best inform government policymaking. EPA historically has identified "critical population sub-groups" in setting ozone, particulate and other ambient air quality standards. Protecting at-risk populations. Pull Quote.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Throughout the ‘80s, fossil fuel companies began accumulating more evidence that climate change was going to be a disaster in the future and that governments were going to start regulating their industry. He’s like, “Remember that whole ozone layer thing, and then governments got together to get rid of these chemicals?

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

And so, while there have been proposals and legislation seeking to overcome status quo shortcomings, more work needs to be done to bridge the extensive environmental governance gap. Conservation efforts through woodland restoration, the planting of trees and advocacy for environmentally-friendly legislation all help as starting points.

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