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China’s new frontier for VOC regulations

GreenBiz

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. Over the past several decades, public health and environmental concerns have made controlling smog a top national policy goal in China and enforcement an increasingly critical issue for companies to navigate. Contributors.

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The arc of the moral universe is bending toward environmental justice

GreenBiz

Integration of EJ as a major component of social justice that substantially reduces income inequality, health care, housing and other quality of life disparities. EPA also should prepare an integrated health risk assessment to provide a scientific basis for agency decision making. What public policies are needed?

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China’s new frontier for VOC regulations

AGreenLiving

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. Over the past several decades, public health and environmental concerns have made controlling smog a top national policy goal in China and enforcement an increasingly critical issue for companies to navigate.

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China’s new frontier for VOC regulations

AGreenLiving

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. Over the past several decades, public health and environmental concerns have made controlling smog a top national policy goal in China and enforcement an increasingly critical issue for companies to navigate.

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The arc of the moral universe is bending toward environmental justice

AGreenLiving

EPA also should prepare an integrated health risk assessment to provide a scientific basis for agency decision making. What public policies are needed? A variety of policies can be applied to reduce environmental justice inequities. Such a risk assessment should be available for public comment and independent scientific review.

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Let's pass a Green Recovery Act

Business Green

Covid-19 has been a terrible blow to public health, and the economy, but the emergency of climate damage is worse. The Act enables a Green New Deal, a Clean Revolution, and crucially it recodes the laws that cause climate damage. One way or another, the principles of Green Recovery Act will be put into law.

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The arc of the moral universe is bending toward environmental justice

AGreenLiving

EPA also should prepare an integrated health risk assessment to provide a scientific basis for agency decision making. What public policies are needed? A variety of policies can be applied to reduce environmental justice inequities. Such a risk assessment should be available for public comment and independent scientific review.