Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Nitrous oxide is a greenhouse gas and one of the main stratospheric ozone depleting substances on the planet. Widely known as “laughing gas”, used for its anesthetic effects, nitrous oxide (N2O) is also regarded as the third most important long-lived greenhouse gas, after carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane.

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Climate change Ozone Methane Asia 124

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

India Gate, New Delhi: Residents of the city face pollution levels with a health impact estimated to be equivalent to smoking more than two packs of cigarettes a day (image credit: Amit kg / Shutterstock.com). Centuries on, sources of airborne pollution are only becoming more numerous and wide ranging.

Energy Monitor 213

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Pollution Health 213

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.”

Fossil fuels 143

Fossil fuels Climate change Pollution Ozone 143

DeSmogBlog

JULY 14, 2022

Richardson referred questions about the events to a spokesperson for Exxon Mobil, the day-to-day operator of the facility. Eight emission events in six months, according to Neal Carman, a former Texas air pollution investigator who now works for the Sierra Club, doesn’t bode well for those who live near the plant.

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Plastics Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 98

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 12, 2021

Preliminary data shows that methane emissions jumped in 2020 by the largest amount since systematic record-keeping began decades ago. 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 million years. ppb rise in 2019. ppb rise in 2019.

Methane 138

Methane Energy Monitor Fossil fuels Building Energy Monitoring 138

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 12, 2021

Preliminary data shows that methane emissions jumped in 2020 by the largest amount since systematic record-keeping began decades ago. 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 million years. ppb rise in 2019. ppb rise in 2019.

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Methane Energy Monitor Fossil fuels Building Energy Monitoring 76