Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The AirBubbl is equally effective at removing air pollution, including harmful ozone gases, nitrogen dioxide (NOx) and particle air pollutants PM2.5 In North America, 17% of COVID-19 deaths can be attributed to long term exposure to air pollution. California ranks as the state with the worst air quality in the US.

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Technology Ozone Pollution North America 130

Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

A plane traveling from North America to London and back generates about 1.4 Nitrogen oxides produced by air travel increases ozone concentrations in the upper troposphere which warms the planet more than it would at lower altitudes. tonnes of CO2, that is the equivalent of more than 3 months of driving.

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Climate change Ozone North America Carbon 40

Grist

MARCH 11, 2024

The geologic epoch had reigned for 11,700 years, ever since the sprawling ice sheets covering North America and Europe began melting rapidly, and Crutzen thought its time was up.

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Climate change Soil Ozone North America 99

The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

That’s a massive figure that ignores the nearly 250 million tires that are disposed of annually in North America, roughly half of which are burned. When 6PPD reacts with ozone, it becomes 6PPD-quinone. Harrigle says we scrap 250 million tires every year in North America. Again, about half are burned for fuel.

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Building Energy Monitoring North America Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 122

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2023

This “vicious cycle” of pesticide use fueling climate change, and vice versa, is examined in a report published Tuesday by the advocacy group Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). Many pesticides release volatile organic compounds (VOCs), a precursor to ground-level ozone that acts as a powerful greenhouse gas.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels Energy Monitor 96

The City Fix

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

International consensus on cross-border environmental issues has been difficult to achieve, but the 40-year-old Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (or LRTAP as it is known to development professionals) has enjoyed great, if largely unsung, success in the fight against air. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Pollution North America Ozone Climate change 64

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

Hüzeir believes the latest tranche of documents will strengthen cases brought by climate litigators in Europe and North America, in part by providing clues to the possible existence of additional Shell documents that could be obtained through discovery — a pre-trial procedure in the U.S.

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Fossil fuels Climate change Pollution Ozone 140