Physics World

OCTOBER 25, 2021

© Suhrkamp Verlag 2020). Magic smartphone trees: technology for a circular economy. The book has some positive pictures too, such as one showing the dramatic global reduction in consumption of substances that damage the ozone layer as a result of the Montreal Protocol that was implemented in the 1980s.

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Physics World

JUNE 4, 2021

Other examples might include extending battery life, developing better surfactants for hydrocarbon extraction, or making refrigerants that don’t impact on the ozone layer. In 2020 we announced that we would be working with the oil company Total on a carbon sequestration solution based on metal-organic frameworks.

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Breezometer

JULY 3, 2021

Studies have also shown that fireworks can create a ‘burst’ of ozone formation, also harmful to human health. concentrations on July 4 and 5 in 2020 were, on average, 50% higher than in 2019 , likely due to the increased use of household-level fireworks during the pandemic lockdown. The graph below highlights the spike in PM2.5

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Vorys Law

MAY 20, 2021

Ohio EPA has proposed rules that will require additional Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) and Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) emission controls for certain manufacturing and industrial operations located in the Cincinnati and Cleveland 2015 ozone nonattainment areas. Like VOCs, NOx is a precursor compound which can form ozone.

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Capaccio

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) were developed and introduced in the late 1980s to serve as replacements for ozone-depleting substances (ODS) primarily used in the air conditioning, refrigeration, aerosols, fire suppression, and foam blowing industries.

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Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 7, 2022

Emissions from natural gas consumption represent 79% of the direct fossil fuel CO2 emissions from the residential and commercial sectors in 2020. Of note, total residential and commercial greenhouse gas emissions, including direct and indirect emissions, in 2020 have decreased by 5% since 1990.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

Despite these claims, burning waste coal is still just burning fossil fuel and results in the emissions of significant amounts of air pollution including ozone precursors, fine particulates, acid gasses, heavy metals, and vast amounts of carbon pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2023

Despite these claims, burning waste coal is still just burning fossil fuel and results in the emissions of significant amounts of air pollution including ozone precursors, fine particulates, acid gasses, heavy metals, and vast amounts of carbon pollution.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 13, 2024

The air quality for this report was calculated using data reviewed by EPA from 2020, 2021, and 2022. The American Lung Association’s State of the Air report measures three of the major types of pollutants in the San Joaquin Valley: long-term particle matter, short-term particle matter, and ozone.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Standing in Dubai among ExxonMobil billboards that praise new technological solutions designed to keep oil and gas in play, it’s easy to see that major oil and gas companies are greenwashing , exaggerating their climate commitments and investments in clean energy. of gross domestic product in 2020 and are expected to increase.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 13, 2022

California’s Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule passed in 2020, which required manufacturers to sell an increasing percentage of zero-emissions MHD vehicles, was an excellent start. Moreover, CARB’s own research shows that this is both economically and technologically feasible.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

States and local air quality regulators have the legal authority to set particulate matter (PM), ozone, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions standards and adopt regulations for these pollutants when they are already in attainment of the national ambient air quality standards ( NAAQS ) set by the U.S.

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 13, 2024

When the IMO’s regulation to cut SO x emissions went into effect in 2020, LNG became a growing alternative fuel choice for marine transportation. Methane emissions, which can result from the production and consumption of LNG, are linked to significant impacts on air quality by influencing concentrations of ground-level ozone.

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Breezometer

JANUARY 26, 2022

Air Pollution - Under a high greenhouse gas scenario, premature mortality attributed to climate change in 2030 could reach 3,340 for ozone-related deaths and 55,600 for PM 2.5. Pollen - North American pollen seasons increased by an estimated 20 days and pollen concentrations became 21% stronger over the two decades prior to 2020.

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Breezometer

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

One such project is the AQ-Watch initiative, for which BreezoMeter, together with 11 other partners, won the prestigious Horizon 2020 grant. What is the EU Horizon 2020 Research & Innovation Program ? To determine the exposure of the local population to harmful hydrocarbon and ozone levels. OctoGEO s.r.o.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 20, 2021

Electric vehicle technology has improved rapidly over the last decade, paving the way for new models of every vehicle class. Mack Trucks, a part of Volvo Group North America, began taking orders in 2020 for its Mack LR Electric refuse truck , manufactured at its Lehigh Valley Operations plant in Macungie, Penn.

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

White House: The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) will meet Nov 9, 2022. The report also recommends strengthening laboratory biosafety and biosecurity, maintaining a strong science and technology base and improving domestic and international public health infrastructure. science and technology Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2022

Horizontal drilling with high intensity hydraulic fracturing was a new technology and a new method for [natural] gas extraction in many ways, but at the same time, it wasn't altogether new. EHP was called in the 2020 Grand Jury report on fracking as having stepped in to gather data and provide guidance where the Department of Health did not.

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Shellenberger, Founder and President, Environmental Progress For the House Oversight Committee August 5, 2020 Good morning Chairwoman Maloney, Ranking Member Comer, and members of the committee. Short-term and focused subsidies and mandates may help accelerate technological innovation.

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HumanNature

MARCH 31, 2021

Guest Post By Erin Boedicker , 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. In a place that is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 2020), mitigation of warming agents is crucial. June 25, 2020. April 27, 2020. Arctic Report Card: Update for 2020.”

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

innovation and manufacturing of critical new technologies, all while delivering significant economic benefits through increased recovery of wasted gas. If finalized, these critical, commonsense standards will protect workers and communities, maintain and create high-quality, union-friendly jobs, and promote U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The court sided with the community and ordered the city to use an analytically sound model developed by Eric Schwartz of the University of Michigan and Jacob Abernethy of the Georgia Institute of Technology to efficiently locate and replace the pipes. That ruling will certainly complicate efforts to protect US waterways.

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EPA

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Ozone layer protection in the United States reaches an important milestone in 2020. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been helping to protect and heal the Earth’s stratospheric ozone layer by phasing out ozone-depleting substances (ODS). But why is ozone layer protection so important? For 30 years the U.S.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

In 2020, the Trump Administration promulgated a new rule for model years 2021 through 2026 that reduced the required emissions reduction to only 1.5% The American electrical grid is shaped by regulation at the federal, state, and local levels, which must constantly adapt to changing technologies and market consumption patterns.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

billion to the National Science Foundation to start a Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP). The directorate is tasked with accelerating use-inspired and translational research in technologies and innovations of national importance. 2225 ) to create a new technology directorate.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Mike Collins (R-GA) will chair the Research and Technology Subcommittee and Rep. 1002 ) preventing any position in the federal competitive service, created after September 30, 2020, from being reclassified outside of merit system principles without the express consent of Congress. Freshman Rep. Freshman Rep. emissions increased 5.5%

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ESA

MAY 9, 2022

OSTP : The National Academies of Science will host a discussion with Acting Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Alondra Nelson about equitable community participation in federally funded research Thursday, May 12. The percentage of American adults with great confidence in scientists increased between 2016 and 2020.

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ESA

APRIL 25, 2022

Along with this assessment, the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Office of Domestic Climate Policy lead a report to the National Climate Task Force on opportunities for greater deployment of nature-based solutions. ESC – FY 2023 Appropriations Statement (March 28, 2022).

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

This bill creates a new technology directorate at the National Science Foundation and increases NSF’s overall authorized funding level to $29 billion by fiscal year (FY) 2026. Odds and ends: EPA says it will reconsider a 2020 Trump regulation known as the Major MACT to Area, or MM2A, rule. 21, 2020 ). Executive Branch.

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ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

2 trillion plan includes $50 billion to create a new technology directorate for NSF. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy forms Interagency Task Force on Scientific Integrity. . There is $180 billion pegged overall in the plan for investment in research and development and “technologies of the future.”.

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ESA

MAY 17, 2021

Todd Young’s (R-IN) proposal to increase competitiveness with China by creating a new technology directorate at the National Science Foundation and authorizing $100 billion in NSF over five years. President Joe Biden included $50 million for an NSF technology directorate in his infrastructure plan. Lujan, Sen. Executive Branch.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

Bill would create a technology directorate at the National Science Foundation and increases authorized funding levels. This bill which would create a new technology directorate at the National Science Foundation and increase NSF’s overall authorized funding level to around $28 billion by fiscal year (FY) 2026. House in September 2020.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Adding to the complexity, uncertainties regarding future costs abound: Among many others, how big will the affected population be in 100 years, and what technological advances may occur affecting climate resiliency? That choice has a dramatic effect: an SCC of $10 at a 5% discount rate becomes $50 at a 2.5% discount rate.

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