Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 26, 2022
Bakersfield, Fresno, and Visalia are consistently ranked as cities with the worst particulate and ozone pollution , according to the American Lung Association. and ozone concentrations highlighting air quality issues in the Central Valley. Annual average PM2.5 Graphics from CalEnviroScreen 4.0
A Greener Life
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Cooling ice rinks. For the first time at any Olympics, China is using CO2, collected from industrial waste gases, to cool ice rinks in its four ice sports venues. This is replacing the traditional hydrofluorocarbons which have been found to damage the ozone layer. Fully powered by renewable energy.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 27, 2023
Further, the going price of gas can be volatile and generally tracks very closely with US wholesale electricity prices, since the country grew so over-reliant on gas power plants throughout the 2010s. Last year, for the first time ever, US renewable electricity generation surpassed coal-fired electricity generation.
Greenbuilding Law
JUNE 5, 2022
volume mixing ratio), together with a number of trace gases, such as argon (0.93% volume mixing ratio), helium, radiatively active greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (0.035% volume mixing ratio), and ozone. Fluorinated gases are sometimes used as substitutes for stratospheric ozone-depleting substances (e.g., Greenhouse Gas (GHG).
Greenbuilding Law
AUGUST 7, 2022
Additionally, indirect emissions from electricity use by homes and businesses increased from 1990 to 2007 but have decreased since then to approximately 10% below 1990 levels in 2020. Homes and commercial buildings use large amounts of energy for heating, cooling, lighting, and otherwise. Air conditioning and refrigeration.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 27, 2023
Annual Symposium To Focus On Electric Power Transformation - Energy, Environment, Policy & Technology Sept. Annual Symposium To Focus On Electric Power Transformation - Energy, Environment, Policy & Technology Sept. Hosts Woodland Stream Protection Program Saturday, Aug. 6 [PaEN] -- Air & Waste Management Assn.
Physics World
JANUARY 7, 2022
Layered protection: A test model of the giant sunshield that will keep the JWST cool. But the sunshield engineers were not the only ones biting their fingernails about keeping the JWST cool. Keeping cool. Keeping the helium refrigerant cool on its journey though the telescope’s plumbing is therefore vital.
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