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Glossary of Greenhouse Gas Terms

Greenbuilding Law

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).

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Materials and nanotechnology: highlights of 2021

Physics World

The world produces than 40 million tonnes of electronic waste each year, yet only about 20% of this e-waste is recycled. This year, a team at Rice University in the US led by James Tour developed a “flash Joule heating” method to recover metals like rhodium, palladium gold and silver from e-waste.

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China displays low-carbon tech at the Winter Olympics?

A Greener Life

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. ” The Games take place in 25 venues, 13 of which are newly built.

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DEP Adds Details On The 3 Upcoming Hearings On Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy

PA Environment Daily

Read more here. House Bill 652 would give DEP the statutory authority to deny a permit application in any environmental justice area based on the “cumulative environmental impacts.”

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DEP To Hold Last 3 Hearings On Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy

PA Environment Daily

Read more here. House Bill 652 would give DEP the statutory authority to deny a permit application in any environmental justice area based on the “cumulative environmental impacts.”

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DEP Adds 3 More Hearings On Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy

PA Environment Daily

Read more here. House Bill 652 would give DEP the statutory authority to deny a permit application in any environmental justice area based on the “cumulative environmental impacts.”

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Reducing Your Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Greenbuilding Law

Organic waste sent to landfills emits CH4. 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. Waste management. Coal consumption is today a minor component of direct energy use.