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Unraveling LA’s Hydrogen Combustion Experiment

Legal Planet

Hydrogen’s supply-side has been buttressed by incentives from state and federal governments, refineries and utilities looking to extend the life of fossil fuel infrastructure, and renewable energy companies seeking to take advantage of the huge amounts of clean energy needed to produce green hydrogen.

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China displays low-carbon tech at the Winter Olympics?

A Greener Life

This is replacing the traditional hydrofluorocarbons which have been found to damage the ozone layer. They have deployed energy-saving technologies such as low-carbon building materials including recycled cement, and what they call smart snowmaking which uses 20% less water than traditional technologies.

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Good News—and Bad—about Fossil Fuel Power Plants in 2023 

Union of Concerned Scientists

NO x also contributes to the formation of ozone (or “smog”), another toxic pollutant. GW of gas capacity set to retire, but also slightly outpacing the planned additions of wind power. A recent study found that more than 99 percent of the global population is exposed to unsafe levels of PM 2.5 micrometers or less.