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Europe’s Cities Falling Short on Clean Transport, New Ranking Shows

March 4, 2022 admin air quality, cities, clean cities campaign, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Europe, Helsinki, kraków, Milan, Oslo, Stockholm, turin, zero pollution action plan

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:00:30 +0000

Europe’s cities are not doing enough to get their citizens onto environment-friendly transport. Europe’s cities are not doing enough to get their citizens onto environment-friendly transport. That’s the conclusion from a new ranking assessing which of Europe’s urban areas are well placed to reduce their environmental impact. The Clean Cities Campaign (CCC) that compiled the ranking says […]

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Tesla HEPA Filters: Can A Tesla Really Protect Your Lungs?

February 25, 2022 admin air quality, clean transport, Electric vehicles, hepa filters, research, tesla, tesla air filter, tesla air filters, tesla hepa filters, tesla model y

Credit to Author: Iqtidar Ali| Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 17:48:35 +0000

Tesla engineers examine how useful Tesla HEPA filters really are. We all know that zero-emissions electric vehicles protect the lungs of everyone on the road. Now, it turns out, Tesla has showcased another feature that helps protect the lungs — an especially important issue in the age of COVID-related concerns. Tesla recently demonstrated how safe the cabins […]

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Methane Is Killing Us. Does Anyone Care? Does Anyone Even Know?

February 24, 2022 admin air quality, climate change, Fossil Fuels, GERMANY, international energy agency, methane, natural gas, nord stream 2, Oil, policy & politics, Russia

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 19:52:41 +0000

The latest research shows methane leaks are more dangerous to the environment than is generally believed.

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Extreme Wildfire Risks Predicted in New UN Report

February 23, 2022 admin air quality, carbon emissions, climate change, HEALTH, unep, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 18:45:04 +0000

A new UN report titled “Spreading Like Wildfire” hopes to spur governments to mitigate the ominous threat of increasing wildfires over the next decade.

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Texas Supreme Court Tells Exxon To Go Pound Sand

February 21, 2022 admin air quality, climate change, exxon, Fossil Fuels, policy & politics, texas

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 16:40:38 +0000

Exxon has lost its last gasp appeal to the Texas Supreme Court.

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Are You Experiencing Eco-Anxiety? You’re Not Alone

February 10, 2022 admin air quality, carbon emissions, climate change, eco-anxiety, HEALTH, mental health, renewable energy, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 16:34:23 +0000

Over the last few years, reported cases of climate crisis emotional reactions have risen dramatically across the world. Known as “eco-anxiety,” the condition is often the result of worry about the impacts of global ecological disasters, specific extreme weather events, or individual carbon footprints.

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The Wacky Untaxed World Of Jet Fuel Is Coming To An End

February 7, 2022 admin air quality, Aviation, biofuels, cap and trade, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, carbon tax, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica exclusive, climate change, Electric vehicles, electron aviation, Europe, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, Oil, policy & politics, Solar energy, Taxes, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 16:40:46 +0000

The emissions of aviation will be priced, the cost of aviation will go up, and that’s part of why my projection of aviation growth is flat through 2100.

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Delays in New EU Air Pollution Limits Put Lives at Risk

February 5, 2022 admin Air pollution, air quality, clean transport, EU, eu euro 7 emissions rules, policy & politics, policy research, pollution, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2022 04:10:03 +0000

New emissions limits expected last year have been postponed again. That puts EU citizens’ health and lives at risk, T&E tells the European Commission.

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Fossil Fuel Drilling Is Making Texans Sick (Video)

March 2, 2020 admin #cleanupwireless, Air pollution, air quality, big-oil, Climate, climate change, Fossil Fuels, HEALTH, Media, Oil, policy & politics, research, SCIENCE, texas, water pollution

Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 04:03:29 +0000

In Texas, methane leaking from fracking sites is not only heating the planet. It’s also making people ill. Locals have reported headaches, nosebleeds, and respiratory problems, and they are calling on fossil fuel companies to clean up their act

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The Most Successful Air Pollution Treaty You’ve Never Heard Of

March 2, 2020 admin Air pollution, air quality, Coal, convention on long-range transboundary air-pollution, Fossil Fuels, HEALTH, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, regional acidification information simulation, research, SCIENCE, un economic commission for europe (unece), World Health Organization

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 00:40:43 +0000

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 pollution and climate change