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July 20, 2023

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Widespread Illegal Trade of Hazardous Chemicals

Researchers have studied the global trade in highly hazardous chemicals subject to a global treaty -- the Rotterdam Convention. The results are sobering: Nearly half of the total trade volume of these chemicals crosses national borders illegally, calling for strong international and national ...

Unused Renewable Energy an Option for Powering NFT Trade

Unused solar, wind, and hydroelectric power in the U.S. could support the exponential growth of transactions involving non-fungible tokens (NFTs), researchers have ...

Public Support Hydrogen and Biofuels to Decarbonize Global Shipping

New research into public attitudes towards alternative shipping fuels shows public backing for biofuel and hydrogen. The study also found that nuclear was preferred to the heavy fuel oil (HFO) currently used in the global shipping industry, although both were perceived negatively. Ammonia had the ...

Potent Greenhouse Gas Produced by Industry Could Be Readily Abated With Existing Technologies

Researchers have found that one method of reducing greenhouse gas emissions is available, affordable, and capable of being implemented right now. Nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas and ozone-depleting substance, could be readily abated with ...
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'Improved' Cookstoves Emit More Ultrafine Particles Than Conventional Stoves

Improved cookstoves, which are widely used for cooking in developing countries, produce twice as many harmful ultrafine air pollution particles (PM0.1) as conventional stoves, according to a new ...

Cleanup of Inactive Gulf of Mexico Wells Estimated at $30 Billion

A new article examines the cost to plug 14,000 wells that are inactive, have not produced for five years and are unlikely to be reactivated in the Gulf of Mexico region, which is the epicenter of ...

Tiny Microbes Could Brew Big Benefits for Green Biomanufacturing

Scientists find new route in bacteria to decarbonize industry. The discovery could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the manufacturing of fuels, drugs, and chemicals. A research team has ...

Prolonged Power Outages, Often Caused by Weather Events, Hit Some Parts of the U.S. Harder Than Others

New research found that Americans already bearing the brunt of climate change and health inequities are most at risk of impact by a lengthy power ...

Next Decade Decisive for PV Growth on the Path to 2050

Global experts on solar power strongly urge a commitment to the continued growth of photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing and deployment to power the planet, arguing that lowballing projections for PV ...

Moving Towards 3 Degrees of Warming -- The Phasing out of Coal Is Too Slow

The use of coal power is not decreasing fast enough. The Paris Agreement's target of a maximum of 2 degrees of warming appear to be missed, and the world is moving towards a temperature increase ...

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Levies on Renewable Energy Profits Could Serve as a Barrier to Achieving Net Zero Targets in the UK

Placing levies on the profits made in the renewable energy industry could hinder the UK's ability to meet its 2050 net zero carbon reduction targets, an expert has ...

More Predictable Renewable Energy Could Lower Costs

Lower electricity costs for consumers and more reliable clean energy could be some of the benefits of a new study by researchers who have examined how predictable solar or wind energy generation is ...

Improved Wastewater Treatment Could Lead to Significant Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions

New research has shown that methane emissions from urban areas are underestimated by a factor of three to four and that untreated wastewater may be a contributing ...

At Least 80% of the World's Most Important Sites for Biodiversity on Land Currently Contain Human Developments

At least 80% of sites identified as being internationally important for biodiversity on land currently contain infrastructure -- of which more than 75% contain roads. In the future, more sites that ...

Mercury Emission Estimates Rarely Provide Enough Data to Assess Success in Eliminating Harmful Global Gold Mining Practice

A global treaty called the Minamata Convention requires gold-mining countries to regularly report the amount of toxic mercury that miners are using to find and extract gold, designed to help nations ...

Public Acceptance of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Removal Could Be Improved in Developing Countries

人们会更积极的el subsidies if told where the money would be spent instead. This has been shown in a study which investigated attitudes towards removing fossil fuel ...

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研究突出了复杂的关系AI and Law Enforcement

A recent study that examined the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and law enforcement underscores both the need for law enforcement agencies to be involved in the development of ...

Solar Industry Feeling the Heat Over Disposal of 80 Million Panels

Renewable energy experts have come up with an environmentally-friendly plan to dispose of solar panels at the end of their ...

Low-Cost Device Can Measure Air Pollution Anywhere

Flatburn is an open-source, mobile pollution detector intended to let people measure air quality ...

Rsearchers Examine Combined Effects of Two Combustion Technologies on the Emission of Coal-Fired Boilers

There is currently a large dependence on coal for power generation. As coal-fired plants cause environmental and health hazards, technologies such as swirl flow and air staging have been proposed to ...

Experts Demand Fire Safety Policy Change Over Health Impact of Widely Used Flame Retardants

Leading environmental health experts have called for a comprehensive review of the UK's fire safety regulations, with a focus on the environmental and health risks of current chemical flame ...

How to Make Hydrogen Straight from Seawater -- No Desalination Required

Researchers have developed a cheaper and more energy-efficient way to make hydrogen directly from seawater, in a critical step towards a truly viable green hydrogen industry. The new method splits ...

'Game-Changing' Findings for Sustainable Hydrogen Production

Hydrogen fuel could be a more viable alternative to traditional fossil fuels, according to University of Surrey researchers who have found that a type of metal-free catalysts could contribute to the ...

UK Substantially Underestimates Its Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Production -- And Many Other Countries Probably Do Too

Scientists develop a newer, more accurate method for calculating methane emissions from offshore oil and gas production that suggests the United Kingdom severely underestimates its greenhouse gas ...

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