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Figuring Out Semiconductor Manufacturing's Climate Footprint

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Lizzie Boakes is a life cycle analyst in the Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies and Systems Program at IMEC , the Belgium-based nanotech research organization. For instance, the extraction of coal for electricity production. I’m here with someone who’s helping figure out the answer. Welcome, Lizzie. Lizzie Boakes: Hello.

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Emissions of Air Pollutants down in EU-27

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Energy use by households (the burning of wood, gas, coal etc) is the most important source of PM 2.5 The data viewer can show emission trends for the main sectors and allows comparison of emissions between different countries and activities. The residential sector is an important source of several pollutants.

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