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How Engineers Can Help Protect Earth From Worsening Climate Change

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Fortunately, we still have a narrow window of opportunity to alter the Earth’s climate path, and I believe we can do it. Climate change is a global societal crisis that is causing devastating consequences. More than half the world’s people live in urban areas, yet only 12 percent of cities achieve WHO guidelines for air quality.

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Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

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Saying that “ investment-grade climate change and clean energy policy is required to shift private sector investment from high-carbon to low-carbon assets ”, a group of 285 investors has urged governments and international policy makers to take new and meaningful steps in the fight against climate change.

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EPA issues final actions to cut methane emissions from municipal solid waste landfills

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued final New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) to reduce emissions of methane-rich landfill gas from new, modified and reconstructed municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills, updating standards that were issued in 1996. Currently, methane’s effect on climate change are also of concern.

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European Commission approves €4.7B public support scheme for advanced biomethane and biofuels in Italy

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The measure will contribute to reaching EU energy and climate change goals while limiting distortions of competition. They are produced from feedstock that do not require agricultural land for their production, such as waste, agricultural residues, and algae.

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WHO data: global annual PM10 increased by 6% during recent 3-year period; based on data from 851 cities

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Air quality in most cities worldwide that monitor outdoor (ambient) air pollution fails to meet World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for safe levels, putting people at additional risk of respiratory disease and other health problems, according to WHO’s expanded ambient (outdoor) air pollution (AAP) in cities database 2014. Source: WHO.

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WHO: 9 out of 10 people worldwide breathe polluted air; 7M deaths per year

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Many of the world’s megacities exceed WHO’s guideline levels for air quality by more than 5 times, representing a major risk to people’s health. In some regions, sand and desert dust, waste burning and deforestation are additional sources of air pollution. g/m 3 (for PM 10 ) and 10 ?g/m g/m 3 (for PM 2.5 ).

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Sinopec Capital to invest in and partner with LanzaTech; direct production of chemicals from wastes and residues

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Sinopec Capital, as the industrial investment arm of Sinopec Group—one of the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals companies—announced an investment in LanzaTech with a focus on promoting direct production of chemicals from waste carbon. LanzaTech represents the world-leading carbon recycling company.

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