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Study finds global emissions of several banned ozone-destroying CFCs are increasing

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New analysis has found increasing emissions of several ozone-depleting chemicals despite their production being banned for most uses under the Montreal Protocol—and a loophole in the rules is likely responsible. According to the researchers, emissions from these CFCs currently do not significantly threaten ozone recovery.

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New international study finds lab testing of diesel NOx emissions underestimates real-world levels by up to 50%

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A new international study has found that laboratory tests of nitrogen oxide emissions from diesel vehicles significantly underestimate the real-world emissions by as much as 50%. The research, led by the International Council on Clean Transportation and Environmental Health Analytics, LLC.,

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Study: air pollution causes 800,000 extra deaths a year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide

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—Co-author Professor Thomas Münzel, of the Department of Cardiology of the University Medical Centre Mainz. Many other countries, such as Canada, the USA and Australia use the WHO guideline; the EU is lagging a long way behind in this respect. They focused particularly on PM 2.5 The current limit of 25 ?g/m

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COVID-19 Forced Us All to Experiment. What Have We Learned?

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Photo-Illustration: Chad Hagen; Original Photo: Universal Images Group/Getty Images. For instance, the University of Melbourne conducted on-the-spot modeling of how the pandemic began to unfold during the 2020 lockdowns in Australia, which helped state decision-makers suppress the virus in real time.

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