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Latest GHG Inventory shows California remains below 2020 emissions target; much steeper rate of GHG reductions required

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tons per person to 10.7 tons per person in 2018, a 24% decrease. in 2018 (2000-2018 average year-over-year increase is 6.8%), continuing the increasing trend as they replace Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) being phased out under the 1987 Montreal Protocol. Emissions from high-GWP gases increased 2.3% Source: CARB GHG Inventory.

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EPA awards $6M in research funding to improve air quality models

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $5,959,842 million in research funding to nine institutions to improve air quality models used to simulate ozone, particulate matter (PM), regional haze, air toxics, and emerging pollutants.

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PSI team develops web tool for consumers to compare environmental impact of passenger cars in detail

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The system will graph lifecycle impact for a range of specified powertrains, for a large number of impact categories: Climate change [kg CO 2 -eq.]. Deterioration of the ozone layer [kg CFC-11-eq.]. Noise emissions [Person-Pascal/second]. Depletion of fossil energy resources [kg oil-eq.]. Human toxicity [kg 1,4-DC-eq.].

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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Emission reductions produced by the project are verified by an approved third party and registered with the Climate Action Reserve (Project ID CAR102 ). ozone depletion potential (ODP). photochemical ozone creation potential. REDD+ is a specific implementation of a climate change mitigation solution of the UN-REDD Programme.

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German-Chilean consortium investigating new ways of reducing arsenic in copper concentrates: ReAK

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However, climate change has caused an increase in rainfall in recent years, which now raises the issue of environmental contamination. Other project partners are also evaluating UV- and ozone-assisted as well as microbial oxidation processes. These calcium compounds are then deposited in the Atacama Desert. —Anna-Lisa Bachmann.

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What is the Electric Vehicle Approved (EVA) Scheme?

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Global warming plays a role in thinning the ozone layer, thus permitting harmful rays’ penetration to the earth. Address climate emergency- the climate is changing rapidly. This organisation is responsible for addressing climatic changes and how to cope with them.

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The New Supersonic Boom

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Piloting the bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane in 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first person to exceed the speed of sound while in horizontal flight. But as was true for concerns about the ozone layer back in the 1960s, proponents of supersonic commercial aviation need to consider the deleterious effects of. Everett Collection/Alamy.