Netherlands Pollution Universal Water 
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JUNE 26, 2020
The use of heavy fuel oils (HFOs) contributes to global warming due to the fossil origin of these fuels and, moreover, generating non-negligible emissions of pollutants such as sulfur oxides. However, HFOs are banned in the national waters of many countries. The participants are Vertoro B.V. (NL); NL); Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd. (CH);
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JUNE 3, 2012
nuclear and fossil-fueled generating units) in Europe and the United States are vulnerable to climate change due to the combined impacts of lower summer river flows and higher river water temperatures. Compared to other water use sectors (e.g. A study published in Nature Climate Change suggests that thermoelectric power plants (i.e.,
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JUNE 6, 2009
Total weighted global average water footprints (blue and green) for major ethanol and biodiesel crops in m 3 water per GJ fuel. The red marker (right axis) indicates liters of water required to produce one liter of fuel. Gray WF: volume of water that becomes polluted during production. Data: Gerbens-Leenes et al.
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MARCH 26, 2019
Catalytic converters have been used in the US since the 1970s as a way to clean up pollutants from vehicle exhaust. In the catalytic process, rare metals such as platinum, are used in a chemical reaction to convert carbon monoxide and other pollutants to non-toxic carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and water. —Yong Wang.
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MARCH 19, 2014
The choice of recycling technology is also important with respect to resource recovery, the study by a team from the Netherland and the UK found. Additionally, human toxicity is significantly lower, because this recycling process does not include the most polluting processing steps associated with virgin production.
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