Climate Regulations (Air and Climate) Articles

Biogas Adoption Grows in Europe

In the continent’s quest for a carbon-neutral economy, adoption of anaerobic waste-to-energy technology has been surging When it comes to the energy in wastewater, for far too long the world has figuratively been throwing the baby out with the bathwater. In general, wastewater contains five times more energy that it takes to treat it. Although waste-to-energy (WtE) technology is readily ...

Nov. 26, 2020

By Fluence Corporation

Low Emission Zones

What is a Low Emission Zone (LEZ)? An LEZ is a defined area within a city where access to the most polluting vehicles is restricted to reduce emissions and improve air quality. These types of restrictions are often set in large cities, where pollution due to traffic has a significant impact on health and environment. Although the idea of an LEZ was first set up in Stockholm in ...

Sep. 23, 2020

By Meteosim S.L.

What you should know about Data Center Cooling Technologies when selecting a co-location provider

Data Centers are huge power consumers. Apart from the IT load, the cooling system is one of the biggest energy hogs in a data center. Worldwide, the combined data center power consumption accounts for around 3% of the worlds total energy usage. So as you can see it is quite significant, not only to he environment, but to operational costs. For customers in co-location data centers it is vital ...

Jul. 1, 2020

By AKCP

Water Saving Week: Why water efficiency matters

Responding to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic will undoubtedly be the priority for all businesses right now. For us that means ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our teams is at the forefront of our minds, alongside the need to deliver core services for our customers. Water Saving Week does however provide an opportunity to reflect on another very real issue we all face – climate ...

May 13, 2020

By Waterwise

Project Breathe London, UK - Case Study

Summary: 100 AQMesh pods are used as stationary monitoring points in the groundbreaking Breathe London project; a hyperlocal air quality monitoring network providing a real-time map of air pollution across the city. Location: London, UK Date: July 2018 - Present Customer: C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group / Environmental Defense Fund Europe Objective: To map air pollution at an ...

Mar. 16, 2020

By AQMesh

Outlook 2020: Fuels & Petrochemicals Will Continue to Help Humanity Thrive

A 15-year rise in U.S. exports of refined products continued in 2019 with our nation exporting more than ever, underscoring the importance of these products to fueling a growing world. In the latter half of this decade, we’ve also seen U.S. petrochemical production capacity grow, and exports for petrochemicals and petrochemical feedstocks rise as well. It’s difficult not to see these ...

Dec. 23, 2019

By American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM)

How many earths does it take to sustain an energy educator for one year? Too many.

This semester, I embarked on the journey of getting an Occupational Endorsement in Sustainable Energy from the University of Fairbanks. The program and most of the classes are headed by Mark Masteller, a colleague and energy expert, but maybe more importantly, a person who has an impassioned vision about what a sustainable future for all looks like and the knowledge to help mobilize the masses to ...

Dec. 7, 2019

By Renewable Energy Alaska Project (REAP)

Achieved SDGs progress can be reversed if there is no change in direction, new UN report reveals

The latest UN report “The Future is Now: Science for Achieving Sustainable Development” was published in September 2019, is the first Global Sustainable Development Report prepared by the Independent Group of Scientists appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General. It has been prepared by a team of 15 UN-appointed experts who “addressed sustainable development as both a ...

Oct. 15, 2019

By Sustainability Knowledge Group

Our kids are starting a climate revolution. Let’s join them before it’s too late.

A few days ago, I sent a memo to all my staff encouraging them to leave the office today, Sept. 20 (or Sept. 27), and join the youth-led strikes and marches across Canada to highlight the need for urgent action to address climate change. After that, I sent emails out to fellow CEOs and business leaders I know urging them to give their staff time off to strike. It’s not something I did ...

Sep. 20, 2019

By GLOBE Series

How do Investors Enhance Corporate Responsibility? The Climate Action 100+

Disclosure of extra financial information has become the new norm and organizations cannot longer provide any valid argument that would justify the non-alignment with the principles of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainable Development. The importance of implementing the principles of CSR and Sustainable Development is not only crucial for organizations’ success and the ...

Sep. 3, 2019

By Sustainability Knowledge Group

Declaring a Climate Emergency: How to Avoid Greenwashing

Far and wide, we have seen councils, cities, and even businesses in some cases, declaring a climate emergency. As of the end of July 2019, there are 901 jurisdictions across 18 countries that have made the declaration. A part of me celebrates this success - people are finally waking up to the reality that we are in a climate crisis! But an equal part of me feels quite cynical. It's starting to ...

Aug. 5, 2019

By Sphera

Opinion piece from Dr Johannes Bauer

Who is Prof Schellnhuber and why is what he said important? Prof. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber – for twenty years the head of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and a senior advisor to Pope Francis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the European Union. This is what Prof Schellnhuber had to say August 2018: “Climate change is now reaching the end-game, where very soon ...

Jun. 3, 2019

By Australian Institute of Ecological Agriculture (AIEA)

Recent Federal Developments

WEBINAR -- FIFRA Hot Topics In Pesticide, Biocides, And Other Agricultural Chemicals Regulation And Litigation, April 24, 2019, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (EDT): Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) is pleased to present the complimentary webinar “FIFRA Hot Topics in Pesticide, Biocides, and Other Agricultural Chemicals Regulation and Litigation.” Throughout the first few months of ...

Apr. 16, 2019

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Classification of iron oxide aerosols by a single particle soot photometer using supervised machine learning

Abstract. Single particle soot photometers (SP2) use laser-induced incandescence to detect aerosols on a single particle basis. Both refractory black carbon (rBC) and other light absorbing metallic aerosols, including iron oxides (FeOx), have been characterized by the SP2, but single particles cannot be unambiguously identified from their incandescent peak height (a function of particle mass) and ...

Mar. 22, 2019

By Droplet Measurement Technologies (DMT)

Aircraft-based measurements of High Arctic springtime aerosol show evidence for vertically varying sources, transport and composition

Abstract. The sources, chemical transformations and removal mechanisms of aerosol transported to the Arctic are key factors that control Arctic aerosol–climate interactions. Our understanding of sources and processes is limited by a lack of vertically resolved observations in remote Arctic regions. We present vertically resolved observations of trace gases and aerosol composition in High ...

Jan. 3, 2019

By Droplet Measurement Technologies (DMT)

IEMA launches Environment Act blueprint

Sustainability body IEMA and other members of the Broadway Initiative have launched a new blueprint for the UK government’s upcoming Environment Act. Published yesterday, the blueprint provides a long-term framework for enhancing the environment while also meeting key social and economic objectives. It is hoped this will shape a “world leading” Environment Act, while a ...

Nov. 30, 2018

By The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA)

Clean Development Mechanism Projects

What are Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Projects? The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is an element of the Kyoto Protocol that generates Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) from eligible climate change projects in developing countries. CERs are valuable assets and can be used in compliance markets such as the EU ETS, or in national greenhouse gas schemes of Annex-I countries such ...

Sep. 19, 2018

By Sphera

Mobilising the Co-Benefits of climate change mitigation through capacity building among public policy institutions - Case Study

Co-Benefits 2017 - 2020 India, South Africa, Vietnam, Turkey What is Co-Benefits About? Co-Benefits is a capacity-building programme targeting policy makers and other relevant actors in energy, climate and environmental policy in four countries: India, South Africa, Vietnam and Turkey. The project strengthens governmental departments and agencies in charge of climate and energy issues in ...

Sep. 11, 2018

By Renewables Academy AG (RENAC)

A conversation with Maximillian Hekmat

Maximillian Hekmat is the Associate Director of Gilead Sciences, Inc. and a transformational EHS leader. Max is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Registered Environmental Manager (REM), and Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), with decades of experience in the specialty chemicals and pharmaceutical industries. He has designed and implemented many successful EHS management systems, ...

Jul. 26, 2018

By Enviance, Inc.

The importance of monitoring PCDD/F in the stack-gas emissions from the combustion of certain types of solid biofuels

The increasing use of indigenous renewable energy sources (RES) for energy aims to meet the targets set up by the European Union (EU) regarding energy and climate change policies. Thus, biomass combustion has become more and more attractive. In 2012, biomass already represented 55% of the entire renewable share in the primary energy production in Portugal. Although the emissions from biomass ...

May 24, 2018

By Environmental Technology Publications Limited

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