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Summer air pollution in Toronto has reached alarming levels, prompting Environment Canada to issue a special statement urging residents to stay indoors, particularly parents with young children. Experts warn that repeated exposure to poor air quality may have long-term consequences for kids' development, including decreased lung function and an
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Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of methane emissions monitoring. A team led by Prof. CHENG Tianhai has developed a high-resolution satellite remote sensing method that can quantify global methane emissions from landfills with unprecedented accuracy. This innovation could have significant
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to rescind greenhouse gas emissions standards for vehicles under the Clean Air Act, sending shockwaves through the environmental policy world. This move is not merely a regulatory rollback, but a fundamental rethinking of the legal and scientific basis for environmental regulation in
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a proposal to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding, a move that could have significant impacts on the automotive and manufacturing industries. The finding, made under the Obama administration, has been used to justify over $1 trillion in regulations, including the Biden-Harris
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The Government of Canada has announced an investment of over $21 million in nine research, development, and demonstration projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's transportation sector. These projects focus on medium- to heavy-duty vehicles with low or zero emissions, increasing the uptake of zero-emissions vehicles, and
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Environmental Protection Agency officials announced plans to repeal long-standing regulations on greenhouse gas emissions, citing concerns over job-killing costs and bureaucratic red tape. The reversal of the 2009 endangerment finding, which was the basis for $1 trillion in federal regulations, would eliminate costly regulations and help consumers save more than
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Researchers at Bangladesh Agricultural University have conducted a study that reveals the effectiveness of eco-friendly chimneys equipped with Carbon Purification Technology (CPT) in reducing air pollution from brick kilns. According to the study, led by Professor Dr Murad Ahmed Faruk, installing CPT-equipped chimneys can decrease toxic emissions by up to
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Satellite technology has improved significantly over the years, allowing for better tracking of wildfire smoke plumes. The University of Iowa's Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Jun Wang, and his team have been working on a new method that uses data from NASA's TEMPO satellite to
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced plans to revoke a scientific finding on climate change, which has served as the basis for key environmental and pollution regulations. Lee Zeldin, President Donald Trump's pick to head the EPA, stated that the agency will nix the 2009
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a proposal to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which has been used to justify over $1 trillion in regulations, including the Biden-Harris Administration's electric vehicle (EV) mandate. This move aims to provide much-needed certainty and regulatory relief to companies,
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France's pace of reducing greenhouse gas emissions may slow significantly in 2025, according to predictions by the French Industry Technology Center (Citepa). The agency reported that in the first quarter of 2025, France's greenhouse gas emissions rose by 0.2% year-on-year to 104.2 million tons
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Pune has taken significant steps towards adopting environment-friendly measures, including doubling its use of renewable energy in a year, but the city's air quality has not improved due to the increasing number of new vehicles on the road and the continued use of traditional cremation methods. According to
