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When Smog Enters Our Homes: How Much Do Air Purifiers Really Protect Us?
These days, air quality has once again become a central topic — and one of the major public health concerns. It’s a shame how quickly we forget about this problem as soon as warmer days arrive, but today I won’t…
EU imports of energy products continued to drop in Q2 2023
Following a strong increase in energy imports in the EU between 2021 and 2022, the scenario is different in 2023, with imports dropping for the second quarter in a row when compared with the same period in the previous year.…
Latest EEA Study Finds Multiple Benefits of Switch to Renewable Electricity
The increased use of renewable electricity across the European Union has not only reduced pressures linked to climate change, but also to air and water pollution (particulate matter formation, eutrophication and acidification), according to a European Environment Agency (EEA). More…
WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR ECOHEALTH
Although EcoHealth is significant for all living beings on the planet, the general public is not yet sufficiently familiar with the concept and term of this multidisciplinary field. The multiplication of the number of the inhabitants of the Earth over…
Methane Progress Should Guide Regulatory Approach
API Upstream Group Director Erik Milito discussed ongoing industry efforts to reduce methane emissions and the risk to emissions reductions progress posed by adding new layers of regulation during testimony this week before the environment subcommittee of the U.S. House…
Volcanic eruptions slow down climate change – temporarily
Although global concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has continuously increased over the past decade, the mean global surface temperature has not followed the same path. A team of international reseachers, KIT scientists among them, have now found an…