Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The fossil fuel industry has systematically contaminated our environment with a wide range of toxic chemicals for over a century. It is one of the so-called criteria air pollutants , along with NOx, SOx, carbon monoxide (CO), and lead 5. Bermix Studio/Unsplash PM2.5: A subset of these particles, called PM2.5,

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2021

By Jennifer Matthews, Penn State News A new, environmentally friendly, single-step process has been developed to convert carbon dioxide into higher hydrocarbons using plasma, according to scientists and engineers. Finding a better way to convert waste carbon dioxide under mild conditions remains a major challenge in catalysis.

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Law and Environment

MAY 4, 2023

SMR requires steam, heat, and pressure to convert methane (in natural gas) to hydrogen and carbon monoxide. SMR is a high-carbon process that uses fossil fuels for process heat. They typically refer to fossil SMR hydrogen as “ grey ” hydrogen. We make hydrogen mainly using steam methane reforming (“SMR”).

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Because methane has 28 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide and a shorter atmospheric life of only 12 years, immediate action to reduce methane emissions —including from agriculture—is critical to slow our warming climate, especially in light of expanding global populations and food demand. Rice Emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

This investment will enable us to begin transitioning our fleet from burning fossil fuels to using renewable resources to reduce our carbon footprint, which will benefit both our company and our community.” It also helps lower the level of carbon dioxide, one of the greenhouse gases heating up the climate, in the air.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

It replaced an earlier, more dangerous, product called “town gas” or “coal gas,” which consisted mainly of hydrogen and carbon monoxide and was produced by heating coal in. CO 2 is at about 410 parts per million by volume (ppm) in the air, about 50% higher than before the start of large-scale fossil-fuel use.

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