According to the ANWB1, there are already about 150,000 electric cars in the Netherlands and I am seriously concerned about the irresponsible rapid growth. In the Netherlands, around 8,700,000 cars are registered and now imagine that in 40 years time all these cars run on electricity. A simple calculation then teaches us that in the…
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Today we asked the DCMR (Climate and Environment Desk Rijnmond) for the flaring permits they issued to business in Rijnmond (literally Rhine Mouth). Rijnmond is the conurbation surrounding the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The DCMR works at the request of local and regional authorities, and aims for a liveable and safe region for the people who live and…
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Measurements gathered by the Copernicus Sentinel-5P mission between January and August 2018 have been averaged to reveal formaldehyde in the atmosphere. This map is based on ‘vertical column’ concentrations. This air pollutant is released into the atmosphere from forest fires and wood processing, for example. It is an important intermediate gas in the oxidation of…
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Rigzone.com today wrote today about a coalition of U.S. oil and gas companies called The Environmental Partnership that launched a new program under which they will report data to gauge annual progress in reducing flaring in their upstream operations, the American Petroleum Institute (API) reported Wednesday. Read more about this at https://www.rigzone.com/news/onshore_us_operators_to_report_flaring_data-17-dec-2020-164127-article/
Today in the Bangkok Post an article about an Amazon Tribe filing a lawsuit against state-owned Chinese oil company PetroOriental. Learn more about this lawsuit at https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2033803/amazon-tribe-files-lawsuit-against-chinese-firm-over-gas-flaring
In 2015 the Worldbank started the “Zero Routine Flaring by 2030” initiative for governments, oil companies, and development institutions. The World Bank encourages relevant industry organizations to participate as advocates and to help meet the Initiative’s objectives. At you find the countries, companies and institutions who signed the initiative. Nevertheless at almost a daily based…
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