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- 1Driver high on laughing gas jailed for killing cyclist in east London▼Speeding driver high on laughing gas who killed music student on bike in east London is jailed https://www.standard.co.u
A driver who was high on laughing gas and speeding has been jailed for killing music student Harry Webb, who was cycling in Hackney, east London. The sentencing closes a case that has drawn attention to the dangers of nitrous oxide use behind the wheel and the risks faced by cyclists in the capital.
- 2Biodegradable plastic found to raise soil greenhouse gas emissions●Researchers at Northwest A&F University, working with colleagues in Spain, have found that when biodegradable polylactic
Researchers at Northwest A&F University in China, working with colleagues in Spain, report that biodegradable polylactic acid (PLA) microplastics, when mixed into orchard soil, cause the soil to sharply increase emissions of two potent greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide. The findings challenge the assumption that biodegradable plastics are environmentally harmless and add to concerns about the spread of microplastics in agricultural land.
- 3Cutting superpollutants seen as fast climate win▼disrupting supply chains, agriculture, energy systems and workplaces, and many can be cut with technologies available to
Discussion is focused on superpollutants — methane, black carbon, tropospheric ozone, nitrous oxide and high-warming refrigerant gases — which warm the planet far more powerfully than carbon dioxide per tonne. These pollutants are already disrupting supply chains, agriculture, energy systems and workplaces. Advocates stress that many emissions can be slashed using technologies available today, making rapid cuts one of the most achievable ways to slow warming in the near term.