Tag: nitrogen
USA: Death row candidate to die with nitrogen in first execution
Execution in the USA Death row prisoner is said to die from nitrogen: human rights experts warn of torture The execution chamber at Holman Correctional Facility in Alabama. Spent hours…
Justice: Open questions before the first nitrogen execution in the USA
In Alabama, a man sentenced to death is to be executed with nitrogen. To date, this method has not been tested anywhere. The case concerns human rights experts – there…
Death penalty: US court allows murderer to be executed with nitrogen
Death penalty in the USA Court allows convicted murderer to be executed with nitrogen An execution cell in the USA. The state of Alabama wants to use a new method…
Death penalty: Alabama plans new method of execution – nitrogen asphyxiation
Because there is a lack of medication and executions have gone wrong in recent years, US states are looking for new methods. In Alabama, Kenneth Eugene Smith is now said…
Chemical accident at Aurubis: Another employee dies after a nitrogen leak
Chemical accident at Aurubis Another employee died after nitrogen leak A devastating chemical accident occurred at the copper producer Aurubis. photo © Georg Wendt/dpa The devastating chemical accident has already…
Pollution: Study: Immensely increased nitrogen input into the oceans
environmental pollution Study: Immensely increased nitrogen input into the oceans Use of fertilizers in agriculture. Global ammonia emissions are almost exclusively due to the agricultural sector. photo © Brunno Covello/dpa…
10 years of nitrogen alarm in cities: With Tempo 30 to better air
Status: 02/28/2023 4:10 p.m Because German cities have long exceeded nitrogen limits, Brussels and environmentalists increased the pressure ten years ago. Measures such as Tempo 30 in Mainz followed –…
Nitrogen oxide pollution: Munich decides stricter diesel driving bans
The environmental zone will be extended to the Mittlerer Ring in the coming year. Particularly dirty combustion cars will no longer be allowed to drive there – but there are…
The Mirail incinerator is “the most polluting in France” for its nitrogen oxide emissions
In 2020, waste treatment plant du Mirail, in Toulouse, emitted as much nitrogen oxide “as the three largest French incinerators put together”. This is according to the Toulouse branch of…
Dispute over nitrogen: farmers’ protests in the Netherlands: where does the anger come from?
Controversy over nitrogen Farmers’ protests in the Netherlands: where does the anger come from? Dutch farmers blocked a road with their tractors at the end of June. Photo: Vincent Jannink/ANP/dpa…