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Modeling study suggests 1.8M excess deaths attributable to urban air pollution in 2019

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billion people) are exposed to annual average levels of fine particulate matter exceeding the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline from 2005, leading to 1.8 The WHO 2005 guideline for PM 2.5 This has since been updated to the WHO 2021 guideline for PM 2.5 concentration between 2000-2019. In both 2000 and 2019, 1.2

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EEA report finds most Europeans in cities still exposed to levels of air pollution exceeding WHO guidelines

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The European Environment Agency’s (EEA’s) “ Air quality in Europe — 2019 report ” shows that almost all Europeans living in cities are still exposed to air pollution levels that exceed the health-based air quality guidelines (AQGs) set by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Harvard study links short-term exposure to PM2.5 with risks of common but rarely studied causes of hospital admissions; substantial economic costs

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They then analyzed 13 years’ worth of hospital admissions records, from 2000 to 2012, from more than 95 million inpatient hospital claims for Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and older. levels were below the WHO air quality guideline. —Joel Schwartz, professor of environmental epidemiology at Harvard Chan School and senior author.

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Study: tightening vehicle emissions standards resulted in higher rates of automaker non-compliance; unintended effects of threshold-based regulations

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Hu noted that a switch from thresholds to guidelines or alternative requirements give companies more room to operate ethically. The main issue here is that the EU is using a straightforward cutoff standard. You have to hit the score to make it. The authors urge policymakers and managers across industries to take note of their study.

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ROUSH CleanTech receives CARB retrofit LPG system certification for 2010 model year vehicles

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This is the first CARB certification awarded since 2000 for a liquefied petroleum gas retrofit system, and the first CARB certification for any alternative fuel system for retrofit installation on 2010 model year vehicles. liter Ford E-150, E-250 and E-350 cargo vans and wagons.

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HEI: 95%+ of world’s population live in areas of unhealthy air

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Seven billion people, more than 95% of the world’s population, lived in areas exceeding the WHO Guideline for healthy air in 2016, according to a new global study. concentrations to the WHO Air Quality Guideline. Fifty-eight percent lived in areas with PM 2.5 concentrations above above the WHO Interim Target 1 (IT-1, 35 ?g/m

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Volkswagen Group and Tata Motors Ltd. to explore strategic alliance for joint development projects; ŠKODA to lead

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The contractual framework and the guidelines for a strategic cooperation between the Volkswagen Group and Tata Motors Ltd. In 2000, it became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Group. —Günter Butschek, CEO and Managing Director of Tata Motors. will be examined and defined in detail over the coming months. million cars in 2016.

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