Green Car Congress
MAY 25, 2016
Long-term exposure to particulate air pollution has been linked to an increased risk of heart disease, but the biological process has not been understood. Participant-specific pollutant concentrations averaged over the years 2000–10 ranged from 9.2–22.6 The study is published in The Lancet. and NO x between 1999 and 2012.
Baua Electric
APRIL 21, 2024
Disneyland will replace gasoline vehicles at its Autopia ride with EVs in 2026, the Los Angeles Times confirmed this week. Disneyland will phase out the gasoline engines in its Autopia vehicles “within the next 30 months,” according to the Los Angeles Times.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 29, 2013
2000 (90% CI: 0–4,000) early deaths from ozone, according to the study. In a state-by-state analysis, the researchers found that California suffers the worst health impacts from air pollution, with about 21,000 early deaths annually, mostly attributed to road transportation and to commercial and residential emissions from heating and cooking.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 1, 2010
Approximately 9,000 people in California are estimated to die prematurely each year as a result of exposure to fine particle pollution, according to a new report issued by the California Air Resources Board (ARB). Fine particle pollution, smaller than 2.5 A causal relationship indicates the highest level of scientific certainty.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 8, 2011
New research by a team from the US, China and Japan focusing on the Houston, Texas area suggests that widespread urban development alters weather patterns in a way that can make it easier for pollutants to accumulate during warm summer weather instead of being blown out to sea. ““The very existence of the Houston area favors stagnation.”
Green Car Congress
MAY 18, 2009
Jacobson first showed in 2000 that black carbon was the second-leading cause of global warming after carbon dioxide in terms of radiative forcing and, in 2002, that its control was the most effective method of slowing warming. Further, controlling soot will significantly reduce particulate air pollution deaths. Mark Jacobson.
Green Car Congress
MAY 4, 2016
used data collected at three US sampling sites: (1) in Washington State on the taxi and shuttle loop at the Seattle−Tacoma International Airport; (2) a long-term light-duty site in California located on I-10 between Santa Monica and downtown Los Angeles; and (3) a long-term light-duty site in Illinois located in the northwest suburbs of Chicago.
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