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JANUARY 2, 2013

kWh—approximately 2–4 times current retail costs—for emission-free alternatives to fossil fuel electricity due to the cost of health impacts from fossil fuel electricity, according to a new analysis by a pair of researchers at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Energy and Climate Change Office, Region 9.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Source: EPA. For the fifth consecutive year, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reporting an increase in new vehicle fuel efficiency with a corresponding decrease in average carbon dioxide emissions for new US cars and light duty trucks. Source: EPA. Adjusted CO 2 emissions and adjusted fuel economy by model year.

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JUNE 30, 2009

The US Environmental Agency (EPA) has granted California’s waiver request enabling the state to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards (Pavley I) for new motor vehicles, beginning with the current model year. These regulations were authorized by the 2002 legislation Assembly Bill 1493 (Pavley). EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson.

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

The original Honda FCX became the first EPA- and CARB-certified fuel-cell vehicle in July 2002. The FCX also was the world’s first production fuel-cell vehicle, introduced to the US and Japan in December 2002.

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AUGUST 26, 2014

Zipcar was the first car-sharing company in the United States to introduce electric vehicles, starting in Boston in 2002, and the first to offer hybrid vehicles through a partnership with Honda in Seattle in 2003. Honda’s 2014 Fit EV, based on the popular five-passenger Fit, is rated at a combined fuel economy of 118 MPGe.

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DECEMBER 5, 2013

Fort Wayne Assembly has used landfill gas since 2002. Earlier this year, Fort Wayne was named a US EPA Energy Star certified facility for its prudent energy management. When the electric-generation project is completed, 54% of Orion’s energy will come from renewable landfill gas.

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Gas-Electric GM Gas 2002 275

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AUGUST 26, 2019

They compared the geo-incidence of claims to measurements of 87 potential air pollutants from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Denmark tracks environmental quality indicators over much smaller areas (a little over one-quarter of a mile) than does the EPA. million people born in Denmark between 1979 and 2002.

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Pollution Denmark United States Personal 259

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JUNE 15, 2014

outboards—release one-fifth of the carbon monoxide emissions of a four-stroke engine at idle and are compliant with stringent US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), European Union (EU), and California Air Resources Board (CARB) 3-Star ultra-low emissions standards. They new G2 engines—3.4-liter liter (3441 cc) V6 (74?)

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MAY 18, 2009

In testimony for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) public hearing ( earlier post ) on the proposed endangerment finding for greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act ( earlier post ), Stanford Professor Mark Jacobson urged the EPA to include black carbon in the finding. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 1, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Justice Department (DOJ) announced that Mississippi-based PowerTrain, Inc. Between 2002 and 2008, PowerTrain imported 79,830 nonroad engines or pieces of equipment into the US that were not covered by a Clean Air Act-required certificate of conformity.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Justice Department (DOJ) announced that Mississippi-based PowerTrain, Inc. Between 2002 and 2008, PowerTrain imported 79,830 nonroad engines or pieces of equipment into the US that were not covered by a Clean Air Act-required certificate of conformity.

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Clean Cleaning District of Columbia Standards 186

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

CO 2 and NO x certification test data for heavy-duty diesel engines certified from 2002 through 2019. Source of data: US EPA (2019). Chart: MECA.

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Emissions Diesel Engine 2010 291

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JULY 31, 2013

Optimizing swirl speed depending upon the engine operating condition is an effective means to increase thermal efficiency and reduce emissions, Toyota researchers noted in a paper in the R&D Review of Toyota CRDL in 2002. Cruze’s diesel offers a segment-leading EPA-estimated 46 mpg highway (5.1

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JUNE 11, 2019

CO 2 and NO x certification test data for heavy-duty diesel engines certified from 2002 through 2019. Source of data: US EPA (2019). Both the US EPA and the California ARB have announced rulemakings focused on strengthening the current heavy-duty emission standards. The cost of controlling NO x to 0.05 Credit: MECA.

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Standards Diesel 2019 Emissions 191

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APRIL 12, 2016

The researchers studied 614 children born to mothers who enrolled between 1999 and 2002 in Project Viva, a long-term study of women’s and children’s health in eastern Massachusetts. Rice noted that PM 2.5 levels in Boston have declined by more than 30% between 1996 and 2006. — Cora S. Sack, MD, and Joel D.

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JULY 16, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed GHG standards, which are harmonized with NHTSA’s CAFE standards, are projected to require 163 grams/mile of CO 2 ) in model year 2025. Similarly, a Ford F-150 pickup costs $950 more than it did in 2002 due to fuel economy improvements. mpg US (5.87 L/100km) in model year 2025.

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Fuel Economy 2017 Price Economy 247

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MAY 25, 2016

Repeated scans were done for nearly all participants between 2002 and 2005; for a subset of participants between 2005 and 2007; and for half of all participants between 2010 and 2012. The MESA Air study was funded in 2004 by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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JANUARY 30, 2017

3, respectively, in total fuel cell patents filed in 2002 through 2015. The Clarity Fuel Cell received the best driving range rating from the EPA of any electric vehicle without a combustion engine with a range rating of 366 miles and fuel economy rating of 68 miles per gallon of gasoline-equivalent combined. GM and Honda rank No.

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Honda GM Michigan Manufacturer 150

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OCTOBER 27, 2015

In 2002, the Honda FCX became the first fuel cell vehicle in the world to be certified by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Clarity Fuel Cell will be sequentially evolved into the US and Europe.

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Honda Miles Fuel Range 150

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OCTOBER 25, 2013

The number 2 has denoted the presence of a sporting driving experience in a sub-compact two-door car for 45 years, said BMW—ever since the introduction of the BMW 2002 in 1968. The most spectacular version was the 170 hp BMW 2002 turbo—the first turbocharged model from a European manufacturer. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 6, 2009

Work Trucks: Under the agreement, consumers can trade in a pre-2002 work truck (defined as a pick-up truck or cargo van weighing from 8,500-10,000 pounds) and receive a voucher worth $3,500 for a new work truck in the same or smaller weight class. There will be a finite number of these vouchers, based on this vehicle class’s market share.

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Scrappage Congress Cash For Clunkers MPG 150

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OCTOBER 21, 2007

With hydrogen as a fuel option, the car is so expensive and made in such limited numbers it has no MSRP and is not rated on the EPA Green Vehicle Guide for 2007 or 2008. For comparison purposes, the 2002 Toyota RAV4 EV plug-in electric car has a mpg(equivalent) of over 100; and a best possible air pollution index of 10.)

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NOVEMBER 22, 2009

Efforts to increase fuel economy and lower emissions show no signs of losing pace as the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a report revealing a fifth consecutive increase in new vehicle fuel efficiency with a corresponding decrease in average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

California’s vehicle GHG standards—authorized by AB 1493 (Pavley) in 2002, first approved in 2004, and extended in 2012—are delivering fuel consumption and CO 2 reductions. These rules cover model years through 2025; ARB is working with the US EPA on national GHG standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

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DECEMBER 23, 2021

The EPA has rated the EcoBoost 2.3L mpg, exceeding the EPA figure. First introduced in 2002, versions of this suspension system are found on Camaro, Corvette, Cadillac, Acura, Audi, Land Rover, Ferrari, and Lamborghini models. And yes, you can spin the tires! high-performance at 20 mpg city/27 highway/22 combined.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Minus points go to the old-school LCD screen in the center of the gauges, which could easily be from 2002. The EPA says owners can expect to manage 27 city and 35 highway. Traditional gauges for the driver are clear and easy to read. Seats are covered with a somewhat rough black cloth, with a diamond pattern insert to match the dash.

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MAY 17, 2015

Estimated EPA MPGe. >59. 1 Given that US EPA fuel economy figures for the vehicles are not yet available, we are using the ECE fuel consumption figures from Europe as a means to provide a comparison across vehicles, and are providing the estimated EPA figure where available. Estimated EPA city fuel economy is more than 59 MPGe.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

From 1994 to 2002, Purcell led the GM Advanced Technology Vehicles Group (GM ATV). Nordic Ecolabel and Chinese EPA CEC Ecolabel accreditation for chemical control during manufacturing and in the final product. Volumetric density of 420Wh/L. 1,000+ cycles at 100% Depth Of Discharge (DOD). 2,000+ cycles at 90% DOD.

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Boston Li-ion GM PHEV 210

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

This subtopic seeks research and development projects on novel lubricant formulations expected to improve the efficiency of advanced combustion regime engines by at least 10% (improvement based on comparison to similarly configured 2002 or later commercially available combustion engine). AOI 2: Lightweighting Materials.

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Li-ion Carbon Fiber Vehicles Low Cost 231

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JUNE 24, 2013

Even accounting for differences resulting from variations in drive cycles, XL1 appears to deliver significantly better electric fuel consumption than the EPA-rated electric or plug-in vehicles on the US market. Data: Volkswagen, US EPA and DOE. Comparison of electric drive fuel consumption (kWh/100 miles). Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 20, 2012

L/2002 calibration and 6.4 The US EPA (2002) has identified 11 toxics in diesel exhaust (acetaldehyde, acrolein, benzene, 1,3-butadiene, ethyl benzene, formaldehyde, n-hexane, naphthalene, styrene, toluene, and xylene) and stated that emissions could “increase or decrease when biodiesel is blended with diesel fuel, and of those ?

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Pollution Diesel Emissions Engine 231

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APRIL 29, 2014

CFA selected 23 mpg as a benchmark for this analysis because it is the EPA fuel economy label equivalent to the 30.6 Fuel economy remained relatively stagnant from 2002 to 2008, with the first real increase coming following the passage of the Energy Security and Independence Act (EISA) in 2007 during the Bush administration.

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MPG Fuel Economy 2014 Economy 220

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MAY 2, 2018

To find out, Rice and colleagues analyzed data from 1,522 Boston-area children born between 1999 and 2002 whose mothers had enrolled in a long-term study called Project Viva, which was established to examine how behavioral and environmental factors—such as sleep and eating habits or exposure to pollution—impact children’s health.

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Pollution Boston MPH 150

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

On 15 Sep, NHTSA and the US EPA proposed a joint rulemaking on fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions for light duty vehicles: an average new car 34.1 The 250 g/mile of CO 2 equivalent emissions limit by EPA is equivalent to 35.5 These technologies are covered separately in the EPA RIA. Click to enlarge. Technologies.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

May, 2009 : Testifying at a public hearing conducted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Stanford University professor Mark Jacobsen urged the EPA to incorporate black carbon into calculations of greenhouse gases. We believe that we need to complete the domestic legislative agenda here.

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JANUARY 28, 2009

Sign the petition Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge www.sierraclub.org/arctic/ American Lung Association call for better EPA air pollution standards. Deffeyes, 2005 "The Coming Oil Crisis", by Colin Campbell "Crossing the Rubicon", by Michael C.

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Plug-in America Plug EV1 30

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JANUARY 13, 2013

UNEP produced its first Global Mercury Assessment in 2002 and a subsequent study in 2007. INC5 comes several days after UNEP released a new assessment showing that communities in developing countries are facing increasing health and environmental risks linked to exposure to mercury.

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