2008, 2014 and Ozone

Study finds damage due to premature mortality from PM2.5 decreased >20% from 2008 to 2014

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

related damages, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford have found that, US-economy-wide, gross external damage (GED) due to premature mortality has decreased by more than 20% from 2008 to 2014. GED was calculated for the 3 most recent NEI years: 2008, 2011, and 2014. In a new study of PM 2.5

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2008 2014 Pollution Economy

EPA tightens ground-level ozone standard to 70 ppb

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OCTOBER 1, 2015

issued its final rule revising the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone to 70 parts per billion (ppb) from 75 ppb to protect public health. Ground-level ozone forms when nitrogen oxides (NO x ) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) react in the air. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Ozone EPA Standards District of Columbia

Study quantifies impact of oil and gas emissions on Denver’s ozone problem

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AUGUST 12, 2016

The first peer-reviewed study to directly quantify how emissions from oil and natural gas (O&NG) activities influence summertime tropospheric ozone (O 3 ) pollution in the Colorado Front Range confirms that chemical vapors from oil and gas activities are a significant contributor to the region’s chronic ozone problem.

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Ozone Oil Gas Emissions

EPA Proposes New Tougher Ground-Level Ozone Standards

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JANUARY 7, 2010

Counties projected to violate proposed Primary 8-hour Ground-Level Ozone Standards in 2020. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has proposed the strictest standards to date for ground-level ozone. EPA is proposing an accelerated schedule for designating areas for the primary ozone standard. Source: EPA.

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Ozone EPA Standards Arlington

Reduction in diesel carbonyl emissions using F-T fuel from coal

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MAY 29, 2014

Jakober, 2008). lower ozone formation potential of the carbonyl compounds present than DF under the identical operating conditions. Kleeman (2008) “Carbonyl Emissions from Gasoline and Diesel Motor Vehicles,”. Tests were performed under constant speed/varying load and under constant load/varying speed. CFT had 16.5–44.1%

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Coal Diesel Emissions Fuel

EPA finalizes Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (Transport Rule)

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JULY 7, 2011

The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule replaces and strengthens the requirements of the 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), which the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ordered EPA to revise in 2008. By 2014, the rule and other state and EPA actions will reduce SO 2 emissions by 73% from 2005 levels. NO x emissions will drop by 54%.

Pollution

Pollution EPA Transportation Ozone

EPA Proposes Transport Rule to Cut Pollution from Power Plants in 31 States and DC; New Approach for Pollution Reduction

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JULY 6, 2010

This proposal reduces emissions contributing to fine particle (PM 2.5 ) and ozone nonattainment that often travel across state lines. By 2014, the rule and other state and EPA actions would reduce SO 2 emissions by 71% over 2005 levels. billion in 2014. NO x emissions would drop by 52%.

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Pollution EPA Transportation DC

Calif. ARB releases GHG scoping plan update; more ZEVs, “LEV IV”, MD and HD regulations; ZEV for trucks; more LCFS

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Many of the strategies employed to reduce GHG emissions will also work to meet the national ambient air quality standard for ozone in 2032. However, to achieve the needed transportation GHG reductions and the corresponding 2032 ozone standards, the market uptake of advanced technologies will need to be accelerated.

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Transportation Emissions California Ozone

EPA and DOT issue final Phase 2 GHG and fuel efficiency rulemaking for medium- and heavy-duty trucks

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AUGUST 16, 2016

In order to achieve the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards set by US EPA, CARB estimates that the South Coast Air Basin alone (including Los Angeles) will need an 80% reduction in NO x emissions by 2031. Truck sales were up in model years 2014 and 2015, the years covered under the first round of truck standards.

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EPA Fuel Standards Emissions

San Joaquin Valley receives $12.9M from CARB for clean trucks

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AUGUST 21, 2022

The San Joaquin Valley has been attainment for Carbon Monoxide (CO) since 1994, reached attainment for the federal PM 10 standard in 2008, and demonstrated attainment of the federal 1-hour ozone standard in 2014. The District is currently working on reaching attainment for the federal 8-hour ozone and PM 2.5 standards.

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Clean Cleaning Ozone Fresno

California ARB greenlights states GHG cap-and-trade program

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

To ensure a gradual transition, ARB says it will provide significant free allowances to all industrial sources during the initial period (2012-2014). The regulation has been in development for the past two years since the passage of the Scoping Plan in 2008. ARB Staff presentation on Cap-and-Trade Program.

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California Climate Climate Change Gas-Electric

California Air Resources Board posts revised draft of strategy to reduce “Super Pollutants”

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

CARB began publicly evaluating controls for SLCPs with the first AB 32 Scoping Plan in 2008. Also, Senate Bill 605 (Lara, 2014) requires ARB to develop a plan to reduce emissions of SLCPs, while SB 1383 requires the Board to complete and approve the plan by 1 January 2018. SLCP emission reductions will support achieving these targets.

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Pollution California Emissions Climate

California ARB LEV III Concept Targeting Fleet-Average SULEV-Level Emissions Performance from New Vehicles by MY 2022

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Based on model year 2008 NMOG certification data for vehicles sold in California, 22% of new vehicles are certified as LEV, 55% as ULEV, and 22% as SULEV. Light-duty passenger cars and trucks are responsible for a major fraction of ozone- forming emissions: NO x (15% of California emissions), CO (42%), and ROG (21%).

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Emissions Fleet California Vehicles

Study finds marine workboat engines staying in service two times longer than estimated by EPA; emissions reduction implications

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MARCH 18, 2019

The US Army Corps of Engineers estimates that, as of 2014, there were approximately 9,000 Category 1 and 2 marine vessels operating on US waters. Since real-world workboat engines are operating with longer lifespans, the actual nitrogen oxide emission reductions are 52 percent weaker than predicted in EPA’s 2008 Rule calculations.

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Mariner EPA Emissions Engine

California ARB Seeks Further Reductions of Diesel Emissions at State Rail Yards

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

In response to a Board directive in April 2008, ARB staff developed a plan to further reduce emissions from locomotives and railyards. NO x helps create ground-level ozone, or smog. ARB Chairman Mary Nichols. The emission reductions were to be beyond existing US EPA regulations and ARB regulations and agreements.

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Diesel California Emissions 2007

Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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JUNE 8, 2015

In 2014, Volkswagen of America announced that starting with the launch of the zero-tailpipe emissions battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ), it would invest in projects to offset the carbon emissions created from the e-Golf on a full lifecycle basis: production, distribution and up to approximately 36,000 miles (57,936 km) of driving.

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Carbon Personal Store Emissions

Israel MoEP enforcing vehicle exclusion rules in Haifa Bay Low Emission Zone; $2.8M to retrofit 700 diesel trucks with DPFs

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MARCH 17, 2016

The Haifa region began air quality monitoring some 30 years ago; the metropolitan area now has the densest air quality monitoring network in Israel with 27 continuous monitoring stations that measure criteria pollutants including sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, ozone, particulates and more. emissions in the region.

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Emissions Diesel Pollution

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Study finds damage due to premature mortality from PM2.5 decreased >20% from 2008 to 2014

EPA tightens ground-level ozone standard to 70 ppb

Study quantifies impact of oil and gas emissions on Denver’s ozone problem

EPA Proposes New Tougher Ground-Level Ozone Standards

Reduction in diesel carbonyl emissions using F-T fuel from coal

EPA finalizes Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (Transport Rule)

EPA Proposes Transport Rule to Cut Pollution from Power Plants in 31 States and DC; New Approach for Pollution Reduction

Calif. ARB releases GHG scoping plan update; more ZEVs, “LEV IV”, MD and HD regulations; ZEV for trucks; more LCFS

EPA and DOT issue final Phase 2 GHG and fuel efficiency rulemaking for medium- and heavy-duty trucks

San Joaquin Valley receives $12.9M from CARB for clean trucks

California ARB greenlights states GHG cap-and-trade program

California Air Resources Board posts revised draft of strategy to reduce “Super Pollutants”

California ARB LEV III Concept Targeting Fleet-Average SULEV-Level Emissions Performance from New Vehicles by MY 2022

Study finds marine workboat engines staying in service two times longer than estimated by EPA; emissions reduction implications

California ARB Seeks Further Reductions of Diesel Emissions at State Rail Yards

Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

Israel MoEP enforcing vehicle exclusion rules in Haifa Bay Low Emission Zone; $2.8M to retrofit 700 diesel trucks with DPFs

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