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Study Finds Elevated Ultrafine Particle Pollution Levels Near Regional Airports

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Aircraft exhaust includes pollutants linked to a variety of health problems. The scientists measured a range of air pollutants near a general aviation airport for private planes and corporate jets in Southern California (Santa Monica Airport) in the spring and summer of 2008. times higher at distance equal to about six football fields.

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Study links California regulations, significant declines in cancer risk from exposure to air toxics

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Following the establishment of California’s statewide Truck and Bus Rule in 2008, California began requiring diesel particulate filters on trucks, reducing diesel particulate matter from the exhaust gas of diesel engines. Neighborhoods in freight corridors, including those near ports, will especially benefit.

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

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While current state and federal measures are on target to reduce toxic diesel locomotive emissions 65% or more by 2020, additional measures recommended by ARB staff would ultimately provide up to 85% or greater emissions reductions within the rail yards over the same period, resulting in cleaner air for nearby residential neighborhoods as well.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

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The following lists are not exhaustive or fully comprehensive, but we have tried to include a representative list of resources for each category. 1 Point Reyes EVs Did You Know? Batteries Included $142,000 Grant 2006 Archive GM Plug-in Series Hybrid? com Vigil to save last remaining 78 EV1 cars www.pluginamerica.com/saveev1.htm

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New efficient hybrid optimization control method for diesel engine emissions and performance

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The basic PSO and the hybrid PSO-GA method were applied to the test apparatus and used to locate the optimum neighborhood of the engine operation. Minemura (2008) “Application of hybrid evolutionary algorithms to low exhaust emission diesel engine design” Engineering Optimization. bar brake mean effective pressure. Obayashi, Y.

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