Green Car Congress
AUGUST 10, 2018
The federal Clean Air Act and associated environmental regulations have driven steep declines in air pollution emissions over the past several decades, even as US manufacturers increased production, according to a study by two University of California, Berkeley, economists. —Joseph Shapiro, co-author. —Reed Walker.
Green Car Congress
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. Indeed, farms have become the largest contributor to air pollution damages from PM2.5 In a new study of PM 2.5
Green Car Congress
MAY 30, 2019
A new University at Buffalo (UB) study based on levels before, during and after the Beijing Olympics has shown how air pollution affects the human body at the level of metabolites. Metabolites are small molecules that are the end products of environmental exposures, such as air pollution, and body metabolism.
Green Car Congress
MAY 12, 2020
Levels of two major air pollutants have been reduced significantly since lockdowns began in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but a secondary pollutant—ground-level ozone—has increased in China, according to new research. Ozone is harmful to humans at ground-level, causing pulmonary and heart disease.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 17, 2009
World production of fossil fuels—oil, coal, and natural gas—increased 2.9% in 2008 to reach 27.4 Continuing a decade-long trend, most of the growth was in the Asia-Pacific region, where production grew 6.3%. Coal has led the growth in fossil fuel production. Oil production reached 10.7 in 2008 to reach 7.6
Green Car Congress
MAY 12, 2016
More than 80% of people living in urban areas that monitor air pollution are exposed to air quality levels that exceed World Health Organization (WHO) limits, according to the organization. Global urban air pollution trends. While all regions of the world are affected, populations in low-income cities are the most impacted.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
signed SB 1383 , establishing the nation’s toughest restrictions on super pollutants including black carbon, fluorinated gases and methane. Sources of these super pollutants include petroleum-based transportation fuels, agriculture, waste disposal and synthetic gases used in refrigeration, air conditioning and aerosol products.
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