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AUGUST 25, 2014

The MIT group paid especially close attention to how changes in emissions caused by policy translate into improvements in local and regional air quality, using comprehensive models of both the economy and the atmosphere. In 2011, 231 counties in the US exceeded the EPA’s regulatory standards for ozone, the main component of smog.

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APRIL 11, 2014

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)—commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners—play a role in creating a hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica. 2014), Recent and future trends in synthetic greenhouse gas radiative forcing, Geophys. —Ronald Prinn. Rigby, M., 41, doi: 10.1002/2013GL059099.

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Climate Ozone Climate Change MIT 199

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DECEMBER 19, 2021

Up there, 10 to 50 kilometers above the Earth’s surface, ozone molecules absorb the sun’s ultraviolet light, protecting life far below. Even less is understood about the potential risks to people and the environment—could the particles deplete the ozone layer, for example, or significantly alter the weather? 2014 research paper.

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Ozone Solar Climate Change Climate 113

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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 273

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

When the nation addresses the growing danger of climate change, as I believe it must and will, California’s climate plan will serve as the model for a national program. The cap then declines about 2% in 2014 and then about 3% annually from 2015 to 2020. —ARB Chairman Mary D. business-as-usual.

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2012 California Climate Change Climate 218

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MAY 12, 2017

We estimate ozone and SOA formation potential. Finally, we analyze the potential climate effects of switching a PFI to a GDI fleet. Therefore, the secondary organic aerosol and ozone formation potential of the exhaust does not depend on engine technology. —Saliba et al.

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Fleet Engine Global Fuel Economy 207

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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). At its meeting in Sacramento yesterday, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) endorsed the state’s cap-and-trade regulation.

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California Climate Climate Change Gas-Electric 218

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

SLCPs may account for an estimated 40% of global warming, increasing the impacts of climate change. 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.

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Pollution California Emissions Climate 150

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APRIL 1, 2009

For each year from 2014 through 2022, the annual average lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, per unit of energy as determined by the Administrator of the EPA, of transportation fuel, excluding renewable fuel must not exceed the baseline. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Policy.

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Climate Standards Carbon California 186

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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 150