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FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Air pollution varies widely over the course of a day and by location, even within the same city. Now scientists, reporting in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , have used smartphone and sensing technology better to pinpoint where and when pollution is at its worst. Nieuwenhuijsen et al. Nieuwenhuijsen et al.

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APRIL 18, 2019

The enforcement case began after the company informed CARB in 2015 that it had made unapproved repairs and modifications to CARB-certified on-road engines. Fiat failed to inform CARB about the fixes when they were made and also disclosed that it had certified 2014-2016 model year off-road engines using incorrect emissions data.

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MAY 10, 2020

An international team of researchers has used satellite images to map urban growth between 1985 and 2015. Urban area dynamics during 1985–2015 at the global and continent scales. They then extracted cells from the two fusion maps that changed from non-urban in 1985 to urban in 2015. —Liu et al.

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MAY 8, 2015

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has released , for public review, a concept paper to initiate discussion on the development of a Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy. Short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) include methane, tropospheric ozone, black carbon, and fluorinated gases.

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OCTOBER 25, 2017

A new study by a team from Brazil, with colleagues in the US, has shown that particulate pollution biomass burning in the Amazon induced inflammation, oxidative stress and severe DNA damage in human lung cells. After 72 hours of exposure, more than 30% of the cultured cells are dead, the researchers found.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Changes include a new liability and compensation regime for federally regulated railways, including minimum insurance requirements; a compensation fund financed by levies on crude oil shippers; increased information-sharing provisions; and stronger oversight powers for the Minister and Transport Canada inspectors.

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APRIL 7, 2015

Results from a new study by researchers at the University of California Irvine support a growing body of scientific literature indicating that sensitive populations, including children, certain ethnic groups and people of lower socioeconomic status, are more vulnerable to the effects of high exposures to traffic-related air pollution.

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JANUARY 18, 2021

The complaint filed in Manhattan federal court alleges that from approximately 2005 until at least late 2015, Toyota systematically violated Clean Air Act automobile defect reporting requirements designed to protect public health and the environment from harmful air pollutants. Toyota’s Conduct from Approximately 2005 to 2015.

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JUNE 8, 2018

pollution in the state. is especially burdensome in California and accounts for the greatest percentage of health impacts attributable to air pollution. km-resolution MISR aerosol properties over Southern California for years 2001–2003, 2007–2009 and 2013–2015. to predict PM 2.5 Most monitors do not track individual PM 2.5

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AUGUST 22, 2011

Transport for London (TfL) recently announced a package of measures to tackle pollution levels at the busiest roads in central London. The start of a greening program to trap pollution—a row of 50 green towers (six foot tall planters) have been installed along Lower Thames Street, one of central London’s most polluted roads.

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MAY 1, 2018

NO x emissions have not been decreasing as expected in recent years (2011–2015) when comparing top-down estimates from satellites and surface NO 2 measurements to the trends predicted from the US Environmental Protection Agency’s emission inventory data, according to a new study by an international team of researchers.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

The United States recently submitted an information paper to the United Nation’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) that sets out a timeframe for initiating the US domestic regulatory process for addressing greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft under the Clean Air Act. —Information paper.

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AUGUST 23, 2019

is the leading global environmental risk factor for mortality and disease burden, with associated annual global welfare costs of trillions of dollars, However, no one knows what city has the highest level of the pollution. Such sparse monitoring fails to represent pollution variability. Exposure to ambient PM 2.5 million people.

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OCTOBER 1, 2015

It highlights that on a special consumer site dedicated to information about these models, which include the 2009-2015 Jetta TDI, 2009-2014 Jetta SportWagen TDI, 2010-2015 Golf TDI, 2015 Golf SportWagen TDI, 2012-2015 Beetle TDI, and 2012-2015.

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APRIL 14, 2015

While numerous studies have shown that air pollution is associated with cardio-pulmonary mortality, there has been less research into the possible effect of air pollution on stroke and non-fatal coronary events. Information regarding stroke or cardiovascular disease occurrence and/or associated mortality was collected annually.

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The Detroit Information reported that Palma resigned from his task on Wednesday. He joined FCA in January 2015, the profile says. FCA US up to now paid a $311 million civil penalty and over $183 million in reimbursement to over 63,000 nation as a part of a class-action diesel lawsuit.

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MARCH 12, 2018

The recall fix was implemented by VW after 2015 when it was revealed that more than 11 million VW diesel vehicles had been sold with a defeat device installed, which detected when a vehicle’s engine was being tested and subsequently changed performance to improve emission results. However, the NO x emissions were still 4.11

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AUGUST 2, 2022

According to the company’s admissions and court documents, beginning at least as early as 2010, FCA US developed a new 3.0-liter liter diesel engine for use in FCA US’ Jeep Grand Cherokee and Ram 1500 vehicles that would be sold in the United States.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved a remedy proposed by Volkswagen that will reduce the excess NO x emissions from the Generation 3 (MY 2015) diesel 2.0 liter vehicles. With the approval, VW can offer vehicle owners the choice to keep and fix their car, or to have it bought back.

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MARCH 21, 2019

Many communities near major refineries live in fear of exposure to airborne pollutants during a major refinery incident—or during normal operations. The agencies released an inventory of air monitoring and response capabilities for each major refinery in May 2015.

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MAY 10, 2016

Also, the Clean Cities program develops public resources to inform consumers on the environmental and cost benefits of a range of fuels and vehicles that cut down on petroleum use. There are nearly 100 coalitions of stakeholders, including state and local government agencies, businesses, fuel providers and community organizations.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

According to UAI, the EPA has published inaccurate data for years claiming that ethanol increases emissions, even though ethanol’s pollution reducing qualities have been demonstrated repeatedly. The petitioners filed their initial Request for Correction in 2015. AKI compared to the market average 88.3

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

The program will expand in 2015 to include fuel distributors to address emissions from combustion of transportation fuels and combustion of natural gas and propane at sources not covered in the first phase of the program. Fuel suppliers will be required to report emissions as specified in the MRR.

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APRIL 9, 2015

GMS has already conducted a trial in Metro Manila that ran from September 2014 through January 2015 using electric tricycles with proprietary sensing technologies and technologies such as remote vehicle-control systems, fare-authentication systems, and anti-theft systems. Background. The Philippines is home to more than 3.5

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JUNE 17, 2014

CSE was selected to administer the MOR-EV program through June 2015 with an initial funding of $1.86 based regional air pollution control agency that recently helped coordinate and draft the Northeast States Governors’ Memorandum of Understanding to ensure maximum deployment of zero-emission vehicles in the region.

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MAY 21, 2015

Autism spectrum disorders are lifelong conditions for which there is no cure and limited treatment options, so there is an urgent need to identify any risk factors that we could mitigate, such as pollution. Studies by other institutions using different populations also have associated pollutants with ASD. —Evelyn Talbott.

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MAY 27, 2015

The US EPA estimates that its air pollution regulations save thousands of lives annually. The bulk of these regulations require national emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants; analysis includes the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards and the Cross State Air Pollution Rule. Researchers Kerry Krutilla, David H.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Ozone pollution near Earth’s surface is one of the main ingredients of summertime smog. Determining effective strategies for mitigating surface ozone (O 3 ) pollution requires knowledge of the relative ambient concentrations of its precursors, NO x , and VOCs. Credits: NASA’s Earth Observatory /Josh Stevens. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

The Clean Air Act requires vehicle manufacturers to demonstrate to EPA through a certification process that their products meet applicable federal emission standards to control air pollution. In September 2015, EPA instituted an expanded testing program to screen for defeat devices on light duty vehicles.

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OCTOBER 21, 2017

Information on the other two greenhouse gases, methane (CH 4 ) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O), is only available until 2012, as international statistics on agricultural activities—the main source of these emissions—are not updated as frequently as on energy and industry-related activities. Other greenhouse gases keep creeping up.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In 2015, the U.S. Wanser: I'll focus on the one for which there is the most robust information. by spewing pollution into the air. The largest blue bar is the effect of pollution particles on clouds. [[The It's a cooling effect and it's happening all over the world as a result of pollution from factories, ships, and cars.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

A new study sponsored by Indiana University concludes that President Obama’s vision of one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on US roads by 2015 will require concentrated efforts action from all stakeholders— the auto industry, federal government, the scientific community, and consumers—to be realized.

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JANUARY 12, 2016

VW’s submitted recall plan for 2-liter diesel passenger vehicles sold in California between 2009 and 2015 which were sold with the software defeat devices. diesel vehicles manufactured for model year (MY) 2009 through MY 2015 to circumvent CARB and EPA emission test procedures. The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is rejecting.

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MAY 25, 2012

Emissions from shipping due to the combustion of marine fuels with a high sulfur content contribute to air pollution in the form of sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, which harm human health and contribute to acidification. as from 1 January 2015. in this context the potential for reducing air pollution by ships.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

Already serving an estimated 1,200 fuel-cell vehicles and growing, the company will give its customers and others clear information about the resources they are consuming and how they are helping the environment by posting a new Analysis Label, like the ingredients label on the back of food packaging.

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MAY 21, 2020

The VW diesel scandal began on 18 September 2015. Stuart Grange works in Empa’s Air Pollution/Environmental Technology Laboratory and also at the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories at the University of York. liters displacement (type code EA 189) contained illegal software designed to manipulate emissions.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

A collaboration led by researchers at Leiden University in The Netherlands has launched a Europe-wide citizen campaign— iSPEX-EU 2015 —to use a smartphone add-on and app to measure atmospheric aerosols (tiny particles), resulting in a broad-based data set with high spatio-temporal resolution. iSPEX add-on. Click to enlarge.

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