Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Specifically, the proposed rule updates the current prohibition under section 608 of the Clean Air Act against knowingly venting, releasing or disposing of ozone-depleting (ODS) and substitute refrigerants and extends the requirements, as appropriate, to non-ozone-depleting substitute refrigerants, such as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

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EPA Emissions Global Ozone 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Up to an additional $60,000,000 may be available for projects under this solicitation from future funds appropriated by the California legislature on or before 30 June 2016. microns or less (PM 2.5 ); and NO x emissions that lead to ozone and secondary PM. Up to $23,658,000 is available for this project from FY 2014-15 funds.

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Grant Commercial California Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Mandatory regional criteria pollutant reduction targets will be established in the 2016 State Implementation Plans (SIPs) with expected reductions on the order of 90% below 2010 levels in the South Coast and similar reductions in the San Joaquin Valley by the year 2032. Transportation. —Draft Scoping Plan Update.

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Transportation Emissions California Ozone 273

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2014

Selin and colleagues compared the health benefits to the economic costs of three climate policies: a clean-energy standard, a transportation policy, and a cap-and-trade program. In 2011, 231 counties in the US exceeded the EPA’s regulatory standards for ozone, the main component of smog. —Gregory Nemet. Saari & Noelle E.

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MIT Carbon Climate Climate Change 231

Setec Powerr

AUGUST 20, 2021

million shares of an almost $3 billion settlement in 2016 between the U.S. Department of Justice and Volkswagen over violations of the Clean Air Act. Nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxides are precursor chemicals that, combined with sunlight, create ground-level ozone.

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Electric Vehicles Louisiana Charging Grant 52

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2016

The EPA sets standards for six principal air pollutants to meet its obligation under the Clean Air Act to protect the health of the American public, including vulnerable populations, by an adequate margin of safety. Ewart (2016) “American Thoracic Society and Marron Institute Report. The ATS recommended standards for O 3 and PM 2.5

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Pollution Standards Ozone EPA 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The “Kigali Amendment” resulting from the annual Montreal Protocol Meeting of Parties in October 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda targets phasing down the production of HFCs globally. More than three-quarters of HFC emissions in California come from the use of refrigerants in the commercial, industrial, residential, and transportation sectors.

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Pollution California Emissions Climate 150

Cars That Think

AUGUST 16, 2021

Meanwhile, environmentalists were voicing concern—about how noisy such aircraft are taking off, about the possibility that their high-altitude emissions would erode the ozone layer, and about how disruptive the sonic booms would be. The last of these issues was perhaps the most vexing, prompting the U.S. Boom Supersonic.

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Oklahoma City Ozone Oklahoma Fuel 107

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

Increased leadership from US EPA and the railroads, along with funding to address California’s needs, would signal a clean-air commitment that must be made to protect those who live and work near rail yards. NO x helps create ground-level ozone, or smog. ARB Chairman Mary Nichols.

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Diesel California Emissions 2007 170