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Reducing Black Carbon Emissions and Ground-Level Ozone Would Provide Immediate Benefit Against Climate Change

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Reducing emissions of black carbon soot and ground-level ozone would quickly make a considerable dent in the climate change problem and would also contribute to public health and protect crop yields, according to an essay in the September/October issue of Foreign Affairs. Besides a danger to breathe, ozone lowers crop yields.

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Life cycle analysis of three battery chemistries for PHEVs and BEVs; environmental impacts higher than expected

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On a per-storage basis, the team found that the NiMH technology was found to have the highest environmental impact, followed by NCM and then LFP, for all categories considered except ozone depletion potential. This inventory and LCA provide a basis for further benchmarking and focused development policies for the industry.

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Study finds that cities with highly contiguous built-up areas have on average lower NO2 concentrations

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Major sources of combustion-related emissions in urban areas are transportation, power generation, and industrial processes. It is also a precursor to the formation of ground-level ozone and particulate matter, and as a cause of acid rain. Environmental Science & Technology Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/es103866b. Bechle, Dylan B.

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Climate Expert: Don't Call It Geoengineering

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C above pre-industrial levels. We see it as similar to the ozone hole problem, where we really needed a tight, science-based focus on the limits to human inputs to the system--and howthose inputs affected the ozone layer's ability to keep people safe. C by the year 2100 , according to Climate Action Tracker.

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COVID-19 Forced Us All to Experiment. What Have We Learned?

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China enters world markets as major exporter of industrial products. For example, when China entered world markets as a major exporter of industrial products, production from less productive firms in Mexico was reduced or ceased altogether, thus diverting resources to more productive uses.

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HEI ACES study of lifetime animal exposure to New Technology Diesel Engine exhaust finds no lung cancer

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HEI is an independent, non-profit research institute funded jointly by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the worldwide motor vehicle industry. These results have appeared in more than 260 comprehensive reports published by HEI, as well as more than 1,000 articles in the peer-reviewed literature. Earlier post.)

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The #1 working mum’s guide to buying the perfect electric car

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Who wants to hear yet another article on ‘daddy owns a flash car’?… There could not be a better candidate for such an article! Firstly, I never entered this industry as an expert on cars and though I’ve learnt a lot along the way, I’m still far from an expert. me neither, particularly as it is mothers day! Mum, Get a Tesla!”.

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