Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2014

After ten years in orbit, the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on NASA’s Aura satellite has been in orbit sufficiently long to show that people in major US cities are breathing less nitrogen dioxide. Nitrogen dioxide is one of the six common pollutants regulated by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protect human health.

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Ozone Maryland Aura Pollution 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2011

The flights will be supported by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and will aid EPA in monitoring pollutants. Ground sites maintained by the Maryland Department of the Environment form the backbone of the surface network.

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Ozone Maryland Pollution Baltimore 186

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Earlier post.).

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GM Buick Fuel Economy Economy 262

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MAY 9, 2009

Nitz also noted that the coming next-generation of the mild GM Hybrid System ( earlier post ), which in its current form is applied in the Malibu, VUE and Aura, will offer equivalent power to Honda’s IMA system in the new Insight. second 0-60 mph (0-97 km/h) acceleration performance, as compared to a 6.9

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GM Saturn Hybrid VUE 257