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Electric Vehicle Initiative Launched at Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington DC

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At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, 19-20 July, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020.

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TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

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Emissions from vehicles, power plants, industrial operations, and other human activities are a primary cause of surface ozone, which is one of six main pollutants regulated in the US by the Clean Air Act.

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Fast action on black carbon, ozone and methane could help limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees C

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Introduction of clean-burning biomass stoves for cooking and heating in developing countries. Substitution of clean-burning cookstoves using modern fuels for traditional biomass cookstoves in developing countries. Pellet stoves and boilers, using fuel made from recycled wood waste or. sector in industrialized countries.

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