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ICL briefing paper estimates that 52% of all small particle pollution from road transport comes from tires and brakes

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Despite this, research on the environmental and health impacts of tire wear has been neglected in comparison to the research and innovations dedicated to tackling fuel emissions. Tire wear particles pollute the environment, the air we breathe, the water run-off from roads and has compounding effects on waterways and agriculture.

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Harvard team finds large-scale US wind power would cause warming that would take roughly a century to offset

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Their analysis focused on the comparison of climate impacts and benefits. If your perspective is the next thousand years, then wind power is enormously cleaner than coal or gas. Miller and Keith (2018b) “Observation-based solar and wind power capacity factors and power densities” Environ. degrees Celsius. —David Keith.

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Greenius Declaration of Human Rights

Creative Greenius

My young friends in their 40s, 30s, 20s and teens not only have the right to a future that’s better, brighter and cleaner than our past but they sure as s**t also have a basic human right not to suffer the consequences of the fossil fuel companies continuing to burn climate-killing carbon for profit.

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Tesla Model Ys without radar equip several changes to improve Autopilot performance

Teslarati

For more comprehensive comparison optics, the friends compared Tesla Autopilot’s performance in the new, radar-less Model Y to the other Model Y they own, which does have radar installed. Model S and Model X cars will still have radar for the time being, but it will eventually be removed from these vehicles as well.

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Study finds “markedly” high levels of diesel exhaust present in commuter trains powered by locomotives in pull-mode

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A paper on the study is published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. They also took measurements while walking along busy streets in downtown Toronto for comparison. Cars being pushed by diesel trains during a return trip had air that was generally cleaner than that next to busy city streets. 2017.02.015.

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The environmental impact of electric cars

Drive Electric

The positive impact on our environment is one of the biggest and best, especially if you have a business that runs a fleet of vehicles. Are electric cars better for the environment? This is cleaner and better for the environment than producing petrol and diesel. In short, yes. DriveElectric Dictionary Definition .

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UCR CE-CERT resting of hybrid construction equipment finds reduction in fuel consumption, but increase in NOx emissions

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Summary of comparison of NO x emissions and fuel consumption of hybrid (D7E) and conventional (D6) dozers. The researchers used the activity measurements to develop duty cycles that were representative and also repeatable in terms of getting good comparisons between the different equipment.

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