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OCTOBER 27, 2016

The report, Clean Air Future: Health and Climate Benefits of Zero Emission Vehicles , was produced by the American Lung Association in California. Under this scenario, the estimated total health and climate change costs associated with passenger vehicle fleet pollution drops from to $37 billion annually to $15.7 billion by 2050.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

At its meeting in Sacramento yesterday, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) adopted targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 and 2035 associated with passenger vehicle travel in the state’s 18 Metropolitan Planning Organizations. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Land use Policy. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

The funds will support the deployment of thousands of zero-emission trucks, school buses and transit buses to deliver clean air benefits to communities hit hardest by the impacts of pollution from medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Last month, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved a complementary plan for $2.6

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DECEMBER 25, 2011

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is soliciting research suggestions for the Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Annual Research Plan in the form of brief conceptual descriptions that address specified research gaps and support the Board’s ongoing regulatory and policy priorities. The deadline to submit research concepts is 31 January 2012.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a $95-million plan for critical clean transportation investments to expedite the adoption of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) and help the state reach its climate, air quality and other goals. million for light-duty EV charging infrastructure. $30 The plan calls for: $32.7

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AUGUST 26, 2014

Black carbon (BC) from incomplete biomass and fossil fuel combustion is the most strongly light-absorbing component of particulate matter (PM) air pollution and a major climate-forcing emission. We wanted to identify the pollution sources that most impact human health to help inform these pollution control efforts.

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MAY 23, 2022

An international team of researchers has shed light on one way new particles are forming in the upper troposphere. There are no factories or farms, and planes are thought to make up most of the pollutants in this area. After learning about the former study, Mingyi Wang, a Ph.D. The emission sources are limited up there.

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OCTOBER 31, 2016

JILA physicists and colleagues have identified a long-missing piece in the puzzle of exactly how fossil fuel combustion contributes to air pollution and a warming climate. By finally understanding the reaction in full, we can model the atmospheric chemical processes much more accurately, including how air pollution forms.

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APRIL 2, 2018

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced the completion of the Midterm Evaluation (MTE) process for the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for cars and light trucks for model years 2022-2025, and his final determination that the current standards are not appropriate and should be revised.

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APRIL 15, 2019

This despite evidence that suggests air pollution impacts from the transportation sector exceed those from greenhouse gases. … solar, wind, hydroelectric, and nuclear) as compared to the eastern US (EUS), where the electricity market is dominated by pollutant and precursor emitting combustion sources (i.e., —Schnell et al.

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JANUARY 28, 2014

California’s Climate Protection Strategies do not help meet NAAQS Standards. If the near zero technologies outlined in this paper are developed in the time frame described herein, they will dramatically enhance the state’s ability to meet air quality standards and climate protection objectives. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 14, 2013

In California, reductions in emissions of black carbon since the late 1980s—mostly from diesel engines as a result of air quality programs—have resulted in a measurable reduction of concentrations of global warming pollutants in the atmosphere, according to a study examining the impact of black carbon on California’s climate.

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JUNE 12, 2021

Soot particles from oil and wood heating systems as well as road traffic can pollute the air in Europe on a much larger scale than previously assumed. Aerosol particles in the atmosphere affect global climate, human health and ecosystems. Equivalent black carbon (eBC) represented 10% of the total particulate matter (PM). Poulain, L.,

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JUNE 27, 2017

The researchers also sampled the grime to analyze its composition, revealing that 92% was dust while the remaining fraction was composed of carbon and ion pollutants from human activity. While this may sound like a small amount, light is blocked more efficiently by smaller man-made particles than by natural dust.

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JANUARY 30, 2019

With the enactment of SB 1014 ( earlier post )—the Clean Miles Standard and Incentive Program—the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is to develop and to implement new requirements for transportation network companies (TNCs)—i.e.,

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APRIL 4, 2012

FD stoves should be considered for dissemination as improved cookstove programs worldwide begin to consider climate metrics as selection criteria.Our results also have significant implications for health and climate impact studies, as impact estimates based on ND stoves would underestimate the BC reduction potential from ICs.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The findings from this vehicle LCA study , the production of which was led by Ricardo and funded by the European Commission, DG Climate Action, confirm the significant environmental benefits of electrified powertrains (particularly of battery electric vehicles) for all of the road vehicle types assessed.

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JULY 14, 2016

is black carbon (BC)—a pollutant with large positive radiative forcing on the climate due to its ability to absorb incoming sunlight and reduce surface albedo on snow. A new study by a team at the University of Toronto has made a preliminary assessment of the climate trade-off (i.e., Credit: ACS, Zimmerman et al.

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JUNE 26, 2015

Haagen-Smit Clean Air Awards are given annually to individuals who have made significant lifetime contributions toward improving air quality and climate change science, technology and policy, furthering the protection of public health. Arie Haagen-Smit—known as the “father” of air pollution science and control. Dr. Kirk R.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The longer-term purpose of the ACC program, according to ARB, is to shape the development of light-duty transportation to contribute to meeting the state’s 2050 GHG reduction goal of 80% below 1990 levels. Beyond 2025, ARB notes, the driving force for lowering emissions in California will thus be climate change. —ARB staff.

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MARCH 7, 2018

The California Air Resource Board (CARB) is awarding $7 million to CALSTART to develop a Class 8 truck that will achieve a 90% reduction in NO x along with a 15-20% fuel efficiency improvement. liter Opposed-Piston Gasoline Compression Ignition (OPGCI) engine. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Zermeno, R.,

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APRIL 4, 2011

Climate response to non-CO 2 vehicle emissions. Bars on the right show uncertainty ranges for 2070, including contributions from both forcing and climate sensitivity (67%; CI). Bars on the right show uncertainty ranges for 2070, including contributions from both forcing and climate sensitivity (67%; CI). Shindell et al.

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MAY 13, 2010

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is developing a proposal for more stringent emission requirements for new passenger vehicles, to be considered by the Board later this year. This second workshop will go into more detail in several areas related to criteria pollutant emissions and greenhouse gas emissions. EDAG, 2009.

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JANUARY 31, 2009

Washington Governor Chris Gregoire and legislative leaders have introduced a Green Jobs and Climate Action legislative package that proposes investments totaling $455 million in the next biennium for energy-reducing transportation projects, energy efficiency projects, green buildings and clean-energy technology.

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APRIL 2, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted its final Report to Congress on Black Carbon , in response to an October 2009 request from Congress to advance efforts to understand the role of black carbon (BC) in climate change. Effects of BC on climate, as compared to GHGs. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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MARCH 17, 2010

Clearly, the development and production of clean energy technologies in the light-duty vehicle sector represents an enormous opportunity to maintain and create domestic employment. Driving Growth: How Clean Cars and Climate Policy Can Create Jobs.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The PNNL team examined the chemistry of atmospheric brown carbon (BrC)—a significant contributor to light absorption and climate forcing. They focused on light-absorbing secondary organic aerosols (SOAs) generated from the photo-oxidation of toluene—a common pollutant—in the presence of NO x (Tol-SOA).

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced up to $205 million in grants for projects designed to accelerate the adoption of clean freight technologies and reduce air pollution caused by the movement of goods throughout the state. Partner match: $15.4 Partner match: $5.8

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MAY 4, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) announced that California Climate Investments in zero-emission vehicles have reached $599 million since 2013, putting hundreds of thousands of ultra-clean cars, and entire fleets of zero-emission trucks and buses on California roads and highways. School buses: 29 electric school buses.

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MARCH 13, 2009

Researchers at the University of Maryland and the University of Texas, Austin, have created a database that includes visibility measurements taken from 1973 - 2007 at 3,250 meteorological stations all over the world and released by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). NASA technique. micrometers). Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 12, 2013

emissions are less important because of the low contribution of light duty vehicles to national PM 10 and PM 2.5 The preferred fuel path(s) will depend to a great extent on their climate and environmental performance, which is of national concern. While the increases in PM 10 and PM 2.5 Credit: ACS, Huo et al. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 14, 2023

It’s no secret that motor vehicle emissions are one of the main sources of pollution in the state of California and one of the leading causes of climate change in the country. Californians collectively drive over a billion miles every day, releasing tons of greenhouse gases (GHG) and pollutants into the air.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

The fully electric van—based on the Mercedes-Benz eSprinter—combines a variety of innovative solutions designed to improve the quality of life in cities; to conserve resources and protect the climate; and to better the health and safety of the driver and other road users. Solar energy from the vehicle roof.

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JANUARY 21, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) released the proposed scoping plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% below 1990 levels by 2030—the most ambitious target in North America. Maintaining existing GHG standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles; put 4.2 Short-Lived Climate Pollutant (SLCP) Reduction Strategy.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

Under the proposed standards, the average GHG emission performance of the 2016 Canadian fleet of new cars and light trucks would match the average level of 155 g CO 2 /km (250 gCO 2 /mile) that has been projected for the US. Of that quarter, cars and light trucks account for nearly half, accounting for 12% of Canada’s total GHG emissions.

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APRIL 1, 2009

Markey of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee on Tuesday released a draft of far-reaching energy and climate legislation that targets job creation, promotes renewables and energy efficiency, and places limits on emissions of greenhouse gases. light duty vehicles—e.g., trucks, construction machines, ships and planes.

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MARCH 6, 2010

This article shows that including offsets in climate change legislation would likely make an emissions program more cost-effective by: (a) providing an incentive for non-regulated sources to generate emission reductions; and (b) expanding emission compliance opportunities for regulated entities. Assuming the offset is legitimate—i.e.,

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