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100 Tesla Model 3 vehicles offered to private hire drivers in London

Teslarati

Electrified Fleets vs Air Pollution Deaths. They Tesla cars will replace internal combustion engine vehicles, reducing air pollution in London. As per Amber , about 3,600 to 4,100 premature deaths in London are attributed to air pollution every year. The Teslarati team would appreciate hearing from you.

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Electric Pedicabs - future for London's transport

DIY Electric Car

London belongs to one of the largest cities in the world. London's undergrounds is one of the most developed in the world but also one of the oldest in the world counting over a 100 years. Overall the benefits that come from electric drives are huge, there is simply no pollution in the direct way, it's quiet and efficient.

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Daimler Trucks & Buses targets completely CO2-neutral fleet of new vehicles by 2039 in Europe, Japan and NAFTA

Green Car Congress

With our holistic approach to e-mobility in the bus sector, which consists of an electric city bus and consulting, we are already making a significant contribution to the locally emission-free public transport of the future and air pollution control in urban areas.

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Worlds Coral Reefs Began Decline At 320 ppm Atmospheric CO2

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In addition to temperature-induced bleaching, coral reefs in many parts of the world are under stress from overfishing, destructive fishing, coastal pollution, and sedimentation. The Earth’s atmospheric concentrations of CO2 reached 320 ppm in the mid-1960s, and 360ppm in the mid-1990s.

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NOAA, partners find about 98% decline in VOCs concentrations in LA Basin over last 50 years despite 3x increase in use of gasoline and diesel

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A scatter plot of CO, as a tracer for pollution, versus CO 2 , as a tracer for the amount of combustion, for 2002 and 2010. CO2 ratio for this flight track segment decreased from 24.5 Even on the most polluted day during a research mission in 2010, we measured half the VOCs we had seen just eight years earlier. ppbv/ppmv to 10.7

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QUILL researchers showcasing ionic liquid-based processes for removing mercury from natural gas, capturing CO2

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The exhibition opens to the public tomorrow, 1 July, at Royal Society headquarters in central London. zero potential for pollution, ionic liquids are much “greener” than the solvents traditionally used in industry.

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Shipping sector proposes US$5 billion R&D program over 10 years to cut emissions

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It is shipping’s global regulator, the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO), which has responsibility for regulating the reduction of CO2 emissions by international shipping. The shipping industry’s proposal will be discussed by governments in London at the next meeting of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee in March 2020.

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