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Study associates in-utero exposure to PM2.5 pollution with higher blood pressure in childhood

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MAY 15, 2018

air pollution during the third trimester of their mother’s pregnancy had a higher risk of elevated blood pressure in childhood, according to new research by a team led by researchers from Johns Hopkins University in the American Heart Association’s journal Hypertension. Children who were exposed to higher levels of PM 2.5 —Noel Mueller.

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Federal Appeals Court vacates EPA Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

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AUGUST 22, 2012

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia held in a 2-1 opinion that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had overstepped its authority with the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), and, as a result, vacated the regulation (USCA Case #11-1302). EPA has used the good neighbor provision to.

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China study connects ozone pollution to cardiovascular health

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JULY 17, 2017

Ozone is formed through a chemical reaction that occurs when sunlight interacts with nitrogen oxides and other organic compounds that are generated by coal-burning, vehicle exhaust and some natural sources. They monitored indoor and outdoor ozone levels, along with other pollutants.

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Harvard study links short-term exposure to PM2.5 with risks of common but rarely studied causes of hospital admissions; substantial economic costs

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NOVEMBER 28, 2019

The study shows that the health dangers and economic impacts of air pollution are significantly larger than previously understood. Fine particulate air pollution is composed of tiny solids and liquids floating in the air that come from sources such as motor vehicles, coal-fired power plants, and wildfires.

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Harvard SPH large-scale study links PM2.5 levels below EPA standards with higher death rates

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JUNE 5, 2015

Chan School of Public Health found that death rates among people over 65 are higher in zip codes with more fine particulate air pollution (PM 2.5 ) than in those with lower levels of PM 2.5. Most of the country is either meeting the EPA standards now, or is expected to meet them in a few years as new power plant controls kick in.

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EPA Standards Pollution 2003

Why Schools Should Electrify Their Bus Fleets

Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

While it’s obvious that the internal combustion engine vehicles are polluting the air outside the buses, what you may not know is that numerous studies show that the pollution from the burning diesel regularly makes its way into the buses. The more vehicles that switch to running on electricity, the better. Ready to get started?

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Obama Announces Steps to Boost Biofuels, Clean Coal; RFS2, BCAP, BIWG and Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

First, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the Renewable Fuel Standard Program (RFS2) rule to implement the long-term renewable fuels standard of 36 billion gallons by 2022 established by Congress and also issued the targets for 2010. The EPA also set the 2010 RFS volume standard at 12.95 President Obama.

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EPA Sends Proposed GHG Endangerment Finding to White House for Review

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MARCH 24, 2009

According to a statement from EPA Press Secretary Adora Andy: As directed by the US Supreme Court, EPA has prepared and sent to the White House for review a proposed finding as to whether man-made greenhouse-gas emissions endanger human health and welfare. In April 2007, the Supreme Court concluded in Massachusetts v.

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Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

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JUNE 25, 2013

The headliner in this segment is the issuance of a Presidential Memorandum directing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to work “ expeditiously ” to complete CO 2 emission standards for both new and existing power plants. The standards for new plants—already being developed by EPA—are to be done this fall.

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House Chairmen Waxman, Markey Release Draft of Energy and Climate Legislation; Among the Many Provisions Are Cap-and-Trade, Harmonization of CAFE and California Vehicle Regulations, and Low Carbon Fuel Standard

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APRIL 1, 2009

The bill also directs the President to work with the relevant Federal agencies and California to harmonize, to the maximum extent possible, the federal fuel economy standards, any emission standards promulgated by EPA, and the California standards for light-duty vehicles. trucks, construction machines, ships and planes.

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Study links breathing in black carbon from polluted air to alterations in lung blood vessels

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JUNE 6, 2019

The study adds to the evidence that exposure to diesel pollutants at what are considered relatively low levels may contribute to subtle changes in the lungs that may make people more prone to developing chronic lung disease, the third leading cause of death globally. These levels are below the current air pollution limits for PM 2.5

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Senators Kerry and Lieberman Release Details of Energy and Climate Bill; Incentives for Electric Drive and Natural Gas Vehicles

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MAY 13, 2010

The bill establishes an annual tonnage limit on greenhouse gas emissions from specified activities and directs the EPA Administrator to establish allowances equal to the tonnage limit for each year (with one allowance representing the permission to emit one ton of greenhouse gases, measured in tons of carbon dioxide equivalent).

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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MARCH 6, 2010

coal-fired power plants) would either be required by the emissions cap. Methane (CH 4 ) emissions from landfills, livestock operations, or coal mines (GWP = 25). A 2008 EPA study analyzed the economic impacts of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 (S. Emission reductions from regulated sources (e.g.,

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Climate Change Climate Emissions 2008

The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

government was going to try a whole bunch of different government interventions—incentive programs, tax credits, grants, infrastructure investments—to bend the trajectory of our energy transition. Jenkins: We have to shut down coal plants as fast as is feasible because they’re by far the most environmentally damaging.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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MARCH 22, 2010

According to a report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the margin of error in measuring emissions by DOEs can be as high as: 10% for the cement and fertilizer industries; 60% for the oil, gas, and coal industries; and. 100% for some agricultural processes. CONCLUSION.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

May, 2009 : Testifying at a public hearing conducted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Stanford University professor Mark Jacobsen urged the EPA to incorporate black carbon into calculations of greenhouse gases. “It has implications for us. We can’t run away from it.”

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. The fact is, about half the world’s electricity comes from coal.

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Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions

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Study associates in-utero exposure to PM2.5 pollution with higher blood pressure in childhood

Federal Appeals Court vacates EPA Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

China study connects ozone pollution to cardiovascular health

Harvard study links short-term exposure to PM2.5 with risks of common but rarely studied causes of hospital admissions; substantial economic costs

Harvard SPH large-scale study links PM2.5 levels below EPA standards with higher death rates

Why Schools Should Electrify Their Bus Fleets

Obama Announces Steps to Boost Biofuels, Clean Coal; RFS2, BCAP, BIWG and Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force

EPA Sends Proposed GHG Endangerment Finding to White House for Review

Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

House Chairmen Waxman, Markey Release Draft of Energy and Climate Legislation; Among the Many Provisions Are Cap-and-Trade, Harmonization of CAFE and California Vehicle Regulations, and Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Study links breathing in black carbon from polluted air to alterations in lung blood vessels

Senators Kerry and Lieberman Release Details of Energy and Climate Bill; Incentives for Electric Drive and Natural Gas Vehicles

Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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