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MAY 22, 2023

New research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC shows that air pollution particles activate a cellular defense mechanism known as autophagy, which may reduce the ability of cells to fight off other harms. We know that diseases, especially lung diseases, can result from air pollution exposure.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

The study is the first to document the health and economic benefits of policies to reduce the burden of air pollution in a highly polluted area of China, and provides a model to measure how policies to improve air quality can protect human health. The cost of premature death due to air pollution decreased by 3.83

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MAY 9, 2015

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has posted a discussion document. This would also result in larger concentrations of zero-emission buses that may allow for a more robust program with pooled resources and for strategic bus placements where the technology can be most effective and successful in current transit operations.

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OCTOBER 25, 2017

A new study by a team from Brazil, with colleagues in the US, has shown that particulate pollution biomass burning in the Amazon induced inflammation, oxidative stress and severe DNA damage in human lung cells. After 72 hours of exposure, more than 30% of the cultured cells are dead, the researchers found.

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MARCH 29, 2017

CHIE participants are exposed to one or several common air pollutants usually for a few hours at concentrations that are not expected to produce adverse responses. The NAAQS process has broad health importance because it regulates the outdoor air concentrations of those pollutants. 2009 to Oct.

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MARCH 28, 2016

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted a discussion document. AQIP is a mobile source incentive program that focuses on reducing criteria pollutant and diesel particulate emissions with concurrent reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. million for Air Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) projects.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2012

When airborne particles (green) form before PAHs adhere, both the pollutants and particles dissipate quickly, as shown in the top row. But when the particles form in the presence of pollutants, which is what likely happens in nature, the longer-lasting particles enable the long-range transport of the pollutants (bottom).

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Baua Electric

APRIL 12, 2024

Taking the form of a software system where all data is stored in distributed data spaces and responsibility for the data is decentralized, the passport will support seamless documentation of a battery’s life, from raw material extraction and production to use, reuse, and recycling.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) reached. An investigation by CARB’s Enforcement Division documented that both companies had failed to accurately report all the required information for noncompliant trucks entering 12 separate intermodal terminals. BNSF agreed to pay a total of $720,000; UPRR will pay $525,000.

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AUGUST 2, 2022

According to the company’s admissions and court documents, beginning at least as early as 2010, FCA US developed a new 3.0-liter Gleason of the Environment and Natural Resources Division’s Environmental Crimes Section are prosecuting the case. Neal and Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Wyse of the U.S.

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OCTOBER 6, 2018

Setback distances should be revisited to address temporal variability and pollution controls in vent emissions. By comparison, the California Air Pollution Control Officers Association (CAPCOA) used an estimate of 0.11 —Hilpert et al. Gasoline vapors contain a number of toxic chemicals—notably benzene, a carcinogen.

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APRIL 15, 2009

The staff of the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has released the final external peer review documents regarding the proposed Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation. Pollutant credit trading, particularly GHG/carbon trading schemes. These included: Greenhouse gas modeling. Land use change modeling. John Reilly, MIT.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

More than 70% of this cost comes from the increased mortality risk associated with exposure to the local air pollution emitted when burning fossil fuels; the researchers found that the lost nuclear electricity production due to the phase-out was replaced primarily by coal-fired production and net electricity imports.

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MAY 14, 2018

10 ) in air pollution in the Los Angeles Basin triggered inflammation and the appearance of cancer-related genes in the brains of rats, a Cedars-Sinai study has found. Previous research has documented the association between air pollution and a variety of diseases, including cancer. Dr. Ljubimova. —Ljubimova et al.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The document provides high-level guidance for accelerating progress toward a zero-emission future while protecting and strengthening the ports’ competitive position in the global economy. Developing infrastructure plans to support terminal equipment electrification, alternative fuels and other energy resource goals.

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

For a number of the most important pollutants, levels were substantially lower than required by regulations. They were tested on multiple repeats of these cycles, and measurements of more than 300 regulated and unregulated air pollutants were made in accordance with the highest laboratory standards. Background. g/hp-hr in 2010.

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JULY 21, 2017

The document outlines a new set of aggressive near-term and long-term strategies for the nation’s busiest harbor complex to further reduce harmful air pollution from all port-related sources, assist the state in meeting aggressive greenhouse gas reduction goals, and ultimately achieve zero emissions for trucks and terminal equipment.

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MAY 28, 2010

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are collaborating in the $20-million CalNex research project to examine the nexus between air pollution and climate change. The gray ellipse approximately represents the direction of current trends in the US. Source: NOAA.

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MARCH 22, 2018

The LCFS adopted in 2009 by the California Air Resources Board requires petroleum refineries and fuel importers to reduce the carbon intensity of the fuels they sell in California by 10% by 2020 relative to 2010. California Air Resources Board staff have currently proposed a 20% 2030 target. Malins (2018) Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 29, 2016

Long-term exposure to ambient PM 2.5 , a mixture of environmental pollutants, was associated with increased risk of mortality for many types of cancer in an elderly Hong Kong population, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention , a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. EPI-15-0626.

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JUNE 30, 2017

Associations between short-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have been well documented worldwide. As the largest developing country in the world, China is facing enormous public health challenges due to severe air pollution problems and the heavy burden of CVDs. —Liu et al.

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JUNE 8, 2017

and California Air Resources Board (CARB) Chair Mary D. In California, the transportation sector is responsible for nearly 40% of greenhouse gas emissions and is also by far the largest source of smog-causing pollution and fine particle pollution. California Governor Edmund G.

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Get Electric Vehicle

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

  The Delhi government introduced its EV policy in 2020 two years ago and through a new policy document, a charging action plan for the city has been made public. The Delhi government’s intention to include incentives for running battery swapping facilities in the Delhi EV policy was also discussed in the document.

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JUNE 1, 2011

The EU-27 and its Member States must meet legally binding limits for four air pollutants set by the National Emission Ceilings Directive (NEC Directive). Most Member States also anticipate meeting their emission ceilings for these pollutants. NEC Directive status report 2010.

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APRIL 2, 2018

Ceres’ BICEP network: “This decision will also increase air pollution, which will raise healthcare costs and lead to less productivity as a result of more missed work and school days.”. California Air Resources Board Chair Mary D. NRDC: “Backing off now is irresponsible and unwarranted.”.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is developing a measure to reduce emissions from Transport Refrigeration Units (TRUs) by transitioning to zero-emission technologies. TRUs and TRU gensets emit diesel PM, NO x , greenhouse gases and other pollutants.

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JULY 22, 2016

The Commission is also working on improving road charging, to make it fairer and more efficient and better reflect the polluter-pays and user-pays principles. Commission staff working document accompanying the strategy document. Commission staff working document accompanying the strategy document.

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DECEMBER 2, 2016

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its initial draft plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% below 1990 levels by 2030—the most ambitious target in North America. Managing farm and rangelands, forests and wetlands so they can store carbon. Source: 2030 Target Scoping Plan Discussion Draft. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 4, 2011

of the targets in the 12 th Five Year Plan address resource or environmental objectives compared to 27.2% It is also stated that pilot cap-and-trade systems for carbon and other criteria pollutants will be undertaken. According to Hu Angang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 33.3% in the prior 11 th Five Year Plan. —DBCCA.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Solidia Cement is a sustainable replacement for Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC), leveraging the same manufacturing process, equipment and raw materials used by the cement industry while consuming less energy and generating 30% less greenhouse gases and other pollutants than OPC.

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JANUARY 13, 2012

While carbon dioxide is the primary driver of global warming over the long term, limiting black carbon and methane are complementary actions that would have a more immediate impact because these two pollutants circulate out of the atmosphere more quickly. All emissions control measures are assumed to improve air quality.

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JUNE 18, 2020

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have found a link between traffic-related air pollution and an increased risk for changes in brain development relevant to neurodevelopmental disorders. The researchers compared the brains of rat pups exposed to traffic-related air pollution with those exposed to ?ltered ltered air.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

EPA’s final findings respond to the 2007 US Supreme Court decision that GHGs fit within the Clean Air Act definition of air pollutants. Technical Support Document for the Findings. EPA also finds that GHG emissions from on-road vehicles contribute to that threat. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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MARCH 27, 2011

The working document on the proposal notes that while L-category vehicles are responsible for only 3% of total road transport mileage, their pollutant emissions are considered disproportionately high. Environmental performance. The rapporteur supports the introduction of more severe emission limits—i.e.,

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JULY 14, 2012

Rather than squander societal resources on more ineffective policy efforts, a more productive approach would be to search for policy options that offer greater potential for making a serious dent in greenhouse-gas emissions ,” the authors conclude in their paper.

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JANUARY 12, 2016

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is rejecting. ARB made public three separate official documents related to its actions: A transmittal letter signed by Executive Officer Richard W. It also notified VW of violations of California air quality regulations associated with the company’s use of a defeat device in those cars.

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JUNE 13, 2009

These environmental impacts are not fully documented, according to Tom Tomich, director of the Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis. Data on agricultural nitrogen pollution are limited, and some nitrogen pollution forms are difficult to monitor. Tom Tomich.

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