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Are Electric Cars Really Helping the Environment?

The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The research, published in the Science of the Total Environment journal, presents the first real-world data linking EVs to reductions in air pollution and respiratory issues. This study marks a significant step in understanding the impact of electric cars on public health and the environment.

Environment

Environment Electric Cars Pollution Cars

Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

Cars That Think

APRIL 20, 2023

According to the Natural Resources Defense Council , climate change contributes to severe weather events such as hurricanes, flooding, and tornadoes, as well as long-term drought and regularly occurring heat events in traditionally moderate climate zones. and its environs.

Environment

Environment North Carolina Climate Change Columbus

Highly efficient and stable Ru-free catalyst for hydrogen generation from ammonia

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2022

The catalyst presents 97.7% Low-Co or Co-free catalysts are desirable due to the relatively high cost of Co and a major human rights issue associated with its production at present. Resources. C” Energy Environ. Schematic illustration for the decorated CoNi alloy on the oxide support of MgO-CeO 2 -SrO. Tabassum et al.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen South Carolina Conversion Illinois

PSI team develops web tool for consumers to compare environmental impact of passenger cars in detail

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2020

The program determines the environmental balance of vehicles with different size classes and powertrains, and presents the results in comparative graphics. Depletion of fossil energy resources [kg oil-eq.]. Depletion of metal resources [kg iron-eq.]. Eutrophication of non-marine aquatic environments [kg N-eq.].

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Mariner Climate Change DC Cars

Interest in geologic hydrogen growing

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

However, as interest in hydrogen as a needed zero-carbon fuel grows, so is interest in the potential for geologic hydrogen as a primary resource. Data are summarized and classified in three main sections: hydrogen as a free gas in different environments, as inclusions in various rock types, and as dissolved gas in ground water.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen 2020 Water Environment

TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Warm season average present-day daily maximum ozone levels (AVGMDA8) at urban (left) and non-urban sites (right). A large international team produced this first surface ozone assessment report based on all available surface observations across the globe using data from more than 4,800 monitoring stations. Source: University of Leicester.

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Ozone Global North America Colorado

Study finds automobile tires are a potential source of carcinogenic dibenzopyrenes to the environment

Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2012

A new study by researchers from Stockholm University concludes that automobile tires may be a potential previously unknown source of carcinogenic dibenzopyrenes—a type of high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)—to the environment. Automobile tire rubber in general consists of approximately 40?60%

Environment

Environment Automobile Exhaust Oil

U Toronto study measures GDI emissions in urban near-road environment

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

A study of emissions from gasoline direct injection (GDI) vehicles in an urban near-road environment in Toronto over a wide range of weather conditions (February 2014 to January 2015) found that—other than for NO x and CO—the GDI engines had elevated emissions compared to the Toronto fleet. —Zimmerman et al. 5b04444.

Environment

Environment Emissions Exhaust 2014

Interim assessment finds Volkswagen’s “Think Blue. Factory.” program reduced resource consumption by average 24.3% since 2011

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

environmental program: since 2011, the consumption of resources in vehicle production has been reduced by an average of 24.3% ( Earlier post.) day, representatives from all Volkswagen sites presented their ideas and the measures they have already implemented to reduce the use of resources. At the fourth "Think Blue.

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2011 Slovakia Water IDEA

Researchers designs new deep eutectic solvent to recover valuable elements from spent LNCM batteries

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2022

In the present paper, a novel hydrometallurgical process relying on the applications of a betaine hydrochloride (BCl)-EG DES (hereafter denoted as B-DES) is proposed to leach Ni, Co, Mn, Li from LNCM. With environment-friendly and degradable characteristics, B-DES is a green leaching agent. —Luo et al.

Ni-Li

Ni-Li Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries

BC government won’t support Northern Gateway oilsands pipeline as presented over spill response concerns

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2013

In its final written submission to the Northern Gateway Pipeline Joint Review Panel (JRP), the government of British Columbia states that it cannot support the project as presented to the panel primarily because Northern Gateway (NG) has been unable to adequately detail its response to a spill. —BC Environment Minister Terry Lake.

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Oil-Sands Oil Grant Legal

DOE announces finalists of Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2022

The United States depends on other countries for nearly all its lithium supply and mining the mineral strains water resources and can harm the environment. Using brines already produced by geothermal energy presents a solution because it is an environmentally friendly process that yields lithium.

Utah

Utah United States Universal Lithium Ion

Novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces could reduce steelmaking emissions by 88%; closed-loop carbon recycling

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2023

We present here a first-principles study of the sector coupling between a thermochemical carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) splitting cycle and existing blast furnace – basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel making for cost-effective decarbonisation. If implemented in the UK alone, the system could deliver cost savings of £1.28 2023.135963.

Carbon

Carbon Emissions Cleaner Gas-Electric

Tesla submits Gigafactory Mexico’s environmental impact report under codename ‘Project Mario’

Teslarati

AUGUST 31, 2023

Governor Samuel Garcia Sepulveda of Nuevo León confirmed that Tesla presented Gigafactory Mexico’s environmental impact statement to local officials. Tesla has requested a change of land use from the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources.

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Mexico Tesla Environment Building

MIT, Brookhaven team develops simple method for stabilizing interfaces in solid-state lithium-ion batteries

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2022

The new method simply requires eliminating any carbon dioxide present during a critical manufacturing step, called sintering, where the battery materials are heated to create bonding between the cathode and electrolyte layers, which are made of ceramic compounds. Reaction product for annealing in air is from previous work. 202102741.

Lithium Ion

Lithium Ion MIT Batteries Battery

Study links deterioration of concrete and asphalt to trace quantities of organic matter; diesel exhaust, windshield washer fluids

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2021

The scientists showed that there are a number of organic molecules from diverse sources present in modern concrete structures and asphalt pavements: phthalates, diesel exhaust particulates, surfactants, and windshield washer fluids. Organic matter in water accelerates deterioration of asphalt pavements. Akihiro Moriyoshi, et al.

Exhaust

Exhaust Diesel Water Maintenance

Study finds reduction of low-frequency noise from transition to electric buses improved residents’ health

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2022

Previous noise-level measurements had indicated that disturbance from low-frequency noise in indoor environments was present in the residential area. Given, too, that other forms of transportation in the urban environment are getting more silent, this could influence public health. —Kerstin Persson Waye.

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Electric Electrical 2019 Environment

Researchers present new explanation for the long-range transport of PAH pollutants

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

A team led by researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is presenting a new explanation for the long-range airborne transport (LRT) of polluting polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); a paper on the work is published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. Credit: ACS, Zelenyuk et al. Click to enlarge.

Pollution

Pollution Transportation Range Escape

PNNL team presents new insight into H2 production by cyanobacterium Cyanothece

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have presented a new and more complete view on the way a cyanobacterium— Cyanothece 51142—produces hydrogen. Here we present evidence to support a new model whereby energy derived directly from oxygenic photosynthesis (i.e.,

Insight

Insight Production Hydrogen Light

Dr. Richard Group testing Solaris hydrogen bus

Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2020

After successful test runs in Vienna in June, the bus was handed over to the Dr. Richard Group, the largest private bus operator in Austria, which presented the vehicle in St. The hydrogen bus Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen is being tested again in Austria. Pölten on 7 July 2020.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Austria Power Storage Insight

Environment Canada/MECA team assesses black carbon emissions in GDI engine exhaust; evaluation of prototype gasoline particulate filter

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2014

Black carbon has a negative impact on the environment and on human health. They also presented the performance of a prototype GPF on removing BC particles from a selected GDI vehicle at various conditions. For their study, the Environment Canada/MECA team used two midsize sedans and two compact vehicles. Earlier post.).

Environment

Environment Exhaust Gasoline Canada

Graphex and Northern Graphite partner on large-scale graphite processing facility site evaluations in Québec

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2023

It also has three development projects with the resources to produce more than 100,000 tpy by 2025 and 300,000 tpy by 2027. Northern owns the only graphite mine producing at commercial scale in North America (Lac des Iles), with a current output of 15,000 tpy of graphite mine concentrate.

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North America America Supplies Commercial

UGA study links heavy-metal contamination to antibiotic resistance

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2020

Using a process known as genomic analysis, University of Georgia scientists have found a strong correlation between antibiotic resistance and heavy metal contamination in an environment. When these ARGs were present in the soil, metal-resistant genes, or MRGs, were present for several metals including arsenic, copper, cadmium and zinc.

South Carolina

South Carolina Environment Georgia Water

New smelting reduction process to recover Co, Ni, Mn, and Li simultaneously from Li-ion batteries

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

This is substantially different from an industrial smelting reduction process, in which a slag phase is present to prevent the oxidation of molten alloy and for refining purposes. The results from a pilot-scale demonstration in an electric arc furnace are presented in a consecutive paper (Part II). —Hu et al. 2020.228936.

Ni-Li

Ni-Li Li-ion Batteries Battery

IASS says a new approach to financial distribution of benefits from deep seabed mining is required

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The International Seabed Authority is currently developing regulations to govern the exploration and exploitation of the mineral resources of the international seabed (known as “the Area”). Reflect the risks to the deep-sea environment. The deep ocean is a complex environment that provides numerous ecosystem services.

Environment

Environment Climate Change International Future

Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas partner for regional hydrogen hub to compete for IIJA funding

Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2022

The governor of each of the partner states appointed the following individuals from their respective state to serve as designee to the partnership: Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Secretary Thomas Harris; Oklahoma Secretary of Energy & Environment Kenneth Wagner; and Arkansas Secretary of Energy & Environment Becky W.

Arkansas

Arkansas Oklahoma Louisiana Hydrogen

Los Alamos-led study finds how to improve natural gas production in shale; hydrocarbon transport within nanopores

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

A new hydrocarbon study led by researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory contradicts conventional wisdom about how methane is trapped in rock, revealing a new strategy to access the valuable energy resource more easily. Their open-access study is published in Nature’s new Communications Earth & Environment journal. Hawley, Erik B.

Gas

Gas Transportation Production Insight

Geologists discover new path to rare earth mineral formation; implications for green energy and tech industries

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2020

By considering how water containing REEs interacted with calcite, a mineral that is ubiquitous in nature and often present in hydrothermal environments, the team discovered a new pathway by which bastnäsite formed. Bastnäsite is likely the primary valuable mineral for REEs in the world and was the focus of the Trinity team’s study.

Green

Green Industrial Industry Ireland

Comparative genome study finds ancestral fungus may have influenced end of coal formation; potential resource for biofuel production

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2012

The evidence, presented in the journal Science , suggests that the evolution of fungi capable of breaking down the polymer lignin, which helps keep plant cell walls rigid, may have played a key role in ending the development of coal deposits. of Southern California. —David Hibbett. Blanchette, Bernard Henrissat, Angel T.

Coal

Coal Production IDEA Carbon

Russian researchers develop wasteless joint processing of electric furnace and ladle slag to produce pig iron and clinker

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2021

Ladle slag is most often presented as a dust fraction unsuitable for use in recycling processes. Our technology allows the complete utilization of selected types of slag and thus solves the problem of anthropogenic load on the environment. Being located within the city limits, they pollute the environment. Background.

Portland

Portland Waste Electric Electrical

OECD paper presents and analyzes policies and programs to foster market growth of green cars

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

The paper, “Market Development for Green Cars”, presents and analyses policies, programs and approaches for the development, market introduction and diffusion of green cars (primarily from the demand (pull) side). Networks and partnerships can facilitate co-operation and optimise the use of resources (e.g.

Green Cars

Green Cars Green Market Green Vehicles

Mercedes-Benz eSprinter pilot project launched with Österreichische Post to test SUSTAINEER filter technology

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The SUSTAINEER shows how the electrified commercial transport sector can contribute to liveable cities and resource conservation. The technology carrier presented at the end of 2021 is equipped with two particulate filters to reduce fine dust emissions from tire, brake and asphalt abrasion. Earlier post.)

Mercedes

Mercedes Emissions Insight Pollution

Study: 2/3 of aviation climate impact due to emissions other than CO2

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

The study was published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. Here, we present a new comprehensive and quantitative approach for evaluating aviation climate forcing terms. Wilcox (2020) “The contribution of global aviation to anthropogenic climate forcing for 2000 to 2018,” Atmospheric Environment doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117834.

Climate

Climate Emissions CO2 Climate Change

IonQ and Hyundai Motor expand quantum computing partnership; object detection and metal catalyst simulations

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Of particular interest in this new endeavor is the analysis of spatial and environmental data from lidar and other sensors, which could improve vehicles’ understanding of the nature and location of objects, people, and environment around them. 2212.02482.

Hyundai

Hyundai Motor Motors Motoring

Exposure to airborne metal pollution associated with increased risk of mortality

Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2019

The open-access paper is published in the journal Environment International. While all of these metals are naturally present in the earth’s crust, their presence in the atmosphere is due to human activities, such as industry, traffic and heating. Environment International. —Bénédicte Jacquemin. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.05.004.

Pollution

Pollution Mercury France Sodium

Video Friday: Co-Expression

Cars That Think

MARCH 29, 2024

NASA ] In challenging terrains, constructing structures such as antennas and cable-car masts often requires the use of helicopters to transport loads via ropes.Challenging this paradigm, we present Geranos: a specialized multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) designed to enhance aerial transportation and assembly. Paper ] Thanks, Kelly!

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Federal agencies release framework for advancing the bioeconomy

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2019

The federal Biomass Research and Development (BR&D) Board unveiled a multi-agency strategy to accelerate innovative technologies that harness the nation’s biomass resources for affordable biofuels, bioproducts, and biopower. Feedstock genetic improvement, production, management, and logistics. Biomass conversion and carbon utilization.

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Affordable Renewable Supplies Energy

Study finds lead from leaded gasoline persists in London air despite ‘90s ban

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2021

The researchers say this highlights the long-term persistence of contaminants introduced by human activities in the environment. Atmospheric lead has reached a baseline in London which is difficult to push down further with present policy measures. Eléonore Resongles, Volker Dietze, David C. Green, Roy M. Tremper, Dominik J.

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London Gasoline 2018 Petrol

Project ASLAN launches open-source self-driving software platform

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2020

Project ASLAN notes that the high investment demands required to pursue end-to-end driverless technologies present a clear barrier to progress. Vu, Professor, Intelligent Transport Systems at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Universal

Universal Plug-in Installation Transportation

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

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

A paper on the study is published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. Evans (2017) “Exposure to ultrafine particles and black carbon in diesel-powered commuter trains,” Atmospheric Environment doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.02.015. Cheol-Heon Jeong, Alison Traub, Greg J. 2017.02.015.

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Exhaust Diesel Power Powered

AI for Wireless

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Wireless networks have also become more difficult to manage due to requirements necessitating optimal sharing of valuable resources to expanding sets of users. These systems then optimize the resources given to that link to improve performance. As they do so, the resources of the network joining them becomes stretched.

Environment

Environment Connect Connected Design

Researchers develop concept for ultra-fast hydrogen sensor; plasmonic metal–polymer hybrid nanomaterial

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2019

In a paper in the journal Nature Materials , the team presents a plasmonic metal–polymer hybrid nanomaterial concept, in which the polymer coating reduces the apparent activation energy for hydrogen transport into and out of the plasmonic nanoparticles, while deactivation resistance is provided via a tailored tandem polymer membrane.

Polymer

Polymer Hydrogen Concept Hybrid

ORNL team develops new hydrothermal synthesis method for cobalt-free cathode material

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2022

However, traditional processing presents challenges. This novel process offers the key advantage of moving the cathode industry to cleaner and more cost-competitive production while putting less burden on our environment. A paper on the new method is published in the Journal of Power Sources. Jafta, Ruhul Amin, Marm B.

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Li-ion Waste Cleaner Manufacturer

ROSATOM, Metalloinvest and Air Liquide to evaluate joint project in low-carbon hydrogen production for DRI

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2021

In February, Metalloinvest presented its qualitative change strategy, which is based on the fundamental principles of quality, environment, partnership and development. The estimated volume of low-carbon hydrogen consumption by Metalloinvest enterprises may reach 150,000 tons per year.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Carbon Production Russia

Are Electric Cars Really Helping the Environment?

Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

Highly efficient and stable Ru-free catalyst for hydrogen generation from ammonia

PSI team develops web tool for consumers to compare environmental impact of passenger cars in detail

Interest in geologic hydrogen growing

TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

Study finds automobile tires are a potential source of carcinogenic dibenzopyrenes to the environment

U Toronto study measures GDI emissions in urban near-road environment

Interim assessment finds Volkswagen’s “Think Blue. Factory.” program reduced resource consumption by average 24.3% since 2011

Researchers designs new deep eutectic solvent to recover valuable elements from spent LNCM batteries

BC government won’t support Northern Gateway oilsands pipeline as presented over spill response concerns

DOE announces finalists of Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize

Novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces could reduce steelmaking emissions by 88%; closed-loop carbon recycling

Tesla submits Gigafactory Mexico’s environmental impact report under codename ‘Project Mario’

MIT, Brookhaven team develops simple method for stabilizing interfaces in solid-state lithium-ion batteries

Study links deterioration of concrete and asphalt to trace quantities of organic matter; diesel exhaust, windshield washer fluids

Study finds reduction of low-frequency noise from transition to electric buses improved residents’ health

Researchers present new explanation for the long-range transport of PAH pollutants

PNNL team presents new insight into H2 production by cyanobacterium Cyanothece

Dr. Richard Group testing Solaris hydrogen bus

Environment Canada/MECA team assesses black carbon emissions in GDI engine exhaust; evaluation of prototype gasoline particulate filter

Graphex and Northern Graphite partner on large-scale graphite processing facility site evaluations in Québec

UGA study links heavy-metal contamination to antibiotic resistance

New smelting reduction process to recover Co, Ni, Mn, and Li simultaneously from Li-ion batteries

IASS says a new approach to financial distribution of benefits from deep seabed mining is required

Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas partner for regional hydrogen hub to compete for IIJA funding

Los Alamos-led study finds how to improve natural gas production in shale; hydrocarbon transport within nanopores

Geologists discover new path to rare earth mineral formation; implications for green energy and tech industries

Comparative genome study finds ancestral fungus may have influenced end of coal formation; potential resource for biofuel production

Russian researchers develop wasteless joint processing of electric furnace and ladle slag to produce pig iron and clinker

OECD paper presents and analyzes policies and programs to foster market growth of green cars

Mercedes-Benz eSprinter pilot project launched with Österreichische Post to test SUSTAINEER filter technology

Study: 2/3 of aviation climate impact due to emissions other than CO2

IonQ and Hyundai Motor expand quantum computing partnership; object detection and metal catalyst simulations

Exposure to airborne metal pollution associated with increased risk of mortality

Video Friday: Co-Expression

Federal agencies release framework for advancing the bioeconomy

Study finds lead from leaded gasoline persists in London air despite ‘90s ban

Project ASLAN launches open-source self-driving software platform

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

AI for Wireless

Researchers develop concept for ultra-fast hydrogen sensor; plasmonic metal–polymer hybrid nanomaterial

ORNL team develops new hydrothermal synthesis method for cobalt-free cathode material

ROSATOM, Metalloinvest and Air Liquide to evaluate joint project in low-carbon hydrogen production for DRI

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