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Toyota develops tropospheric ozone-concentration simulator for South and East Asia

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have developed a simulator able to predict tropospheric ozone concentrations across the whole of South and East Asia. The project was carried out in collaboration with Tsinghua University in China, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in India, and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria.

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The importance of considering non-exhaust traffic emissions; the role of EVs

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reported in their paper on a policy workshop convened in 2011 on the relevance of traffic-related wear emissions for air quality policy development, with the focus on non-exhaust PM emissions. The traffic/exhaust component consisted predominantly of externally mixed soot particles and soot internally mixed with secondary particles.

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SCOPE Biofuels Project Releases Assessment on Environmental Effects of Biofuel Technologies

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The SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) International Biofuels Project, has published the full proceedings of its Rapid Assessment workshop on the environmental effects of biofuel technologies, 22-25 September 2008. SCOPE is part of the International Council for Science. Menichetti and Otto. Santoro, D.

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California issues draft plan for more efficient, less polluting freight system

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Broad stakeholder input provided over the past several months, including 11 workshops across the state, inform this Draft Action Plan. Key components of the Action Plan include: A long-term 2050 vision and guiding principles for California’s future freight transport system. Improve freight system efficiency 25% by 2030.