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Study finds global emissions of several banned ozone-destroying CFCs are increasing

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APRIL 10, 2023

The research, published in Nature Geoscience and led by the University of Bristol and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), puts the rise in part down to the chemicals, known as chlorofluorocarbons or CFCs, being used to make other ozone-friendly alternatives to CFCs.

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NPD study finds substantial mineral resources on Norwegian shelf

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In this resource assessment, we’ve estimated how much of the various minerals might be found on the seabed in the studied area. —Kjersti Dahle Since 2011, the NPD has collected data in the deepwater areas in the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea in cooperation with the University of Bergen (UiB). million tonnes of titanium 1.9

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U-M researchers challenge USPS EV environmental study

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AUGUST 29, 2022

A new University of Michigan study finds that making the switch to all-electric mail-delivery vehicles would lead to far greater reductions in greenhouse gas emissions than previously estimated by the US Postal Service (USPS). The Postal Service has not commented on the U-M study. Earlier post.). The USPS estimate was 10.3

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Ford, U Mich study finds greater greenhouse gas reductions for pickup truck electrification than for other light-duty vehicles

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MARCH 5, 2022

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Company have conducted a cradle-to-grave life cycle GHG assessment of model year 2020 ICEV, HEV, and BEV sedans, sports utility vehicles (SUVs), and pickup trucks in the United States. This is an important study to inform and encourage climate action. years for sedans, 1.4

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HEI launches two new non-tailpipe particulate emission studies

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JANUARY 8, 2023

The Health Effects Institute (HEI) has launched two new studies funded under RFA 21-1, Quantifying Real-World Impacts of Non-Tailpipe Particulate Matter Emissions. The new studies are: Improved Characterization of the Real-World Contributions and Impacts of Non-tailpipe Particulate Matter Emissions ,” led by Greg Evans, University of Toronto.

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Major international study links short-term exposure to PM pollution to risk of premature death

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AUGUST 22, 2019

A major new international study shows independent associations between short-term exposure to PM 10 and PM 2.5 These data reinforce the evidence of a link between mortality and PM concentration established in regional and local studies, according to the researchers. Perhaps the most interesting result of the study by Liu et al.

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UCR researchers find commercial fast-charging damages EV batteries, propose new internal-resistance-based technique

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MARCH 13, 2020

Commercial fast-charging stations subject electric car batteries to high temperatures and high resistance that can cause them to crack, leak, and lose their storage capacity, according to researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) in a new open-access study published in the journal Energy Storage. Sebastian et.

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Argonne study finds BEVs can have lowest scheduled maintenance costs, but highest cost of driving

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JUNE 15, 2021

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, with colleagues from Lawrence Berkeley, Oak Ridge, and National Renewable Energy labs, and the University of Tennessee, have published a comprehensive analysis of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for 12 sizes of vehicles ranging from compact sedans up to Class 8 tractors with sleeper cabs.

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Study finds twice as many cellulose fibers as microplastics in the Atlantic Ocean

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APRIL 4, 2022

A study by three French institutes—Ifremer, the University of Bordeaux and the IRD (a public research institution)—has found that the surface water of the Atlantic Ocean is twice as polluted by cellulose fibers as it is by microplastics. This unique set of data casts doubt then over the internal dynamics of the gyre.

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Mayor of London launches international study on effect of air pollution on children’s health: CHILL

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JUNE 11, 2018

More 3,000 primary school children in polluted areas of London and Luton will have their lung health monitored over a four-year period in a new international study launched by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. —Lead researcher Professor Chris Griffiths from Queen Mary University of London.

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CMU/Yale study suggests BEVS could be majority or near-majority of cars and SUVs by 2030 given technology trends

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JUNE 9, 2023

A study by a team from Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University suggests that BEVs could constitute the majority or near-majority of cars and SUVs by 2030, given widespread BEV availability and technology trends. Their open-access paper is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Forsythe et al.

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Penn State, EC Power use internal thermal modulation to enable stable fast charging

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NOVEMBER 3, 2022

A team from Penn State University and start-up EC Power has developed a material-agnostic technology based on asymmetric temperature modulation with a thermally stable dual-salt electrolyte to achieve stable fast charging for Li-ion batteries. In a paper in Nature , the team reports charging of a 265?Wh?kg

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International team develops strategy for higher-loading single atom catalysts

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JUNE 25, 2021

Rice University engineers have led the development of a process that uses functionalized graphene quantum dots to trap transition metals for higher metal loading single-atom catalysis. Credit: Wang Group/Rice University). In this study, we wanted to push the limit of how many atoms we can load onto a carbon substrate.

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California EV adoption driving steady decline in emissions: study

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APRIL 7, 2024

A new study from the University of California (UC) Berkeley shows a steady, albeit modest, decline in carbon emissions with increased electric vehicle (EV) adoption over the last few years. This study, he adds, was the first to look at a larger area and make a connection between a decline in carbon emissions and EV adoption.

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Study: annual climate impact of wild pigs could be greater than 1.1M cars

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JULY 20, 2021

million cars, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from The University of Queensland and The University of Canterbury. Their study appears in Global Change Biology. By uprooting carbon trapped in soil, wild pigs (feral swine), are releasing around 4.9

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International study finds air pollution leads to millions of hospital visits for asthma attacks worldwide

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OCTOBER 28, 2018

Air pollution—specifically PM 2.5 , ozone and NO 2 —could be to blame for up to 33 million emergency asthma attack visits to hospital a year, according to a new open-access study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. The largest impacts were estimated in China and India.

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New international study finds lab testing of diesel NOx emissions underestimates real-world levels by up to 50%

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MAY 15, 2017

A new international study has found that laboratory tests of nitrogen oxide emissions from diesel vehicles significantly underestimate the real-world emissions by as much as 50%. The research, led by the International Council on Clean Transportation and Environmental Health Analytics, LLC., —Chris Malley.

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UC Davis study: roadkill declines as COVID-19 continues

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JUNE 26, 2020

Fewer wild animals, including threatened mountain lions, are becoming roadkill during shelter-in-place orders, according to a study on three states from the University of California, Davis. Traffic on all roads—not just state highways—in California decreased 71% during the study period. Before stay-at-home orders, 8.4

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Global study shows uneven urbanization among large cities in the last two decades

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JANUARY 7, 2021

Credit: The University of Hong Kong. Due to the rapid economic growth in the study period, China invested a large amount of resources into infrastructure construction for advancing the urban living environment. Of the 841 cities studied, 325 showed significant greening with more than 10% of greening BUAs.

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Ethanol-fueled solid oxide fuel cells with HEA internal reforming catalyst for transportation applications

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AUGUST 27, 2023

Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of Connecticut have demonstrated high-performance metal-supported solid oxide fuel cells (MS-SOFC) with an integrated high entropy alloy (HEA) internal reforming catalyst (IRC) for transportation applications using ethanol and methanol as fuels. —Hu et al.

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Study finds GWP of electrolyzed hydrogen to meet ORD’s fuel needs would be 2.5x that of fossil fuels with 2020 grid mix

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Phil Ansell, an aerospace engineer at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, modeled the life cycle carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of liquid hydrogen production required to meet the fuel needs of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) with today’s electric grid mix.

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Study links increased black carbon pollution to increase in cases of lung adenocarcinoma worldwide

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NOVEMBER 28, 2021

An international team of scientists, led by NTU Singapore, has linked increased air pollution to an uptick in cases of lung adenocarcinoma (LADC) worldwide. The results of the study were published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. LSCC is often linked to a history of smoking. micrograms per cubic meter (?

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U Birmingham study finds DPFs have limited impact on ultrafine particle emissions

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MARCH 29, 2023

A study by researchers at the University of Birmingham in the UK has found that while Diesel Oxidation Catalysts (DOCs) and Diesel Particle Filters (DPFs) has been very effective in controlling the tailpipe emissions of solid particles, there has been little change in the liquid mode ( 104 cm −3 /24-hour mean) defined by WHO.

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Study finds relying on “local food” a distant dream for most of the world

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APRIL 20, 2020

A study by an international team of researchers led by Aalto University finds that less than one-third of the world’s population could currently meet their demand for food with food produced in their local vicinity. The study also showed that foodsheds are mostly relatively compact areas for individual crops.

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PNNL-led international study finds ultrafine aerosols have outsize impact on storm clouds, precipitation

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JANUARY 27, 2018

vehicles) and industrial air pollution—fuel powerful storms and influence weather much more than has been appreciated, according to a study published in the journal Science. Jiwen Fan of the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) led 21 authors from 15 institutions around the world to do the study.

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Lifetime carbon emissions for EVs is much lower than previously suggested: Study highlights errors

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Lifetime carbon emissions of electric cars are much lower than previously suggested, according to a new study from the Eindhoven University of Technology. First reported by Der Spiegel, the study also takes aim at previous studies claiming electric cars have higher overall emissions than internal-combustion vehicles.

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Responsible Battery Coalition and U Michigan launch study to compare electric and gas vehicle lifetime costs

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Responsible Battery Coalition, in partnership with the University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems, launched a comprehensive research project to compare the total cost of ownership of gas and electric vehicles (EVs). Gregory Keoleian, Director of the Center for Sustainable Systems at the University of Michigan.

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New public analytical model from Rice University helps fine-tune battery performance

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

A simpler and more efficient way to predict performance will lead to better batteries, according to Rice University engineers. The method is 100,000 times faster than current modeling techniques. There are quite a few adjustable parameters associated with the structure that you need to optimize.

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Study: US could save up to $70 billion annually if EVs were widespread

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AUGUST 18, 2020

Electric cars don't just save the environment, they also save lots of money, according to a new Northwestern University study. Even if.

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How much money EV ownership saves depends on where you live

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JANUARY 8, 2024

A new University of Michigan study compares the cost of ownership for EVs and internal-combustion vehicles across 14 U.S. The study found that the total cost of ownership for a 300-mile midsize electric SUV varies by $52,000 across all the cities studied. EVs were most.

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University College Dublin Study finds Prius IV hybrids drive >60% of the time in zero-emissions mode under Irish conditions

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APRIL 23, 2019

A new study carried out by University College Dublin (UCD) academics has found that under typical Irish commuting conditions, the Toyota Prius IV (fourth-generation) hybrid ( earlier post ) drives in zero emissions mode (ZEV) for significantly more than half (62%) of the time and more than 40% (40.4%) of the distance covered.

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Rheinmetall and Tongji University set up joint lab for new energy vehicle technology; focus on fuel cells

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MAY 27, 2021

Rheinmetall AG, the German technology group, and Tongji University in Shanghai have recently set up a joint lab to foster cooperation in new energy vehicle technology. The joint lab, which will focus primarily on research and innovation in fuel cells, forms part of an endowed chair at the School of Automotive Studies.

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Study finds longer commutes associated with increased human exposure to TDCIPP, a known carcinogen

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The paper is published in the journal Environment International. The study shows that not only is your car a source of TDCIPP exposure, but that less than a week of commuting results in elevated exposure to it. Over the past decade, Volz has studied how various chemicals affect the trajectory of early development.

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UCL-led study finds climate impact caused by growing space industry needs urgent mitigation

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JUNE 26, 2022

The rapidly growing space industry may have a greater climate effect than the aviation industry and undo repair to the protective ozone layer if left unregulated, according to a new study led by UCL and published in the journal Earth’s Future as an open-access paper. The space industry is one of the world’s fastest growing sectors.

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NASEM announces provisional committee for new study on life cycle analyses of low-carbon fuels

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MAY 1, 2021

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s (NASEM’s) Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (BEST) announced the provisional committee for a new consensus study, Current Methods for Life Cycle Analyses of Low Carbon Transportation Fuels in the United States. Dunn, PhD, Northwestern University.

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Study: curbing diesel emissions could reduce mortality rates in big cities

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

Freight transportation is a pillar of the US national economy, but while long-haul trucks account for less than 6% of the vehicle miles traveled over US highways, they account for about 40% of the emissions of air polluting particulate matter and about 55% of nitrogen oxides, the precursor to ozone in the atmosphere, the study said.

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NZ study shows cycle lanes and walkways cut car use, reduce emissions

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

The researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington and Victoria University studied the impact of new cycling and walking paths built in New Plymouth and Hastings in 2011. It is the first study internationally to demonstrate that investing in cycle paths and walkways leads to a reduction in emissions.

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Study finds EVs can handle distances in remote and regional Australia

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JULY 11, 2022

Electric vehicles can handle the distances required to travel to essential services in remote and regional Australia, a new study from The Australian National University (ANU) has shown. The open-access research has been published in Australian Geographer. …

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Study finds all-electric rideshare fleet could reduce carbon emissions, but increase traffic issues

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JUNE 23, 2023

However, few studies have used real-world rideshare trip data in their estimates, or included additional assessments of air pollution and traffic impacts, from the switch. They also were involved in more traffic problems, including crashes, congestion and noise, than the internal combustion option.

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Safety experts: EVs are too heavy for US guardrails

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FEBRUARY 11, 2024

EVs tend to weigh more than comparable internal-combustion models, which may require a rethink of highway guardrail designs, according to a new University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) study. For it, researchers conducted what they claim are the first-ever crash tests specifically looking at EVs and guardrails.

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Study finds electrode potential influences the reversibility of lithium-metal anodes; pathway to improved electrolytes

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

A team of researchers from the University of Tokyo and Nagoya Institute of Technology in Japan has discovered a new mechanism to stabilize the lithium metal electrode and electrolyte in lithium metal batteries. In this context, many studies have been conducted over the past decades to change the graphite negative electrode to lithium metal.

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Study finds carbon emissions benefits of reduction in oil demand depend on size of drop and global oil market structure

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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

New research led by Mohammad Masnadi, assistant professor of chemical and petroleum engineering at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, offers a closer look at the relationship between decreasing demand for oil and a resilient, varied oil market—and the carbon footprint associated with both. Masnadi, M.S.,

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University of Surrey launches global research center on air pollution

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JUNE 1, 2017

The University of Surrey is launching a new multi-disciplinary research center next week to tackle air pollution. The Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) will see the University leading on collaborative, cutting-edge research to identify an action plan to ensure “clean air for all”.

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Do engine block heaters boost mpg, reduce cold-weather emissions?

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

In a recent study, researchers in freezing Finland focused on whether engine block heaters could help increase efficiency in internal-combustion vehicles. Conducted by the University of Eastern Finland and Tampere University, the study, published in the journal Applied Energy, produced some.

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Study finds global emissions of several banned ozone-destroying CFCs are increasing

NPD study finds substantial mineral resources on Norwegian shelf

U-M researchers challenge USPS EV environmental study

Ford, U Mich study finds greater greenhouse gas reductions for pickup truck electrification than for other light-duty vehicles

HEI launches two new non-tailpipe particulate emission studies

Major international study links short-term exposure to PM pollution to risk of premature death

UCR researchers find commercial fast-charging damages EV batteries, propose new internal-resistance-based technique

Argonne study finds BEVs can have lowest scheduled maintenance costs, but highest cost of driving

Study finds twice as many cellulose fibers as microplastics in the Atlantic Ocean

Mayor of London launches international study on effect of air pollution on children’s health: CHILL

CMU/Yale study suggests BEVS could be majority or near-majority of cars and SUVs by 2030 given technology trends

Penn State, EC Power use internal thermal modulation to enable stable fast charging

International team develops strategy for higher-loading single atom catalysts

California EV adoption driving steady decline in emissions: study

Study: annual climate impact of wild pigs could be greater than 1.1M cars

International study finds air pollution leads to millions of hospital visits for asthma attacks worldwide

New international study finds lab testing of diesel NOx emissions underestimates real-world levels by up to 50%

UC Davis study: roadkill declines as COVID-19 continues

Global study shows uneven urbanization among large cities in the last two decades

Ethanol-fueled solid oxide fuel cells with HEA internal reforming catalyst for transportation applications

Study finds GWP of electrolyzed hydrogen to meet ORD’s fuel needs would be 2.5x that of fossil fuels with 2020 grid mix

Study links increased black carbon pollution to increase in cases of lung adenocarcinoma worldwide

U Birmingham study finds DPFs have limited impact on ultrafine particle emissions

Study finds relying on “local food” a distant dream for most of the world

PNNL-led international study finds ultrafine aerosols have outsize impact on storm clouds, precipitation

Lifetime carbon emissions for EVs is much lower than previously suggested: Study highlights errors

Responsible Battery Coalition and U Michigan launch study to compare electric and gas vehicle lifetime costs

New public analytical model from Rice University helps fine-tune battery performance

Study: US could save up to $70 billion annually if EVs were widespread

How much money EV ownership saves depends on where you live

University College Dublin Study finds Prius IV hybrids drive >60% of the time in zero-emissions mode under Irish conditions

Rheinmetall and Tongji University set up joint lab for new energy vehicle technology; focus on fuel cells

Study finds longer commutes associated with increased human exposure to TDCIPP, a known carcinogen

UCL-led study finds climate impact caused by growing space industry needs urgent mitigation

NASEM announces provisional committee for new study on life cycle analyses of low-carbon fuels

Study: curbing diesel emissions could reduce mortality rates in big cities

NZ study shows cycle lanes and walkways cut car use, reduce emissions

Study finds EVs can handle distances in remote and regional Australia

Study finds all-electric rideshare fleet could reduce carbon emissions, but increase traffic issues

Safety experts: EVs are too heavy for US guardrails

Study finds electrode potential influences the reversibility of lithium-metal anodes; pathway to improved electrolytes

Study finds carbon emissions benefits of reduction in oil demand depend on size of drop and global oil market structure

University of Surrey launches global research center on air pollution

Do engine block heaters boost mpg, reduce cold-weather emissions?

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