Los Angeles Ozone Power 
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 29, 2013
Annual average concentrations of fine particulates from US sources of combustion emissions from (a) electric power generation; (b) industry; (c) commercial and residential sources; (d) road transportation; (e) marine transportation; (f) rail transportation; (g) sum of all combustion sources; (h) all sources. Source: MIT. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 19, 2013
A study by a team of researchers from France and the US found that the origin of volatile hydrocarbons, other than methane, present in city air is mainly gasoline-powered vehicles. The study showed that the proportions of such compounds in Paris air were two to three times greater than in Los Angeles or other European cities studied.
Baua Electric
MAY 6, 2024
times more likely than a white person to live in a community with a failing grade on all three of the report’s measures for air pollution—short-term particle pollution, long-term particle pollution, and ozone. ” But the organization is now pushing for stricter national limits on ozone pollution as well.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 29, 2011
This year’s report finds that the majority of American cities most-polluted by ozone (smog) or year-round particle pollution (soot) have improved, showing continued progress in the cleanup of toxics under the requirements of the Clean Air Act. When ozone is inhaled, it irritates the lungs. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, Calif.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Advanced ignition technologies, such as those offered by TPS, have been widely recognized as enablers to achieving higher combustion efficiency and lower emissions for gasoline-powered engines. An innovative plug configuration that reduces the breakdown voltage, resulting in significant cost and size reduction of the power supply.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 1, 2009
The global market for rocket launches may require more stringent regulation in order to prevent significant damage to Earth’s stratospheric ozone layer in the decades to come, according to a new study by researchers in California and Colorado. Darin Toohey.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 21, 2014
China is responsible for only a small percentage of the annual pollution in the US, but powerful global winds known as “westerlies” can push airborne chemicals across the ocean in days, particularly during the spring, causing dangerous spikes in contaminants. —Steve Davis, UC Irvine Earth system scientist and co-author.
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