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

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APRIL 10, 2023

New analysis has found increasing emissions of several ozone-depleting chemicals despite their production being banned for most uses under the Montreal Protocol—and a loophole in the rules is likely responsible. According to the researchers, emissions from these CFCs currently do not significantly threaten ozone recovery.

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EPA initiates new review of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards

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AUGUST 22, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new review of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). In October 2021, EPA announced a reconsideration of the previous Administration’s decision to retain the NAAQS for ozone. In many of the areas designated as not meeting the current 2015 standards, work remains.

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California adopts comprehensive strategy to meet federal ozone standard over next 15 years

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The California Air Resources Board today approved a statewide plan for attaining the federal health-based standard for ozone, typically experienced as smog. The 2022 State Implementation Plan Strategy identifies the state’s control strategy for meeting the federal 70 parts per billion, 8-hour ozone standard over the next 15 years.

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BASF introduces cost-effective upgrade to ozone-VOC converters for healthier aircraft cabin air; UpCore

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APRIL 26, 2022

BASF has launched UpCore, a new service providing a cost-effective and sustainable technology upgrade from a standard ozone converter to an ozone-VOC (volatile organic compounds) converter for cleaner and healthier aircraft cabin air. The air at high altitude contains significant levels of ozone.

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Study finds COVID-19 lockdown in China brought only slight reduction in PM2.5 and ozone

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JULY 29, 2020

Large improvements of air quality in China during the lockdown have been widely reported, but new research shows that two pollutants harmful to human health—fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) and ozone—were only slightly reduced. and ozone were only slightly reduced or barely affected.

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Study finds rising emissions of ozone-depleting CFC-11, banned by Montreal Protocol

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MAY 17, 2018

Emissions of one of the chemicals most responsible for the Antarctic ozone hole are on the rise, despite an international treaty that required an end to its production in 2010, a new study by researchers at NOAA and their colleagues shows. —NOAA scientist Stephen Montzka, lead author of the paper.

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Study links ambient PM2.5 and ozone specifically caused by vehicle exhaust emissions to ~361,000 premature deaths worldwide in 2010 and ~385,000 in 2015

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MARCH 1, 2019

and ozone deaths, associated mortality rates, and population in G20 economies in 2015. and ozone worldwide in 2010 and ~385,000 in 2015, equivalent to 11.7% and ozone premature deaths in 2010 and 11.4% and ozone concentrations from transportation emissions resulted in 7.8 and ozone deaths in 2015, broken out by subsector.

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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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Study finds São Paulo switch from ethanol to gasoline dropped local ozone levels by 20%, increased CO and nitric oxide concentrations

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APRIL 29, 2014

A study by a pair of researchers at Northwestern University found that when fuel prices drove residents of São Paulo, Brazil, to switch from ethanol to gasoline in their flexible-fuel vehicles, local ozone levels dropped 20%. Ozone levels are relatively high in São Paulo, with hourly concentrations above 75 and 125 µg m ?3

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New Mexico adopts Clean Cars Rule

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MAY 6, 2022

The coordinated package of regulations will reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and ozone- and smog-causing pollutants from new passenger cars, trucks, and SUVs starting in model year 2026. Their independent approval of the Clean Car Rule allows California’s Advanced Clean Cars to be implemented statewide in New Mexico beginning 1 July 2022.

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MECA emissions inventory & air quality modeling shows potential benefits of national cleaner trucks initiative at CARB limits

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JUNE 26, 2020

The modeled 2028 base year 8-hour ozone design values were found to be above the 70 ppb NAAQS for 75 monitoring locations. By 2035, 46 states will be in attainment with the 2015 ozone NAAQS of 70 ppb (only counties in California and Utah remain in nonattainment). Source: MECA. ppb in the west (San Bernardino, CA) and 4.9

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Using Ozone-Generated Bubbles to Remove Oil Sheen and Contaminants from Water

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A University of Utah engineer has developed an inexpensive new method to remove oil sheen by repeatedly pressurizing and depressurizing ozone gas, creating microscopic bubbles that attack the oil so it can be removed by sand filters. The ozone in the bubble attacks certain pollutants because it is a strong oxidant.

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Hyundai Motor puts XCIENT Fuel Cell electric trucks into commercial fleet operation in California with $3.5M from EPA

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

EPA’s TAG program aims to reduce air pollution in areas of the nation with the highest levels of ambient ozone and fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) pollution.

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GM Spring Hill to run on 100% solar power by 2022

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MAY 15, 2020

According to the EPA, GM’s choice to use green power helps advance the voluntary market for renewable energy, as well as the development of those sources.

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EPA and Justice Department announce settlement to reduce hazardous air emissions at BP Products’ Whiting Refinery; $197M in injunctive relief, $40M penalty

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MAY 22, 2023

VOCs along with NO x , play a major role in the atmospheric reactions that produce ozone, which is the primary constituent of smog. People with lung disease, children, older adults, and people who are active can be affected when ozone levels are unhealthy.

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Researchers discover that a ubiquitous tire rubber–derived chemical is killing coho salmon in urban waterways: 6PPD-quinone

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

They found that 6PPD, the primary antioxidant chemical used in tire rubber, reacts with ozone to form the previously unidentified compound 6PPD-quinone. Ozone breaks the bonds holding the tire together. 6PPD reacts with ozone before it can react with the tire rubber, sparing the tires.

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UCI-led study finds California’s strict air quality regulations have helped farmers

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MARCH 17, 2020

They found that reductions in ground ozone during this 35-year period resulted in $600 million in increased production annually by the early 2010s. Another difference is that some grains can be annually modified to withstand greater heat and even higher ozone levels in the air. An open-access paper on the work appears in Nature Food.

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6PPD-quinone derived from tire debris is toxic to two trout species, not just coho salmon

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MARCH 4, 2022

6PPD is an antioxidant and antiozonant that helps prevent the degradation and cracking of rubber compounds caused by exposure to oxygen, ozone and temperature fluctuation. Rubber tires are fortified with protectants, such as N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)- N' -phenyl-p-phenylenediamine or simply 6PPD.

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Oregon EQC approves Clean Trucks Rule

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Diesel engines are responsible for approximately 25% of all NO x emissions in the state, a precursor to the formation of ground level ozone. Communities across Oregon, including the Portland-metropolitan area and the Rogue Valley have experienced increasing levels of ozone in recent years.

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EPA awards $6M in research funding to improve air quality models

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JULY 10, 2020

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $5,959,842 million in research funding to nine institutions to improve air quality models used to simulate ozone, particulate matter (PM), regional haze, air toxics, and emerging pollutants.

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Northwestern/Princeton study explores air quality impacts of aggressive conversion to EVs

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APRIL 15, 2019

In a paper published in the journal Atmospheric Environment , they report on the findings from a suite of scenarios designed to quantify the effect of both the magnitude of EV market penetration and the source of electricity generation used to power them. coal, oil, natural gas, and biomass). Seasons and times of day. Schnell et al.

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WHO issues new, lower Global Air Quality Guidelines for classical pollutants

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

When action is taken on these classical pollutants—particulate matter (PM), ozone (O?), and PM 10 ), ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide. WHO’s new guidelines recommend air quality levels for 6 pollutants, where evidence has advanced the most on health effects from exposure. nitrogen dioxide (NO?)

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U Vienna team finds stable metabolized TWP-derived compounds with unknown toxicities in lettuce

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DECEMBER 29, 2022

TWP have been implicated as the predominant source of these compounds in rivers. Not only the parent compounds but also their transformation products, many of which are still unknown, may exert harmful effects on biota.

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Growth Energy estimates 2,800 retail sites in US to offer E15 by 2021; 350M new ethanol gallons annually

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JUNE 21, 2018

The Prime the Pump market development campaign has: Doubled the number of E15 stations four years in a row to include 1,400 stations across 30 states. It’s a major obstruction for those going the extra mile to expand into new markets and grow our industry.

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Lux: frack water market to grow nine-fold to $9B in 2020

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MAY 6, 2012

The market for water treatment for hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) to produce previously inaccessible shale gas will grow nine-fold to $9 billion in 2020, according to a new report from Lux Research. —Brent Giles, Lux Research Analyst and lead author of “ Risk and Reward in the Frack Water Market ”.

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CARB releases results of multi-year E15 study; multiple air quality benefits with slight reduction in fuel economy

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JULY 18, 2022

Calculated NMOG and ozone forming potential (OFP) emissions data were not included in the comprehensive statistical analysis, but were examined for fuel effects using a two-sample equal variance t-test. Overall, NMOG emissions trended lower for E15 compared to E10.

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UK researchers report that alcohols in windshield washer fluid are major unreported source of VOCs emissions from cars, including EVs

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JUNE 8, 2023

Another important component of emissions is volatile organic compounds (VOCs), a broad classification of carbon-based molecules that are easily vaporized and that can contribute to ozone formation. While some VOCs are released in exhaust, others may arise from an unexpected source—e.g.,

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Maersk calls for EU enforcement of reefer legislation, pushes its Supotec foam

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Maersk Container Industry (MCI) is calling for tougher enforcement of European environmental legislation designed to protect the Earth’s ozone layer and help prevent climate change. Current EU legislation bans the “import” or “placing on the market” of reefer containers with significant potential to damage the climate and ozone layer.

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New study puts air-pollution related deaths in India in 2019 at 1.67 million

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DECEMBER 27, 2020

and that due to ambient ozone pollution increased by 139.2%. Climate change exacerbates pollution, the researchers noted, through atmospheric stagnation, temperature-driven increases in particulate matter, and ground-level ozone formation, which are likely to be particularly severe in India. since 1990.

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HEI study in Europe finds evidence of health effects at lower levels of air pollution

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

In the report, the investigators describe the development of new exposure models for all of Europe for four pollutants: fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ), black carbon (BC), nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), and ozone (O 3 ), as well as PM 2.5 particle composition.

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CARB fines Del Monte $2M for violations of OGV at Berth regulation

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

with its principal location in Coral Gables, Florida, is a global producer, marketer and distributor of fresh and fresh-cut fruit and vegetables. The project provides financial and other incentives for ocean-going vessels to reduce their speed in specified areas along the coast during peak ozone and migratory whale seasons.

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UN report projects that increasing use of HFCs likely to have a significant climate impact by 2050; equivalent to current total annual emissions from transport

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The decrease in CO 2 equivalent emissions of ODSs (ozone-depleting substances: CFCs, halons, HCFCs, and others) may be offset by the projected increase in their non-ozone depleting substitutes (HFCs) (lines designated as HFC scenarios). Climate and the Ozone Layer. Source: UNEP. Click to enlarge.

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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

in collaboration with scientists at the University of York’s Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI); University of Colorado; and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, assessed 30 studies of vehicle emissions under real-world driving conditions in 11 major vehicle markets representing 80% of new diesel vehicle sales in 2015.

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CARB approves $423M plan to mitigate harm from Volkswagen defeat devices; significant investments in heavy-duty vehicles and equipment sectors

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MAY 26, 2018

At least four additional manufacturers are expected to introduce zero-emission Class 8 commercial trucks in the next one to three years, and manufacturers representing the majority of the California truck market have publicly announced plans to launch zero-emission trucks in the next five years.

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Latest GHG Inventory shows California remains below 2020 emissions target; much steeper rate of GHG reductions required

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

in 2018 (2000-2018 average year-over-year increase is 6.8%), continuing the increasing trend as they replace Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) being phased out under the 1987 Montreal Protocol. Per capita GHG emissions in California have dropped from a 2001 peak of 14.0 tons per person to 10.7 tons per person in 2018, a 24% decrease.

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2020 California Emissions 2018

Monitoring shows plumes of carcinogenic formaldehyde in neighborhoods along Houston’s Ship Channel

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JULY 3, 2021

In addition to contributing to cancer risk, formaldehyde reacts secondarily to form ground-level ozone, a respiratory irritant responsible for increased rates of cardiac arrest and asthma. It also contributes to ground-level ozone, which can cause damage to the lungs and increased rates of cardiac arrest and asthma.

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Satellite data show resurgence in NO2 emissions over China

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MARCH 20, 2020

The satellite carries the Tropomi instrument to map a multitude of trace gases such as nitrogen dioxide, ozone, formaldehyde, sulfur dioxide, methane, carbon monoxide and aerosols. ©ESA/ATG Sentinel-5 Precursor is the first Copernicus mission dedicated to monitoring the atmosphere. ©ESA/ATG medialab.

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California introduces first-in-nation rules to reduce climate “super pollutants” from commercial refrigeration, air conditioning equipment

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

HFCs are synthetic gases that are used in a variety of applications, but mainly to replace ozone-depleting substances in aerosols, foams, refrigeration and air-conditioning. The California Air Resources Board recently approved first-in-the-nation rules to curb the impact of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants.

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NY sets 100% ZEV sales goal for new LDVs by 2035, advances Advanced Clean Truck regulation

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

A portion of downstate New York State does not meet federal health based national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone and has been categorized as a non-attainment area. million registered vehicles.

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California workshop on hydrogen and fuel cells in ports

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

In California, the environmental footprint of ports is significant, both because of the volume of activity itself and because they tend to be located in areas that already experience heavy automobile and truck traffic, create smog, particulate matter, and ozone pollution.

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CU Boulder study: routine household activities generate air quality on par with major polluted city

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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Furthermore, airborne chemicals that originate inside a house don’t stay there: Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from products such as shampoo, perfume and cleaning solutions eventually escape outside and contribute to ozone and fine particle formation, making up an even greater source of global atmospheric air pollution than cars and trucks do.

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Volvo Trucks awarded $21.7M from US EPA and South Coast AQMD to deploy 70 Class 8 VNR Electric trucks

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

Volvo Trucks will leverage best practices learned from the Volvo LIGHTS (Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions) project, its collaboration with South Coast AQMD and 13 other organizations to develop an end-to-end blueprint to successfully introduce battery-electric trucks and equipment into the market at scale.

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Transient Plasma Systems says advances are bringing plasma ignition technology closer to commercialization

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

TPS technology has other applications as well, such as emissions reduction from diesel engines and commercial kitchen exhaust systems, plasma treatment of surfaces for cleaning, as well as ozone generation. Transient Plasma Systems Inc. hp diesel engine.

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Senate bill would enable sales of E15 and higher ethanol blends year round; RVP waiver

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MARCH 3, 2017

This would increase market access opportunities for higher blends of ethanol by allowing retailers across the country to sell E15 and other higher-ethanol/gasoline fuel blends year-round, the Senators said. US Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) During these months, gasoline RVP may not exceed 9.0

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

EPA initiates new review of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards

California adopts comprehensive strategy to meet federal ozone standard over next 15 years

BASF introduces cost-effective upgrade to ozone-VOC converters for healthier aircraft cabin air; UpCore

Study finds COVID-19 lockdown in China brought only slight reduction in PM2.5 and ozone

Study finds rising emissions of ozone-depleting CFC-11, banned by Montreal Protocol

Study links ambient PM2.5 and ozone specifically caused by vehicle exhaust emissions to ~361,000 premature deaths worldwide in 2010 and ~385,000 in 2015

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

Study finds São Paulo switch from ethanol to gasoline dropped local ozone levels by 20%, increased CO and nitric oxide concentrations

New Mexico adopts Clean Cars Rule

MECA emissions inventory & air quality modeling shows potential benefits of national cleaner trucks initiative at CARB limits

Using Ozone-Generated Bubbles to Remove Oil Sheen and Contaminants from Water

Hyundai Motor puts XCIENT Fuel Cell electric trucks into commercial fleet operation in California with $3.5M from EPA

GM Spring Hill to run on 100% solar power by 2022

EPA and Justice Department announce settlement to reduce hazardous air emissions at BP Products’ Whiting Refinery; $197M in injunctive relief, $40M penalty

Researchers discover that a ubiquitous tire rubber–derived chemical is killing coho salmon in urban waterways: 6PPD-quinone

UCI-led study finds California’s strict air quality regulations have helped farmers

6PPD-quinone derived from tire debris is toxic to two trout species, not just coho salmon

Oregon EQC approves Clean Trucks Rule

EPA awards $6M in research funding to improve air quality models

Northwestern/Princeton study explores air quality impacts of aggressive conversion to EVs

WHO issues new, lower Global Air Quality Guidelines for classical pollutants

U Vienna team finds stable metabolized TWP-derived compounds with unknown toxicities in lettuce

Growth Energy estimates 2,800 retail sites in US to offer E15 by 2021; 350M new ethanol gallons annually

Lux: frack water market to grow nine-fold to $9B in 2020

CARB releases results of multi-year E15 study; multiple air quality benefits with slight reduction in fuel economy

UK researchers report that alcohols in windshield washer fluid are major unreported source of VOCs emissions from cars, including EVs

Maersk calls for EU enforcement of reefer legislation, pushes its Supotec foam

New study puts air-pollution related deaths in India in 2019 at 1.67 million

HEI study in Europe finds evidence of health effects at lower levels of air pollution

CARB fines Del Monte $2M for violations of OGV at Berth regulation

UN report projects that increasing use of HFCs likely to have a significant climate impact by 2050; equivalent to current total annual emissions from transport

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

CARB approves $423M plan to mitigate harm from Volkswagen defeat devices; significant investments in heavy-duty vehicles and equipment sectors

Latest GHG Inventory shows California remains below 2020 emissions target; much steeper rate of GHG reductions required

Monitoring shows plumes of carcinogenic formaldehyde in neighborhoods along Houston’s Ship Channel

Satellite data show resurgence in NO2 emissions over China

California introduces first-in-nation rules to reduce climate “super pollutants” from commercial refrigeration, air conditioning equipment

NY sets 100% ZEV sales goal for new LDVs by 2035, advances Advanced Clean Truck regulation

California workshop on hydrogen and fuel cells in ports

CU Boulder study: routine household activities generate air quality on par with major polluted city

Volvo Trucks awarded $21.7M from US EPA and South Coast AQMD to deploy 70 Class 8 VNR Electric trucks

Transient Plasma Systems says advances are bringing plasma ignition technology closer to commercialization

Senate bill would enable sales of E15 and higher ethanol blends year round; RVP waiver

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