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Swiss study finds that studies on air pollution that ignore impact of noise overestimate effects of pollution on heart attacks

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

Air pollution and transportation noise are both associated with an increased risk of heart attacks. However, studies on air pollution which do not take into account traffic noise tend to overestimate the long-term effect of air pollution on heart attacks, according to a study conducted by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute.

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Study finds significant proportion of childhood asthma cases may be attributable to air pollution

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AUGUST 8, 2019

Findings of a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) and published in the European Respiratory Journal suggest that a significant proportion of childhood asthma cases may be attributable to outdoor air pollution, and that these cases could be prevented. Meeting the minimum air pollution levels for NO 2 (1.5?µg·m

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Blackstone announces progress with printed battery cells

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AUGUST 8, 2020

Switzerland-based Blackstone Resources AG announced that it has achieved a series of important milestones for producing any kind of printed battery cells. The production of the electrodes is completely free of pollutants and reduces production costs over the long term.

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Study shows two-stroke scooters dominant source of air pollution in many cities; asymmetric polluters

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MAY 23, 2014

A study by European researchers has found that two-stroke (2S) scooters, although constituting a small fraction of the fleet, can dominate urban vehicular pollution through organic aerosol and aromatic emission factors up to thousands of times higher than from other vehicle classes. —Platt et al. Platt et al.

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EEA report suggests road charges for heavy-duty goods vehicles should reflect varied health effects of pollution in different countries

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MARCH 4, 2013

Air pollution externalities of 12–14 ton HGV on highway (Euronorm III) in euro cents. A new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) suggests that new road charges for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs or lorries) should reflect the varied health effects of traffic pollution in different European countries. Source: EEA.

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PSI team provides first direct proof of ongoing chemical reactions in particulates

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MARCH 14, 2020

These findings will help to improve the understanding of global processes involved in cloud formation and air pollution and to refine the corresponding models. This common compound is found not only in ants and stinging nettles, but also in the atmosphere, where it is an important indicator of air pollution. Resources.

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OECD: rising air pollution-related deaths taking heavy toll on society; more should be done to reduce transport emissions

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MAY 23, 2014

Deaths from outdoor air pollution by region in 2005 and 2010. Outdoor air pollution kills some 3.5 This pollution is costing advanced economies plus China and India an estimated US$3.5 The effects of air pollution on people’s health are much higher than previously thought. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Melting Glaciers May Release Trapped Legacy Pollutants

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

Historical trends of (A) ΣPCDD/F, (B) ΣPCB, and (C) ΣDDT in sediment from Lake Oberaar and from low-altitude lakes in Switzerland, normalized relative to their maximum historical peaks. The “second peak” for Lake Oberaar supports the hypothesis of pollutant release from melting. Credit: ACS, Bogdal et al.

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

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MAY 17, 2020

Depletion of fossil energy resources [kg oil-eq.]. Depletion of metal resources [kg iron-eq.]. The system will graph lifecycle impact for a range of specified powertrains, for a large number of impact categories: Climate change [kg CO 2 -eq.]. Depletion of fresh water reserves [m 3 ]. Deterioration of the ozone layer [kg CFC-11-eq.].

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SkyNRG and AEG Fuels deliver sustainable aviation biofuels for Bombardier Business Aircraft demo fleet

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MAY 25, 2017

SkyNRG and AEG Fuels completed the delivery of sustainable aviation biofuels for the Bombardier Business Aircraft demonstration fleet flying from KLM Jet Center in Amsterdam, Netherlands to the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland. This is the first delivery of biofuel completed by AEG Fuels.

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Discovery of mechanism for atmospheric particle formation suggests need for ammonia emission regulations

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MAY 23, 2022

To analyze this, Wang headed to Switzerland as a member of the CLOUD collaboration to test his experiment at the European Council for Research Nuclear (CERN). There are no factories or farms, and planes are thought to make up most of the pollutants in this area. Source: College of Engineering. The emission sources are limited up there.

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Swiss team finds particle emissions from aircraft turbine engines at ground-idle induce oxidative stress in bronchial cells

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MAY 17, 2019

Image: University of Bern /SR Technics Switzerland AG. This is equivalent to the daily airway intake of mildly polluted rural air with 20 µg (millionths of a gram) of particles per cubic meter of air up to heavily polluted air in a large city (100-500 µg of particles per cubic meter of air).

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California ARB fines two shipping companies $53K each for violating low-sulfur fuel regulation

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has fined two shipping companies for failing to switch from bunker fuel to cleaner, low-sulfur fuel when sailing within 24 miles of the California coast, as required by a state law adopted in 2008. They must also follow all fuel switchover requirements, and maintain accurate records.

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York, Empa study finds retrofitting of VW diesel engines was successful

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MAY 21, 2020

Stuart Grange works in Empa’s Air Pollution/Environmental Technology Laboratory and also at the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories at the University of York. In Switzerland, retrofitting the EA 189 engine was mandatory. The NOx values for the 1.6-liter liter diesel the emissions were even 53% worse. doi: 10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00188.

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Researchers Find Particles From Car Brakes Harm Lung Cells

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser and Peter Gehr from the University of Bern, Switzerland, and Michael Riediker from the Institute for Work and Health, Lausanne, Switzerland, worked with a team of researchers to study the effects of brake particles on cultured lung cells placed in a chamber close to the axle of a car.

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EEA TERM Report Finds Efficiency Gains of Clean Vehicle Technology Being Offset By Ongoing Increases in Travel

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APRIL 28, 2010

The report’s findings for the period 1997–2007 present a mixed picture, with some improvements in air pollutants and serious concerns regarding persistent growth in transport’s greenhouse gas emissions. Towards a resource-efficient transport system—TERM 2009.

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Study Finds That CO2 Emissions in Europe from Mobile AC May Be An Average Six Times Higher Than Predicted by the EPA MOBILE6 Model

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JUNE 14, 2010

Weilenmann, Robert Alvarez and Mario Keller (2010) Fuel Consumption and CO 2 /Pollutant Emissions of Mobile Air Conditioning at Fleet Level - New Data and Model Comparison. Legislation could also support this process, the authors suggest. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/es903654t.

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EEA Report: Trends in European Transport Are Heading in the Wrong Direction

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APRIL 5, 2009

Air pollution. Emissions of regulated air pollutants from vehicles continue to fall across EEA member countries but concentrations remain high in some urban areas. The number of kilometers travelled by passengers in EEA member countries grew by 1% (equivalent to 65 million kilometers) in 2006. Transport at a crossroads.

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Empa researchers investigate release of micro-rubber particles from tires into environment

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Although the presence of microplastics in the environment is raising concerns, the amount of microplastics in air and water is small compared to another polymer that pollutes air and water: micro rubber. 22 kilotonnes of micro rubber have accumulated in the environment in Switzerland. —Christoph Hüglin. 2019.113573.

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CMU/DAI study finds shutting down US nuclear plants would have significant negative economic and environmental consequences

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JUNE 18, 2011

Shifting from nuclear to other types of power plants could affect the reliability of the electricity supply, electricity costs, air pollution, carbon emissions, and the reliance on fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas, the researchers said. Shutting Down Nuclear Power Plants: Economic and Environmental Impacts.

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Study finds modern diesel cars emit fewer carbonaceous particulates than gasoline cars

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JULY 14, 2017

A new study by an international team led by researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland has found that modern diesel passenger cars equipped with diesel particulate filters (DPFs) emit fewer carbonaceous particulates than gasoline-powered vehicles. Resources. —Platt et al. El Haddad, S. Pieber, A.

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ICCT: gap between official and real-world fuel economy figures in Europe reaches ~38%; call to implement WLTP ASAP

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

United Kingdom); and the car club TCS (Switzerland). This procedure was developed in the 1980s and was not originally intended to be used for fuel consumption testing but air pollutants. —“From Laboratory to Road: 2014 Update”.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

August, 2009 : Switzerland and Italy agreed in principle to redraw portions of the Swiss-Italian border, established in 1861, that had shifted due to the recession of glaciers in areas where the border is determined by the area’s watershed ( earlier post ).

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Study Concludes That to Limit Global Warming to 2 °C, Less Than 25% of Proven Fossil Fuel Reserves Can be Burnt Between Now and 2050

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APRIL 29, 2009

The researchers, involving scientists from Germany, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, concluded that the limit is 1,000 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide between the years 2000 and 2050. Strong mitigation actions according to the blue route would limit the risk of exceeding 2°C to 25%. Meinshausen et al. 2009) Click to enlarge. Frieler, K.,

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Hyundai begins supplies of hydrogen trucks to Port of California | Autocar Professional

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MAY 2, 2024

The California Port Green Truck Adoption Project is a port decarbonization project in North America hosted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the California Energy Commission (CEC). The inauguration ceremony, which was held in Oakland, U.S., As part of the project, Hyundai supplied 30 Xcient fuel cell trucks to G.E.T

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2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

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JANUARY 24, 2018

Recent research cited by the EPI suggests that around five million people die prematurely every year due to air pollution, accounting for approximately one in every ten deaths annually. Switzerland leads the world in sustainability, followed by France, Denmark, Malta, and Sweden. average exposure, and PM 2.5 Source: EPI.

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Swiss study finds that studies on air pollution that ignore impact of noise overestimate effects of pollution on heart attacks

Study finds significant proportion of childhood asthma cases may be attributable to air pollution

Blackstone announces progress with printed battery cells

Study shows two-stroke scooters dominant source of air pollution in many cities; asymmetric polluters

EEA report suggests road charges for heavy-duty goods vehicles should reflect varied health effects of pollution in different countries

PSI team provides first direct proof of ongoing chemical reactions in particulates

OECD: rising air pollution-related deaths taking heavy toll on society; more should be done to reduce transport emissions

Melting Glaciers May Release Trapped Legacy Pollutants

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

SkyNRG and AEG Fuels deliver sustainable aviation biofuels for Bombardier Business Aircraft demo fleet

Discovery of mechanism for atmospheric particle formation suggests need for ammonia emission regulations

Swiss team finds particle emissions from aircraft turbine engines at ground-idle induce oxidative stress in bronchial cells

California ARB fines two shipping companies $53K each for violating low-sulfur fuel regulation

York, Empa study finds retrofitting of VW diesel engines was successful

Researchers Find Particles From Car Brakes Harm Lung Cells

EEA TERM Report Finds Efficiency Gains of Clean Vehicle Technology Being Offset By Ongoing Increases in Travel

Study Finds That CO2 Emissions in Europe from Mobile AC May Be An Average Six Times Higher Than Predicted by the EPA MOBILE6 Model

EEA Report: Trends in European Transport Are Heading in the Wrong Direction

Empa researchers investigate release of micro-rubber particles from tires into environment

CMU/DAI study finds shutting down US nuclear plants would have significant negative economic and environmental consequences

Study finds modern diesel cars emit fewer carbonaceous particulates than gasoline cars

ICCT: gap between official and real-world fuel economy figures in Europe reaches ~38%; call to implement WLTP ASAP

Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

Study Concludes That to Limit Global Warming to 2 °C, Less Than 25% of Proven Fossil Fuel Reserves Can be Burnt Between Now and 2050

Hyundai begins supplies of hydrogen trucks to Port of California | Autocar Professional

2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

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