article thumbnail

NASA satellite images highlight US air quality improvement with reduction of NO2

Green Car Congress

The gas is produced primarily during the combustion of gasoline in vehicle engines and coal in power plants. They show how nitrogen dioxide concentrations during spring and summer months, averaged from 2005-2007, compare to the average from 2009-2011. It’s also a good proxy for the presence of air pollution in general.

Ozone 210
article thumbnail

Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Posts | Profile Senior Contributors Felicity Barringer , San Francisco; Clifford Krauss , Houston; Micheline Maynard , Detroit; Jad Mouawad , New York; Matthew L. Powered by Blogrunner Latest From Green Inc. How will the pressures of climate change, limited fossil fuel resources and the mainstreaming of "green" consciousness reshape society?

Volt 42
article thumbnail

Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. Are we going to burn more oil, natural gas, or (gasp) coal to produce it? Cheers — Al Louard 11. railways replacing cars and trucks, weatherizing homes, etc.),

Grid 47
article thumbnail

Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Even if you charge your EV with electricity made from coal fired generators you reduce your car’s pollution by half. Posts | Profile Senior Contributors Felicity Barringer , San Francisco; Clifford Krauss , Houston; Micheline Maynard , Detroit; Jad Mouawad , New York; Matthew L. If you charge with solar, is way less.

Oregon 58