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JUNE 8, 2018

Scientists from Emory University, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Air Resources Board teamed to analyze satellite data to determine the 15-year trend of PM 2.5 pollution in the state. is especially burdensome in California and accounts for the greatest percentage of health impacts attributable to air pollution.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Lines has paid $253,300 in penalties to the California Air Resources Board for violating the Ocean-Going Vessel At-Berth Regulation. To settle this case, the company agreed to pay $253,300 to the Air Pollution Control Fund to support efforts to improve air quality, and to comply with all applicable CARB regulations. Mitsui O.S.K.

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

The funds will support the deployment of thousands of zero-emission trucks, school buses and transit buses to deliver clean air benefits to communities hit hardest by the impacts of pollution from medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Last month, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved a complementary plan for $2.6

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NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has launched the third year of its Clean Vehicle Rebate Project ( CVRP ) with $15 million in funding. The Clean Vehicle Rebate Project is part of ARB’s Air Quality Improvement Program, established by AB 118 (2007, Nuñez), to reduce smog and diesel particulate pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Trend in emissions of air pollutants from transport in EEA-32: PM 2.5 , CO, SO x , NMVOC, NO x. Transport in Europe is still responsible for damaging levels of air pollutants and a quarter of EU greenhouse gas emissions, despite some progress in reducing the impacts from transport. lower in 2011 than its peak in 2007.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Pollution is making Arabian Sea cyclones more intense, according to a study in the journal Nature. The Nature paper suggests that weakening winds have enabled the formation of stronger cyclones in recent years—including storms in 2007 and 2010 that were the first recorded storms to enter the Gulf of Oman.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The advisory group advises the CEC and the California Public Utilities Commission about programs that will help achieve clean energy and pollution reduction while being effective and useful in disadvantaged communities. AB 118 also created the Air Quality Improvement Program, which the California Air Resources Board administers.

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

2010 engines emissions reduction relative to 2010, 2007, and 2004 US emission standards. For a number of the most important pollutants, levels were substantially lower than required by regulations. g/hp-hr between 2007 and 2009 to a level less than or equal to 0.20 Source: CRC. Click to enlarge. Background. g/hp-hr in 2010.

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

The funds will be used to retrofit and replace old, polluting diesel vehicles and equipment, including school buses, heavy-duty trucks, tractors and port equipment. SCAQMD received $719,500 to replace an older 2007 Tier 2 locomotive at the Port of Long Beach with a new Tier 4 diesel locomotive.

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JULY 24, 2009

The California Air Resources Board adopted amendments to help business owners comply with its 2007 regulation aimed at reducing toxic diesel emissions from the state’s estimated 180,000 off-road vehicles such as tractors and bulldozers used in construction, mining and other industries. Earlier post.). ARB Chairwoman Mary D.

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APRIL 20, 2010

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is soliciting a project for the hybridization of an existing marine vessel for an award of up to $1,000,000. In November 2007, the Board approved a regulation to significantly reduce diesel PM and NO x from diesel-fueled engines on commercial harbor craft (CHC) vessels.

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JUNE 17, 2015

A study funded by the California Air Resources Board and conducted by UC Berkeley scientist Dr. Robert Harley. demonstrates that mandatory upgrades to diesel truck fleets serving the Port of Oakland are responsible for significant reductions in two major air pollutants. Currently, pre-2007 model year (MY) trucks cannot serve the ports.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

The eventual CTI rulemaking will establish new, more stringent emission standards for NO x and other pollutants for highway heavy-duty engines. From 2007 to 2017, US NO x emissions dropped by more than 40%. The US EPA issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) for the Cleaner Trucks Initiative (CTI).

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AUGUST 22, 2014

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the Second Integrated Urban Air Toxics Report to Congress—the final of two reports required under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to inform Congress of progress in reducing public health risks from urban air toxics (also referred to as hazardous air pollutants or HAPs).

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OCTOBER 9, 2013

The study evaluated the rate of hospitalizations for acute coronary syndrome (ACS); acute heart failure (AHF); malignant ventricular arrhythmias (MVA); and atrial fibrillation (AF) and the average daily concentrations of PM 10 in Brescia over the period 2004-2007. Resources. Emissions Health'

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

In order to diversify its sources of supply and preserve resources, Solvay has developed a process for recovering rare earths contained in end-of-life equipment such as low-energy light bulbs, batteries or magnets. Belgium-based chemical group Solvay has opened two rare earth recycling units in France.

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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. Air travel within the EU remained the fastest growth area, increasing 48% between 1997 and 2007.

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APRIL 29, 2011

The American Lung Association released its annual report on air quality, State of the Air 2011 , which includes lists of the nation’s most polluted metropolitan areas. million people—live in areas with levels of ozone and/or particle pollution that are often dangerous to breathe. Bakersfield, Calif.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

At last week’s Ocean Innovation 2009 conference in Victoria, British Columbia, Craig Carter, Director of Marketing and Customer Service at Thordon Bearings detailed the company’s progress in the retrofitting of large ocean-going vessels with seawater-lubricated propeller shaft bearings to reduce waterborne pollution.

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AUGUST 10, 2012

To support the introduction of all-electric vehicles to the state of California, Frito-Lay received a grant from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC), specifically in the South Coast Air Quality Management District.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Maritime traffic on the world’s oceans has increased four-fold over the past 20 years, likely causing more water, air and noise pollution on the open seas, according to a new study quantifying global ship traffic. Resources. The number of ships traversing the oceans grew by 60% between 1992 and 2002.

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JANUARY 27, 2015

exhaust from heavy-duty diesel engines meeting EPA 2007 and later emissions requirements—has found no evidence of carcinogenic lung tumors. The study exposed laboratory rats 80 hours a week, for up to 30 months, to emissions from a heavy-duty diesel engine meeting 2007 US EPA standards using new filters and other control technology.

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AUGUST 19, 2013

However, they also found that decreases in emissions of these pollutants appear to be slowing down and may have leveled off. 4 between 1990 and 2007 due to changes in the relative emission rates of passenger cars versus diesel trucks, and slight uptick thereafter, consistent across all urban areas considered. McDonald, Drew R.

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APRIL 16, 2009

The California Air Resources Board last month fined Nissan Motor Company $4.4 million for failing to meet requirements concerning the on-board diagnostic equipment that monitors tailpipe emissions on most of its 2005-2007 models—more than 450,000 vehicles. The ARB discovered Nissan’s problems in 2007 during a routine compliance review.

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists from the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the California Air Resources Board tracked variations in the amount of lead transported across the Pacific over time. The research was supported in large part by the California Air Resources Board. One site was on Mt.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

The technology uses seawater to filter pollutants from ships’ auxiliary engines and. TAP was created as part of the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP), and focuses on accelerating the commercial availability of new clean air strategies to reduce air pollution. The basic technology. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 11, 2014

This also implies underperformance in terms of economic and social benefits, such as reduction of pollution levels and congestion. Meanwhile, European cities need to enhance mobility and to reduce congestion, accidents and pollution through local mobility policies. billion (US$14.9 billion)—€2.9 billion (US$4 billion) and €7.8

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AUGUST 12, 2016

The first peer-reviewed study to directly quantify how emissions from oil and natural gas (O&NG) activities influence summertime tropospheric ozone (O 3 ) pollution in the Colorado Front Range confirms that chemical vapors from oil and gas activities are a significant contributor to the region’s chronic ozone problem. McDuffie, Peter M.

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AUGUST 8, 2017

Under the original “Sustainable Zoom-Zoom” vision announced in 2007, Mazda has endeavored to offer both driving pleasure and environmental and safety performance. Earlier post.). Yamasaki, Y., Umahashi, S., Uesugi, Y.,

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JANUARY 23, 2012

It also assumed implementation of existing regulations that enable the building of new energy infrastructure and resource extraction. million barrels per day in 2007 to 5.5 shale oil) combined with the development of offshore Gulf of Mexico resources are projected to push domestic crude oil production to 6.7

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OCTOBER 9, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is designating 31 areas across the country as not meeting the agency’s daily standards for fine particle air pollution (PM 2.5), or particulate matter. Affected states and tribes will be required to take steps to reduce the pollution that forms fine particles. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 17, 2011

A solvent extraction process can increase the bitumen recovery yields of oil-wet oil sand but, requires a large amount of organic solvent, resulting in high treatment costs and potential environmental pollution. Heavy Oil and Natural Bitumen Resources in. Geological Basins of the World (USGS Open File-Report 2007-1084).

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APRIL 19, 2012

Approximately half of those who died on UK roads in 2007 were under 40, implying a loss of life of ?35 35 life years per mortality, compared to the ?12 12 life years lost per air quality mortality. In other words, road accidents are still likely to result in a greater loss of life years than road transport emissions. —Yim and Barrett.

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

Pollutant emission behavior vs. engine speed.confirms the validity of the HCPC combustion concept. 2007) A Preliminary Study Towards an Innovative Diesel HCCI Combustion ASME Paper No. ICEF2007-1743 (2007). Emissions are almost independent of the engine speed. —Musu et al. Tamagna, D., Gentili, R.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Comparable data on noise exposure in Europe is a prerequisite to set up EU policies to reduce noise pollution, a growing health and economic concern all over Europe. The first EU-wide noise mapping exercise in 2007 found considerable differences in assessment methods, data collection and quality.

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MARCH 27, 2012

The proposed standard provides flexibilities for new power plants to phase in technology to reduce carbon pollution: New power plants that use CCS would have the option to use a 30?year On 2 April 2007, in the Massachusetts v. Currently, there is no uniform national limit on the amount of greenhouse gases new power plants can emit.

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MAY 18, 2009

In 2007, Jacobson and four colleagues testified in the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the role of black carbon. C increased Arctic warming from 1890 to 2007. C increased Arctic warming from 1890 to 2007. Further, controlling soot will significantly reduce particulate air pollution deaths.

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