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MAY 7, 2019

Funded in part by a $5-million zero-emissions grant from the Federal Aviation Administration, the electric buses replace the aging compressed natural gas bus fleet that has been operating at SJC since 2008. The electric bus fleet is anticipated to reduce ozone emissions by 1.1

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JULY 6, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing regulations employing the “good neighbor” provision of the Clean Air Act to reduce interstate transport of upwind state emissions from power generation that contribute to air quality problems in downwind states. This option allows trading only among power plants within a state.

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MAY 26, 2018

. $70 million to replace eligible airport ground support equipment (GSE), forklifts, and port cargo handling equipment with new, commercially available, zero-emission technologies and to install oceangoing vessel shore power systems at port terminals. Beginning in model year 2008 VW sold about 600,000 2.0- Background.

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Ozone Vehicles California Installation 277

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

The existing US NO x cap-and-trade program lowered 2008 summertime NO x emissions from power plants and large industrial sources 62% compared to year 2000 levels and 75% lower than in 1990, according to a report released by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Source: EPA. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 7, 2011

The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule replaces and strengthens the requirements of the 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), which the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ordered EPA to revise in 2008. reductions; annual NO x reductions; and ozone-season NO x. among power plants, utilizing an allowance market. Source: EPA.

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MARCH 24, 2017

Approximately 70% of the reductions needed to meet the ozone standard in the South Coast in 2031 would come from existing or proposed regulatory actions. The District’s plan also contains important actions to achieve further reductions of pollutants from large industrial facilities such as refineries and power plants.

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MARCH 1, 2011

Between 2002 and 2008, PowerTrain imported 79,830 nonroad engines or pieces of equipment into the US that were not covered by a Clean Air Act-required certificate of conformity. Ground level ozone can trigger a variety of health problems, including chest pain, coughing, throat irritation and congestion. and Tool Mart, Inc.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Between 2002 and 2008, PowerTrain imported 79,830 nonroad engines or pieces of equipment into the US that were not covered by a Clean Air Act-required certificate of conformity. Ground level ozone can trigger a variety of health problems, including chest pain, coughing, throat irritation and congestion. and Tool Mart, Inc.

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

2009), reproduced from Ramanathan and Feng (2008) Click to enlarge. HFCs are powerful greenhouse gases originally developed as substitutes for ozone-depleting chemicals. The Montreal Protocol has already delayed climate change by seven to 12 years, and put the ozone layer on the path to recovery later this century.

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MAY 16, 2011

Ships, especially ocean-going vessels, are powered by very large diesel engines that generate a tremendous amount of pollution impacting air quality onshore. One finding was that container ships encountered off the Port of Houston, where no clean-fuel use is required, emitted four times as much sulfur dioxide.

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Pollution California Clean Cleaning 186

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JULY 29, 2010

Soot could be further reduced by converting vehicles to run on renewable electric power. 2008] and methane [Schutz et al., 1990; Anisimov, 2007] and chemical production of ozone in already-polluted locations [Jacobson, 2008b]. These three gases are all greenhouse gases, and ozone is a surface air pollutant. Dessler et al.,

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

Because the latter was a $126 billion/year market in 2008, even small differences in GWPs can have large economic consequences. We’ve known for years that methane and carbon monoxide have a warming effect, but our new findings suggest these gases have a significantly more powerful warming impact than previously thought.”

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

Efforts are also underway to link the WCI with other regional climate programs, such as the Midwest Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative which covers the power generation emissions of 10 northeastern states. ARB Staff presentation on Cap-and-Trade Program. Proposed Regulation to Implement.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

In order to achieve the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards set by US EPA, CARB estimates that the South Coast Air Basin alone (including Los Angeles) will need an 80% reduction in NO x emissions by 2031. The program also includes separate standards for the engines that power combination tractors and vocational vehicles.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Significant climate anomalies 2008/2009. Losses of tropical and temperate mountain glaciers affecting perhaps 20-25% of the human population in terms of drinking water, irrigation and hydro-power. In 2008, the minimum ice extent was 9% greater than in 2007, but still the second lowest on record. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

With the reduction in on-road black carbon, regulators are turning to focus on off-road mobile, fuel combustion in the industrial and power sectors, and woodstoves and fireplaces. CARB began publicly evaluating controls for SLCPs with the first AB 32 Scoping Plan in 2008. SLCP emission reductions will support achieving these targets.

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Pollution California Emissions Climate 150

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Many of the strategies employed to reduce GHG emissions will also work to meet the national ambient air quality standard for ozone in 2032. However, to achieve the needed transportation GHG reductions and the corresponding 2032 ozone standards, the market uptake of advanced technologies will need to be accelerated.

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Transportation Emissions California Ozone 273

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APRIL 13, 2014

The global economic crisis 2007/2008 only temporarily reduced emissions. Additionally, reducing transport emissions of particulate matter (including black carbon), tropospheric ozone and aerosol precursors (including NO x ) can have human health and mitigation co?benefits GtCO 2 eq (1.3%) per year from 1970 to 2000.

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

Here, RME show advantages for primary energy and GHG, but disadvantages in terms of acidification, eutrophication and ozone depletion. From 2007 to 2008, the share of ethanol in global gasoline type fuel use was estimated to increase from 3.78% to 5.46%, and the share of biodiesel in global diesel type fuel use from 0.93% to 1.5%.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Based on model year 2008 NMOG certification data for vehicles sold in California, 22% of new vehicles are certified as LEV, 55% as ULEV, and 22% as SULEV. Light-duty passenger cars and trucks are responsible for a major fraction of ozone- forming emissions: NO x (15% of California emissions), CO (42%), and ROG (21%).

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

The National Academies have released a third review of the 21 st Century Truck Partnership (21CTP); the review follows the Phase 1 and Phase 2 reviews by the National Research Council in 2008 and 2012 ( earlier post ) and assesses the progress the partnership has made. These new targets need to be set for the research efforts.

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AUGUST 30, 2009

Brazil introduced its current generation of ethanol-powered cars in 2003, the same year in which anhydrous ethanol consumption peaked. 80.27, “high ozone season” means the period from June 1 to September 15 of any calendar year and “regulatory control period” means the period from May 1 to September 15 of any calendar year.

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MARCH 18, 2019

Diesel engines are known and valued for their legendary durability; thanks to their unmatched combination of power, performance, efficiency and reliability, diesel engines are the technology of choice for marine workboats. This report underscores that more, older engines remain in service today. Elena Craft, EDF Senior Director.

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Mariner EPA Emissions Engine 223

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JUNE 8, 2015

In February 2008, GRF became one of the first forests—and the largest—to receive verification as a source of greenhouse gas reductions under the protocols of the Climate Action Reserve , adopted by the California Air Resources Board in 2007. Life Cycle Inventory data for the e-Golf (EU-27 power mix, rounded values).

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Carbon Personal Store Emissions 150

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

The program will cover the major sources of GHG emissions in the State, including refineries and power plants, industrial facilities, and transportation fuels. In 2008 ARB approved the AB 32 Scoping Plan that uses a mix of approaches to meet climate change goals, including a cap-and-trade program and other complementary measures.

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2015 Transportation Fuel Emissions 210

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OCTOBER 20, 2012

Unregulated pollutants also include ozone precursors and bioaccumulative and toxic compounds. The second engine was a Ford 2008 6.4 L “Power Stroke” engine manufactured by International, used in pick-up trucks, school buses, tow trucks, and other vehicles. For the study, they used a GM 2002 1.7

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Pollution Diesel Emissions Engine 231

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MARCH 17, 2016

The Haifa region began air quality monitoring some 30 years ago; the metropolitan area now has the densest air quality monitoring network in Israel with 27 continuous monitoring stations that measure criteria pollutants including sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, ozone, particulates and more.

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