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JUNE 15, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed updates to its national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for harmful fine particle pollution (PM 2.5 ). In addition, the proposal would update the Air Quality Index (AQI) for particle pollution. Source: EPA. Click to enlarge. million, to $5.9

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APRIL 5, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice announced an environmental agreement with Ohio-based Marathon Petroleum Company that already has significantly reduced air pollution from all six of the company’s petroleum refineries. The more waste gas a company sends to a flare, the more pollution occurs.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Using an estimated cost of $0.71 per gallon for CO 2 and criteria pollutant costs (Jason Hill et al. Burton and Paarsons (2009). 2009) Is CARS a Clunker? 2009) Climate change and health costs of air emissions from biofuels and gasoline. Abrams, Burton A. and Parsons, George R. Hill, Jason, et al.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2013

In the nine countries for which data is available (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Netherlands, Republic of Korea and United States) more than 10,000 people died in pole or other side impacts in 2009. For other air pollutants, the regulation stipulates that retrofitting shall not result in increased emissions.

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JANUARY 29, 2010

The report found that in 2009, 58% of adults believe that “Individuals should try to limit their car use for the sake of the environment”. Support for policies on soft measures to encourage alternative modes, such as improved public transport, was higher than measures that would increase the cost of car travel.

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JANUARY 17, 2015

The cost of generating power from renewable energy sources has reached parity or dropped below the cost of fossil fuels for many technologies in many parts of the world, according to a new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Real weighted average cost of capital is 7.5% Source: IRENA.

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

In 2009, the number of private cars owned in China exceeded the United States, resulting in it being the world’s largest auto market. Establishment of a biofuel industry in China is therefore an attractive solution to manage the problems of environmental pollution, energy independence and rural development within the transport sector.

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MAY 8, 2009

2009) Click to enlarge. The authors point out their study looked at only two criteria, kilometers travelled and greenhouse gas offsets, but did not examine the performance of electricity and ethanol for other policy-relevant criteria such as water consumption, air pollution or economic costs. “We Campbell et al. Campbell et al.

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APRIL 1, 2011

In 2009, there were more than 3 million commercial fleet vehicles on the road, consuming nearly 4 billion gallons of fuel. Fleets, which are typically centrally managed and comprised of a large number of vehicles, offer significant opportunities to reduce fuel use and carbon pollution.

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AUGUST 23, 2010

trillion is spent annually on transport globally, mostly in ways that exacerbate rather than solve the problems associated with traffic growth, including congestion, health-harming air pollution, accidents, energy insecurity, and climate change. restructure pricing incentives so users Pay for the full costs of transport consumption.

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APRIL 18, 2018

The cost of producing, delivering, and dispensing hydrogen in early markets for light duty vehicles during recent commercial station deployments was estimated to be $13-$16/gallon gasoline equivalent (gge). 2c) Breakthrough Infrastructure R&D: materials and component R&D to reduce cost and station footprint.

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APRIL 1, 2011

In 2009, there were more than 3 million commercial fleet vehicles on the road, consuming nearly 4 billion gallons of fuel. Fleets, which are typically centrally managed and comprised of a large number of vehicles, offer significant opportunities to reduce fuel use and carbon pollution.

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JANUARY 6, 2010

Among the next-generation vehicles, only 2,500 are electric vehicles, JAMA said during the biennial Environmentally Friendly Vehicle (EFV) held the last week of November 2009 in New Delhi, India. Besides the need to ensure a sufficiently long service life of batteries, drastically lowering the cost of battery is also important.

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MARCH 30, 2009

The overall cost of the ECA is estimated at $3.2 Air pollution from ships is expected to grow rapidly as controls on other mobile sources take effect and port traffic increases. The agency plans to issue the CAA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in Spring 2009 and finalize it by December 2009. Source: EPA. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 18, 2010

The study found that for small and medium passenger vehicles, expected lifetime cost per kilometer for EVs is already lower than that of conventional ICE. The total cost of ownership includes the vehicle price, annual fuel and maintenance costs and insurance. Future costs have been discounted at 7%. 2009, AECOM).

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MARCH 22, 2012

However, the biggest impact fuel cells could have lies in the commercial automotive sector, which holds great potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. Traditionally, the use of titanium in the automotive industry has been restricted to luxury vehicles, given the high costs of production.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

In September 2009 Administrator Jackson announced that EPA would reconsider the existing ozone standards, set at 0.075 ppm in March 2008. December 2013: State Implementation Plans, outlining how states will reduce pollution to meet the standards, are due to EPA. By July 2011: EPA makes final area designations. 2010 in Arlington, Va.

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JULY 1, 2009

Air pollution from large ships, such as oil tankers and cargo ships, is expected to grow rapidly in line with port traffic increases. The estimated annual health benefits in 2030 as a result of reduced air pollution are valued between $110 and $280 billion at an annual projected cost of approximately $3.1

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MAY 10, 2011

Range in recent levelized cost of energy for selected commercially available RE technologies in comparison to recent non-renewable energy costs. For the lower values, the average yearly investments are smaller than the renewable power sector investments reported for 2009. Key Findings from the Summary for Policymakers.

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MARCH 29, 2009

On March 6, 2009, Honda announced the sale of the entire shares of the Honda Racing F1 Team (HRF1) to Ross Brawn. The first was for the costs of competing to come down, and the second was that the sport should spearhead a clean fuel revolution. This sport can go from being a slightly polluting sport to a clean sport.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Best vehicle choice for minimum fuel consumption, cost, or greenhouse gas emissions as a function of distance driven between charges across sensitivity scenarios. 2009) Click to enlarge. Shiau et al. Shiau et al.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

February, 2009 : Record heat waves in late January and early February overloaded urban energy, water, and transport systems in the southernmost states of South Australia and Victoria and intensified hundreds of seasonal and man-made bushfires throughout the countryside, killing 374 people.

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JANUARY 13, 2012

To answer the above question, we analyzed 1622 biofuels-related articles published between 2000 and 2009 across a range of social, environmental, and technical topics. Confidence in incipient policies governing biofuels that aspire to be environmentally, economically, and socially conscious, would be enhanced by an affirmative finding.

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AUGUST 6, 2013

Between 2009 and 2011, Chinese buyers purchased 13,000 EVs and PHEVs—more than U.S. Furthest along with electricity market deregulation, the US can serve as a model for how to design market rules to reduce the cost of integrating EVs on the grid. The greatest key to EV penetration is vehicle cost reduction and range extension.

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DECEMBER 5, 2009

Bush called for one million cars in the most polluted areas in the US to be running on methanol, ethanol or natural gas by 1997. Zhang Fan, Zhang Xia, Shuai Shijin, Xiao Jianhua and Wang Jianxin (2009) Unregulated Emissions and Combustion Characteristics of Low-Content Methanol-Gasoline Blended Fuels.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

Giorgio Rizzoni, Professor and Research Director, Ohio State University—were invited to provide independent scientific advice on the ZEV documents released by staff on 25 November 2009. 2009 Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Review. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 6, 2010

The inclusion of offsets would likely lower the overall cost of compliance. Erosion control may reduce water pollution from non-point sources, a leading source of water pollution in US waterbodies. The increased reduction opportunities provided by offsets are expected to lower the cost of compliance. About the Author.

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DECEMBER 3, 2013

As the greenhouse gas impacts (costs or benefits) are much smaller than the health benefits, the conversion of petroleum vehicles to CNG can be justified on the basis of local air pollution benefits alone, they concluded. g/m 3 in 2009. Motor vehicles were the major source of air pollution in Dhaka. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The selected projects will focus on technologies such as revolutionizing fuel cells for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and technologies to generate less nuclear waste and reduce the cost of fuel. Since its founding in 2009, ARPA-E has provided $2.93 Select OPEN 2021 projects include: Synteris. Columbia University.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

The dual-fuel diesel-biomethane powered bus is expected to reduce pollutant emissions and greenhouse gas emissions by around a half. The vehicle can still run on diesel, providing flexibility, but most of the time is running on biomethane gas which is a much cleaner and less polluting fuel.

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APRIL 22, 2009

WEBSTER • FREE PRESS AUTOMOTIVE EDITOR• April 21, 2009 Print this page E-mail this article Share this article Del.icio.us Americas big gas guzzlers and polluters are not the cars that about half the country drives around. See instructions for fixing the problem. WEBSTER A 100 m.p.g. A Bright IDEA BY SARAH A.

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JUNE 9, 2015

We could keep the cost of gasoline down, and a big environmental and health problem would be solved. EPA’s 2007 Mobile Source Air Toxics (MSAT) rules reduce hazardous air pollutants (air toxics), emitted by cars and trucks. According to refinery batch reports, average gasoline benzene was still around 1 vol% in 2009.).

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MARCH 17, 2016

As part the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection’s (MoEP’s) action plan to reduce pollution in Haifa Bay in Israel, Israel Police are actively enforcing exclusion rules that bar heavy vehicles in downtown Haifa Bay at certain times of the day. Air pollution, Haifa. —MoEP Director General Yisrael Dancziger.

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

There is an exception to that in the category of what they call super pollutants, the very powerful but shorter-lived gases and chemicals that come from things like fertilizer production, methane. And so the cost of that right now is really, really high. So those are really important, and those are a little bit different.

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DECEMBER 8, 2011

The Advanced Clean Cars program combines the control of soot, smog-causing pollutants (LEV III) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into a single coordinated package of requirements for model years 2017 through 2025. This will reduce the monthly cost of a new car by $12, even when considering the higher cost of the loan or lease.

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MARCH 9, 2009

Add a solar PV system big enough to offset the building’s energy needs and charge the trucks, too, and you’ve just eliminated a whole lot of pollution, kept a lot of money from going out of the country and to the oil companies, and added value to your building. Note: modified 3/6/09 to add approximate cost of battery lease.).

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APRIL 21, 2009

How Real, How Soon, and What Must Happen Next,” which concludes the costs of creating an automotive market dominated by electric and hybrid cars are prohibitively high for the foreseeable future – as high as $49 billion for Europe alone (along with another $21 billion for battery-charging infrastructure). The group pointed to a B.C.G.

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