2009, Engine, Ozone and Universal

Study finds significant slowdown in decrease of NOx emissions in US; implications for air quality management

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MAY 1, 2018

They found that levels of pollutants that can contribute to the formation of ground-level ozone, or smog, have failed to continue a fairly steady decline as estimated by the US Environmental Protection Agency. These results show that meeting future air quality standards for ozone pollution will be more challenging than previously thought.

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UK Awards 1.6M to Project Investigating Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering

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JULY 18, 2010

A 2009 evaluation of geoengineering techniques by the Royal Society concluded that stratospheric aerosols could be highly effective and affordable, although there are questions over adverse effects. From: Geoengineering the Climate (2009) Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Evaluating candidate particles.

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National Academies report finds EPA’s controlled human exposure studies of air pollution are warranted

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MARCH 29, 2017

Results from CHIE studies are used to inform the periodic review of National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for common pollutants, such as ozone and particulate matter (PM), and advise other policy decisions. 2009 to Oct. Out of the 845 intentional pollutant exposures conducted at EPA’s study facility from Jan.

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NC State Researchers Developing Ozonolysis Pretreatment for Energy Grass Feedstocks

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JULY 4, 2010

Researchers at North Carolina State University are developing an ozone-based pre-treatment technique (ozonolysis) to release sugars from the energy grass miscanthus for production into renewable fuels or chemicals with minimal generation of chemical waste streams and degradation of the carbohydrate components. García-Cubero et al.

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Ozone North Carolina Energy 2010

Imaging study: air pollution impairs function of blood vessels in lungs

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DECEMBER 10, 2016

Between 2009 and 2013, transthoracic echocardiography including an evaluation of pulmonary pressure was conducted in 16,295 individuals and correlated with average air pollution in Brussels on the same day and in the last five and ten days. and ozone on pulmonary circulation on the same day and over five and ten days. Argacha.

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National Academies release third review of the 21st Century Truck Partnership

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

While early R&D was largely component-based, as a result of US Department of Energy (DOE) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds in 2009, 21CTP was able to fund four SuperTruck projects. These projects have brought together a wide variety of companies, the national laboratories, and universities. The 50% BTE and the 4.85

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Study Finds Environmental and Tailpipe Pollutants Benefits in Using Biodiesel in Construction Vehicles

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JULY 19, 2009

Using biodiesel in construction vehicles offers promising environmental benefits in terms of reduced tailpipe emissions as well as reductions in fuel cycle emissions of selected pollutants, according to a new study by researchers at North Carolina State University. ozone, PM) problems may be less pressing. Pang et al. Shih-Hao Pang, H.

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Pollution Vehicles North Carolina Diesel

Study Concludes that Rocket Launches May Need Regulation to Prevent Ozone Depletion

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APRIL 1, 2009

The global market for rocket launches may require more stringent regulation in order to prevent significant damage to Earth’s stratospheric ozone layer in the decades to come, according to a new study by researchers in California and Colorado. Darin Toohey.

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Ozone Los Angeles Colorado Corporation

The importance of considering non-exhaust traffic emissions; the role of EVs

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MAY 2, 2016

As the trend toward cleaner technologies with reduced exhaust emissions continues through the use of catalytic converters, diesel particulate filters (DPF), and improved fuels and engines, non-exhaust PM will soon surpass exhaust emissions and may well become dominant by 2020 both in terms of emissions and contributions to air quality.

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Exhaust Emissions Belgium Gasoline-Electric

Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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AUGUST 30, 2009

The Brazilian experience shows that the presence of small (<10%) amounts of water in the fuel does not in itself cause a greater tendency to misfire in spark ignition engines than a proportionate leaning of the fuel/air mixture would do, provided that the vapor pressure of the hydrated ethanol at the ambient temperature is high enough.

Transportation

Transportation Fuel Renewable Gasoline-Electric

Researchers Engineer Yeast to Produce Methyl Halides from Biomass; Precursors for Biohydrocarbon Fuels

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APRIL 22, 2009

Researchers at the University of California San Francisco have engineered the industrial yeast S. Using the symbiotic co-culture of the engineered yeast and A. Voigt (2009) J. fermentans ferments cellulosic feedstocks to acetate and ethanol, which the modified S. cerevisiae uses to produce methyl halides. —Bayer et.

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Engine Fuel San Francisco Convert

House Chairmen Waxman, Markey Release Draft of Energy and Climate Legislation; Among the Many Provisions Are Cap-and-Trade, Harmonization of CAFE and California Vehicle Regulations, and Low Carbon Fuel Standard

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APRIL 1, 2009

heavy duty on-road vehicles, off-road vehicles, locomotives, marine and aviation engines. The draft adds HFCs to the list of similar substances that EPA currently regulates because they deplete the ozone layer. American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 Discussion Draft Full Text. light duty vehicles—e.g.,

Climate

Climate Standards Carbon California

The Why, How, and Maybe Not of Geoengineering

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 16, 2022

But rather than giving into despair, some engineers, policymakers, and activists are pursuing a novel strategy. In the stratosphere, in particular, they’re concerned about the health of the ozone layer and also how this might trap heat in the stratosphere in ways that changes the way that the atmosphere works. Wanser: Yes.

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Climate IDEA Mariner Carbon

Here’s How We Could Brighten Clouds to Cool the Earth

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Take, for example, the tens of thousands of fossil-fueled ships that chug across the ocean, spewing plumes of pollutants that contribute to acid rain, ozone depletion, respiratory ailments, and global warming. Kate Murphy leads the engineering effort for the MCB project at PARC, the Xerox research lab in Silicon Valley. That's where.

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Study finds significant slowdown in decrease of NOx emissions in US; implications for air quality management

UK Awards 1.6M to Project Investigating Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering

National Academies report finds EPA’s controlled human exposure studies of air pollution are warranted

NC State Researchers Developing Ozonolysis Pretreatment for Energy Grass Feedstocks

Imaging study: air pollution impairs function of blood vessels in lungs

National Academies release third review of the 21st Century Truck Partnership

Study Finds Environmental and Tailpipe Pollutants Benefits in Using Biodiesel in Construction Vehicles

Study Concludes that Rocket Launches May Need Regulation to Prevent Ozone Depletion

The importance of considering non-exhaust traffic emissions; the role of EVs

Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

Researchers Engineer Yeast to Produce Methyl Halides from Biomass; Precursors for Biohydrocarbon Fuels

House Chairmen Waxman, Markey Release Draft of Energy and Climate Legislation; Among the Many Provisions Are Cap-and-Trade, Harmonization of CAFE and California Vehicle Regulations, and Low Carbon Fuel Standard

The Why, How, and Maybe Not of Geoengineering

Here’s How We Could Brighten Clouds to Cool the Earth

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