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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Under the proposed settlement, lodged with the US District Court for the District of Columbia, Daimler will recall and repair the emissions systems in Mercedes-Benz diesel vehicles sold in the United States between 2009 and 2016 and pay $875 million in civil penalties and roughly $70.3 million in other penalties.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

This is slightly higher than the 2009 AGGI, which was 1.27—i.e., It also includes several chemicals known to deplete Earth’s protective ozone layer, which are also active as greenhouse gases. Methane measured 1794 ppb in 2009, and 1714 ppb in 1990. Started in 2004, the AGGI reached 1.29 in 2010—i.e., —i.e.,

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JULY 19, 2013

Chevron agreed to pay the penalties as part of three separate settlements it reached with the California Air Resources Board (ARB). Chevron paid $25,000 in penalties for supplying and selling more than 36,000 gallons of diesel fuel in August 2009 that did not meet a required minimum cetane number. Chevron USA Inc. In all, 15.9

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APRIL 29, 2011

This year’s report finds that the majority of American cities most-polluted by ozone (smog) or year-round particle pollution (soot) have improved, showing continued progress in the cleanup of toxics under the requirements of the Clean Air Act. When ozone is inhaled, it irritates the lungs.

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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. They are poised to become a larger part of the climate problem over the next few decades. Tropospheric ozone. From Molina et al. Earlier post.)

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Climate Change Climate Pollution Ozone 186

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JUNE 23, 2009

Global ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) and HFC emissions (A), global CO 2 and HFC emissions (B), and ODS, HFC, and CO 2 global RF (C) for the period 2000–2050. 2009) Click to enlarge. These HFCs, gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners, are substitutes for ozone-depleting gases, but they are also strong greenhouse gases.

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APRIL 19, 2013

Volatile organic compounds (VOC), which include hydrocarbons, are major air pollutants as well as precursors of harmful compounds such as tropospheric ozone and secondary organic aerosols. The research is published in the journal Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

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Los Angeles Pollution Gasoline Engine 225

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JANUARY 13, 2010

Jackson said that EPA must follow up the progress it made in 2009 with a range of greenhouse gas reduction initiatives with ensuring compliance with the law. The seven themes are: Taking Action on Climate Change. Improving Air Quality.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

These two gases, as well as others, are part of a complicated cascade of chemical reactions that features competition with aerosols for highly reactive molecules that cleanse the air of pollutants. And hydroxyls drive long chains of reactions involving other common gases, including ozone. Shindell, D.T., Faluvegi, D.M. Schmidt, N.

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Climate Change Climate Ozone Pollution 268

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APRIL 2, 2009

The on-road transportation (ORT) and power generation (PG) sectors are major contributors to CO 2 emissions and a host of short-lived radiatively-active air pollutants, including tropospheric ozone and fine aerosol particles, that exert complex influences on global climate. 2009) Click to enlarge. Unger et al. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 27, 2010

Scientists have long known that air over the tropics moves upward between the lower atmosphere and the stratosphere, part of a large-scale pattern known as the Brewer-Dobson circulation. This could explain satellite measurements showing high levels of stratospheric ozone, water vapor and other chemicals over Asia during summer.

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Pollution Asia Indonesia Ozone 246

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Significant climate anomalies 2008/2009. A new climate modeling system, forecasting average temperatures over a decade by combining natural variation with the impacts of human-induced climate change, projects that at least half of the 10 years following 2009 will exceed the warmest year currently on record. Click to enlarge.

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Climate Change Climate 2007 Ozone 259

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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. A second truck has doubled fuel economy from a 2009 baseline of 6.1 gallons per 1,000 ton-miles for the 2009 baseline.

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MPG Miles 2009 Fuel 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. Low-Carbon Fuels.

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Transportation Emissions California Ozone 273

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APRIL 2, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted its final Report to Congress on Black Carbon , in response to an October 2009 request from Congress to advance efforts to understand the role of black carbon (BC) in climate change. Key policy-relevant scientific uncertainties related to BC. Source: EPA. Click to enlarge.

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Congress EPA Carbon Emissions 252

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AUGUST 30, 2009

Designated volatility attainment and designated volatility nonattainment areas and their exact boundaries are described in 40 CFR part 81, or such part as shall later be designated for that purpose. The ethanol content of the gasoline shall be determined by use of one of the testing methodologies specified in appendix F to this part.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

From: Geoengineering the Climate (2009) Click to enlarge. However, there are some serious questions over adverse effects, particularly depletion of stratospheric ozone. Geoengineering methods of both types should only be considered as part of a wider package of options for addressing climate change.

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Climate Change Climate Price International 186

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Since the start of the industrial era in 1750, its atmospheric abundance has increased by 39% to 389 parts per million. Between 2009 and 2010, its atmospheric abundance increased by 2.3 parts per million—higher than the average for both the 1990s (1.5 parts per million) and the past decade (2.0 parts per million).

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2010 Industrial Industry Ozone 199

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APRIL 3, 2009

SCOPE is part of the International Council for Science. Biofuels based on low input cultivation of non-food crops offers promise in developing countries as a source of energy, in part because energy use is often very low at present. However very few studies include water use impacts. Howarth, R.W., Bringezu, M. Bekunda, C. Santoro, D.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 16, 2022

And so back in, I believe it was the 80s, it might have been earlier than that, Paul Knutson who famously identified the ozone whole problem, he put forward the idea that putting material in the stratosphere might be an interesting way to reflect sunlight to cool the planet. And that was based on observations of volcanoes. That’s the theory.

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JULY 2, 2014

Cassegrain telescope, and are designed to measure the absorption of sunlight reflected off of Earth’s surface by carbon dioxide and molecular oxygen, as viewed in the near-infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum. The spectrometers will view Earth through an f/1.8 Earlier post.).

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Carbon Aura Solar Climate Change 240

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AUGUST 31, 2015

Ambient air pollution is a mixture of particulate matter (PM) and gaseous pollutants such as sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), nitric dioxide (NO 2 ) and ozone (O 3 ). A statistical model called RIO was used to provide a real-time evaluation of air pollution exposure in each part of Belgium with adjustments for population density.

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APRIL 20, 2009

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. Neutral jakem @ Apr 19th 2009 5:21PM Thats only a better solution for people who have a garage at home.

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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. In satellite images, parts of the Earth's oceans are streaked with bright white strips of clouds that correspond to shipping lanes.

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Climate Climate Change Solar Mariner 145

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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.

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