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Does the manual gearbox have a future in an EV world?

Baua Electric

in 2012-2013, to 20% in 2023-2024. Designed to accelerate the transition to cleaner transport, the mandate sets annual targets leading up to the phase-out of new ICE vehicle sales. ULEZ is a regulatory initiative in cities such as London, designed to cut vehicle-related air pollution by charging non-compliant vehicles.

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Taxing the Distance

Energy Institute at HAAS

These cleaner cars use the same roads, highways and bridges as their internal combustion engine counterparts. Further, EVs just solve some of the local and global pollution problems, but still cause congestion, safety, [… ] externalities. , going to get ice cream, visiting grandparents on the weekends, or heading to the fair.

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Study estimates ~4M children worldwide develop asthma each year because of NO2 air pollution

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About 4 million children worldwide develop asthma each year because of inhaling nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) air pollution, according to an open-access study published in The Lancet Planetary Health by researchers at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH). —Susan Anenberg.

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NUS researcher links air pollution to increased residential electricity demand

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The study examined utility meter readings of 130,000 households—a 1-in-10 random sample of all households in Singapore—from 2012 to 2015. The reasons were two-fold: (i) increased air pollution led to households staying indoors more to mitigate the pollution impact; and (ii) PM 2.5

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Port of Long Beach has cut diesel PM by 81% since 2005

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The Port of Long Beach has cut diesel particulates by 81% since 2005, according to its 2012 Emissions Inventory. The results for 2012 mark six straight years of improving air quality in the harbor area due to the Port’s focused efforts to reduce air pollution caused by goods movement. Greenhouse gases were lowered by 24%.

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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

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An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. In 2012, Estonia mined 15.86 Different that shale oil—i.e.,

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EPA requires trucking companies to reduce air pollution near Los Angeles schools as part of emissions violation settlement

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Heavy-duty trucks can emit drastically higher levels of pollution when not equipped with required emissions controls. Transport companies must comply with California’s rule to improve air quality and protect adjacent schools and communities from breathing these toxic pollutants.