2015, Global, Industrial and Ozone

Satellite method provides insight into ozone-NOx-VOCs sensitivity for different locations

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Ozone pollution near Earth’s surface is one of the main ingredients of summertime smog. It is also not directly measurable from space due to the abundance of ozone higher in the atmosphere, which obscures measurements of surface ozone. —Jin et al.

Ozone

Ozone Insight Netherlands North America

Study finds that unregulated VSLS efficient at influencing climate through depletion of stratospheric ozone

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Although halogens released from long-lived anthropogenic substances, such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), are the principal cause of the recent depletion of stratospheric ozone, recent observations show that very short-lived substances (VSLS), with lifetimes generally under six months, are also an important source of stratospheric halogens.

Ozone

Ozone Climate Industrial Industry

Emissions of potent GHG HFC-23 have grown, contradicting reports of huge reductions

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2020

Despite reports that global emissions of the potent greenhouse gas, HFC-23, were almost eliminated in 2017, an international team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, has found atmospheric levels growing at record values. This gas has very few industrial applications.

Emissions

Emissions India Ozone 2017

Study: 87% of world’s population in 2013 lived in areas exceeding WHO PM2.5 guidelines

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2015

Between 1990 and 2013, global population-weighted PM 2.5 Additionally, the study found that the population-weighted mean concentrations of ozone increased globally by 8.9% The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2013 provided important estimates of the global health impacts attributable to ambient air pollution.

2013

2013 Ozone Asia Africa

HEI: 95%+ of world’s population live in areas of unhealthy air

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APRIL 18, 2018

Seven billion people, more than 95% of the world’s population, lived in areas exceeding the WHO Guideline for healthy air in 2016, according to a new global study. State of Global Air 2018. Population-weighted seasonal average ozone concentrations in 2016. State of Global Air 2018. State of Global Air 2018.

Pollution

Pollution Coal 2016 India

WMO reports GHG concentrations at highest in 800K years

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

Globally averaged concentrations of CO 2 reached 403.3 ppm in 2015 because of a combination of human activities and a strong El Niño event. Concentrations of CO 2 are now 145% of pre-industrial (before 1750) levels, according to the Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. Globally averaged concentrations for CO 2 reached 403.3

2016

2016 Climate Climate Change 2015

Study: air pollution causes 800,000 extra deaths a year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide

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MARCH 12, 2019

Using a new method of modeling the effects of various sources of outdoor air pollution on death rates, the researchers found that it caused an estimated 790,000 extra deaths in the whole of Europe in 2015 and 659,000 deaths in the 28 Member States of the European Union (EU-28). million deaths in 2015. They focused particularly on PM 2.5

Pollution

Pollution Europe Cyprus Bulgaria

Air pollution could claim 6.6 million lives per year by 2050, double current rate; small domestic fires and ag the worst offenders

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

The largest sources of air pollution are not industry and transport but small domestic fires and agriculture. In the EU exposure to fine particles and ozone claims 180,000 lives a year, including 35,000 in Germany. Other major sources are fossil-fuel fired power plants, industry, biomass combustion and motor vehicles.

Pollution

Pollution Ozone Saudi Arabia Asia

ARB releases proposed cap-and-trade regulation for comment; transportation fuels impacted in 2015

Green Car Congress

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. Starting in 2012, the program will cover electricity generation, including imports, and large industrial sources and processes with annual GHG emissions at or above 25,000 MTCO 2 e.

2015

2015 Transportation Fuel Emissions

Climate Expert: Don't Call It Geoengineering

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

C above pre-industrial levels. If they meet all the pledges they've made for emission reductions by 2030, global temperature rise will be at 2.4° Many people see such actions as "playing God," and worry about the unintended consequences of meddling with nature on a global scale. In 2015, the U.S.

Climate

Climate Climate Change Mariner Pollution

ICCT finds growth in shipping in Arctic could increase pollutant emissions 150-600% by 2025 with current fuels

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

MARPOL Annex VI sets limits on NO x and SO x emissions from ship exhaust, and prohibits deliberate emissions of ozone-depleting substances. Annex VI defines two sets of emission and fuel quality requirements: global requirements; and. —Azzara and Rutherford, ICCT Working Paper 2015-1. Earlier post.).

Pollution

Pollution Emissions Mariner Fuel

NASA Administrator Bolden Highlights Importance of Green Aviation to Future of NASA

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

“As the world travels even more, we’re going to have a very serious global warming issue, as well as lots of other environmental impacts of aviation.” The two-day meeting has brought together about 200 experts from NASA, other federal government organizations, industry and academia. —Charles Bolden.

Green

Green Future Chevron 2015

California ARB greenlights states GHG cap-and-trade program

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

The regulation will cover 360 businesses representing 600 facilities and is divided into two broad phases: an initial phase beginning in 2012 that will include all major industrial sources along with utilities; and, a second phase that starts in 2015 and brings in distributors of transportation fuels, natural gas and other fuels.

California

California Climate Climate Change Gas-Electric

EPA and DOT issue final Phase 2 GHG and fuel efficiency rulemaking for medium- and heavy-duty trucks

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

The product of four years of testing and research and outreach to industry, environmental organizations, labor unions, and other stakeholders, the vehicle and engine performance standards will cover model years 2021-2027, and apply to semi-trucks, large pickup trucks and vans, and all types and sizes of buses and work trucks.

EPA

EPA Fuel Standards Emissions

EPA proposes new standards to reduce methane and VOCs emissions from oil and gas industry

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its latest set of proposed standards to reduce emissions of methane and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the oil and natural gas industry. The proposal also includes incentives to spur the oil and gas industry to minimize leaks.

EPA

EPA Oil Gas Industrial

Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2015

In 2014, Volkswagen of America announced that starting with the launch of the zero-tailpipe emissions battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ), it would invest in projects to offset the carbon emissions created from the e-Golf on a full lifecycle basis: production, distribution and up to approximately 36,000 miles (57,936 km) of driving.

Carbon

Carbon Personal Store Emissions

DOE funds a fifth round of projects pairing manufacturing, high performance computing; KeraCel and solid-state batteries

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2018

million for 13 industry projects under fifth round of selections for the High Performance Computing for Manufacturing (HPC4Mfg) Program for the HPC4Mfg Program, led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and its partners Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Arconic Inc.

Manufacturer

Manufacturer Batteries Battery Ozone

SCOPE Biofuels Project Releases Assessment on Environmental Effects of Biofuel Technologies

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2009

The economic viability of this technology still needs to be proven, and potential conflicts with traditional wood-based industries should be considered. A few studies also include other relevant impact indicators as acidification potential, eutrophication potential, ozone depletion potential and various toxicity potentials.

Conversion

Conversion Water Emissions 2009

EV Driven

Satellite method provides insight into ozone-NOx-VOCs sensitivity for different locations

Study finds that unregulated VSLS efficient at influencing climate through depletion of stratospheric ozone

Emissions of potent GHG HFC-23 have grown, contradicting reports of huge reductions

Study: 87% of world’s population in 2013 lived in areas exceeding WHO PM2.5 guidelines

HEI: 95%+ of world’s population live in areas of unhealthy air

WMO reports GHG concentrations at highest in 800K years

Study: air pollution causes 800,000 extra deaths a year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide

Air pollution could claim 6.6 million lives per year by 2050, double current rate; small domestic fires and ag the worst offenders

ARB releases proposed cap-and-trade regulation for comment; transportation fuels impacted in 2015

Climate Expert: Don't Call It Geoengineering

ICCT finds growth in shipping in Arctic could increase pollutant emissions 150-600% by 2025 with current fuels

NASA Administrator Bolden Highlights Importance of Green Aviation to Future of NASA

California ARB greenlights states GHG cap-and-trade program

EPA and DOT issue final Phase 2 GHG and fuel efficiency rulemaking for medium- and heavy-duty trucks

EPA proposes new standards to reduce methane and VOCs emissions from oil and gas industry

Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

DOE funds a fifth round of projects pairing manufacturing, high performance computing; KeraCel and solid-state batteries

SCOPE Biofuels Project Releases Assessment on Environmental Effects of Biofuel Technologies

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