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CARB, NOAA, NASA and San Jose State University scientists team up to study ozone transported across Pacific

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A contract with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), “Lidar Profiling of Ozone in the San Joaquin Valley,” uses a surface-based ozone LiDAR to provide ozone profiles in the San Joaquin Valley for three weeks in both the spring and summer of 2016. over Fresno and Bakersfield between June and September.

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California ARB approves $200M VW zero-emission vehicle investment in California; first phase of $800M investment

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The investment is part of a multi-pronged settlement agreement resulting from the automaker’s use of defeat device software in its 2009-2016 diesel passenger cars. Those cities are Fresno, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, and Sacramento. Earlier post.) million to the State in penalties.

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Study: more stringent O3 and PM2.5 air pollution standards could save thousands of lives, greatly improve public health

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Fresno, CA: 260 lives saved, 672 fewer morbidities and 390,551 fewer impacted days. Ewart (2016) “American Thoracic Society and Marron Institute Report. Phoenix (Mesa-Scottsdale), AZ: 283 lives saved, 598 fewer morbidities and 636,730 fewer impacted days. Cromar, Laura A. Gladson, Lars D. Perlmutt, Marya Ghazipura, and Gary W.

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Volkswagen’s Electrify America supplement discusses ZEV charging investments in disadvantaged California communities

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Volkswagen subsidiary Electrify America last week submitted supplemental information to the California Air Resources Board (ARB) detailing its proposed charging investment in and benefit to underserved, low-income, and disadvantaged communities in the state as part of its court-mandated investment plan. The supplement adds a sixth: Fresno.

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