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Study finds rising emissions of ozone-depleting CFC-11, banned by Montreal Protocol

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MAY 17, 2018

Emissions of one of the chemicals most responsible for the Antarctic ozone hole are on the rise, despite an international treaty that required an end to its production in 2010, a new study by researchers at NOAA and their colleagues shows. —NOAA scientist Stephen Montzka, lead author of the paper.

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International study finds air pollution leads to millions of hospital visits for asthma attacks worldwide

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OCTOBER 28, 2018

Air pollution—specifically PM 2.5 , ozone and NO 2 —could be to blame for up to 33 million emergency asthma attack visits to hospital a year, according to a new open-access study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. 37% and 73% of ozone and PM 2.5 37% and 73% of ozone and PM 2.5

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EPA researchers find deaths from air pollution falling over time, but many sectors continue to pose a risk

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APRIL 1, 2013

Number of premature PM 2.5 - and ozone-related deaths attributable to seven broad classes of sectors in 2016 (thousands of premature deaths). and ozone air quality levels, population exposure and health burden to 23 industrial point, area, mobile and international emission sectors in the Continental US in 2005 and 2016.

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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. Comparison of 2016 annual average PM 2.5 Population-weighted seasonal average ozone concentrations in 2016. In 2016 a total of 2.5 contributed to 4.1

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US reaches $1.5B settlement with Daimler AG over emissions cheating in Mercedes-Benz diesels; civil penalty of $875M

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

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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 is not the first time that HFC-23 reduction measures attracted controversy.

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Air pollution may shorten survival of patients with lung cancer

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AUGUST 5, 2016

Participants’ average exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), ozone (O 3 ), particulate matter of less than 10 um, and less than 2.5 Sandrah P Eckel, Myles Cockburn, Yu-Hsiang Shu, Huiyu Deng, Frederick W Lurmann, Lihua Liu, Frank D Gilliland (2016) “Air pollution affects lung cancer survival” Thorax doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207927.

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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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AUGUST 11, 2016

are based on scores of national and international epidemiological, animal and human exposure studies. In addition to ozone and particulate matter, the other pollutants are lead, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide. Ewart (2016) “American Thoracic Society and Marron Institute Report. Cromar, Laura A.

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

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MAY 2, 2016

The traffic/exhaust component consisted predominantly of externally mixed soot particles and soot internally mixed with secondary particles. In addition, silicates and Fe oxides/hydroxides internally mixed with chlorine and sulfur-containing particles were also assigned to the traffic/resuspension component. Denier van der Gon, H.A.C.,

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Study finds household and outdoor air pollution contributes to more than 5.5 million premature deaths worldwide per year

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FEBRUARY 12, 2016

of all global deaths) caused by outdoor fine particulate air pollution and an additional 215,000 deaths from exposure to ozone. They found that in 2013 there were 2.9 million deaths (5.3% Further, indoor exposure to household air pollution from the use of solid fuels for cooking and heating was responsible for 2.9 million deaths in 2013.

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Study associates ozone exposure at birth to increased risk of developing asthma

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MAY 21, 2018

A long-term study of the health of Canadian children has found that exposure to ozone (O 3 ) at birth was associated with an 82% increased risk of developing asthma by age three. An 82% higher risk of developing asthma was associated with each 10 parts per billion, or ppb increase in exposure to ozone at birth.

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The New Supersonic Boom

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AUGUST 16, 2021

government established a Supersonic Transport Advisory Committee, which began discussions with international partners about building a supersonic airliner. There are a couple of problems with that logic," says Dan Rutherford, who is aviation and shipping program director for the International Council on Clean Transportation.

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COVID-19 Forced Us All to Experiment. What Have We Learned?

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JULY 20, 2021

Examples include the use of Facebook's data around the 2016 U.S. One example where this strategy has been successfully employed is the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer. military bases. Such a plan can disarm opposition before it arises.

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California issues draft plan for more efficient, less polluting freight system

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MAY 3, 2016

The Draft Action Plan is available now for stakeholder and public feedback through 6 July 2016. Key components of the Action Plan include: A long-term 2050 vision and guiding principles for California’s future freight transport system. Improve freight system efficiency 25% by 2030.

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Study finds rising emissions of ozone-depleting CFC-11, banned by Montreal Protocol

International study finds air pollution leads to millions of hospital visits for asthma attacks worldwide

EPA researchers find deaths from air pollution falling over time, but many sectors continue to pose a risk

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

US reaches $1.5B settlement with Daimler AG over emissions cheating in Mercedes-Benz diesels; civil penalty of $875M

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

Air pollution may shorten survival of patients with lung cancer

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

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

Study finds household and outdoor air pollution contributes to more than 5.5 million premature deaths worldwide per year

Study associates ozone exposure at birth to increased risk of developing asthma

The New Supersonic Boom

COVID-19 Forced Us All to Experiment. What Have We Learned?

California issues draft plan for more efficient, less polluting freight system

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