2016, Ozone and Pollution

Study finds pollution emitted near equator has biggest impact on global ozone

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Since the 1980s, air pollution has increased worldwide, but it has increased at a much faster pace in regions close to the equator. They found that the increase in ozone burden due to the spatial distribution change slightly exceeds the combined influences of the increased emission magnitude and global methane.

Ozone

Ozone Pollution Global North Carolina

Study suggests air pollution may be linked to heightened mouth cancer risk; PM2.5 and ozone

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2018

High levels of air pollutants, especially fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) and to a lesser extent, ozone, may be linked to a heightened risk of developing mouth cancer, suggests a study by a team of Taiwanese researchers. Diagnoses of mouth cancer were then linked to local area readings for air pollutants taken in 2009.

Ozone

Ozone Pollution Taiwan 2009

New statistical method to detect ozone pollution hot spots and monitor instrument failure; combining PCA and MEWMA

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NOVEMBER 13, 2016

A new statistical method developed by researchers at KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia) can detect abnormal ozone levels within large bodies of monitored data. The monitoring methods can quickly and accurately detect ozone anomalies—localized spikes in ozone concentration indicated by sensor data.

Ozone

Ozone Saudi Arabia Pollution France

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

Pollution

Pollution Ozone International Aura

Study quantifies impact of oil and gas emissions on Denver’s ozone problem

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2016

The first peer-reviewed study to directly quantify how emissions from oil and natural gas (O&NG) activities influence summertime tropospheric ozone (O 3 ) pollution in the Colorado Front Range confirms that chemical vapors from oil and gas activities are a significant contributor to the region’s chronic ozone problem.

Ozone

Ozone Oil Gas Emissions

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

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JUNE 17, 2016

As California continues to reduce local sources of ozone, ozone entering the state from the Pacific makes up a larger fraction of measured ozone levels. An ozonesonde is a balloon which measures ozone from the surface to more than 10 kilometers above the ground.

San Jose

San Jose Ozone Universal Transportation

EEA report finds most Europeans in cities still exposed to levels of air pollution exceeding WHO guidelines

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

The European Environment Agency’s (EEA’s) “ Air quality in Europe — 2019 report ” shows that almost all Europeans living in cities are still exposed to air pollution levels that exceed the health-based air quality guidelines (AQGs) set by the World Health Organization (WHO). About 8% of the urban population in the EU-28 was exposed to PM 2.5

Pollution

Pollution Estonia Ozone 2017

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

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2013

In a new study apportioning air pollution health burdens across US sectors, researchers at the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determined that mortality from air pollution has fallen over time but that many sectors continue to pose a substantial risk to human health.

Pollution

Pollution Ozone EPA 2005

Imaging study: air pollution impairs function of blood vessels in lungs

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DECEMBER 10, 2016

Air pollution impairs the function of blood vessels in the lungs, according to a study of more than 16,000 patients presented at EuroEcho-Imaging 2016. The study examined the effect of air pollution on pulmonary haemodynamics (blood flow) in a population and in individuals. Increases in PM 10 and PM 2.5

Pollution

Pollution 2016 Exhaust Ozone

FCA recalls 850,000+ gasoline vehicles due to problem with catalytic converters

Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2019

NO x emissions in California are the most important contributor to ambient ozone and a key contributor to fine particulate matter pollution (PM 2.5 California is home to both the highest ozone levels (South Coast) and ambient particulate matter levels (San Joaquin Valley) in the United States.

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Convert Gasoline Ozone Dodge

Air pollution may shorten survival of patients with lung cancer

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AUGUST 5, 2016

Air pollution may shorten the survival of patients with lung cancer, suggests a population-based study by a team from the University of Southern California published in the journal Thorax. Participants’ average exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), ozone (O 3 ), particulate matter of less than 10 um, and less than 2.5

Pollution

Pollution 2016 Ozone California

National Academies report finds EPA’s controlled human exposure studies of air pollution are warranted

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MARCH 29, 2017

CHIE participants are exposed to one or several common air pollutants usually for a few hours at concentrations that are not expected to produce adverse responses. The NAAQS process has broad health importance because it regulates the outdoor air concentrations of those pollutants. 2009 to Oct.

Pollution

Pollution Ozone EPA San Francisco

Decrease in air pollution associated with decrease in respiratory symptoms among children

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2016

Decreases in ambient air pollution levels over the past 20 years in Southern California were associated with significant reductions in bronchitic symptoms in children with and without asthma, according to a study by researchers at the University of Southern California published in JAMA. Kiros Berhane, Ph.D., —Berhane et al.

Pollution

Pollution Los Angeles California Ozone

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

Green Car Congress

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

Pollution

Pollution Coal 2016 India

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

In “Estimated Excess Morbidity and Mortality Caused by Air Pollution above ATS Recommended Standards, 2011-2013,” published online in the August edition of Annals of the American Thoracic Society , researchers report on the annual health benefits of meeting more protective standards recommended by the ATS for O 3 and PM 2.5.

Pollution

Pollution Standards Ozone EPA

CARB fines Del Monte $2M for violations of OGV at Berth regulation

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

Through routine audits, CARB discovered that Del Monte’s chartered fleet calling at the Port of Hueneme for 2015-2016 did not meet the operational time limits for at least 50% of its visits and did not reduce its auxiliary engine power generation by 50%. These reductions decrease air pollution and the mortality rate of endangered whales.

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Ozone Fleet Mariner Pollution

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

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

New research shows that household (indoor) and outdoor air pollution contribute to more than 5.5 In the context of the Global Burden of Disease 2013 study ( earlier post ), researchers from Canada, the United States, China and India quantified air pollution levels and attributable health impacts for 188 countries for the period 1990-2013.

Pollution

Pollution Coal Asia India

Latest GHG Inventory shows California remains below 2020 emissions target; much steeper rate of GHG reductions required

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

The data shows a slight increase in overall emissions from the previous year, and a slight decline in emissions from transportation, which is the state’s main source of both GHGs and air pollutants. California statewide GHG emissions dropped below the 2020 GHG Limit in 2016 and have remained below the 2020 GHG Limit since then.

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2020 California Emissions 2018

CARB releases results of multi-year E15 study; multiple air quality benefits with slight reduction in fuel economy

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JULY 18, 2022

The Multimedia Evaluation (MME) of E15 looked at the effects of increased ethanol content on exhaust emissions in 20 vehicles—all model year 2016 or newer. The test fleet showed statistically significant effects for some pollutants, but not for others. California currently limits the ethanol content of gasoline to 10 percent.

Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy Economy Fuel Ozone

California Air Resources Board posts revised draft of strategy to reduce “Super Pollutants”

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has posted a revised draft of California’s proposed Short-Lived Climate Pollutant (SLCP) Strategy. SLCPs are a category of pollutants which remain in the atmosphere for a relatively brief period, but have global warming potentials that are much higher than those of CO 2.

Pollution

Pollution California Emissions Climate

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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District of Columbia Emissions Diesel Mercedes

California workshop on hydrogen and fuel cells in ports

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

This workshop is the follow-up to the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Ports Workshop 2016, held in Port of Los Angeles. At this year’s workshop, there will be updates from last year with presentations from ports authorities, terminal operators, trucking companies, hydrogen and fuel cell technology providers, and State funding agencies.

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California Hydrogen Los Angeles Fuel

UMD-led study finds China’s SO2 emissions down 75% since 2007, India’s up 50%; India may now be the top SO2 emitter

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Sulfur dioxide is an air pollutant that causes acid rain, haze and many health-related problems. Two maps compare total annual sulfur dioxide amounts for India and China during 2005 (left) and 2016 based on Ozone Monitoring Instrument measurements. According to the results of the current study, these efforts are paying off.

India

India 2007 Emissions Aura

Electric vehicle charging stations worth a complete of quite $1.7 million

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AUGUST 20, 2021

million shares of an almost $3 billion settlement in 2016 between the U.S. Volkswagen sold about 590,000 vehicles equipped with devices that defeated their pollution control features, leading to increased emissions of oxide. Department of Justice and Volkswagen over violations of the Clean Air Act.

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Louisiana Charging Grant

MIT study finds air quality co-benefits of US carbon policies can significantly offset costs, depending upon the policy

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2014

In fact, policies aimed at cutting carbon emissions improve air quality by a similar amount as policies specifically targeting air pollution. The study is the most detailed assessment to date of the interwoven effects of climate policy on the economy, air pollution, and the cost of health problems related to air pollution.

MIT

MIT Carbon Climate Climate Change

Calif. ARB releases GHG scoping plan update; more ZEVs, “LEV IV”, MD and HD regulations; ZEV for trucks; more LCFS

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

The update identifies eight key sectors for ongoing action: Energy; Transportation, fuels, land use and infrastructure; Agriculture; Water; Waste management; Natural lands; Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (such as methane and black carbon); and Green Buildings.

Transportation

Transportation Emissions California Ozone

Study associates acute exposure to higher ozone levels to higher risk of cardiac arrest

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Exposure to higher ozone concentrations in the air is significantly associated with a higher risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association’s Resuscitation Science Symposium 2020. Participants were age 63 years on average, 61% were men and 53% were non-white.

Ozone

Ozone Pollution Missouri 2020

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

Green Car Congress

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.

Ozone

Ozone Pollution San Diego Canada

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

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2016

the criteria pollutants and CO 2 that emerge with the exhaust from the tailpipe. However, they found that the two interventions had marginal effects on air pollution, because already implemented traffic policies will reduce PM 2.5 and EC by around 40% and 60% respectively, from 2010 to 2020. in Belgium. Hooftman et al. Hooftman et al.

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Exhaust Emissions Belgium Gasoline-Electric

California ARB LEV III Concept Targeting Fleet-Average SULEV-Level Emissions Performance from New Vehicles by MY 2022

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Despite the progress that has been made to date, major reductions of criteria pollutant emissions in California are still required to achieve mandated State and federal ambient air quality standards, according to ARB. LEVII criteria pollutant emission standards (PC/LDT1 and LDT2). Category Durability basis.

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Emissions Fleet California Vehicles

The New Supersonic Boom

Cars That Think

AUGUST 16, 2021

The main obstacles will be regulatory and, especially, environmental: Supersonic airliners could be hugely more polluting than their subsonic counterparts. But as was true for concerns about the ozone layer back in the 1960s, proponents of supersonic commercial aviation need to consider the deleterious effects of. Boom Supersonic.

Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City Ozone Oklahoma Fuel

California ARB Seeks Further Reductions of Diesel Emissions at State Rail Yards

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

The top set of recommendations call for: Replacing existing switch and medium horsepower locomotives with cleaner locomotives (2010-2013); Retrofitting switch and medium horsepower locomotive with particulate matter and oxides of nitrogen (NO x ) after-treatment devices (2012-2016); and. NO x helps create ground-level ozone, or smog.

Diesel

Diesel California Emissions 2007

OptiFuel finalizing $2.6M DOE grant to demonstrate RNG hybrid line-haul locomotive

Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2020

The rail sector is the only transportation modality without significant emissions related development that is feasible in the near-term to eliminate ozone, smog and GHG emissions, OptiFuel says. g/bhp-hr of NOx, a reduction of 400 times. More than 122 million people (nearly 40% of the U.S. In 2018, Class I, II, and III railroads purchased 4.7

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Grant Hybrid Ozone EPA

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

Cars That Think

JULY 20, 2021

In recent years, there has been growing concern over the use of data and the potential for “data pollution," where an abundance of data storage and its subsequent use or misuse might work against the public interest. Examples include the use of Facebook's data around the 2016 U.S. military bases.

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Chad London Iceland Ozone

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

Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2016

The Draft Action Plan puts forward a single shared vision to improve the efficiency of California’s freight system while reducing its pollution, while continuing to bolster the competitiveness of California’s goods movement system nationally and internationally.

California

California Pollution Transportation Concept

Study finds fleet switch from PFI to GDI engines will result in net reduction in global warming

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2017

As a result, the market share of GDI-equipped vehicles has increased dramatically over the past decade and is expected to reach 50% of new gasoline vehicles sold in 2016. We estimate ozone and SOA formation potential. Organic gas emissions were the most sensitive to cold-start compared to the other pollutants tested.

Fleet

Fleet Engine Global Fuel Economy

Study identifies Bakken Formation alone as responsible for ~2% of global ethane emissions

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2016

Ethane reacts with sunlight and other molecules in the atmosphere to form ozone, which at the surface can cause respiratory problems, eye irritation and other ailments and damage crops. A snapshot from a simulation of how Bakken oil field hydrocarbon emissions including ethane affect North American ground-level ozone concentrations.

Global

Global Ozone Emissions North Dakota

Israel MoEP enforcing vehicle exclusion rules in Haifa Bay Low Emission Zone; $2.8M to retrofit 700 diesel trucks with DPFs

Green Car Congress

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. Air pollution, Haifa. —MoEP Director General Yisrael Dancziger. Source: MoEP.

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Emissions Diesel Pollution

EV Driven

Study finds pollution emitted near equator has biggest impact on global ozone

Study suggests air pollution may be linked to heightened mouth cancer risk; PM2.5 and ozone

New statistical method to detect ozone pollution hot spots and monitor instrument failure; combining PCA and MEWMA

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

Study quantifies impact of oil and gas emissions on Denver’s ozone problem

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

EEA report finds most Europeans in cities still exposed to levels of air pollution exceeding WHO guidelines

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

Imaging study: air pollution impairs function of blood vessels in lungs

FCA recalls 850,000+ gasoline vehicles due to problem with catalytic converters

Air pollution may shorten survival of patients with lung cancer

National Academies report finds EPA’s controlled human exposure studies of air pollution are warranted

Decrease in air pollution associated with decrease in respiratory symptoms among children

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

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

CARB fines Del Monte $2M for violations of OGV at Berth regulation

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

Latest GHG Inventory shows California remains below 2020 emissions target; much steeper rate of GHG reductions required

CARB releases results of multi-year E15 study; multiple air quality benefits with slight reduction in fuel economy

California Air Resources Board posts revised draft of strategy to reduce “Super Pollutants”

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

California workshop on hydrogen and fuel cells in ports

UMD-led study finds China’s SO2 emissions down 75% since 2007, India’s up 50%; India may now be the top SO2 emitter

Electric vehicle charging stations worth a complete of quite $1.7 million

MIT study finds air quality co-benefits of US carbon policies can significantly offset costs, depending upon the policy

Calif. ARB releases GHG scoping plan update; more ZEVs, “LEV IV”, MD and HD regulations; ZEV for trucks; more LCFS

Study associates acute exposure to higher ozone levels to higher risk of cardiac arrest

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

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

California ARB LEV III Concept Targeting Fleet-Average SULEV-Level Emissions Performance from New Vehicles by MY 2022

The New Supersonic Boom

California ARB Seeks Further Reductions of Diesel Emissions at State Rail Yards

OptiFuel finalizing $2.6M DOE grant to demonstrate RNG hybrid line-haul locomotive

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

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

Study finds fleet switch from PFI to GDI engines will result in net reduction in global warming

Study identifies Bakken Formation alone as responsible for ~2% of global ethane emissions

Israel MoEP enforcing vehicle exclusion rules in Haifa Bay Low Emission Zone; $2.8M to retrofit 700 diesel trucks with DPFs

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