2018, Coal and Pollution

As states use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2020

These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. On the two extremes, coal and oil result in about 176 times the emissions from hydro.

Coal

Coal Cleaner Electric Vehicles Alaska

As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. On the two extremes, coal and oil result in about 176 times the emissions from hydro. from coal. Energy source. Natural gas. Natural gas. Geothermal.

Coal

Coal West Virginia North Dakota Cleaner

Harvard/Nanjing study: China’s war on PM2.5 pollution is causing more severe ozone pollution

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2019

In early 2013, the Chinese government declared a war on air pollution and began instituting stringent policies to regulate the emissions of PM 2.5. Cities restricted the number of cars on the road, coal-fired power plants reduced emissions or were shuttered and replaced with natural gas. Over the course of five years, PM 2.5

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Ozone Pollution China Chinese

Tesla sales, VW chargers, coal pollution, used electric values: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 2, 2019

Tesla released sales numbers for the last quarter of 2018. The EPA continues to roll back regulations on coal plants to allow them to emit more pollution. Volkswagen has developed a mobile juice pack for electric cars. For the first time dramatic depreciation on electric cars has begun to reverse.

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Coal Pollution Juice Sale

PM2.5 pollution now associated with chronic kidney disease

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2018

pollution, new open-access research published in PLOS ONE suggests that PM 2.5 Similar to smoking, air pollution contains harmful toxins that can directly affect the kidneys. High-risk patients who live in heavily populated or polluted areas should recognize the danger and take precautions, Bragg-Gresham says. concentration.

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CMU study finds that coal retirement is needed for EVs to reduce air pollution

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Electric vehicles charged in coal-heavy regions can create more human health and environmental damages from life cycle air emissions than gasoline vehicles, according to a new consequential life cycle analysis by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University. UC stands for uncontrolled charging and CC stands for controlled charging.

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Study: air pollution may shorten telomeres in newbornsa sign of increased health risks

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2018

A study conducted before and after the 2004 closure of a coal-burning power plant in Tongliang, China, found that children born before the closure had shorter telomeres than those conceived and born after the plant stopped polluting the air. In May 2004, high levels of air pollution in Tongliang prompted the government to shut down.

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Study associates in-utero exposure to PM2.5 pollution with higher blood pressure in childhood

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MAY 15, 2018

air pollution during the third trimester of their mother’s pregnancy had a higher risk of elevated blood pressure in childhood, according to new research by a team led by researchers from Johns Hopkins University in the American Heart Association’s journal Hypertension. Children who were exposed to higher levels of PM 2.5 117.10944.

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Conservation group opposing Thacker Pass lithium mine seeks endangered status for Kings River pyrg (snail)

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In 2018, Lithium Americas completed a pre-feasibility study (PFS) on a two-phase project with a production capacity designed to reach 60,000 tpa of battery- quality lithium carbonate (Li 2 CO 3 ) and 46-year mine life. The sedimentary-clay deposit at Thacker Pass will use similar mining techniques to many coal deposits. Thacker Pass.

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Nevada Coal Pollution Argentina

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

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2018

Air pollution is the leading environmental cause of death worldwide according to the State of Global Air 2018 , the annual report and interactive website published by the Health Effects Institute (HEI). State of Global Air 2018. State of Global Air 2018. coal, wood, and dung) for cooking and heating.

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Pollution Coal 2016 India

WHO: 9 out of 10 people worldwide breathe polluted air; 7M deaths per year

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2018

New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that 9 out of 10 people breathe air containing high levels of pollutants. Updated estimations reveal a death toll of 7 million people every year caused by ambient (outdoor) and household air pollution. Ambient air pollution alone caused some 4.2 g/m 3 (for PM 10 ) and 10 ?g/m

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Baker Institute team says fossil fuel subsidies need global reform

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2020

A decade later, fossil fuels continue to constitute 80% of global energy consumed—as they have since about 1910, when coal consumption surpassed that of biofuels, the researchers wrote. In 2018, eight member states maintained $207 billion in fossil fuel subsidies, International Energy Agency (IEA) data show.

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Saudi Arabia Global Fuel Oil

OECD: governments should make better use of energy taxation to address climate change; “meaningful” increases limited to road sector

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Greater reliance on energy taxation is needed to strengthen efforts to tackle the principal source of both greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, according to a new OECD report. —“Taxing Energy Use 2018”. Taxes are effective at cutting harmful emissions from energy use, but governments could make better use of them.

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Climate Change Climate Tax Energy

Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Earlier post.). Reducing barriers to investment in energy efficiency.

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WVU opens new research facility to extract valuable rare earth elements from acid mine drainage

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2018

West Virginia University (WVU) researchers are opening a new facility to capture rare earth elements (REEs) from acid mine drainage (AMD) from coal mining. He found that acid mine drainage, a byproduct of coal mining, “naturally” concentrates rare earths. —Paul Ziemkiewicz.

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Global Carbon Project: Global carbon emissions growth slows, but hits record high

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2019

over 2018 emissions. The decline of coal use in the European Union and United States is overshadowed by surging natural gas and oil use around the world, according to the researchers. Although still a major factor in global emissions, coal has taken a hit, with global usage down 0.9% That compares to 2.1% growth in 2017.

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Carbon Global Emissions Climate Change

BNEF, Snam, IGU report finds global gas industry set to resume growth post-pandemic; low-carbon technologies for long-term growth

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

However, the resulting low gas prices, as well as clean air and climate policies, will promote further switching to gas from other more polluting energy sources, such as oil and coal. LNG imports reached 482 billion cubic meters in 2019, up 13% from 2018, and while this figure is expected to fall by around 4.2%

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Gas Global Industrial Industry

WHO attributes more than 1 in 4 deaths annually of children under 5 years to unhealthy environment

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2017

WHO estimated in 2012 that 26% of childhood deaths and 25% of the total disease burden in children under five could be prevented through the reduction of environmental risks such as air pollution, unsafe water, sanitation and inadequate hygiene or chemicals. —“Don’t Pollute My Future”. The report, Don’t pollute my future!

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SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2020

The SPEG process extracts all carbon from the waste feedstock, removes all particulates and acid gases, and produces no toxins or pollution. It not only solves our air quality and climate challenges by producing pollution-free hydrogen. That’s why our partnership with SGH2 is so important. This is game-changing technology.

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Waste Hydrogen Green California

CMU study finds controlled EV charging can reduce generation cost, but at greater health and environmental costs depending upon the generation mix

Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2015

Results from the study also suggest that with sufficient coal plant retirement and sufficient wind power, controlled charging could result in positive net benefits instead of negative. However, this shift results in increased externality costs of health and environmental damages from increased air pollution.

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Feature: Top 6 Reasons Why an EV Is the Right Choice

Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 15, 2021

This figure represents a 46 peercent increase compared to sales made in 2018. The vehicles use electricity produced from nuclear power, coal, natural gas or solar energy. Hence, your vehicle does not produce greenhouse gases or pollutants that destroy the atmosphere when you’re driving. Europe and China. High Torque.

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The Dirty Truth of Petrol & Diesel Vehicles

Plug In India

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

By PluginIndia In this article and video, we show the real truth on how Petrol and Diesel vehicles cause far more air pollution compared to electric vehicles. Some even say that it pollutes even more than a diesel or petrol burning car. Refining oil takes a huge amount of energy and generates even more pollution.

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Petrol Diesel Vehicles Oil

How to Hasten India’s Transition Away From Coal

Cars That Think

JUNE 24, 2022

For instance, just 8 percent of Indian homes had air-conditioning in 2018, but that share is. While electricity from older coal plants in India costs 2.7 cents from newer plants that have additional pollution-control equipment, the cost of solar energy has dropped to 2.7 likely to rise to 50 percent by 2050.

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Coal Energy Storage Wind India

U.N. Kills Any Plans to Use Mercury as a Rocket Propellant

Cars That Think

APRIL 19, 2022

Because mercury pollutants easily find their way into the oceans and the atmosphere, it’s virtually impossible for one country to prevent mercury poisoning within its borders. Mercury—it’s an intercontinental pollutant,” Bender says. “So Mercury is otherwise found as a by-product of other processes, such as the burning of coal.

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Study links breathing in black carbon from polluted air to alterations in lung blood vessels

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JUNE 6, 2019

The study adds to the evidence that exposure to diesel pollutants at what are considered relatively low levels may contribute to subtle changes in the lungs that may make people more prone to developing chronic lung disease, the third leading cause of death globally. These levels are below the current air pollution limits for PM 2.5

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EPA releases final Clean Power Plan; 32% reduction in CO2 from power plants by 2030

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AUGUST 3, 2015

Carbon dioxide is the most prevalent greenhouse gas pollutant, accounting for nearly three-quarters of global greenhouse gas emissions and 82% of US greenhouse gas emissions. Final complete state plans must be submitted no later than 6 September 2018.

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EPA Clean Cleaning Power

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. The program then reduces the cap by 2.5

Gas

Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate

Stanford Energy Modeling Forum project confirms carbon pricing can be effective way to curb GHG emissions

Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2018

Across all models, they found that the core carbon price scenarios lead to significant reductions in CO 2 emissions, with the vast majority of the reductions occurring in the electricity sector and disproportionately through reductions in coal. Weyant (2018) Climate Change Economics. 2018) “Overview Of The EMF 32 Study On U.S.

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Carbon Emissions Price Tax

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As states use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

Harvard/Nanjing study: China’s war on PM2.5 pollution is causing more severe ozone pollution

Tesla sales, VW chargers, coal pollution, used electric values: Today's Car News

PM2.5 pollution now associated with chronic kidney disease

CMU study finds that coal retirement is needed for EVs to reduce air pollution

Study: air pollution may shorten telomeres in newbornsa sign of increased health risks

Study associates in-utero exposure to PM2.5 pollution with higher blood pressure in childhood

Conservation group opposing Thacker Pass lithium mine seeks endangered status for Kings River pyrg (snail)

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

WHO: 9 out of 10 people worldwide breathe polluted air; 7M deaths per year

Baker Institute team says fossil fuel subsidies need global reform

OECD: governments should make better use of energy taxation to address climate change; “meaningful” increases limited to road sector

Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

WVU opens new research facility to extract valuable rare earth elements from acid mine drainage

Global Carbon Project: Global carbon emissions growth slows, but hits record high

BNEF, Snam, IGU report finds global gas industry set to resume growth post-pandemic; low-carbon technologies for long-term growth

WHO attributes more than 1 in 4 deaths annually of children under 5 years to unhealthy environment

SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

CMU study finds controlled EV charging can reduce generation cost, but at greater health and environmental costs depending upon the generation mix

Feature: Top 6 Reasons Why an EV Is the Right Choice

The Dirty Truth of Petrol & Diesel Vehicles

How to Hasten India’s Transition Away From Coal

U.N. Kills Any Plans to Use Mercury as a Rocket Propellant

Study links breathing in black carbon from polluted air to alterations in lung blood vessels

EPA releases final Clean Power Plan; 32% reduction in CO2 from power plants by 2030

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Stanford Energy Modeling Forum project confirms carbon pricing can be effective way to curb GHG emissions

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