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ICL, CMU study associates PM2.5 air pollution in US with >30,000 deaths and reduced life expectancy

Green Car Congress

was largest around Los Angeles and in some southern states, such as Arkansas, Oklahoma and Alabama. 2019) “Particulate matter air pollution and national and county life expectancy loss in the USA: A spatiotemporal analysis.” These deaths would lower national life expectancy by 0.15 years for women, and 0.13 years for men. At any PM 2.5

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Electric bus revolution 

Electric Vehicles India

Facts and Factors new research report says the global electric bus market sales were estimated at 135 thousand units in 2019 and is expected to reach 600 thousand units by 2026. According to the Center for Transportation and Environment (CTE), of the country’s roughly 70,000 transit buses, only around 2% are currently zero-emission.

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Opinion: Biden’s Tesla snub shows that clout, not innovation, is driving the American EV revolution

Teslarati

This was despite the administration looking at hybrids, which are still equipped with a combustion engine, on the same playing field as zero-emissions vehicles like battery-electric cars. . It was a good narrative, and it was the perfect foil to the Trump administration’s less-than-stellar commitment to zero-emissions transportation.

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