2019 Economy Emissions Ozone 
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DECEMBER 27, 2020
million deaths in 2019—the largest pollution-related death toll in any country in the world—and also accounted for $36.8 million deaths in 2019—the largest pollution-related death toll in any country in the world—and also accounted for $36.8 and that due to ambient ozone pollution increased by 139.2%.
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MARCH 1, 2019
A new study provides the most detailed picture available to date of the global, regional, and local health impacts attributable to emissions from four transportation subsectors: on-road diesel vehicles; other on-road vehicles; shipping; and non-road mobile engines such as agricultural and construction equipment. Source: The ICCT.
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OCTOBER 1, 2019
Freight transportation is a pillar of the US national economy, but while long-haul trucks account for less than 6% of the vehicle miles traveled over US highways, they account for about 40% of the emissions of air polluting particulate matter and about 55% of nitrogen oxides, the precursor to ozone in the atmosphere, the study said.
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FEBRUARY 5, 2020
CO 2 and NO x certification test data for heavy-duty diesel engines certified from 2002 through 2019. Source of data: US EPA (2019). The transportation sector was responsible for over 7 million tons of NO x emissions in the US in 2014, with 50% of this sector’s NO x attributed to heavy-duty on- and off-road vehicles and equipment.
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APRIL 10, 2019
The Health Effects Institute (HEI) has released the annual State of Global Air (SoGA) 2019 report and website. and tropospheric ozone. Ozone accounted for about 472,000 early deaths in 2017. — “State of Global Air 2019”. State of Global Air 2019. years) on average worldwide. Ambient PM 2.5 accounted for 2.9
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OCTOBER 7, 2019
related damages, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford have found that, US-economy-wide, gross external damage (GED) due to premature mortality has decreased by more than 20% from 2008 to 2014. related emissions. In a new study of PM 2.5 75% of GED attributable to economic activities.
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APRIL 11, 2019
Improving access to cleaner forms of transportation, like electrified public transport and active commuting by cycling and walking, would not only bring down NO 2 levels, but would also reduce asthma, enhance physical fitness, and cut greenhouse gas emissions. —Susan Anenberg.
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