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ICCT finds growth in shipping in Arctic could increase pollutant emissions 150-600% by 2025 with current fuels

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While that report projected vessel activity, it did not explore the environmental impacts of increased shipping in terms of air emissions or the potential climate impacts from increases in short-lived climate pollutants such as black carbon. The emissions report focuses on the low- and mid-range diversion scenarios—i.e., Earlier post.).

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Six refineries in $425M settlement with EPA and DOJ over emissions violations

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and Par Hawaii Refining that resolves alleged Clean Air Act violations and protects public health by reducing air pollution at six refineries. million civil penalty that Tesoro will pay, the United States will receive $8,050,000, and co-plaintiffs including the states of Alaska and Hawaii, and the Northwest Clean Air Agency will share $2.4

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Coalition Files Suit Against EPA Over GHG Emissions from Ships, Aircraft and Non-road Engines

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Lisa Murkowski’s (R-Alaska), “disapproval resolution” (S.J. Pollution from these sources is projected to grow rapidly over coming decades. The shipping industry is a major contributor to global warming pollution. Earlier post.). Annual US shipping emissions are equivalent to from 130 million to 195 million cars.

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Study: 87% of world’s population in 2013 lived in areas exceeding WHO PM2.5 guidelines

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annual average), according to a major international study published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2013 provided important estimates of the global health impacts attributable to ambient air pollution. Between 1990 and 2013, global population-weighted PM 2.5 Click to enlarge.

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Port of Houston Authority, Maersk Line and EPA Demonstrate Fuel Switching in the Gulf of Mexico

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EPA estimates that fuel switching will result in reducing local air pollution and its burden on public health by producing more than a 95% reduction in sulfur dioxide (SOx) and an 85 percent reduction in fine particulate matter (PM). Earlier post.) percent sulfur marine fuels (fuel with sulfur content at or below 1,000 ppm) as of 2015.

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How to Take Advantage of EV Charging Incentives for Fleets

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Between the United States federal government, state, and local governments; power companies and utilities; and air pollution control districts, there are hundreds of incentives for fleet owners to switch from internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs). Where is Blink a verified supplier?

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Study finds changes in the Arctic sea ice cover may be driving changes in atmospheric chemistry

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Bromine then reacts with a gaseous form of mercury, turning it into a pollutant that falls to Earth’s surface. Despite ozone’s beneficial role blocking harmful radiation in the stratosphere, ground-level ozone is a harmful pollutant. Bromine also can remove ozone from the lowest layer of the atmosphere, the troposphere.

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