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Report: 4 of 10 Americans live with unhealthy air, and EVs can help

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A person of color in the U.S. times more likely than a white person to live in a community with a failing grade on all three of the report’s measures for air pollution—short-term particle pollution, long-term particle pollution, and ozone. 2024 Volkswagen ID.4 Power-plant emissions remain an issue as well.

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Using Ozone-Generated Bubbles to Remove Oil Sheen and Contaminants from Water

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A University of Utah engineer has developed an inexpensive new method to remove oil sheen by repeatedly pressurizing and depressurizing ozone gas, creating microscopic bubbles that attack the oil so it can be removed by sand filters. Emerging contaminants, such as wastewater polluted with medications and personal care products.

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Air Quality: Easy to Measure, Tough to Fix

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Sold for US $299, the View Plus can gauge seven critical metrics: radon , particulates, carbon dioxide, humidity, temperature, volatile organic compounds, and air pressure. Ionization can itself create ozone. The state of California has banned such ozone generators entirely. In fact, ionization can itself create ozone.

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Federal Judge rules that Washington State must regulate refinery GHG emissions under State Implementation Plan

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Pechman for the Western District of Washington has ruled that the Washington Department of Ecology, Northwest Clean Air Agency, and Puget Sound Clean Air Agency must regulate greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from the five oil refineries operating in Washington State. Washington’s SIP was adopted pursuant to the US Clean Air Act (CAA).

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

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The EPA sets standards for six principal air pollutants to meet its obligation under the Clean Air Act to protect the health of the American public, including vulnerable populations, by an adequate margin of safety.

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The New Supersonic Boom

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Piloting the bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane in 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first person to exceed the speed of sound while in horizontal flight. What these aircraft manufacturers are contending is that their eventual customers are going to be willing to pay to prevent net carbon emissions. Everett Collection/Alamy.

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What is the Electric Vehicle Approved (EVA) Scheme?

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Additionally, other mandates of this organisation include: • Improving low carbon transport- scientists have established that carbon is one of the global warming causes. Global warming plays a role in thinning the ozone layer, thus permitting harmful rays’ penetration to the earth.