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Study: ozone levels higher across China than in other countries tracking the air pollutant

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

In China, people breathe ozone-laden air two to six times more often than people in the United States, Europe, Japan, or South Korea, according to a new international study published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters. For China, sites in 74 major cities with continuous observations from 2013?2017 2017 for one ozone metric.

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

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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. concentrations in eastern China have fallen nearly 40%. pollution is falling, harmful ground-level ozone pollution is on the rise, especially in large cities.

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Studies find global COVID-19 lockdowns have significantly reduced PM2.5 and NO2 pollution, but ozone up

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MAY 12, 2020

Levels of two major air pollutants have been reduced significantly since lockdowns began in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but a secondary pollutant—ground-level ozone—has increased in China, according to new research. has decreased by 35% in northern China. Grey areas indicate no valid data.

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AQLI: new data reveals little progress globally in reducing air pollution over the last two decades

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JULY 29, 2020

Particulate air pollution continues to cut global life expectancy by nearly two years as progress in some countries counterbalances worsening air quality in others, according to the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI). High pollution across the entirety of Bangladesh makes it the most polluted country in the world.

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Study estimates ~4M children worldwide develop asthma each year because of NO2 air pollution

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APRIL 11, 2019

About 4 million children worldwide develop asthma each year because of inhaling nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) air pollution, according to an open-access study published in The Lancet Planetary Health by researchers at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH). —Susan Anenberg.

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Study finds COVID-19 lockdown in China brought only slight reduction in PM2.5 and ozone

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JULY 29, 2020

Large improvements of air quality in China during the lockdown have been widely reported, but new research shows that two pollutants harmful to human health—fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) and ozone—were only slightly reduced. Much smaller reductions were observed for other pollutants.

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York study: Less traffic in first UK lockdown reduced NO2 pollution but caused increase in surface ozone

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DECEMBER 27, 2020

Less traffic on the roads during the first COVID-19 lockdown in the UK led to a reduction in air pollution but may have caused potentially damaging surface ozone levels to rise, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of York. —Professor Lee.

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China study connects ozone pollution to cardiovascular health

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JULY 17, 2017

Ozone is formed through a chemical reaction that occurs when sunlight interacts with nitrogen oxides and other organic compounds that are generated by coal-burning, vehicle exhaust and some natural sources. The team studied 89 healthy adults living in Changsha City, China, for one year. 2017.2842.

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Study indicates warming Arctic is remobilizing persistent organic pollutants into the atmosphere

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JULY 25, 2011

A new study by researchers from Canada, Norway and China indicates that warming in the Arctic is revolatilizing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that have accumulated in sinks such as water and ice. Their paper appears in the journal Nature Climate Change. —Ma et al. Nature Climate Change doi: 10.1038/nclimate1167.

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Study finds rapid health benefits following air pollution reduction

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DECEMBER 9, 2019

Reductions in air pollution yielded fast and significant impacts on health-outcomes, as well as decreases in all-cause morbidity, according to new open-access research published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society. It’s critical that governments adopt and enforce WHO guidelines for air pollution immediately.

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UB study reveals effect of pollution in humans at level of metabolites

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MAY 30, 2019

A new University at Buffalo (UB) study based on levels before, during and after the Beijing Olympics has shown how air pollution affects the human body at the level of metabolites. Metabolites are small molecules that are the end products of environmental exposures, such as air pollution, and body metabolism.

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Study: PM2.5 pollution reduces global life expectancy by more than one year

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AUGUST 24, 2018

pollution shortens human lives by more than a year, according to a new open-access study from a team of environmental engineers and public health researchers published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters. The researchers looked at outdoor air pollution from particulate matter (PM) smaller than 2.5

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Berkeley Earth study calculates that air pollution contributes to 1.6M deaths per year in China

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AUGUST 14, 2015

In an analysis of hourly air pollution data (PM 2.5 ,PM PM 10 , SO 2 , NO 2 , O 3 and CO) from more than 1500 sites in China, Berkeley Earth has calculated that the observed air pollution contributes to ~1.6 million deaths/year in China [0.7–2.2 China’s population-weighted average exposure to PM 2.5 was 52 μg/m 3.

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Study shows two-stroke scooters dominant source of air pollution in many cities; asymmetric polluters

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MAY 23, 2014

A study by European researchers has found that two-stroke (2S) scooters, although constituting a small fraction of the fleet, can dominate urban vehicular pollution through organic aerosol and aromatic emission factors up to thousands of times higher than from other vehicle classes. —Platt et al. Platt et al.

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Study provides insight into mechanism of atmospheric new particle formation in polluted cities

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JULY 20, 2018

de novo rather than as direct emissions—via nucleation and growth is a major source of aerosol pollution in terms of number concentration. In spite of a great deal of research, it is still a puzzle why and how such new particule formation (NPF) occurs in a highly polluted urban atmosphere. —Yao et al.

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Study finds household and outdoor air pollution contributes to more than 5.5 million premature deaths worldwide per year

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FEBRUARY 12, 2016

New research shows that household (indoor) and outdoor air pollution contribute to more than 5.5 More than half of deaths occur in two of the world’s fastest growing economies, China and India. of all global deaths) caused by outdoor fine particulate air pollution and an additional 215,000 deaths from exposure to ozone.

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Study suggests future climate changes to worsen air quality for >85% of China’s population; ~20k+ additional deaths each year

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AUGUST 19, 2019

A study by a team of researchers from China, the US and Germany suggests that future climate change may worsen air quality for more than 85% of China’s population, leading to an additional 20,000 deaths each year. Managing air quality in China in a changing climate will thus become more challenging. —Hong et al.

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UNICEF: 300M children worldwide breathing air exceeding WHO pollution guidelines by 6x or more

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OCTOBER 31, 2016

Almost one in seven of the world’s children, 300 million, live in areas with the most toxic levels of outdoor air pollution—six or more times higher than international guidelines set by the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO)— according to a new UNICEF report. No society can afford to ignore air pollution.

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PSI team provides first direct proof of ongoing chemical reactions in particulates

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MARCH 14, 2020

These findings will help to improve the understanding of global processes involved in cloud formation and air pollution and to refine the corresponding models. This is one of the volatile organic compounds in the oils of conifer trees, and it also occurs in eucalyptus and rosemary. The smell triggers pleasant feelings in most people.

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OECD: rising air pollution-related deaths taking heavy toll on society; more should be done to reduce transport emissions

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MAY 23, 2014

Deaths from outdoor air pollution by region in 2005 and 2010. From 2005 to 2010, the death rate rose by 4% worldwide, by 5% in China and by 12% in India. Outdoor air pollution kills some 3.5 Outdoor air pollution kills some 3.5 This pollution is costing advanced economies plus China and India an estimated US$3.5

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Study shows alkanes can rapidly acquire oxygen atoms in a free radical chain reaction; significant for fuel combustion and air pollution

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MARCH 7, 2021

This chain reaction, termed autoxidation, is enabled by high engine temperatures, but has recently been also identified as an important source for highly oxygenated species in the atmosphere, forming organic aerosol. Strikingly, the yield of highly oxygenated organic molecules containing six or more oxygen atoms was much higher than expected.

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Study links exposure to diesel exhaust particles to pneumococcal disease susceptibility

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JANUARY 26, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that air pollution is responsible for 7 million deaths per year, with 7% of these attributable to pneumonia. We know that exposure to air pollution is harmful, responsible for millions of deaths every year, of which a significant proportion is due to pneumonia.

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IEA: 7% increase in total energy investment could cut premature deaths from air pollution in half by 2040

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JUNE 27, 2016

A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts that energy policy choices backed by a 7% increase in total energy investment through 2040 could cut premature deaths from air pollution roughly in half by 2040. Under such a scenario, premature deaths from outdoor air pollution would decline by 1.7 million annually.

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California Governor signs agreement with China national government to cooperate on green tech

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JUNE 6, 2017

In China, California Governor Edmund G. signed an agreement with China’s Minister of Science and Technology to deepen cooperation on the development of green technology. Governor Brown also met with China President Xi Jinping for approximately 45 minutes at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

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Volkswagen Group: Foshan Plant Phase II mega-factory key for China; strengthening e-mobility strategy

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JUNE 23, 2018

Together with the Audi Q2L, which will also start production this year, T-Roc is a vital building block in the fast growing SUV segment in China. Through this mega-factory at the South China base of FAW-Volkswagen, we are fulfilling our promise to electrify China. Responsibility for China will be retained by the Group.

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China study finds associations between PM2.5 constituents and blood inflammation and coagulation

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JUNE 30, 2017

In a new study, a team from China has investigated the effects of various constituents of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) on blood inflammation and coagulation. As the largest developing country in the world, China is facing enormous public health challenges due to severe air pollution problems and the heavy burden of CVDs.

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Air pollution could claim 6.6 million lives per year by 2050, double current rate; small domestic fires and ag the worst offenders

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

If air pollution emissions continue to rise at the current rate, some 6.6 The largest sources of air pollution are not industry and transport but small domestic fires and agriculture. million people per year in China and 650,000 people in India die every year as a consequence of air pollution. Click to enlarge.

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Honeywell UOP opens first facility in China to test flare emissions for VOCs

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OCTOBER 22, 2017

Honeywell UOP’s Callidus Technologies business began operation of China’s only facility capable of testing flare emissions for volatile organic compounds (VOCs). —Henry Liu, vice president and general manager of Honeywell UOP China. Until this test center was commissioned, testing of this kind was not performed in China.

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ADB approves $499M loan to establish facility for improved air quality in greater Beijing area; includes hydrogen transport

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DECEMBER 16, 2017

The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors approved a €428-million ($499-million) loan to set up a regional emission-reduction and pollution-control facility as part of a multiyear and multisector support program to improve air quality in the greater Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) region, which suffers from heavy air pollution.

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Efficient recovery of lithium from spent LiFePO4 batteries via air oxidation–water leaching at room temperature

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JANUARY 18, 2022

Researchers in China report using air oxidation–water leaching to recover lithium selectively from spent LiFePO 4 (LFP) material, in which the high leaching efficiency of lithium and the good separation effect of lithium and iron were achieved simultaneously. An open-access paper on their work is published in the RSC journal Green Chemistry.

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Ford to invest $1.8B in R&D in China

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OCTOBER 13, 2015

billion) in research and development in China in recognition that Chinese consumers are increasingly driving global innovation. Ford announced that there will be more than 1 million SYNC-equipped vehicles on the road in China by the end of 2015. —John Lawler, chairman and CEO of Ford Motor China. billion (US$1.8

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China Steel Corporation making $46M investment in LanzaTech commercial waste-gas-to-ethanol project

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APRIL 22, 2015

Taiwan’s largest integrated steel maker, China Steel Corporation (CSC), has announced formal Board approval of a 1400-million TWD (US$46 million) capital investment in a LanzaTech commercial ethanol facility. China Steel Corporation (CSC), located at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, was founded in December 1971. Earlier post.). Biotech Ethanol'

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Metabolomics study finds exposure to PM2.5 leads to increases in stress hormones

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AUGUST 15, 2017

air pollution increased stress hormone levels and negative metabolic changes in otherwise healthy, young adults according to the findings of a recent study conducted in China. study author and professor of environmental health sciences at Fudan University in Shanghai, China. Exposure to high levels of PM 2.5 —Haidong Kan.

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MIT researchers improve upon methods to model urban air pollution

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AUGUST 29, 2011

Urban regions account for an ever increasing fraction of Earth’s population, and are consequently an ever increasing source of air pollutants. These pollutants include anthropogenic aerosols, which have important climate and health implications. Cohen and Prinn used meteorological and emissions data from 16 representative urban areas.

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UMD-led study finds China’s SO2 emissions down 75% since 2007, India’s up 50%; India may now be the top SO2 emitter

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NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Although China and India remain the world’s largest consumers of coal, a new University of Maryland-led study found that China’s sulfur dioxide emissions fell by 75% since 2007, while India’s emissions increased by 50%. Sulfur dioxide is an air pollutant that causes acid rain, haze and many health-related problems.

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Eaton introduces set of products to reduce vapor emissions during refueling; LEV III regulations

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JANUARY 14, 2021

If fuel vapor is released into the atmosphere, it contributes to a category of pollutants known as evaporative emissions. This category of emissions is the largest source of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by automobiles, which are a main source of haze, ozone, and particulate matter.

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TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

People living in parts of southern Europe, South Korea and southern Japan and China also experienced more than 15 days a year of ozone levels above 70 ppb. In some parts of Asia, Africa and South America, the researchers identified data gaps which prevented them from characterizing ozone pollution exposure patterns. Click to enlarge.

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Study finds shipping emissions in East Asia contribute to up to 37.5K premature deaths each year

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JULY 19, 2016

A study by a team of researchers from China and the US has shown that shipping emissions in East Asia accounted for 16% of global shipping CO 2 in 2013, compared to only 4–7% in 2002–2005. Attention on ships and ports has increased as seaborne trade has grown significantly in recent decades.

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Berkeley Lab releases 8th edition of databook on China’s energy and environment; finding the “missing” energy consumption

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

The China Energy Group of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) recently released the eighth edition of the China Energy Databook —the most comprehensive publicly available resource known to exist covering China’s energy and environmental statistics. Click to enlarge.

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HALO research aircraft measuring the emissions of megacities in EmeRGe project

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MARCH 22, 2018

However, emissions do not just remain in conurbations; particles and gaseous pollutants can be transported thousands of kilometers by the wind. The University of Bremen is the scientific base of the international project known as EMeRGe (Effect of Megacities on the transport and transformation of pollutants on the Regional and Global scales).

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Study: IMO low-sulfur fuel standards will decrease childhood asthma cases, premature deaths; climate tradeoffs

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FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Marine shipping fuels will get cleaner in 2020 when a regulation by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requires a decrease in the allowable amount of sulfur in fuel oil from 3.5% pollution impacts in 2020 with and without the use of low-sulphur fuels. This is about 7-8% of the global health burden caused by air pollution.

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LanzaTech moving forward on scale-up of sustainable aviation fuels in US and Japan

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

After initial scale-up, qualification by ASTM and the first commercial flight with Virgin Atlantic, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) made from captured pollution is ready for full-scale demonstration and commercialization. Following on from this agreement, ANA, strategic investor in LanzaTech, Mitsui & Co.,

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GM demos 8 connected vehicle safety applications in Shanghai

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

General Motors demonstrated eight safety applications for its latest intelligent and connected vehicle (ICV) technology for the first time in China at the National Intelligent and Connected Vehicle Pilot Zone in Shanghai, which opened in June. —GM Executive Vice President and GM China President Matt Tsien. Earlier post.).

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Exploring the adoption of EVs in the US, Europe and China; charging scenarios and infrastructure

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AUGUST 6, 2013

Bradley & Associates, commissioned by the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) and the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), examines key drivers of EV adoption in the US, Europe and China, with an emphasis on vehicle charging scenarios and infrastructure. All three regions have established targets for EV registrations.

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Study: ozone levels higher across China than in other countries tracking the air pollutant

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

Studies find global COVID-19 lockdowns have significantly reduced PM2.5 and NO2 pollution, but ozone up

AQLI: new data reveals little progress globally in reducing air pollution over the last two decades

Study estimates ~4M children worldwide develop asthma each year because of NO2 air pollution

Study finds COVID-19 lockdown in China brought only slight reduction in PM2.5 and ozone

York study: Less traffic in first UK lockdown reduced NO2 pollution but caused increase in surface ozone

China study connects ozone pollution to cardiovascular health

Study indicates warming Arctic is remobilizing persistent organic pollutants into the atmosphere

Study finds rapid health benefits following air pollution reduction

UB study reveals effect of pollution in humans at level of metabolites

Study: PM2.5 pollution reduces global life expectancy by more than one year

Berkeley Earth study calculates that air pollution contributes to 1.6M deaths per year in China

Study shows two-stroke scooters dominant source of air pollution in many cities; asymmetric polluters

Study provides insight into mechanism of atmospheric new particle formation in polluted cities

Study finds household and outdoor air pollution contributes to more than 5.5 million premature deaths worldwide per year

Study suggests future climate changes to worsen air quality for >85% of China’s population; ~20k+ additional deaths each year

UNICEF: 300M children worldwide breathing air exceeding WHO pollution guidelines by 6x or more

PSI team provides first direct proof of ongoing chemical reactions in particulates

OECD: rising air pollution-related deaths taking heavy toll on society; more should be done to reduce transport emissions

Study shows alkanes can rapidly acquire oxygen atoms in a free radical chain reaction; significant for fuel combustion and air pollution

Study links exposure to diesel exhaust particles to pneumococcal disease susceptibility

IEA: 7% increase in total energy investment could cut premature deaths from air pollution in half by 2040

California Governor signs agreement with China national government to cooperate on green tech

Volkswagen Group: Foshan Plant Phase II mega-factory key for China; strengthening e-mobility strategy

China study finds associations between PM2.5 constituents and blood inflammation and coagulation

Air pollution could claim 6.6 million lives per year by 2050, double current rate; small domestic fires and ag the worst offenders

Honeywell UOP opens first facility in China to test flare emissions for VOCs

ADB approves $499M loan to establish facility for improved air quality in greater Beijing area; includes hydrogen transport

Efficient recovery of lithium from spent LiFePO4 batteries via air oxidation–water leaching at room temperature

Ford to invest $1.8B in R&D in China

China Steel Corporation making $46M investment in LanzaTech commercial waste-gas-to-ethanol project

Metabolomics study finds exposure to PM2.5 leads to increases in stress hormones

MIT researchers improve upon methods to model urban air pollution

UMD-led study finds China’s SO2 emissions down 75% since 2007, India’s up 50%; India may now be the top SO2 emitter

Eaton introduces set of products to reduce vapor emissions during refueling; LEV III regulations

TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

Study finds shipping emissions in East Asia contribute to up to 37.5K premature deaths each year

Berkeley Lab releases 8th edition of databook on China’s energy and environment; finding the “missing” energy consumption

HALO research aircraft measuring the emissions of megacities in EmeRGe project

Study: IMO low-sulfur fuel standards will decrease childhood asthma cases, premature deaths; climate tradeoffs

LanzaTech moving forward on scale-up of sustainable aviation fuels in US and Japan

GM demos 8 connected vehicle safety applications in Shanghai

Exploring the adoption of EVs in the US, Europe and China; charging scenarios and infrastructure

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