Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Air pollution—specifically PM 2.5 , ozone and NO 2 —could be to blame for up to 33 million emergency asthma attack visits to hospital a year, according to a new open-access study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. 37% and 73% of ozone and PM 2.5 37% and 73% of ozone and PM 2.5

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JANUARY 7, 2010

Counties projected to violate proposed Primary 8-hour Ground-Level Ozone Standards in 2020. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has proposed the strictest standards to date for ground-level ozone. EPA is also proposing to set a separate “secondary” standard to protect the environment within the range of 7-15 ppm-hours.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Black carbon and tropospheric ozone are harmful air pollutants that also contribute to climate change. Reducing black carbon and tropospheric ozone now will slow the rate of climate change within the first half of this century, the study said.

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JUNE 15, 2011

Fast action on pollutants such as black carbon, ground-level ozone and methane may help limit near term global temperature rise and significantly increase the chances of keeping temperature rise below 2 °C (3.6 °F)—and Introduction of clean-burning biomass stoves for cooking and heating in developing countries.

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APRIL 15, 2019

In a paper published in the journal Atmospheric Environment , they report on the findings from a suite of scenarios designed to quantify the effect of both the magnitude of EV market penetration and the source of electricity generation used to power them. Locations with clean energy sources, however, saw reductions. Schnell et al.

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DECEMBER 27, 2020

billion people, according to Landrigan, whose research was funded in part by UN Environment Programme. and that due to ambient ozone pollution increased by 139.2%. We point to countries like the United States where we reduced air pollution by 70 percent since passage of the Clean Air Act in the 1970s. since 1990.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants, a new global initiative to seize the opportunity of realizing concrete benefits on climate, health, food and energy resulting from reducing short-lived climate pollutants. for 2030 and beyond. Source: UNEP.

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OCTOBER 20, 2018

We’ve invested a lot of resources as a society to clean up our air. and ozone from a 21-year computer simulation of air pollution across the US. They estimated deaths from ischemic heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and stroke related to PM 2.5 , and from respiratory disease for ozone. Zhang et al.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

At cruising altitude, airplanes emit a steady stream of NO x into the atmosphere, where the chemicals can linger to produce ozone and fine particulates. The paper’s co-authors are Prakash Prashanth, Raymond Speth, Sebastian Eastham, and Jayant Sabnins, all members of MIT’s Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment. Eastham, Jayant S.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Perhaps surprisingly, this reduction in cross-state pollution also appears to be related to electric power generation: In recent years, regulations such as the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Act and other changes have helped to significantly curb emissions from this sector across the country. and/or ozone.

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

In particular, TPS technology offers a groundbreaking approach to reducing emissions from combustion engines and improving the environment. These vehicles have long lifetimes and will continue to occupy the roads next to clean EVs for years to come. hp diesel engine.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Thanks to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s (IIJA), there is $5 billion available in funding for clean school buses. Empowering clean transportation for children We’ll start with the most important reason; electric school buses are healthier for the children. Ready to get started?

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MAY 15, 2017

The research, led by the International Council on Clean Transportation and Environmental Health Analytics, LLC., —Josh Miller, researcher at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). A paper on the work is published in the journal Nature. —Susan Anenberg, co-Founder of Environmental Health Analytics, LLC.

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

The European Environment Agency’s (EEA’s) “ Air quality in Europe — 2019 report ” shows that almost all Europeans living in cities are still exposed to air pollution levels that exceed the health-based air quality guidelines (AQGs) set by the World Health Organization (WHO). About 8% of the urban population in the EU-28 was exposed to PM 2.5

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MAY 1, 2018

They found that levels of pollutants that can contribute to the formation of ground-level ozone, or smog, have failed to continue a fairly steady decline as estimated by the US Environmental Protection Agency. These results show that meeting future air quality standards for ozone pollution will be more challenging than previously thought.

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JULY 14, 2017

Tata Motors Limited and MAHLE have signed a joint development agreement for designing and developing a Secondary Loop Mobile Air Conditioning System (SL-MAC), under the aegis of United Nations Environment. The new SL-MAC system, which is testing the low-GWP refrigerants, is expected to increase vehicle energy efficiency.

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Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

As the American Lung Association’s (ALA) Driving to Clean Air report found, switching to 100% zero-emission new vehicle sales and clean energy generation by 2050 could lead to: $978 billion in public health benefits 89,300 fewer premature deaths 2.2 Reducing greenhouse gas emissions also supports patient health.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

has agreed to spend more than $161 million on pollution controls, enhanced maintenance and monitoring, and improved internal management practices to resolve Clean Air Act violations at its Texas City, Texas refinery. BP Products North America Inc. The company will also pay a $12 million civil penalty. The plea is still under review by the US.

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Blink Charging

APRIL 21, 2022

EVs are better for the environment than ICE vehicles even when the EV manufacturing process is powered by fossil fuels. Here’s why clean energy is vitally important to maintaining not only the planet’s health but our own. Some of the effects of pollution, such as depleting the ozone layer, affect both environmental and human health.

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MARCH 19, 2012

Policies incentivizing the private sector to push to develop innovative “clean” technologies are likely to play a key role in achieving climate stabilization. Respectively, Title IV of the 1990 Clean Air Act and the Ozone Transport Commission/NO x Budget Program.). and NO 2 regulation in the US in 1970. Taylor 2012.

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MAY 21, 2009

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has reinstated the role of a key policy document created by agency scientists (the Staff Paper) that contains staff analyses of options for the administrator to consider when setting National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to protect human health and the environment. The new NAAQS review process.

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APRIL 2, 2012

positive or negative—and magnitude of net climate forcing from BC emissions), currently available scientific and technical information provides a strong foundation for making mitigation decisions to achieve lasting benefits for public health, the environment, and climate. Earlier post.). —Report to Congress on Black Carbon.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

While coal use causes warming through emission of heat-trapping carbon dioxide, it also releases comparatively large amounts of sulfates and other particles that, although detrimental to the environment, cool the planet by blocking incoming sunlight. Methane is an especially potent greenhouse gas. degree Fahrenheit (less than 0.1

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

NO x is a precursor for both ground level ozone and secondary PM 2.5 which are regulated under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) because of their adverse effects on human health and the environment. —MECA Executive Director, Rasto Brezny.

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APRIL 2, 2009

The study by Nadine Unger, Drew Shindell and James Wang will appear in an upcoming issue of the journal Atmospheric Environment. In the first scenario (S1), ORT emissions were reduced by 50% in the US and globally, with the assumption that the replacement energy to supply the fleet is provided by a clean zero emission source.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

We see it as similar to the ozone hole problem, where we really needed a tight, science-based focus on the limits to human inputs to the system--and howthose inputs affected the ozone layer's ability to keep people safe. What do we have to offer these billion people?

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Green Charging

MARCH 15, 2021

Global warming plays a role in thinning the ozone layer, thus permitting harmful rays’ penetration to the earth. EST was mandated to create a conducive environment for sustainable energy use. Therefore, if you want to learn smart ways of saving the environment while still using clean energy, visit the energy saving trust website.

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APRIL 1, 2009

Markey of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee on Tuesday released a draft of far-reaching energy and climate legislation that targets job creation, promotes renewables and energy efficiency, and places limits on emissions of greenhouse gases. Clean Fuels and Vehicles. Chairman Henry A. Partnering with the States.

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AUGUST 28, 2018

Our newest propane autogas engine reinforces ROUSH CleanTech’s commitment to provide vehicle solutions that reduce the impact to the environment while leveraging an abundant, domestically produced fuel that costs less than diesel. —Todd Mouw, president of ROUSH CleanTech. We congratulate ROUSH CleanTech on this achievement.

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MARCH 18, 2019

This finding reveals important opportunities for clean air improvements, especially in large port cities such as New York and Houston. Replacing more of these older and longer-lived engines with the latest clean diesel models, faster, will generate significant emissions reductions. —Ezra Finkin, DTF Policy and Outreach Director.

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My Energi

MARCH 11, 2021

What I do know, is how fossil fuel vehicles have contributed heavily to poor air quality in our towns and cities, damage to the environment, soil and water quality and have contributed to the depletion of the ozone layer! On a serious note, I wanted something spacious, safe, fast and better for the environment.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2020

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to retain, without changes, the existing, more stringent 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone. From 2017 to 2019, ozone concentrations fell 4%. During that same time, national average ozone concentrations have dropped 25%. Background.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Take, for example, the tens of thousands of fossil-fueled ships that chug across the ocean, spewing plumes of pollutants that contribute to acid rain, ozone depletion, respiratory ailments, and global warming. As we confront the enormous challenge of climate change, we should take inspiration from even the most unlikely sources.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2009

Isoprene, a five-carbon diene formed naturally in plants and animals and a precursor of ozone, contributes more than 40% of these emissions. The scientists pointed out that converting the epoxides to aerosol is likely to be higher in polluted environments, because the aerosols’ acidity is generally higher when human activity is present.

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

And so back in, I believe it was the 80s, it might have been earlier than that, Paul Knutson who famously identified the ozone whole problem, he put forward the idea that putting material in the stratosphere might be an interesting way to reflect sunlight to cool the planet. And that was based on observations of volcanoes.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

like people driving futuristic electric cars and everything being clean! Reply Neutral Elodie @ Apr 19th 2009 4:38PM How clean is an electrical car, really? Still totally cool to see automakers can agree about stuff (much better than computer makers, indeed), but I always find it weird when people say electrical cars are clean.

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