Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Approximately 9,000 people in California are estimated to die prematurely each year as a result of exposure to fine particle pollution, according to a new report issued by the California Air Resources Board (ARB). Fine particle pollution, smaller than 2.5 ARB Chairman Mary Nichols.

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Pollution EPA California Diesel 220

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2014

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to update the toxic air pollution standards for petroleum refineries. The new rules would further reduce toxic pollution from flaring and other processes and includes new monitoring requirements.

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EPA Standards Emissions Pollution 231

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Reviews by Decker et al. The cities/metro areas studied were: Los Angeles County; Greater Toronto; Geneva Canton; Greater Prague; Cape Town; Denver City and County; New York City; Greater London; Barcelona; and Bangkok. The next two highest cities are also both North American: Los Angeles (13.0 and Kennedy et al.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2013

A study by the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC) in California found 55% of Los Angeles-area commuters are interested in ridesharing, however only 22% of commuters in the Southland currently rideshare or use alternative forms of transportation.

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Los Angeles Pollution California Transportation 220

Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Right around that time, it started to be apparent that ground mobility was well on the way to cleaning up, and the power sector was already moving in that direction. But we did the overall review—you have jet fuel, you have hydrogen-based solutions, you have battery-based solutions, you have various hybrid solutions.

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Hydrogen Fuel San Francisco All-Electric 90

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2014

We refueled with CNG twice; once locally (with a partial fill, more on this below), and once off the I-5 on the way up to Los Angeles. Kindly provided by a Clean Energy tech who was servicing another of the CNG pumps.). As with any vehicle choice, there are trade-offs that need to be balanced against target use.

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Silverado Chevrolet Fuel Gasoline-Electric 247

Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2023

Public Utility Commissions (PUCs)] and many state and federal agencies,” states a report by the non-profit group Americans for a Clean Energy Grid. Worse, in 2021, just 386 miles were added, according to the American Clean Power (ACP) organization’s 2021 Annual Market Report.

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Grid Iowa Wind Miles 106

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The prototype vehicle, called Project PUMA (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), is designed to ease congestion and pollution problems in cities. These PUMAs dont pollute the air, they dont make loud noises, and they go slow enough to prevent a lot of traffic accidents, especially for teens. Im astonished at the negativity here.

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GM Green 2009 Vehicles 48

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The objections they raised for years -- "no one is interested, no one would plug in, the technology is too complex, the benefits are minimal, its just shifting the pollution from the tailpipe to the smokestack, theres no demand for these cars" -- still show up occasionally, but are by and large history. Marketwatch ). Its not lack of desire.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Think of driving any vehicle in the hot Los Angeles summer time. A simple, clean, efficient EV that wont run out of juice because of its on-board gas generator. The mines in Canada where the nickel & cadmium are mined is one of the most polluted places on Earth. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0

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Volt GM Chevrolet EV1 41