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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

Ozone levels across much of North America and Europe dropped significantly between 2000 and 2014. 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. Source: University of Leicester. Click to enlarge.

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Satellite method provides insight into ozone-NOx-VOCs sensitivity for different locations

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Ozone pollution near Earth’s surface is one of the main ingredients of summertime smog. It is also not directly measurable from space due to the abundance of ozone higher in the atmosphere, which obscures measurements of surface ozone. —Jin et al.

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Ozone Insight Netherlands North America

UK researchers report that alcohols in windshield washer fluid are major unreported source of VOCs emissions from cars, including EVs

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JUNE 8, 2023

In a recent open-access paper published in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology , researchers from the University of York report that alcohols in windshield washer fluid account for a larger fraction of real-world vehicle emissions than previous estimates have suggested. Cliff et al. Resources Samuel J. Cliff, Alastair C. Lewis, Marvin D.

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EPA awards $6M in research funding to improve air quality models

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JULY 10, 2020

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $5,959,842 million in research funding to nine institutions to improve air quality models used to simulate ozone, particulate matter (PM), regional haze, air toxics, and emerging pollutants. It will also inform the development of strategies for improving air quality.

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Study: surface ozone in India in 2005 damaged 6M tonnes of crops, enough to feed 94M people in poverty

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Ozone, the main component of smog, is a plant-damaging pollutant formed by emissions from vehicles, cooking stoves and other sources. New research shows that ozone pollution damaged millions of tons of wheat, rice, soybean and cotton crops in India in 2005. Surface ozone pollution in India damaged 6 million metric tons (6.7

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Study Finds Ozone Concentrations at Current Clean Air Standards Levels Can Impair Even Healthy Lungs

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JULY 25, 2009

Exposure to ozone at levels currently deemed safe by the NAAQS clean air standards can have a significant and negative effect on lung function, according to researchers at the University of California, Davis. Edward Schelegle, University of California, Davis. Earlier post.). Specifically, we found that 6.6

Ozone

Ozone Standards Clean Cleaning

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

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

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. The ozone in the bubble attacks certain pollutants because it is a strong oxidant.

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CU Boulder study: routine household activities generate air quality on par with major polluted city

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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Cooking, cleaning and other routine household activities generate significant levels of volatile and particulate chemicals inside the average home, leading to indoor air quality levels on par with a polluted major city, according to a study by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder. Earlier post.).

Pollution

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Study: consumer products overtake transportation as largest source of VOCs air pollution in cities

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Consumer products such as shampoo, cleaning products and paint now contribute as much to emitted volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in cities as tailpipe emissions from vehicles, according to a new study led by NOAA. These products contain organic solvents, which lead to substantial emissions of VOCs to the atmosphere.

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Study Links Springtime Ozone Increases Above Western North America to Emissions in Asia

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JANUARY 21, 2010

Springtime ozone distributions for 1984, 1995–2008 in the mid-troposphere (3.0–8.0 Springtime ozone levels above western North America are rising primarily due to air flowing eastward from the Pacific Ocean, a trend that is largest when the air originates in Asia. The US EPA recently proposed new tougher ground-level ozone standards.

North America

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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).

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Cummins CTO John Wall receives California’s premier air quality award

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JUNE 26, 2015

is one of the three recipients of the 2014 Haagen-Smit Clean Air Awards , California’s premier award recognizing individuals who have made outstanding contributions to improving air quality. The two other recipients are: Dr. Donald Blake, professor of chemistry, University of California Irvine. Dr. Kirk R.

Climate Change

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Study: Urban grime releases NOx when exposed to sunlight

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AUGUST 17, 2015

Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that natural sunlight triggers the release of smog-forming NO x compounds from the grime that typically coats buildings, statues and other outdoor surfaces in urban areas. Among these compounds are nitrogen oxides. —James Donaldson.

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Electric vehicle charging stations worth a complete of quite $1.7 million

Setec Powerr

AUGUST 20, 2021

million is coming to 26 government agencies, universities, and electric utilities in Louisiana. Department of Justice and Volkswagen over violations of the Clean Air Act. In each case, the new engines will reduce oxide emissions and other pollutants like sulfur dioxide, volatile organic compounds, and particulate.

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Electric Vehicles Louisiana Charging Grant

Study: air pollution causes 800,000 extra deaths a year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide

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MARCH 12, 2019

To put this into perspective, this means that air pollution causes more extra deaths a year than tobacco smoking, which the World Health Organization estimates was responsible for an extra 7.2 —Co-author Professor Thomas Münzel, of the Department of Cardiology of the University Medical Centre Mainz. million deaths in 2015.

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HEI ACES study of lifetime animal exposure to New Technology Diesel Engine exhaust finds no lung cancer

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JANUARY 27, 2015

Concentrations of engine-generated PM were very low ( 3 ) at all exposure levels (in the ultrafine range of 20–40 nm in diameter), as were concentrations of sulfur dioxide and semivolatile and volatile organic species. —Bob O’Keefe, Vice President of HEI and Chair of Clean Air Asia. —ACES report. —ACES Review Panel.

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House Chairmen Waxman, Markey Release Draft of Energy and Climate Legislation; Among the Many Provisions Are Cap-and-Trade, Harmonization of CAFE and California Vehicle Regulations, and Low Carbon Fuel Standard

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APRIL 1, 2009

The bill also modifies the Clean Air Act to require the development of greenhouse gas emissions standards for all other mobile sources—e.g., A transitioning title intended to protect US consumers and industry and promotes green jobs during the transition to a clean energy economy. Clean Fuels and Vehicles.

Climate

Climate Standards Carbon California

Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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AUGUST 30, 2009

80.27, “high ozone season” means the period from June 1 to September 15 of any calendar year and “regulatory control period” means the period from May 1 to September 15 of any calendar year. The maximum ethanol content of gasoline shall not exceed any applicable waiver conditions under section 211(f)(4) of the Clean Air Act.

Transportation

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The Why, How, and Maybe Not of Geoengineering

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Wanser: So SilverLining is a four-year-old non-profit organization, and we support both research and policy to advance science-based approaches to responding to near-term climate change. One is using what they’re now calling nature-based approaches, but basically organic processes, from growing trees to growing algae to seaweed in the ocean.

Climate

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Researchers Determine Process Through Which Hydrocarbon Compounds Emitted by Trees Form Aerosols, With Impact on Human Health and Climate

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2009

secondary organic aerosol). Isoprene, a five-carbon diene formed naturally in plants and animals and a precursor of ozone, contributes more than 40% of these emissions. A small fraction of the isoprene becomes secondary organic aerosol, but because isoprene emissions are so large, even this small fraction is important.

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

Satellite method provides insight into ozone-NOx-VOCs sensitivity for different locations

UK researchers report that alcohols in windshield washer fluid are major unreported source of VOCs emissions from cars, including EVs

EPA awards $6M in research funding to improve air quality models

Study: surface ozone in India in 2005 damaged 6M tonnes of crops, enough to feed 94M people in poverty

Study Finds Ozone Concentrations at Current Clean Air Standards Levels Can Impair Even Healthy Lungs

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

CU Boulder study: routine household activities generate air quality on par with major polluted city

Study: consumer products overtake transportation as largest source of VOCs air pollution in cities

Study Links Springtime Ozone Increases Above Western North America to Emissions in Asia

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

Cummins CTO John Wall receives California’s premier air quality award

Study: Urban grime releases NOx when exposed to sunlight

Electric vehicle charging stations worth a complete of quite $1.7 million

Study: air pollution causes 800,000 extra deaths a year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide

HEI ACES study of lifetime animal exposure to New Technology Diesel Engine exhaust finds no lung cancer

House Chairmen Waxman, Markey Release Draft of Energy and Climate Legislation; Among the Many Provisions Are Cap-and-Trade, Harmonization of CAFE and California Vehicle Regulations, and Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

The Why, How, and Maybe Not of Geoengineering

Researchers Determine Process Through Which Hydrocarbon Compounds Emitted by Trees Form Aerosols, With Impact on Human Health and Climate

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