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President Obama establishes Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience, issues executive order

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President Obama today established a Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience to advise the Administration on how the Federal Government can respond to the needs of communities nationwide that are dealing with the impacts of climate change. The Task Force members include state, local and tribal leaders from across the country.

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EPA proposes updates to annual PM2.5 national air quality standard

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed updates to its national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for harmful fine particle pollution (PM 2.5 ). EPA’s proposal would strengthen the annual health standard for PM 2.5 The current annual standard is 15 µg/m 3 , which has been in place since 1997. Source: EPA.

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President Biden calls on Congress, States for fuel tax holiday; increase in refinery capacity

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To that end, following on Biden’s campaign promise to “end fossil fuel,” policy and investment signals are being sent by various federal agencies and allied state governments to the market about the refining industry: EPA just finalized a light duty vehicle standard that incentivizes at least 17% electric vehicle sales by 2026.

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Study finds vehicles more important source of urban atmospheric ammonia than farms

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Except for the Euro VI standard on heavy duty diesel vehicles, there are no vehicle emission standards to regulate NH 3 worldwide. The researchers outfitted vehicles with sensors to detect ammonia levels and focused on six cities: Philadelphia, Denver and Houston in the United States, and Beijing, Shijiazhuang and Baoding in China.

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Study: Johns Hopkins Says Shrinking Streets Could Improve Safety

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p][cuttext][/cuttext][p][br][/p][p]Researchers examined 7,670 sections of pavement in Dallas, New York City, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, Miami, Denver, and Washington D.C. It also recommended setting the standard lane width at 10 feet in low-speed urban settings, asking cit leaders to provide justification for wider lanes.[/p][p][br][/p][p]The

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EV Chargers for All!

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And with the transition now being supercharged by the proposed EPA tailpipe emissions standards , the pothole is quickly getting deeper. She uses an extension cord that plugs into a standard electrical outlet, since DeWhitt and her partner aren’t allowed to use the rental home’s garage. home she rents on 30 September 2022.

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Study finds cities can reduce CO2 more easily from residential conservation than transportation

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In terms of implementation, residential conservation standards were found to be goal-effective, cost-effective, scale-effective, and in the case of new construction standards, reasonably resistant to local political pushback. Local compact growth programs do not perform as well. a rapid electrification of the automobile fleet.