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Researchers say world faces air pollution pandemic

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Air pollution is responsible for shortening people’s lives worldwide on a scale far greater than wars and other forms of violence, parasitic and vector-born diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS and smoking, according to an open-access study published in Cardiovascular Research. Household air pollution is from the indoor use of solid biofuels.

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EPIC index finds air pollution reduces global life expectancy by 1.8 years; single greatest threat to human health

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Fossil fuel-driven particulate air pollution cuts global average life expectancy by 1.8 years per person, according to a new pollution index and accompanying report produced by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC). billion people, live in areas where particulate pollution exceeds the WHO guideline.

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California has spent more than $1.2B on cleaning up school buses; additional $1.8B slated over next 5 years

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A report published by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), in consultation with the California Energy Commission (CEC), shows California investments to clean up old, polluting school buses have already exceeded $1.2 The Legislature has appropriated an additional $1.8

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Irizar manufactures LNG long-distance coach with range of more than 1000km

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In addition to a range of up to 1000 km, the coach reduces CO 2 emissions by 25%, NO x emissions by 85% and particle pollution by 96%, minimizing criteria pollutant emissions that affect health to nearly zero. In comparison with CNG (compressed natural gas), LNG takes up less space (600 times less), it has an energy density 1.4

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

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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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Study finds all-electric rideshare fleet could reduce carbon emissions, but increase traffic issues

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They used the model and the data to estimate the life cycle air pollution, greenhouse gas, and traffic externality benefits and costs of serving rides based on Chicago TNC trip data from 2019 to 2022 with fully electric vehicles. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation. 2c07030

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Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy and EV Modern Life

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In any case, when we switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy, we reduce but do not eliminate environmental damage. Current versions of renewable energy such as solar cells and windmills do far less damage to the environment than oil rigs, fracking, and strip mining, but they do damage the environment.