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Study finds changes in air pollution due to EV adoption are not distributed equally

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MAY 7, 2023

A team of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and University of Miami has analyzed the implications of California’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP) for emissions of greenhouse gases and criteria air pollutants, both in aggregate and in their distribution.

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Researchers use satellite data to show vehicles are an under-recognized source of urban ammonia pollution

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NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Researchers now report in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology Letters that satellite data from before and during the spring 2020 lockdown in Los Angeles shows that vehicles, rather than agriculture, are the main source of urban airborne ammonia (NH 3 ), which forms small particles that contribute to air pollution and harm human health.

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AQLI: new data reveals little progress globally in reducing air pollution over the last two decades

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JULY 29, 2020

Particulate air pollution continues to cut global life expectancy by nearly two years as progress in some countries counterbalances worsening air quality in others, according to the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI). High pollution across the entirety of Bangladesh makes it the most polluted country in the world.

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Study links PM2.5 pollution to increased risk of diabetes; even low levels pose risk

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JULY 1, 2018

A study by a team from Washington University School of Medicine in St. pollution—even at levels deemed safe—to an increased risk of diabetes globally. Our research shows a significant link between air pollution and diabetes globally. Overall, the researchers estimated that pollution contributed to 3.2

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UC Irvine acquiring 20 electric buses from BYD to convert fleet to all-electric

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JANUARY 27, 2017

The University of California, Irvine is poised to be the first college campus in the US to convert its buses to an all-electric fleet. The student-funded and -operated Anteater Express shuttle service is acquiring 20 buses from BYD for $15 million. Individual rides are free.

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NSF launches $20M engineering research center aimed at converting natural gas into transportation fuels: CISTAR

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

The CISTAR approach could decrease the amount of greenhouse gases and air pollutants, while reducing chilled and pressurized trucking of light hydrocarbons and simplifying transportation of fuels to end users. Research will also occur at all of the universities involved.

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OSU, Ford study provides insight into more efficient use of Rhodium in TWC applications

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APRIL 11, 2022

A study by a team from The Ohio State University and Ford is providing insight into the deactivation mechanism of rhodium in three-way catalysts (TWC) for automotive emissions control. Rising prices for the three precious metals—especially rhodium—has spurred a sruge in the theft of catalytic converters from parked vehicles.

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Double-duty catalyst generates hydrogen fuel while cleaning up wastewater

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MARCH 18, 2021

Researchers from Sun-Yat Sen University in China report in an open-access paper in ACS ES&T Engineering the development of a catalyst that destroys medications and other compounds already present in wastewater to generate hydrogen fuel, getting rid of a contaminant while producing something useful. 1c00003.

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Sensor Networks Help Fight Floods and Noise Pollution

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

A challenge for New York City's efforts to reduce the negative impacts of street-level flooding and noise pollution has been how to measure these issues effectively. The time between the transmission and detection of this pulse allows for the calculation of distance, which can be converted to flood depth.

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DOE awarding $71M to 20 RD&D projects to cut GHG emissions, expand EV infrastructure; $5M to Achates for opposed-piston 2-stroke hybrid

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Tennessee Technological University. North Carolina State University. Ultra-low Cost, All-SiC Modular Power Converters for DC Fast Charging Equipment Connected Directly to Medium Voltage Distribution System. Simultaneous Greenhouse Gas and Criteria Pollutants Emissions Reduction for Off-Road Powertrains. CALSTART. .

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New composite reduces rare earth element usage in three-way catalytic converters

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JUNE 2, 2017

The high-performance, three-way catalytic (TWC) converter is one of the workhorses of emissions reduction for gasoline engines. If the A/F value is suboptimal, the conversion of noxious pollutants (NO x , CO and hydrocarbons) over the precious metal catalysts (Pt, Rh and/or Pd) is incomplete. —Machida et al.

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A Bamboo Carbon Filter for Diesels Could Reduce Emissions

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Although the pollutant emissions of a diesel engine are less than those of a gasoline one, it still emits carcinogens, nitrous oxides, and soot. A carbon-based particulate filter Diesel engines produce more polluting particulate matter than gas engines. Older models don’t even have the emission-control features that newer ones do.

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Conservation group opposing Thacker Pass lithium mine seeks endangered status for Kings River pyrg (snail)

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The Thacker Pass operation will include a co-located sulfuric acid plant that will convert molten sulfur into sulfuric acid. On 25 February 2022, state approved the air quality permit, water pollution control permit and the reclamation permit for Thacker pass.

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Algae species shows promise in reducing power plant pollution and making biofuel

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JULY 2, 2013

University of Delaware researchers have identified an algae— Heterosigma akashiwo —that grows rapidly on a gas mixture that has the same carbon dioxide and nitric oxide (NO) content as emissions released from a power plant.

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Gevo and Praj to commercialize sustainable aviation fuel in India

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AUGUST 19, 2020

Gevo will also license its technology and Praj will provide technology, plant equipment and EPC services to refineries for converting renewable isobutanol into Sustainable Aviation Fuel and premium gasoline through the ASTM-approved pathway of Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ). In India alone, hundreds of millions of people are exposed to PM 2.5

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Embry-Riddle and Powering Imagination LLC partner on electric aircraft project to reduce noise and emissions; converting a Diamond HK36 motorglider

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APRIL 27, 2014

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Powering Imagination LLC have agreed to create an electric flight program focused on reducing aircraft emissions and noise through the development of electric propulsion systems. Electric and hybrid-electric power systems offer the potential to significantly reduce both noise and emissions.

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U. Houston-led project looking for new exhaust treatment catalysts for low-temperature lean-burn combustion engines

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

A chemical engineer from the University of Houston is leading a $2.1-million The project also includes researchers from the University of Virginia (UVA); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL); and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). Catalytic converters clean vehicle exhaust into nitrogen, water and carbon dioxide.

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Study finds significant slowdown in decrease of NOx emissions in US; implications for air quality management

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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. We were surprised by the discrepancy between the estimates of emissions and the actual measurements of pollutants in the atmosphere.

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Northwestern/Princeton study explores air quality impacts of aggressive conversion to EVs

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APRIL 15, 2019

Researchers from Northwestern University and Princeton University have explored the impact on US air quality from an aggressive conversion of internal combustion vehicles to battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs). coal, oil, natural gas, and biomass). —Schnell et al. Winter O 3 increases due to reduced loss via traffic NO x.

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Isfahan University of Tech team reports new efficient pretreatment method for rice straw to boost yield of cellulosic ethanol

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NOVEMBER 11, 2012

Researchers at Isfahan University of Technology (Iran) report the efficient production of cellulosic ethanol from rice straw using a new sodium carbonate pretreatment method. Resources.

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DOE awards $4M to two DME projects

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The funded projects include: University of Wisconsin Madison for “Efficiency Mixing Controlled Compression Ignition Combustion of Propane DME Blends”. Renewable DME used as a transportation fuel can decarbonize the transportation sector while greatly reducing the emissions of particulate matter, greenhouse gases and other pollutants.

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Vattenfall and Aalborg University Partner with SCF Technologies on Near Supercritical Bio-oil Process

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2009

Vattenfall and Aalborg University are partnering with Danish startup SCF Technologies in a two-year project to design a demonstration plant based on SCF’s CatLiq process—an application of the firm’s supercritical fluid technology in the catalytic production of bio-oil from organic waste. Click to enlarge. SCF Technologies 2008 Annual Report.

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New approach for synthetic rubber for degradable tires: converting cyclopentene to polypentenamers

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AUGUST 22, 2016

A team from the Texas A&M University campus in Qatar (TAMU-Qatar) and Caltech has developed a new way to make synthetic rubber; once this material is discarded, it can be easily degraded back to its chemical building blocks and reused in new tires and other products. Since 2012, the research team led by Hassan S. Bazzi, Ph.D.

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A New Battery of Tools to Fight Patent Pollution

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FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The new law seeks in part to harmonize the US with the rest of the world by converting the US from a “first to invent” country to a “first to file” a patent application country. Green automobile technology has a unique history that affects strategies for both navigating “patent pollution” (i.e.

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EU research project IDEALFUEL seeks to develop marine low-sulfur heavy fuel oils from biomass; Bio-HFO

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JUNE 26, 2020

The use of heavy fuel oils (HFOs) contributes to global warming due to the fossil origin of these fuels and, moreover, generating non-negligible emissions of pollutants such as sulfur oxides. IDEALFUEL seeks to develop methods to convert woody residual and waste materials such as sawdust and wood chips into renewable marine fuels.

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Empa and partners exploring DME as fuel with new heavy-duty test engine

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Over the past few months, we have converted it to DME together with our partner FPT. In addition, the valves and valve seat inserts were converted to materials suitable for DME. This leads to a significantly more compact and cost efficient exhaust gas aftertreatment system, even for future extremely strict pollutant emission limits.

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Bulk defective vanadium oxide catalysts remove NOx at lower temperatures

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NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a low-temperature catalyst for removing NO x gas from industrial exhaust using ammonia. Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan University. Now, a team led by Yusuke Inomata and Toru Murayama from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a catalyst based on bulk vanadium oxides.

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National Research Council showcasing new algal biorefinery project to reduce CO2 emissions

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NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The project uses a 25,000-liter photobioreactor within a pilot-scale algal biorefinery to recycle carbon dioxide and other airborne industrial pollutants into algal biomass that can be further converted into sustainable products, including renewable biofuels and biomaterials.

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$12+M awarded to 4 projects seeking to design crops with ability to fix their own nitrogen; no artificial fertilizers

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AUGUST 23, 2013

Four teams of researchers in the United States and the United Kingdom recently were awarded more than $12 million to begin a program of novel research to revolutionize current farming methods by giving crops the ability to thrive without using costly, polluting artificial fertilizers. it needs to be converted into a form that plants can use.

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Study suggests focusing on cold starts in gasoline cars as target for emissions reduction

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AUGUST 22, 2016

A new study suggests that focusing on a gasoline-fueled vehicle’s cold start is the best target for future design changes to reduce emissions of criteria pollutants. It was also a very forward-thinking study in anticipation of how cars that meet future emissions standards will lead to reductions in air pollution.

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How EVs Are Helping Humanity & Saving Lives?

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

EVS: How They Are Helping Us In developed countries like the US, transportation is the main cause of climate pollution. Air pollution from cars running on petrol and diesel contributes to early mortality, cancer, bronchitis and asthma. fine particulate matter pollution). in societal costs to our health and the environment. #3.

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Study: expanding Brazilian sugarcane for ethanol could reduce global CO2 emissions by up to 5.6%

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

Vastly expanding sugarcane production in Brazil for conversion to ethanol could reduce current global CO 2 emissions by as much as 5.6%, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from the University of Illinois. The carbon-related costs of converting the land to sugarcane fields were included in the analysis.

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Tenneco exploring synthetic fuels for climate-neutral mobility; NAMOSYN project

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JULY 23, 2021

A climate-neutral alternative to petroleum-based fuels, they also offer the potential for significantly reduced overall emissions, allowing Tenneco’s Clean Air experts to better manage any remaining pollutants through the aftertreatment process. The next process step converts the syn gas to synthetic fuels.

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Researchers use LCLS to get real-time view of chemical reaction; important insight into how catalysts work

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MARCH 15, 2013

Catalytic converters in cars, for example, reduce emissions by converting exhaust to less toxic compounds. Located in Menlo Park, California, SLAC is operated by Stanford University for the US Department of Energy Office of Science. LCLS and SSRL are supported by the DOE’s Office of Science. Resources. Dell’Angela, T.

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

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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. Emerging contaminants, such as wastewater polluted with medications and personal care products.

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Top 5 electric vehicles books you must read

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JUNE 12, 2021

Due to the ICE vehicles combustion, the world is suffering from air pollution and its related problems. Amity Institute of Social Sciences, Amity University, Noida, India and from the Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia’s collaborative work led this work.

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Measurements of CO2 and CO in China’s Air Indicate Sharply Improved Combustion Efficiency

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

A team of atmospheric scientists and environmental engineers from Harvard University and Tsinghua University in Beijing have continuously measured atmospheric CO 2 and carbon monoxide (CO) levels in rural Miyun, about 100 km northeast of Beijing, since November 2004. She completed her Ph.D. Munger, J. McElroy, M. Nielsen, C.

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Greyrock, Tsinhua U, DRI to assess potential of synthetic diesel to improve air quality in China

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MARCH 17, 2017

Greyrock Energy, a developer of a gas-to-liquids (GTL) process that produces synthetic diesel, will participate with Tsinghua University of Beijing, China and the Desert Research Institute (DRI) of Reno, Nevada to quantify the positive impact on air quality from the use of synthetic diesel fuels as compared with petroleum derived diesel fuels.

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Study finds air quality models significantly underestimate traffic as source of NOx in Europe

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JUNE 1, 2017

Traffic contributes more to NO x emissions in Europe than previously thought, according to a new study by a team at the University of Innsbruck. It has been a challenge to determine how much each polluter contributes to the emission output. The majority of the emissions is caused by diesel cars.

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NOAA, partners find about 98% decline in VOCs concentrations in LA Basin over last 50 years despite 3x increase in use of gasoline and diesel

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AUGUST 9, 2012

A scatter plot of CO, as a tracer for pollution, versus CO 2 , as a tracer for the amount of combustion, for 2002 and 2010. The magnitude of the drop in VOC levels was surprising, even to researchers who expected some kind of decrease resulting from California’s longtime efforts to control vehicle pollution. ppbv/ppmv to 10.7

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China researchers hydrotreat waste engine oil and scrap tire oil blend to produce diesel- and jet-range fuel

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APRIL 27, 2019

Researchers at Henan Polytechnic University in China have hydrotreated the oil derived from hydrothermal liquefaction of scrap tires (STO) with waste engine oil (WEO) using five different activated carbon-supported noble metal catalysts—Pd/C, Pt/C, Ru/C, Ir/C, and Rh/C—for the production of liquid fuels. —Liu et al.

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Co-production of renewable hydrogen for vehicle fueling from a Direct FuelCell power plant

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AUGUST 16, 2011

The power plant converts biogas generated from the wastewater treatment process into electricity for use by OCSD and renewable hydrogen for an on-site vehicle fueling station operated by Air Products. DFC power plants convert this biogas into hydrogen, which is then used to generate power in the fuel cell. FuelCell Energy, Inc.

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Government of Canada investing $6.5M in five next-generation auto R&D projects; total project value of $16M

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AUGUST 30, 2011

These university-industry partnerships will receive more than C$16 million (US$16.4 Partners: Simon Fraser University and Future Vehicle Technologies Inc. This project builds on an existing collaboration between Simon Fraser University and Future Vehicle Technologies Inc. million) in total project support. This includes C$6.5

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Russian researchers develop wasteless joint processing of electric furnace and ladle slag to produce pig iron and clinker

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AUGUST 16, 2021

Scientists of Ural Federal University and the Institute of Metallurgy of the Ural Branch of RAS (Russian Academy of Sciences) have developed and successfully tested the technology of joint non-waste processing of electric furnace and ladle slag to obtain pig iron and Portland cement clinker. Slag dumps occupy the areas exceeding 2.2

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Study finds changes in air pollution due to EV adoption are not distributed equally

Researchers use satellite data to show vehicles are an under-recognized source of urban ammonia pollution

AQLI: new data reveals little progress globally in reducing air pollution over the last two decades

Study links PM2.5 pollution to increased risk of diabetes; even low levels pose risk

UC Irvine acquiring 20 electric buses from BYD to convert fleet to all-electric

NSF launches $20M engineering research center aimed at converting natural gas into transportation fuels: CISTAR

OSU, Ford study provides insight into more efficient use of Rhodium in TWC applications

Double-duty catalyst generates hydrogen fuel while cleaning up wastewater

Sensor Networks Help Fight Floods and Noise Pollution

DOE awarding $71M to 20 RD&D projects to cut GHG emissions, expand EV infrastructure; $5M to Achates for opposed-piston 2-stroke hybrid

New composite reduces rare earth element usage in three-way catalytic converters

A Bamboo Carbon Filter for Diesels Could Reduce Emissions

Conservation group opposing Thacker Pass lithium mine seeks endangered status for Kings River pyrg (snail)

Algae species shows promise in reducing power plant pollution and making biofuel

Gevo and Praj to commercialize sustainable aviation fuel in India

Embry-Riddle and Powering Imagination LLC partner on electric aircraft project to reduce noise and emissions; converting a Diamond HK36 motorglider

U. Houston-led project looking for new exhaust treatment catalysts for low-temperature lean-burn combustion engines

Study finds significant slowdown in decrease of NOx emissions in US; implications for air quality management

Northwestern/Princeton study explores air quality impacts of aggressive conversion to EVs

Isfahan University of Tech team reports new efficient pretreatment method for rice straw to boost yield of cellulosic ethanol

DOE awards $4M to two DME projects

Vattenfall and Aalborg University Partner with SCF Technologies on Near Supercritical Bio-oil Process

New approach for synthetic rubber for degradable tires: converting cyclopentene to polypentenamers

A New Battery of Tools to Fight Patent Pollution

EU research project IDEALFUEL seeks to develop marine low-sulfur heavy fuel oils from biomass; Bio-HFO

Empa and partners exploring DME as fuel with new heavy-duty test engine

Bulk defective vanadium oxide catalysts remove NOx at lower temperatures

National Research Council showcasing new algal biorefinery project to reduce CO2 emissions

$12+M awarded to 4 projects seeking to design crops with ability to fix their own nitrogen; no artificial fertilizers

Study suggests focusing on cold starts in gasoline cars as target for emissions reduction

How EVs Are Helping Humanity & Saving Lives?

Study: expanding Brazilian sugarcane for ethanol could reduce global CO2 emissions by up to 5.6%

Tenneco exploring synthetic fuels for climate-neutral mobility; NAMOSYN project

Researchers use LCLS to get real-time view of chemical reaction; important insight into how catalysts work

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

Top 5 electric vehicles books you must read

Measurements of CO2 and CO in China’s Air Indicate Sharply Improved Combustion Efficiency

Greyrock, Tsinhua U, DRI to assess potential of synthetic diesel to improve air quality in China

Study finds air quality models significantly underestimate traffic as source of NOx in Europe

NOAA, partners find about 98% decline in VOCs concentrations in LA Basin over last 50 years despite 3x increase in use of gasoline and diesel

China researchers hydrotreat waste engine oil and scrap tire oil blend to produce diesel- and jet-range fuel

Co-production of renewable hydrogen for vehicle fueling from a Direct FuelCell power plant

Government of Canada investing $6.5M in five next-generation auto R&D projects; total project value of $16M

Russian researchers develop wasteless joint processing of electric furnace and ladle slag to produce pig iron and clinker

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