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AUGUST 19, 2020

The study, set in Singapore, suggests that better air quality will bring about climate co-benefits in reducing electricity generation via lower household demand, and thus mitigating carbon emissions. This is important for policymakers when forecasting and influencing future emissions paths in the context of climate change.

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MARCH 22, 2023

On this basis, and of Pareto efficiency, Emissions Analytics argues, until battery-electric vehicles can reach certain performance characteristics, government and industry support should switch immediately from EVs to full hybrids to create maximum welfare. Every air pollutant is more than 90% its limit.

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DECEMBER 20, 2018

All the participating jurisdictions are members of the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), a regional collaboration of Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia that seeks to improve transportation, develop the clean energy economy, and reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

General Motors and Environmental Defense Fund announced a set of recommendations that seek to accelerate a zero-emissions, all-electric future for passenger vehicles in model year 2027 and beyond. Standards should be designed in a manner consistent with EPA’s long-standing regulation of emissions from new motor vehicles.

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AUGUST 28, 2020

The California Air Resources Board approved a new regulation designed to reduce pollution further from ocean-going vessels while docked at California’s busiest ports. That rule has achieved an 80% reduction in harmful emissions from more than 13,000 vessel visits since 2014.

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APRIL 13, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced two new proposed federal emissions standards spanning light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles for model year 2027 and beyond. The light-duty vehicle category includes passenger cars and light trucks consistent with previous EPA criteria pollutant and GHG rules.

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AUGUST 2, 2022

FCA US designed a specific marketing campaign to market these vehicles to US customers as “clean EcoDiesel” vehicles with best-in-class fuel efficiency. FCA US referred to the manner in which it manipulated one method of emissions control as “cycle detection” and “cycle beating.”

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JULY 23, 2020

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for airplanes used in commercial aviation and large business jets. The new international Airplane CO 2 Emission Standards adopted by ICAO in 2017 are prescribed in ICAO Annex 16, Volume III titled, Aeroplane CO 2 Emissions.

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JULY 8, 2022

The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ( NPRM ) for states and municipalities to track and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A Discretionary Grant Program for Charging and Fueling Infrastructure will provide $2.5

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APRIL 1, 2019

in 2030 even if India were to comply with its existing pollution control policies and regulations. However, aligning sustainable development policies to the implementation of advanced emission control technologies could provide NAAQS-compliant air quality to about 85% of the Indian population. levels by 20-30% over the next five years.

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OCTOBER 27, 2019

Jacobson, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University, suggests that carbon capture technologies are inefficient and increase air pollution. However, this research finds that it reduces only a small fraction of carbon emissions, and it usually increases air pollution.

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AUGUST 1, 2021

In conjunction with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), the companies’ initial design for an engineless, fuel-cell-powered liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV, a premier international maritime classification society. Bloom Energy has hit two key milestones on its path to decarbonize shipping.

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APRIL 11, 2023

Replacing all of the oldest, highly polluting school buses in the US could lead to 1.3 Even relatively short commutes on school buses can dominate students’ daily air pollution exposures. While it is considered the safest mode of transportation from a traffic accident perspective, concerns about levels of emissions are well documented.

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JULY 13, 2023

Member States of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), meeting at the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 80) earlier this month, adopted the 2023 IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

Power management company Eaton has introduced a complete suite of solutions from its Vehicle Group to reduce vapor emissions produced during the refueling of gasoline-powered vehicles. If fuel vapor is released into the atmosphere, it contributes to a category of pollutants known as evaporative emissions.

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Cars That Think

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. Older models don’t even have the emission-control features that newer ones do. To reduce emissions, diesel vehicles use filters that catch exhaust particles and other contaminants.

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

HFCs are considered to be super pollutants because they trap heat in the atmosphere thousands of times more effectively than carbon dioxide, the most prevalent greenhouse gas. California is required to reduce HFC emissions 40% below 2013 levels by 2030 under Senate Bill 1383. This equipment often leaks refrigerants over time.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The California Air Resources Board has approved significant changes to the requirements for reporting emissions from stationary sources to help communities assess air pollution at a local level. The improved inventory will provide the evidence needed to focus policies on reducing hot spots of toxic emissions. Background.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Ground level ozone is a highly reactive gas commonly found in urban and suburban environments, formed when pollutants react in sunlight. Recent reviews suggest that 80% of the world’s population in urban areas are exposed to air pollution levels above the WHO threshold. g/m 3 (WHO), 120 ?g/m g/m 3 (European Union directive), 140 ?

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JANUARY 15, 2021

Now, MIT engineers are proposing using an ammonia-based selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system that could result in an approximately 95% reduction in NO x emissions in exchange for a ~0.5% The trend towards smaller engine cores with smaller mass flow rates in the core stream, presents new opportunities for emissions control.

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

Power management company Eaton’s Vehicle Group has demonstrated cylinder deactivation (CDA) as an effective technology for meeting future global emissions requirements for diesel-engine powered commercial vehicles. New emissions regulations spearheaded by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), U.S. Rapid catalyst warm-up essential.

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APRIL 14, 2021

has approved a first-of-its-kind project to accelerate the deployment of infrastructure needed to fuel zero-emission trucks, buses and equipment. of medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles be 100% zero-emission by 2045. CALSTART will receive an initial $17?million?to

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MAY 23, 2022

The presence of ammonia was first discovered in the upper troposphere in 2016 using the analysis of averaged MIPAS (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding) infrared limb-emission spectra. The emission sources are limited up there. This is important, especially in the relatively clean upper troposphere. Bertozzi, B.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The United States Department of Justice has accused Cummins of installing emissions defeating devices on diesel motors and decided to fine the company $1.67 The Justice Department has alleged that Cummins installed devices that allowed the engines to pass emissions during testing. billion for violating the Clean Air Act.

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MARCH 20, 2017

In the UK, increasing pressure to reduce the impact of pollution from vehicles has led to growing interest in the introduction of Clean Air Zones and Low Emission Zones. To address this need, Ricardo Energy & Environment, working with technology partner OPUS Inspection, has launched a real-world vehicle emissions monitoring service.

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MAY 30, 2019

A new University at Buffalo (UB) study based on levels before, during and after the Beijing Olympics has shown how air pollution affects the human body at the level of metabolites. Metabolites are small molecules that are the end products of environmental exposures, such as air pollution, and body metabolism.

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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. Total VOC emission factors for end uses of petrochemical sources in the study. —McDonald et al.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Projects will work to lower emissions by leading the expansion of EV charging stations to facilitate the transition from fossil fuel-powered vehicles to electric vehicles. Technology & Design Innovations to Maximize the Reduction Effect on DCFC Unit Cost Economics (Max-REDUCE). DE-FOA-0002475, earlier post.). Project Description.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Twelve European Union Member States exceeded one or more of the emission limits set by the EU National Emission Ceilings (NEC) Directive, according to recent official data for 2010 reported to the European Environment Agency (EEA). The ceilings set in the NEC directive were designed to reduce such adverse impacts by an agreed amount.

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APRIL 17, 2020

Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) has approved various retrofit systems to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions. Vehicle owners who have their vehicles converted can do so not only contributes to improving air quality, they maintain their mobility in particularly polluted regions. —Richard Damm, President of the KBA.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $35 million in funding for twelve projects focused on developing technologies to reduce methane emissions in the oil, gas, and coal industries. This would simultaneously reduce methane emissions and improve engine efficiency. Natural Gas Engines. Selection amount: $3,257,089).

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Your questions on the EPA’s proposed emissions regulations, answered. Proposed: EPA Emission Regulations For Passenger Cars & Trucks This article is part of a series designed to explain in simple terms the definition of zero-emission transportation regulations, who must comply, what is required for compliance, and more.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2019

In an open-access paper in the journal Environmental Research Letters , they examine how this damage can be mitigated, and provide consistent comparative assessments of aviation emissions trade-offs, considering both climate and air quality impacts. We could decrease NO x emissions by designing engines with lower combustor temperatures.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 25, 2024

Claims have been made that the automaker used an illegal defeat device on select models to achieve lower tailpipe emissions during testing. However, government regulators have been on the offensive ever since — roping in loads of manufacturers and leaving a subset of the public wondering whether modern emission laws are even tenable.

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JANUARY 25, 2019

Meeting standards for fine particle pollution, or PM 2.5 , is the San Joaquin Valley’s most critical air quality challenge. The San Joaquin Valley has the worst particulate matter pollution in California—and the worst in the nation for annual federal standards. and nitrogen oxides (n)ox emissions to reach attainment.

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

Beginning with the initial regional base annual CO 2 emission budgets for 2022, the regional base annual CO 2 emission budgets are to decline by an amount per year to be set in the final MOU. The draft Memorandum of Understanding builds on a program framework made public on 1 October 2019. Elements of a Model Rule.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Comparison of the potential reduction in emissions with the application of lower sulfur 0.5% While that report projected vessel activity, it did not explore the environmental impacts of increased shipping in terms of air emissions or the potential climate impacts from increases in short-lived climate pollutants such as black carbon.

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