Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 30, 2017
Based on their findings in a new study, researchers from the University of Washington and the University of Minnesota suggest that modifying urban form—as a means of affecting motor vehicle usage—may be a strategy to mitigate urban air pollution. Their paper appears in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 16, 2018
Thus, it is important to identify and quantify the most important human-produced sources of VOC emissions to effectively mitigate air pollution and improve human health, the authors said. Even so, lotions, paints and other products contribute about as much to air pollution as does the transportation sector.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 31, 2014
On 30 December, the city government of Shenzhen, China announced that it will only issue 100,000 license plates per year via lotteries and auctions, with immediate effect, to fight congestion and pollution. on workdays—except on designated roads leading to the checkpoints in the four districts. million parking spots. to 7:30 p.m.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 1, 2010
Approximately 9,000 people in California are estimated to die prematurely each year as a result of exposure to fine particle pollution, according to a new report issued by the California Air Resources Board (ARB). Fine particle pollution, smaller than 2.5 ARB Chairman Mary Nichols. While it is recognized that exposure to PM 2.5
Green Car Congress
MARCH 27, 2019
Expanding a network of community air-quality monitors operated by Casa Familiar in San Ysidro, one of 28 community-based organizations and tribes statewide receiving grants to engage residents in efforts to reduce local air pollution. Nearly $2 billion of the $3.3
Green Car Congress
JUNE 30, 2017
As the largest developing country in the world, China is facing enormous public health challenges due to severe air pollution problems and the heavy burden of CVDs. We therefore designed this longitudinal study in Shanghai, China, to explore the short-term associations of PM 2.5 exposure causes adverse cardiovascular outcomes. …
Green Car Congress
MAY 22, 2015
The goal is more closely to match certified output of tailpipe pollutants such as NO x and particulate matter to real world use; research has shown that real-world emissions—particularly that of NO x from diesels—have been far exceeding regulatory levels. Earlier post.). This is not smart regulation.
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