Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2022

The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires the use of low-volatility gasoline during the summer months in order to limit the formation of ozone pollution. EPA’s research has shown no significant impact on evaporative emissions when the 1-psi waiver is extended to E15.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

If air pollution emissions continue to rise at the current rate, some 6.6 In the EU exposure to fine particles and ozone claims 180,000 lives a year, including 35,000 in Germany. In some countries, for example in the Ukraine, Russia and Germany, that figure is over 40%. Credit: Nature, Lelieveld et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2019

Excess death rates were particularly high in eastern European countries, such as Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Ukraine, with more than 200 each year per 100,000 of the population. They focused particularly on PM 2.5 Worldwide, they found that air pollution is responsible for 120 extra deaths per year per 100,000 of the population.

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