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HEI study links fossil fuel combustion with more than 1 million deaths globally

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

The study team, led by Dr. Erin McDuffie and Dr. Randall Martin of Washington University in St. Louis, USA, and Dr. Michael Brauer at The University of British Columbia in Canada, provide a first comprehensive global analysis estimating major sources of air pollution for every country in the world.

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Modeling study suggests 1.8M excess deaths attributable to urban air pollution in 2019

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JANUARY 7, 2022

A new modeling study led by researchers from George Washington Universit (GWU) finds that 86% of people living in cities worldwide (~2.5 A second study, also led by the GWU researchers, finds that nearly 2 million cases of asthma in children are linked to traffic-related nitrogen dioxide air pollution, with two in three occurring in cities.

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Coltura: Federal & state EV policy & incentives must target gasoline superusers to achieve carbon emissions goals

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JULY 21, 2021

This is the first published study identifying the demographic characteristics of gasoline superusers and calling for EV incentive programs and other policies to focus on maximizing gasoline displacement. Louisiana, Wyoming, and Mississippi are the states with the highest concentration of superusers, while Houston, Detroit, St.

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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. Louis and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Health Care System links PM 2.5 —Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, the study’s senior author and an assistant professor of medicine at Washington University. Previous studies have found that PM 2.5

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Study: no one knows which city has the highest concentration of PM2.5

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AUGUST 23, 2019

Chemical Engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis and lead author. The difference between the importance of this measure and the level of ground-based monitoring is shocking. —Randall Martin, professor in the Department of Energy, Environmental ?

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WUSTL study finds use of air conditioning reduces in-car pollution

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AUGUST 11, 2017

A team at the University of Washington in St Louis has now measured simultaneous real-time particulate matter (particle numbers, lung-deposited surface area, PM 2.5 , particle number size distributions) and CO concentrations outside and in-cabin of an on-road car during regular commutes to and from work. Earlier post.).

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Next 10 report says widespread EV adoption in California could deliver significant economic benefits to the state by 2030 and 2050

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JANUARY 28, 2020

The study also finds that promoting PEV adoption in lower-income communities improves both economic and health benefits to them without significantly reducing benefits to others. million, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)). California’s 2018 GSP was almost $3 trillion ($2,997,732.8

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Commercial dewatering enzyme could reduce costs of grain ethanol production

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

A commercial dewatering enzyme could reduce overall costs linked with producing ethanol from grain, and also reduce associated emissions of greenhouse gases, according to a study by US Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and colleagues. Results from this study were published in the journal Industrial Biotechnology.

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Berkeley study finds clean vehicle rebates have predominantly benefited wealthy, white Californians

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The distribution of California’s clean vehicle rebates across different socioeconomic groups has been uneven, with higher income groups more likely to receive rebates, according to a new study by a team from the University of California, Berkeley. —Rubin and St-Louis (2016). —Evelyne St-Louis.

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Inorganic mercury converted to more toxic and bio-accumulative monomethylmercury in ocean waters, possibly by microbes

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APRIL 28, 2011

Clarkson noted that: Interferences from human-related Hg emissions within the biogeochemical cycle of Hg in natural waters have presented a complex environmental problem. For the study, Lehnherr’s research group incubated seawater samples, collected from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, with stable inorganic mercury.

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US DOE announces 3 consortia for $125M US-India Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center; solar, second-generation biofuels and buildings

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APRIL 14, 2012

President Obama and Prime Minister Singh launched the US-India Partnership to Advance Clean Energy (PACE) in November 2009 to accelerate the transition to high performing, low emissions, and energy secure economies. Louis; Corning Incorporated; General Electric Company; Konarka Technologies, Inc.; Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.;

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Study links air pollution to increased emergency department visits for heart and lung disease

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NOVEMBER 11, 2018

The study is published in the journal Environment International. cities including Atlanta, GA; Birmingham, AL; Dallas, TX; Pittsburgh, PA; St. cities including Atlanta, GA; Birmingham, AL; Dallas, TX; Pittsburgh, PA; St. We estimated associations between twelve ambient air pollutants of both primary (e.g. Krall et al.

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The Tailwinds Behind Massive Growth of EV Charging

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MARCH 18, 2021

By the end of the decade , studies indicate that as many as a third of all vehicles on the road in America will be EVs — and if you pull up to a red light in 2040, more than half of the vehicles around you will run on electricity. Louis and Boston to Florida and Illinois. Already, the U.S.

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HEI study links fossil fuel combustion with more than 1 million deaths globally

Modeling study suggests 1.8M excess deaths attributable to urban air pollution in 2019

Coltura: Federal & state EV policy & incentives must target gasoline superusers to achieve carbon emissions goals

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

Study: no one knows which city has the highest concentration of PM2.5

WUSTL study finds use of air conditioning reduces in-car pollution

Next 10 report says widespread EV adoption in California could deliver significant economic benefits to the state by 2030 and 2050

Commercial dewatering enzyme could reduce costs of grain ethanol production

Berkeley study finds clean vehicle rebates have predominantly benefited wealthy, white Californians

Inorganic mercury converted to more toxic and bio-accumulative monomethylmercury in ocean waters, possibly by microbes

US DOE announces 3 consortia for $125M US-India Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center; solar, second-generation biofuels and buildings

Study links air pollution to increased emergency department visits for heart and lung disease

The Tailwinds Behind Massive Growth of EV Charging

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