Green Car Congress
AUGUST 31, 2013
The Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) has partnered with the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) and Smith Electric Vehicles Corporation (Smith Electric) to reduce vehicle emissions from delivery trucks in the Houston-Galveston region.
Green Car Congress
JULY 3, 2021
Air pollution monitoring by the Houston Health Department in 2019 and 2020 recorded levels of formaldehyde, a known carcinogen, along the Houston Ship Channel that pose potential health risks to surrounding neighborhoods. — “Formaldehyde Air Pollution in Houston”. parts per billion.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 22, 2011
A study by researchers at the University of Texas found that in general, use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) can lead to an increase in ozone during nighttime hours (due to decreased scavenging from both vehicles and EGU stacks) and a decrease in ozone during daytime hours. The results are less clear in Dallas and Houston.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 7, 2010
Counties projected to violate proposed Primary 8-hour Ground-Level Ozone Standards in 2020. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has proposed the strictest standards to date for ground-level ozone. EPA is also proposing to set a separate “secondary” standard to protect the environment within the range of 7-15 ppm-hours.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 1, 2019
Freight transportation is a pillar of the US national economy, but while long-haul trucks account for less than 6% of the vehicle miles traveled over US highways, they account for about 40% of the emissions of air polluting particulate matter and about 55% of nitrogen oxides, the precursor to ozone in the atmosphere, the study said.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 27, 2011
Ground sites maintained by the Maryland Department of the Environment form the backbone of the surface network. Both aircraft will measure ozone and a mixture of soot and PM. Other instruments on the P-3B will measure pollutants that lead to the formation of ozone such as nitrogen dioxide and formaldehyde.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 18, 2019
This finding reveals important opportunities for clean air improvements, especially in large port cities such as New York and Houston. The incentive funds give boat operators a brand new, more efficient, fuel-saving and lower-emitting engine at a fraction the cost.
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