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.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice of violation ( NOV ) to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. EPA is working in coordination with the California Air Resources Board (CARB), which has also issued a notice of violation to FCA. EPA and CARB have both initiated investigations based on FCA’s alleged actions.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2015

The US EPA and San Diego County Air Pollution Control District (SDAPCD), in cooperation with US Customs and Border Protection and the US General Services Administration have installed a new air pollution monitor at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. The monitor measures PM 2.5 fine particulate matter up to 2.5 Galaviz, M.G.

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JANUARY 27, 2015

The first study to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of lifetime exposure to new technology diesel exhaust (NTDE)—i.e., exhaust from heavy-duty diesel engines meeting EPA 2007 and later emissions requirements—has found no evidence of carcinogenic lung tumors. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $5.6 However, the emerging technologies program promotes deployment of innovative approaches that have not yet been verified or certified by EPA or the California Air Resources Board. California Air Resources Board for nearly $1.2

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Highway barriers erected along roadways to block the sound and sight of traffic for the adjoining neighborhoods may also be reducing the amount of pollutants, such as soot from diesel exhaust, reaching area residents, according to a study by NOAA and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Dennis Finn. Dennis Finn, Kirk L.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2015

EPA issued a second notice of violation ( NOV ) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to Volkswagen AG, Audi AG and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., liter engines for model years (MY) 2014 through 2016 that results in increased NO x emissions of up to nine times EPA’s standard. EPA 2 November NOV. alleging emissions cheating.

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JANUARY 15, 2012

The transient results illustrate the gradual formation of the nucleation mode particles with continuous increase in exhaust temperatures. Diesel particulate filters (DPF) and urea-based selective catalytic reduction (SCR) exhaust after-treatment systems thus have emerged as feasible strategies to meet the 2010 USEPA regulations.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

EPA has issued a notice of violation (NOV) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. liter, four-cylinder diesels include software (a “defeat device”) that circumvents EPA emissions standards for NO x. EPA call this software “the switch”. —EPA NOV.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2010

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have presented preliminary proposals aimed at closing compliance loopholes for medium- and heavy-duty diesel engines using SCR-based NO x emissions control systems for 2011 and later model years. This occurs during stop-and-go traffic.

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

For a number of the most important pollutants, levels were substantially lower than required by regulations. They were tested on multiple repeats of these cycles, and measurements of more than 300 regulated and unregulated air pollutants were made in accordance with the highest laboratory standards. Background. g/hp-hr in 2010.

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APRIL 29, 2016

pollution appear to raise the risk of a condition in pregnant women linked to premature births and lifelong neurological and respiratory disorders in their children, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research suggests. We found biological effects in women exposed to air pollution levels below the EPA standard.

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MAY 21, 2020

On the opening day of the Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a Notice of Violation: VW diesel engines with 1.6 Stuart Grange works in Empa’s Air Pollution/Environmental Technology Laboratory and also at the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories at the University of York.

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Diesel Engine Exhaust Emissions 207

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2010

Source: EPA. EPA has issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on lead emissions from piston-engine aircraft using leaded aviation gasoline (avgas). A fraction of lead is retained in the engine, engine oil and/or exhaust system, which EPA currently estimates at 5%. EPA estimates that approximately 14.6

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

In California, Big Blue Bus (BBB) will receive $870,000 from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee’s (MSRC) Near Zero Engine Incentive Program. Big Blue Bus will use the grant approved by the MSRC partially to fund the purchase of 58 new Cummins-Westport 8.9L ISL G Near-Zero (NZ) 0.02 NO x engines. Earlier post.).

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Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The World Resources Institute , a sustainability advocacy group, says at the end of the second quarter in 2023, there were just under 6,000 committed electric school buses in the United States. Many school districts use diesel buses for fuel efficiency, but even diesel exhaust was classified as a known carcinogen to humans in 2012.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2017

ICCT’s paper builds on the modeling and peer-reviewed research underlying the Technical Assessment Report produced by the EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as part of a midterm review of the fuel-economy regulation. EPA found cylinder deactivation CO 2 benefits of 3.5%–5.8%

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2009

These standards rely on engine based technologies to reduce exhaust emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO x ). EPA is proposing to revise the CAA engine program to include two additional tiers of NO x standards for new Category 3 marine diesel engines installed on vessels flagged or registered in the United States. EPA Oceangoing Vessels.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Daimler subsidiary Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has been certified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as fully compliant with the new “Greenhouse Gas 2014” (GHG14) regulation ( earlier post ) for its complete product portfolio of model year 2013 long-distance haulage, medium-duty, construction and municipal vehicles.

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APRIL 5, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $2.38 EPA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program was established to ensure that new technologies are developed to solve priority environmental problems. Furthermore, because the operators of these engines typically are very close to the source of the PM2.5

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Source of data: US EPA (2019). EPA is targeting implementation in the 2027 timeframe while CARB is focusing efforts on phasing in more stringent standards in 2024 and again in 2027 with the hope of aligning with EPA as a national standard. Chart: MECA.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

opposed-piston heavy-duty diesel engine has achieved performance results that comply with pending 2027 requirements of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California to reduce sharply emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO x ). Achates Power’s innovative 3-cylinder, 10.6L Furthermore, the 10.6L Earlier post.).

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JUNE 2, 2014

In-use testing of three light duty diesel vehicles—certified to US-EPA Tier2-Bin5 and California LEV-II ULEV emissions limits— found a wide variation in real world emissions performance relative to the regulatory limits. diesels and one 3.0L diesel) over pre-defined test routes exhibiting diverse driving conditions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2013

Results of a study funded and released by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) suggest that the organic constituents of ultrafine PM (UFP, particles ? Numerous studies have found that exposure to PM air pollution may contribute to both disease and death. Source: Kleinman presentation. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 12, 2011

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has opened a solicitation for the $800,000 Advanced Technology Demonstration Project for the demonstration of technologies that meet the Ultra Low-Emitting Locomotive emission level or below. g NO x /bhp-hr and 0.1 g/bhp-hr PM), or below. g NO x /bhp-hr and 0.1 g/bhp-hr.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

The California Air Resources Board directed its staff to take steps to provide further locomotive and rail yard emission reductions beyond those achieved by existing US Environmental Protection Agency and state regulations and agreements. The emission reductions were to be beyond existing US EPA regulations and ARB regulations and agreements.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2011

Emerging technologies and pollutants of concern. HEI is a nonprofit corporation chartered in 1980 as an independent research organization to provide high-quality, impartial, and relevant science on the health effects of air pollution. Thomas Cackette, California Air Resources Board. Source: HEI. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

EPA has investigated the potential that cars running on E30 could be more efficient on an energy basis if their engines are designed for that fuel mix. Theoretically, cars operating on higher ethanol blends than the design point could emit greater concentrations of pollutants in exhaust gas. —Searle et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

A paper published at the end of October by the National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA) urging the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) quickly to implement Tier 3 emission and fuel regulations noted that: ultra-fine (UF) particles have recently attracted significant scientific and medical attention.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2013

While technologies for low carbon buses such as hybridization offer the prospect of significant reductions in fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions compared to conventionally powered vehicles, the improvement in terms of regulated emissions (criteria pollutants) may not be as great, according to a new report by Ricardo. 13/125301.6).

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MAY 4, 2016

California uses the EMFAC (EMission FACtors) emissions model; the rest of the US uses the EPA MOVES (Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator) model. They used remote vehicle exhaust sensors to collect emissions measurements, and recorded a video image of the license plate of each vehicle. In their study, Bishop et al. —Bishop et al.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2012

They found that the level of emissions of regulated and unregulated pollutants in diesel exhaust depends on fuel, load, engine calibration, and exhaust aftertreatment technology. Unregulated pollutants also include ozone precursors and bioaccumulative and toxic compounds. L) and medium-duty (6.4 —Chin et al.

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JANUARY 28, 2009

The following lists are not exhaustive or fully comprehensive, but we have tried to include a representative list of resources for each category. Sign the petition Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge www.sierraclub.org/arctic/ American Lung Association call for better EPA air pollution standards.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

For offsets to be credible, a ton of CO 2 -equivalent emissions from an offset project should equate to a ton reduced from a covered emission source, such as a smokestack or exhaust pipe. To be credible, as noted above, an offset should equate to an emission reduction from a direct emission source, such as a smokestack or exhaust pipe.

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APRIL 13, 2012

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the worldwide motor vehicle industry. ACES is a comprehensive effort, supported by a wide range of public and private entities (The US Department of Energy, US Environmental Protection Agency, California Air Resources Board, Engine.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2017

The study, by a team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, University of Georgia, Aerodyne Research, California Air Resources Board (ARB), Ohio State University, UC Berkeley, and UC San Diego is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. The EPA GHG program is aimed at reducing tailpipe CO 2 emissions.

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Plug in America

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Another plus: no tailpipe pollution. While traditional gas motorcycles use less gasoline and thus have lower emissions than passenger cars, motorcycle exhaust is higher in smog-forming pollutants and poisonous carbon monoxide, meaning that electric motorcycles (and EVs in general) are a great option to significantly improve air quality.

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