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EEA says industrial air pollution cost Europe up to €169 billion in 2009; some 37% attributed to CO2

Green Car Congress

Aggregated damage costs by pollutant. Air pollution from the 10,000 largest polluting facilities in Europe cost citizens between €102–169 billion (US$135–224 billion) in 2009, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) which analyzed the costs of harm to health and the environment caused by air pollution.

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Equity: More important than ever

Electric Auto Association

Endless studies on the impact of pollution and climate change on low-income families have all come up with the same general result: It is a very real and very serious problem. This proximity brings a greater risk of harm by higher levels of benzene , sulfuric acid , mercury , and other potentially dangerous substances.

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Dell’s Bold Idea: A Laptop You Can Actually Repair

Cars That Think

In December 2021, just before CES, the world’s leading tech event, Dell introduced Concept Luna , a reimagining of the laptop PC that focuses on repairability. Consumer electronics can cause deadly pollution by degrading into hazardous materials (including lead, mercury, and arsenic) when left in landfills.

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PCAST suggests 6 key components for climate change strategy to President Obama; adaptation and mitigation

Green Car Congress

Focus on national preparedness for climate change, which can help decrease damage from extreme weather events now and speed recovery from future damage. Adaptation is needed because the climate is already changing and some further change is inevitable regardless of what is done to reduce its pace and magnitude. The six key components are: 1.

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In a first, the US will restrict existing coal-fired plants’ emissions

Baua Electric

billion metric tons of carbon pollution through 2047 – equivalent to preventing the annual emissions of 328 million gasoline cars or nearly an entire year of US electric power sector emissions. If a coal plant retires by 2032, it’s exempt from the new final rule. Coal powered around 16% of US electricity in 2023.

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Battery Recycling: A Crucial Step Toward Curbing Global Warming

Clean Fleet Report

By implementing effective battery recycling programs on a global scale, on top of adopting electric vehicles, we can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, conserve valuable resources and mitigate some of the factors contributing to air pollution and global warming events.

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Ford Europe EV Plans, Virginia Now a ZEV State – EV Week In Review: Feb. 15-22, 2021

EV Adoption

VW will overtake Tesla in EV sales by 2025, analyst says – Tesla’s global EV market share is expected to slip from more than 20 percent in 2020 to about 10 percent in 2025, with VW Group’s growing from less than 10 percent to more than 15 percent, Pete Kelly, LMC managing director, said last week in an online forecast event. has now.