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Pollution plumes in Paris air are richer in gaseous aromatic compounds than in LA; gasoline engines main source of VOCs

Green Car Congress

A study by a team of researchers from France and the US found that the origin of volatile hydrocarbons, other than methane, present in city air is mainly gasoline-powered vehicles. The study showed that the proportions of such compounds in Paris air were two to three times greater than in Los Angeles or other European cities studied.

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Paris wins gold for transforming into mobility utopia for Olympics

Baua Electric

In my younger days, Paris was beautiful, but you couldn’t help but notice the general pollution on all but the windiest of days. Does pollution help the wonderful tastes and smells of French cuisine? The pollution wasn’t just of the particulate matter. Paris is also phasing out those noisy, polluting two-stroke mopeds/scooters.

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Study links ambient PM2.5 and ozone specifically caused by vehicle exhaust emissions to ~361,000 premature deaths worldwide in 2010 and ~385,000 in 2015

Green Car Congress

Exhaust from on-road diesel vehicles was responsible for nearly half of the impacts (~181,000 premature deaths) worldwide, and fully two-thirds in India, France, Germany, and Italy. The distribution of health impacts and air pollution from transportation is influenced by policy, demographic, economic, and technological changes.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

Green Car Congress

February also saw the publication of a Los Angeles Times interview with US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu ( earlier post ), in which he voiced concern that the effects of climate change could decimate California’s agriculture as well as its urban water supplies. 17 ] Ben Fox: Britain, France back global fund for climate ills.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The objections they raised for years -- "no one is interested, no one would plug in, the technology is too complex, the benefits are minimal, its just shifting the pollution from the tailpipe to the smokestack, theres no demand for these cars" -- still show up occasionally, but are by and large history. 10/23/07 Honda Motor Co.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

. “Because tenants will pay 60 per cent less in electricity bills, we can charge higher rents and we will sell the surplus of electricity back to [French utility Electricite de France] EDF,&# he added. The coal ash is known to have many toxic metals and other pollutants.

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