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Renewable diesel producer AltAir settles with ARB over LCFS violations

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CARB staff determined that Altair made unauthorized changes to quarterly and annual reports, reclassifying certain fuel volumes and adding previously unreported gasoline sales. Of that total, $66,500 goes into California’s Air Pollution Control Fund.

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Clean-air plan for San Joaquin Valley first to meet all federal standards for fine particle pollution; $5B in incentive funding required

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Meeting standards for fine particle pollution, or PM 2.5 , is the San Joaquin Valley’s most critical air quality challenge. The San Joaquin Valley has the worst particulate matter pollution in California—and the worst in the nation for annual federal standards. The newly adopted 2018 Valley PM 2.5 emissions and 1.9

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Cummins provides US Postal Service with 8 electric vans in California

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The pilot program, made possible by a grant from the California Air Resources Board to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (SJVAPCD) and administered by CALSTART, will place the zero-emission vehicles in Fresno and Stockton.

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CARB settles with American Honda Motor for $6.9M for violations of air quality regulations on small off-road engines

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Honda failed these tests demonstrating evaporative emissions of gasoline above the legal limit. Small off-road engines are a major source of pollution in California. million civil penalty that will go to CARB’s Air Pollution Control Fund, which provides funding for projects and research to improve California's air quality.

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UC Davis Begins $2.8M Studies on Impacts of Escaped Nitrogen

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Farm machines burning oil, gasoline and diesel release nitrogen to the air. Data on agricultural nitrogen pollution are limited, and some nitrogen pollution forms are difficult to monitor. But excess nitrogen is emitted from soils, seeps into groundwater and runs off into surface waters. Tom Tomich.

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California ARB to hold community meetings on coming LEV III combined tailpipe and GHG regulations

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Combining the control of criteria pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions into a single coordinated package of standards is a new approach to ARB’s motor vehicle standards. The community meetings are currently scheduled for Fresno (12 July); Pacoima (19 July); and Oakland (26 July). Earlier post.) These are: 2 March 2010.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Annual use of an EV should be less than the average cost of $8,000 per year for using a gasoline in many countries including the USA. Project Better Place plans to deploy a massive network of battery charging spots. A free car on a four-year plan in France is another idea mentioned by Shai Agassi, CEO of Project Better Place. SZ (1) 6753.T

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