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ICL, CMU study associates PM2.5 air pollution in US with >30,000 deaths and reduced life expectancy

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These particles are mainly emitted from automobiles, power plants and industry, and known to be hazardous to health. The amount of this fine particle pollution in the US has declined since 1999. µg/m 3 , in 1999, Fresno County, California. The highest concentration of PM 2.5 during the study period was 22.1 µg/m 3 and 13.2

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California ARB awards funding to San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District to deploy 15 Proterra electric buses

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) awarded funding to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (SJVAPCD) to deploy 15 Proterra Catalyst buses; 11 Proterra depot-chargers; and 4 Proterra fast-chargers. We expect this program will eliminate 1.592 tons per year of weighted criteria pollutants.

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Motiv Power Systems delivering 7 electric walk-in vans to USPS as part of CARB program; deployment in Central Valley

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The first vehicle now serves routes in Fresno with the balance of the vehicles to be deployed in Fresno and Stockton as part of a year-long program. The cap-and-trade program also creates a financial incentive for industries to invest in clean technologies and develop innovative ways to reduce pollution.

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

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Data on agricultural nitrogen pollution are limited, and some nitrogen pollution forms are difficult to monitor. With this new funding, we can start to fill in those blanks, and improve management of nitrogen, carbon and water to help move agriculture toward sustainability in significant ways. Tom Tomich.

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EV state champion

Electric Auto Association

Hitting five targets at once Green Raiteros (“Raiteros” translating to “volunteer drivers”) is a reinvention of the informal, self-organized system that local farm workers have relied upon for decades to avoid the 6-hour round trip bus ride to and from appointments in Fresno. The biggest piece of the pollution pie comes from transportation.".

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INRIX analysis identifies top 10 US cities for highly autonomous vehicles; prioritizing corridors for deployment

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Without smart planning, this technology could clog roads, increase pollution and further stratify mobility options. INRIX looked at one year’s worth of travel—nearly 1.3 billion trips—in and around the top 50 US cities by population and reported the findings is a new study: INRIX Autonomous Vehicles City Study 2017. New Orleans.

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CARB draft of updated AB 32 Scoping Plan for climate change actions post-2020; pushing for greater transportation reductions

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An overview of the current science of climate change in the draft includes an expanded discussion of short-lived climate pollutants such as methane and black carbon. California’s fuel policies and supporting investment—especially through the AB 118 program—are critical drivers supporting these growing industries, ARB said.