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PSI team develops web tool for consumers to compare environmental impact of passenger cars in detail

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Deterioration of the ozone layer [kg CFC-11-eq.]. Noise emissions [Person-Pascal/second]. For the future, the electricity mix can also be manually entered to test the effects of different scenarios. Depletion of fossil energy resources [kg oil-eq.]. Depletion of fresh water reserves [m 3 ]. Human toxicity [kg 1,4-DC-eq.].

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MIT study says combustion emissions cause ~200,000 premature deaths/year in US; vehicles and power generation top sources

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1,000 to 21,000) deaths due to changes in ozone concentrations. 900 to 11,000) ozone-related early deaths per year. 300 to 4,000) ozone-related premature mortalities per year. 2000 (90% CI: 0–4,000) early deaths from ozone, according to the study. 53,000 (90% CI: 24,000–95,000) PM 2.5 related premature deaths and ?5,000

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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ozone depletion potential (ODP). photochemical ozone creation potential. Benefits from the capture include odor reduction, improved water quality and future distributed renewable energy production. Click to enlarge. acidification potential. global warming potential for a reference period of 100 years (GWP).

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German-Chilean consortium investigating new ways of reducing arsenic in copper concentrates: ReAK

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As a result, the amount of arsenic to be deposited will increase in the future, particularly given that there are currently no industrial uses for arsenic. Other project partners are also evaluating UV- and ozone-assisted as well as microbial oxidation processes. —Anna-Lisa Bachmann.

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TERP awards Vision Industries and project partners $500K to support Texas’ first public hydrogen fueling station

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The station, which is proposed to be fed from an existing hydrogen pipeline, will fuel port trucks and be publicly available for personal vehicles. In addition, the station offers the opportunity to provide fuel for future hydrogen equipment and vehicles used at other facilities, including warehouses and distribution facilities.

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Portable sensors enable monitoring of pollution on smart phones; inferring pollution maps with greater granularity

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These results suggest that the cumulative impact of many individuals using personal sensing devices may have an important role to play in the future of environmental measurement for public health. A view of the inside of the CitiSense sensor: the three cylindrical components detect ozone, nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide.

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EPRI-NRDC report finds widespread vehicle electrification and a cleaner grid could lead to substantial cuts in GHG by 2050

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The study analyzes two potential scenarios of the future electric sector, the “Base GHG” and “Lower GHG” scenarios. Considering the electric power sector and transportation sectors together, net emissions of pollutants leading to atmospheric ozone and fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) decrease in the electrification scenario.

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