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Study finds coal trains add significant amount of PM2.5 pollution in urban areas

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Coal trains and terminal operations add a significant amount of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) pollution to urban areas—more so than other freight or passenger trains— according to a study conducted in Richmond, California, by the University of California, Davis. µg/m 3 (95% CI = 6.2, p 3 more than freight trains.

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California Environmental Justice Advisory Committee launches series of statewide meetings

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California’s Environmental Justice Advisory Committee ( EJAC ) is launching a series of statewide meetings to provide residents with the opportunity to meet with local advocates and state officials to share concerns and to provide input on addressing air pollution and how to help California meet its 2030 greenhouse gas reduction targets.

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7 airlines sign letters of intent to negotiate purchase of biomass-derived jet fuel from Solena Fuels; up to 16M gallons of fuel per year

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The project will divert approximately 550,000 metric tons of waste that otherwise would go to a landfill while producing jet fuel with lower emissions of greenhouse gases and local pollutants than petroleum-based fuels. Earlier post.).

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Researchers use Google Street View cars for high-resolution air pollution mapping

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demonstrated a measurement approach to for urban air pollution mapping at 4–5 orders of magnitude greater spatial precision than possible with current central-site ambient monitoring. Air pollution varies very finely in space, and we can’t capture that variation with other existing measurement techniques. —Apte et al.

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Summer Update

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Oakland, Sacramento, and Salt Lake City. Paul plant, and direct the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to study the environmental impacts of purchasing PHEVs for the state-owned vehicle fleet and various other levels of penetration among the public. New partners in recent months include: Denton, TX., Keene, N.H., Santa Barbara, CA.,

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Solar-powered off-grid EV charging stations offer surprisingly attractive cost advantages

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By cutting red tape and avoiding costs for construction and electrical work, combined with free solar energy, Beam Global says its EV ARC systems can offer customers a lower total cost of ownership compared to grid-tied charging stations. Q&A with Beam Global CEO Desmond Wheatley. The EV ARC features a 4.3 This is not theory.

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Hyundai begins supplies of hydrogen trucks to Port of California | Autocar Professional

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The inauguration ceremony, which was held in Oakland, U.S., It is the largest single supplier of any North American carrier, replacing existing high-pollutant trucks to haul containers at the Port of Auckland and vehicles at the Port of Richmond. As part of the project, Hyundai supplied 30 Xcient fuel cell trucks to G.E.T

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