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FEBRUARY 15, 2020

The study focuses on the period between 2005 and 2018 and tracks combustion emissions of various polluting compounds from various sectors, looking at every state in the contiguous United States, from season to season and year to year. Scientists have long known that pollution observes no boundaries, one of the prime examples being acid rain.

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JUNE 11, 2018

More 3,000 primary school children in polluted areas of London and Luton will have their lung health monitored over a four-year period in a new international study launched by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. Pollution also triggers asthma, asthma attacks and chest infections.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Multiple EV manufacturers have expressed interest in fitting ENSO’s range-extending, emissions-reducing tires. ENSO’s tires have already achieved ‘A’ energy-efficiency ratings in Germany, and last year broke a Hypermiling World Record, extending the range of an unmodified Renault Zoe by 50 miles (12%) compared to standard OE tires.

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OCTOBER 28, 2018

Air pollution—specifically PM 2.5 , ozone and NO 2 —could be to blame for up to 33 million emergency asthma attack visits to hospital a year, according to a new open-access study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. Approximately 95% of the world’s population lives in places with unsafe air.

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JULY 15, 2019

Solid CFDNPs in air pollution are characterized by the abundant presence of strongly magnetic, iron-rich particles which condense and/or oxidize upon airborne release, often retaining a rounded or spherical shape as they cool. Magnetic CFDNP concentrations and particle numbers ranged from 0.2 10 9 /g, respectively. Cross, Imad A.M.

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AUGUST 20, 2018

Babies in strollers can be exposed to up to ~60% higher average concentrations of pollution than their parents, causing potential damage to their frontal lobe and impacting on their cognitive abilities and brain development, according to a study by researchers at the University of Surrey (UK).

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MARCH 9, 2018

A new study performed in the Netherlands has linked exposure to residential air pollution during fetal life with brain abnormalities that may contribute to impaired cognitive function in school-age children. Therefore, we cannot warrant the safety of the current levels of air pollution in our cities. g/m 3 (range 16.8-28.1)—were

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JULY 17, 2017

They monitored indoor and outdoor ozone levels, along with other pollutants. The 24-hour ozone exposure concentrations ranged from 1.4 parts per billion (ppb), corresponding to outdoor concentrations ranging from 4.3 In contrast, only 31 million Americans live in counties where other pollutants exceed EPA standards.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

Traffic is a major source of harmful pollutants; daily peak exposures tend to occur near roadways or while traveling—or being stuck—on them. That gave them rare, real-world look at pollutant exposure. With windows closed, the pollutants took longer to enter the vehicle cabin, but also longer to exit it.

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MAY 23, 2014

A study by European researchers has found that two-stroke (2S) scooters, although constituting a small fraction of the fleet, can dominate urban vehicular pollution through organic aerosol and aromatic emission factors up to thousands of times higher than from other vehicle classes. —Platt et al. Platt et al.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

E-bikes are today a growing component of the global transition away from fossil fuels—possibly more than the car-and-truck-focused sustainability crowd appreciates. E-bikes’ rapid growth in recent years stems in part from their simple solution to the range issue that big, hulking cars typically don’t offer.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

After growing by more than 2% in 2019, global gas use is set to fall by around 4% in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic reduces energy consumption across the global economies. The report shows that medium-term growth will come from increasing cost-competitiveness and increased global access to gas.

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AUGUST 20, 2018

Global and regional-mean temperature responses to identical aerosol emissions in different regions. Diagonal lines (b) indicate the ratio of regional- to global-mean cooling. For example, their models show that aerosol emissions from Western Europe have 14 times the global cooling effect that aerosol emissions from India do.

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APRIL 12, 2016

The California Air Resources Board released a new draft of California’s Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Strategy to significantly reduce the near-term climate impacts of these potent pollutants. Methane is the most abundant of the short-lived climate pollutants in California. Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

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FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Global levels of the hydrocarbons ethane and propane in the atmosphere have been underestimated by more than 50%, according to a new study by a team of scientists from Europe and the US. Levels of ethane and propane declined in many places the 1980s and 1990s, but global growth in demand for natural gas means these trends may be reversing.

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MAY 23, 2014

Deaths from outdoor air pollution by region in 2005 and 2010. Outdoor air pollution kills some 3.5 This pollution is costing advanced economies plus China and India an estimated US$3.5 The effects of air pollution on people’s health are much higher than previously thought. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 19, 2013

At the conclusion of the International Negotiating Committee on Mercury ( INC5 ) meeting in Geneva ( earlier post ), nations agreed on a global, legally-binding treaty to prevent mercury emissions and releases. Governments have agreed on a range of mercury containing products whose production, export and import will be banned by 2020.

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JULY 25, 2011

A new study by researchers from Canada, Norway and China indicates that warming in the Arctic is revolatilizing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that have accumulated in sinks such as water and ice. Their paper appears in the journal Nature Climate Change. —Ma et al. —Ma et al.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2015

While that report projected vessel activity, it did not explore the environmental impacts of increased shipping in terms of air emissions or the potential climate impacts from increases in short-lived climate pollutants such as black carbon. The emissions report focuses on the low- and mid-range diversion scenarios—i.e.,

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DECEMBER 9, 2021

Up to 13 million metric tons of plastic enter the ocean each year, threatening marine life and polluting shorelines, according to Pew Charitable Trusts, a global nongovernmental organization. The small parts represent a large first step in the company’s plans to produce other parts of recycled ocean plastics on other models.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

It would be many decades before it would slow down global warming at all, and even then it would just be making a difference around the edges. The burning of coal releases more carbon dioxide than other fossil fuels, as well as comparatively high levels of other pollutants, including sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and particles such as ash.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Maritime traffic on the world’s oceans has increased four-fold over the past 20 years, likely causing more water, air and noise pollution on the open seas, according to a new study quantifying global ship traffic. The new study is the first to track ship traffic on a global scale, Tournadre said.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

A new report prepared by the World Bank at the request of the G8 identifies ways that the World Bank can do more through its projects to reduce the emission of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs): black carbon, methane, tropospheric ozone, and fluorinated gases known as HFCs. —Akbar et al. degrees Celsius. —Akbar et al.

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APRIL 16, 2021

Lion6 electric trucks feature a direct-drive TM4 SUMO MD motor and inverter; battery capacity is up to 252 kWh, for a range of up to 180 miles. The impacts of the global pandemic are moving consumer purchases online and thereby increasing the demand for home deliveries.

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APRIL 27, 2017

The new car replaces Volvo’s highly-successful original XC60, which in the nine years since its launch became the bestselling premium mid-sized SUV in Europe with nearly a million units sold globally. The XC60 today represents around 30% of Volvo’s total global sales. The new Volvo XC60 - T8 powertrain. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 29, 2011

The new metamodel is capable of efficiently simulating the urban concentration, surface deposition, and net export flux of these species that are important to human health and the global climate. Urban regions account for an ever increasing fraction of Earth’s population, and are consequently an ever increasing source of air pollutants.

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JUNE 14, 2013

In California, reductions in emissions of black carbon since the late 1980s—mostly from diesel engines as a result of air quality programs—have resulted in a measurable reduction of concentrations of global warming pollutants in the atmosphere, according to a study examining the impact of black carbon on California’s climate.

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JULY 24, 2022

The APC forecasts that the UK will need 14GW of fuel cell stack production and 400,000 high pressure carbon fiber tanks annually to meet local vehicle production demands by 2035 while the market expects that there could be as many as 3 million fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) on the road globally by 2030.

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MAY 23, 2024

“BYD is committed to technological innovation and spearheading the global transition towards eco-conscious public transportation. The Chinese automaker noted that other electric double-decker bus models will launch outside the United Kingdom.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2009

Air pollution may pose an important but largely overlooked health concern for people living near smaller regional airports, according to a new study published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Aircraft exhaust includes pollutants linked to a variety of health problems. ” Resources.

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JANUARY 16, 2017

Scientists from the University of Birmingham launched a major research project to investigate how “clean cold” could help to achieve almost all of the United Nations’ (UN) global Sustainable Development Goals. It is now becoming clear that cooling will be critical to achieving almost all the UN’s Global Goals. It also accounts for 3.3

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APRIL 13, 2023

The proposal retains the proven regulatory design of previous EPA standards for light-duty vehicles, but leverages advances in clean car technology to further reduce both climate pollution and smog- and soot-forming emissions. Together, the proposals would reduce oil imports by approximately 20 billion barrels.

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MARCH 9, 2021

In partnership with electric vehicle providers, Thermo King is advancing electrification of refrigerated transport to reduce pollutants, emissions and noise as goods are delivered in communities around the world. The E-200 represents the next generation of all-electric refrigeration units that can help decarbonize our global supply chain.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Virgin Group and chemical conversion technology company Agilyx ( earlier post ) are forming a strategic partnership to research and develop lower carbon fuel facilities to help address plastic pollution and the global transition to net zero.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Global electric vehicle production forecast for 2014. rise in global manufacturing of all motor vehicles expected in 2014. In December 2013, IHS projected total global automotive sales in 2014 of 85 million, roughly resulting in an expected approximate 0.5% share for PEVs in the global market this year. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 14, 2022

According to the Tire Industry Project operating under the umbrella of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), more than one billion tires globally reach the end of their useful service life each year. This partnership exemplifies what we call a Post Pollution Future. Jennifer Holmgren, CEO, LanzaTech.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

It can be used for storing large amounts of hydrogen in a liquid form that builds on existing global supply chain infrastructure. —Steve Scrimshaw, VP at Siemens Energy UK & Ireland and a member of the UK Government’s Hydrogen Advisory Council. Ammonia has a high hydrogen density and is readily transportable in bulk.

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