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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

In a cohort study of a subset of 2050 newborns from the Children’s Health Study in southern California, researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) found that an increase of 2 standard deviations in prenatal exposure to particulate matter in air pollution was associated with higher newborn total thyroxine (TT4) measures.

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JUNE 1, 2021

Low-sulfur gasoline standards and regulations on power plants have successfully cut sulfate concentrations in the air, reducing the fine particulate matter that harms human health and cleaning up the environmental hazard of acid rain. The air in the United States and Western Europe is much cleaner than even a decade ago.

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MAY 15, 2018

air pollution during the third trimester of their mother’s pregnancy had a higher risk of elevated blood pressure in childhood, according to new research by a team led by researchers from Johns Hopkins University in the American Heart Association’s journal Hypertension. Children who were exposed to higher levels of PM 2.5

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JULY 17, 2017

Ozone concentrations were lower than the levels capable of influencing pulmonary function, which is the main basis for current regulatory standards. They monitored indoor and outdoor ozone levels, along with other pollutants. In contrast, only 31 million Americans live in counties where other pollutants exceed EPA standards.

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JUNE 29, 2017

They also estimated air pollution levels at each 1 kilometer grid for the entire US upon which the claims data could be overlaid and interpreted. The exposure prediction model leverages satellite-based measurements and a computer simulation of air pollution. The study is published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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DECEMBER 4, 2017

Long Beach Transit (LBT) recently received a $600,000 grant from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC) of the South Coast Air Quality Management District Near Zero Incentive Program for the purchase of 40 Cummins “near-zero” compressed natural gas (CNG) engines. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

million in 2021 Targeted Airshed Grant (TAG) funding from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deploy five XCIENT Fuel Cell electric trucks in California. EPA’s TAG program aims to reduce air pollution in areas of the nation with the highest levels of ambient ozone and fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) pollution.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2019

The study shows that the health dangers and economic impacts of air pollution are significantly larger than previously understood. Fine particulate air pollution is composed of tiny solids and liquids floating in the air that come from sources such as motor vehicles, coal-fired power plants, and wildfires. Chan School of Public Health.

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has formally granted a California Air Resources Board (CARB) request for a waiver of preemption for its Advanced Clean Car (ACC) regulations. The updated ZEV, GHG, and LEVIII criteria emission standards regulations are covered under the ACC waiver. Earlier post.) Background.

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APRIL 2, 2018

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced the completion of the Midterm Evaluation (MTE) process for the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for cars and light trucks for model years 2022-2025, and his final determination that the current standards are not appropriate and should be revised.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, launched a £110-million (US$133-million) scrappage scheme to support Londoners on lower incomes, disabled Londoners, charities, sole traders and business with 10 or fewer employees to replace or retrofit their old, polluting vehicles in order to be ULEZ compliant. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Vehicles must meet strict emission standards to drive in the ULEZ area: Euro 4 for gasoline cars and vans (widely available since 2006). Vehicles that do not meet the standards must pay a £12.50 The ULEZ has already helped to reduce roadside pollution levels by 44% in central London and 20% in inner London. daily charge.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

signed SB 1383 , establishing the nation’s toughest restrictions on super pollutants including black carbon, fluorinated gases and methane. Sources of these super pollutants include petroleum-based transportation fuels, agriculture, waste disposal and synthetic gases used in refrigeration, air conditioning and aerosol products.

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

Colorado has voted to approve a new standard on the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), with an additional goal set for 2032 and new guidance for increasing EV sales beginning in 2027. Notably, the release says that the standard does not prohibit the sale or use of non-electric vehicles with internal combustion engines (ICEs).

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AUGUST 28, 2011

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) awarded $516,637 in clean diesel grants to four organizations. Berks, Lehigh and Northampton counties are currently designated as non-attainment for federal particulate matter standards. Jennings Transportation Corp.:

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

This action is based on the premise that federal law preempts state and local tailpipe greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards as well as zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandates. California’s ability to enforce its Low Emission Vehicle program and other clean air standards to address harmful smog-forming vehicle emissions—i.e.,

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APRIL 28, 2023

CARB projects that the In-Use Locomotive Regulation will contribute the largest reduction in nitrogen oxide emissions toward meeting California air quality standards by the 2037 deadline. Additionally, billions in federal grants and rebates to reduce air pollution are available for operators, CARB said.

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JUNE 5, 2015

Chan School of Public Health found that death rates among people over 65 are higher in zip codes with more fine particulate air pollution (PM 2.5 ) than in those with lower levels of PM 2.5. Most of the country is either meeting the EPA standards now, or is expected to meet them in a few years as new power plant controls kick in.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Among the many program terminations, reductions and savings outlined today in the president’s budget is the proposed termination of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Act grant program. Enacted funding for the program in 2010 was $60 million.

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OCTOBER 1, 2022

New pollutant standards for model year 2026 through model year 2034 passenger cars, light-duty trucks, and medium-duty vehicles with internal combustion engines would also be required. The regulation provides manufacturers with flexibility in meeting the emission requirements and achieving a successful transition to cleaner vehicles.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

million in grants to deploy 70 VNR Electric trucks in Southern California for regional freight distribution and drayage. The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Targeted Air Shed Grant Program is providing $20 million in funding, supplemented by $1.7 Volvo Trucks North America was awarded $21.7

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills to strengthen emission standards for trucks, semis and other high-pollution vehicles.

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AUGUST 15, 2018

million in grant funding for the new Kenworth T680 trucks ( earlier post ) which started making deliveries today. Funding was received from the Prop 1B program administered by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District and the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Program (HVIP).

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

The California South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) has awarded AC Propulsion a $300,000 grant to integrate its electric drive system technology into commercial service vans ( three Ford E250 vans supplied by Comcast) in Southern California. AC Propulsion was awarded the $300,000 grant out of a total program budget of $750,000.

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MAY 18, 2021

The region is classified as a non-attainment area, where the air quality is worse than the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. illion grant from the California Air Resource Board (CARB) awarded to Wabtec, BNSF and the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. —Eric Gebhardt, Wabtec Chief Technology Officer.

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MAY 2, 2022

The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires the use of low-volatility gasoline during the summer months in order to limit the formation of ozone pollution. As required by law, EPA and DOE evaluated the situation and determined that granting the waiver was in the public interest. Earlier post.). EPA provides a 1.0

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Approximately 9,000 people in California are estimated to die prematurely each year as a result of exposure to fine particle pollution, according to a new report issued by the California Air Resources Board (ARB). Fine particle pollution, smaller than 2.5 A causal relationship indicates the highest level of scientific certainty.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

EPA is announcing the availability of $4 million in grant funding to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing emissions from marine and inland water ports. This grant competition is available under the Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) Program and is the first competition to focus on solely reducing emissions at ports.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2009

A bill currently under consideration in the Montana State Senate ( SB 180 ) would establish greenhouse gases as regulated air pollutants under the Clean Air Act of Montana and adopt the California vehicle GHG emission standards (Pavley). Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

Diesel pollution is linked to thousands of premature deaths, hundreds of thousands of asthma attacks and millions of lost work days. The grant-supported clean diesel projects have cleaned or replaced more than 50,000 vehicles and equipment nationwide. Emerging Technologies grants. SmartWay Finance Program grants.

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APRIL 14, 2023

It’s no secret that motor vehicle emissions are one of the main sources of pollution in the state of California and one of the leading causes of climate change in the country. Californians collectively drive over a billion miles every day, releasing tons of greenhouse gases (GHG) and pollutants into the air. air pollution in the state.

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JUNE 24, 2014

Funding through the organizations’ Connecting through Research Partnerships (“Connect”) program has been granted for $125,000 for this project. One of the main groups of pollutants resulting from fuel combustion is the oxides of nitrogen, or NO x.

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MAY 13, 2019

With financing made available by Zero Now, along with grant programs available in many states, trucking companies are rolling out trucks equipped with the new Cummins-Westport (CWI) ultralow NO x ISX12N natural gas engine, which provide the same torque and reliability as their diesel counterparts.

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APRIL 29, 2016

pollution appear to raise the risk of a condition in pregnant women linked to premature births and lifelong neurological and respiratory disorders in their children, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research suggests. We found biological effects in women exposed to air pollution levels below the EPA standard.

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JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. New energy efficiency standards. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has renewed calls for scrapping the most polluting diesel cars and giving drivers cash incentives to switch to cleaner vehicles as part of the evidence he gave to the Environmental Audit Committee today. They now feel very hacked off now they’re told they are more polluting.

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JULY 8, 2014

EPA estimates that a standard gasoline-powered lawn mower emits 11 times the air pollution of a new car for each hour of operation. A filter captures harmful pollutants. Next year a new group of students—Anna Almario, Priyanka Singh and Alyssa Yan—will take over the project and compete for a $90,000 phase two grant.

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