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AUGUST 24, 2018

pollution shortens human lives by more than a year, according to a new open-access study from a team of environmental engineers and public health researchers published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters. The researchers looked at outdoor air pollution from particulate matter (PM) smaller than 2.5

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The study found that 60% of the winter primary hydrocarbon hydroxyl radical reactivity in London is from those diesel-related hydrocarbons; the authors predicted that the longer-chain HCs contribute up to 50 % of the ozone production potential in London. Dunmore et al. Dunmore et al. Dunmore et al.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

London-based EV tire manufacturer ENSO said it is in discussions with multiple international car makers and has begun trials with major fleet operators. Multiple EV manufacturers have expressed interest in fitting ENSO’s range-extending, emissions-reducing tires.

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JULY 23, 2019

Air quality in the US may be linked with increased mortality and reduced life expectancy according to new research from Imperial College London and the Center for Air, Climate and Energy Solutions at Carnegie Mellon University. The amount of this fine particle pollution in the US has declined since 1999. The current US annual PM 2.5

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MAY 26, 2017

pollution to heart damage. People who were highly educated were less likely to have harmful effects on the heart from pollution. This could be due to a number of factors including better housing and workplace conditions, which reduce pollution exposure. Among the sources of urban PM 2.5 —Dr Aung. Bertsch, Markus.

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JANUARY 13, 2020

Metal particles from the abrasion of brake pads (brake abrasion dust, BAD) may cause inflammation and reduce the ability of immune cells to kill bacteria, similarly to particles derived from diesel exhaust particles (DEP), according to a new study led by researchers at King’s College London. traffic pollution.

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

Researchers from London South Bank University (LSBU), School of the Built Environment and Architecture, are investigating the use of metal hydrides to absorb, release and store hydrogen for fuel cell buses. EP/T022760/1. EPSRC funding award. Total value of this project is £979,291 (Oct. Adelhelm, Philipp & Jongh, Petra.

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APRIL 27, 2011

The London Congestion Charging Scheme (CCS)—which charged for travel into central London and reduced traffic volume ( earlier post )—has shown little evidence that it improved air quality as well, according to Part I of a new study published by the Health Effects Institute (HEI). µg/m 3. in PM 10.

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JANUARY 26, 2020

Researchers from the University of Liverpool, Queen Mary University, London and Trinity College Dublin have linked exposure to diesel exhaust particles (DEPs) to susceptibility to pneumococcal disease. What we did not know however, was how pollution, such as diesel exhaust particles, actually causes airway disease. Shears, Rebecca K.

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DECEMBER 28, 2021

This finding stems from the largest global analysis of its kind, led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) as part of the Multi-City Multi-Country (MCC) Collaborative Research Network. Specific action aimed at the agricultural and farming sectors may speed up the reduction of the negative health impacts of air pollution.

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MARCH 29, 2023

An open-access paper on their work is published in the journal Environment International While the World Health Organization has not yet set a guideline for safe levels of ultrafine particles, it recognizes that particulate pollution overall is associated with negative impacts on cardiovascular and respiratory health. 2023.107888

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AUGUST 14, 2020

Metz and Janelle London finds that state vehicle electrification mandates can withstand legal challenges based on federal preemption if they are based solely on reasons for transitioning to electric vehicles that are within the state's authority. Its vision is a gasoline-free US by 2040 or sooner. The paper by Matthew N.

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MAY 1, 2014

Annual GHG emissions relative to BASE Scenario (BASE Scenario = 949 kt CO 2 e on a 100-year GWP basis) for differing London bus fleet technology options. Their findings indicated that emission control strategy retrofits are the least costly near-term intervention to reduce urban air pollution. Credit: ACS, Chong et al. Cost-benefit.

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MARCH 1, 2019

The urban areas with the highest number of transportation-attributable air pollution in 2015 were Guangzhou, Tokyo, Shanghai, Mexico City, Cairo, New Delhi, Moscow, Beijing, London, and Los Angeles. Ambient air pollution is the leading environmental health risk factor worldwide, contributing to 3.4 of global ambient PM 2.5

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JULY 12, 2009

London belongs to one of the largest cities in the world. London's undergrounds is one of the most developed in the world but also one of the oldest in the world counting over a 100 years. Overall the benefits that come from electric drives are huge, there is simply no pollution in the direct way, it's quiet and efficient.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2009

Climate change due to emission of greenhouse gases from fossil fuel energy sources causes air pollution by increasing ground-level ozone and concentrations of fine particulate matter. The 10-year program could prevent 2 million premature deaths in India, he said, in addition to reducing greenhouse pollution by hundreds of millions of tons.

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AUGUST 9, 2012

A scatter plot of CO, as a tracer for pollution, versus CO 2 , as a tracer for the amount of combustion, for 2002 and 2010. The magnitude of the drop in VOC levels was surprising, even to researchers who expected some kind of decrease resulting from California’s longtime efforts to control vehicle pollution. ppbv/ppmv to 10.7

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MAY 23, 2017

Researchers at Imperial College London, working with colleagues from King’s College London and University of British Columbia, have demonstrated a mechanism by which diesel exhaust particles directly affect the lungs to initiate symptoms such as a tightening of the airways and cough. Robinson, Mark A. Birrell, John J. Wortley, Eric D.

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APRIL 29, 2018

However, the researchers also found that the replacement of heavy-duty diesel vehicles with gasoline-ethanol passenger cars on the inner-city roads resulted in a sustained drop in the level of nitrogen oxides in the air, reducing air pollution in the city even after the traffic congestion rebounded.

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MAY 24, 2016

The team used high-precision measurement equipment based at Royal Holloway College in Egham, but also found similar declines in even the most traffic-populated regions of London, including Marylebone Road, show. CO is representative of many pollutants, and London of many northern European cities. Resources. Lowry et al.

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APRIL 29, 2014

Geiger and Alberto Salvo, formerly with Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and now an associate professor of economics at the National University of Singapore, is the first real-world trial looking at the effects of human behavior at the pump on urban air pollution. Their paper appears in the journal Nature Geoscience.

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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo sees the move to curb SUVs in the city as “a form of social justice,” with road safety and air pollution the main targets of the vote. London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said that he too is paying attention to the Paris vote, The Guardian reports. With this vote, we want to say stop,” she has said.

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OCTOBER 21, 2016

A new study by researchers from Imperial College London(ICL) of 39 new Euro 6 diesel passenger cars has found “ huge variability ” in the on-road NO x emissions of Euro 6 diesel passenger cars, with results ranging from 1 to 22 times the type approval limit. All but 2 exhibited higher NO x than the limit. g km -1 equates to 4.5

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

A new study by an international team of researchers using Comparative Risk Assessment methods to estimate the health effects of alternative urban land transport scenarios for two settings—London, UK, and Delhi, India—concluded that although uncertainties remain, climate change mitigation in transport should benefit public health substantially.

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JULY 26, 2009

billion) in first big electrification of its rail network since the late 1980s, involving the London to Swansea and Liverpool to Manchester lines. Work will start immediately and for Liverpool-Manchester will be completed within four years and for London-Swansea within eight years, although stages in between will be completed earlier.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Step-change improvement in the internal combustion engine is limited by the properties of existing fuels and may require fuels with high (super)knock resistance, altered compression-ignition behavior, increased heat sink capability, and equal or improved pollutant emissions. Kalghatgi, G., Levinsky, H., & Colket, M. doi: 10.1016/j.pecs.2018.06.003.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

The growth of global industrialization, increasing demand on energy resources and rising carbon emissions are deepening the need for energy infrastructure that is increasingly green, distributed, flexible, and resilient. This creates risk around investing in fuel infrastructure today that could become redundant tomorrow.

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MAY 11, 2009

ISA speed map for Greater London. Transport for London (TfL) will begin a six-month trial of Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) technology which aims to reduce road casualties and help drivers avoid speeding penalties. As part of the trial, which will start this summer, a London bus will be fitted with ISA. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

The ICCT has submitted the report to the IMO’s second GHG intercessional meeting ( ISWG-GHG-2 ), which meets next week in London to continue to develop the structure and to identify core elements of the draft initial IMO Strategy on reduction of GHG emissions from ships. —ICCT report. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 19, 2012

For Greater London, where PM concentrations are the highest and exceed EU standards, they estimated that non-UK EU emissions account for 30% of the 3,200 air quality-related deaths per year. 80% to +50%, where results have been corrected by a low modeling bias of 28%. billion)—0.4–3.5% of gross domestic product (GDP). Yim and Steven R.

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JANUARY 6, 2012

The authors, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, criticize government proposals to raise the speed limit on all motorways in England and Wales from 70 mph (113 km/h) to 80 mph (129 km/h) by the year 2013. The laws on highways and freeways changed from 65 mph to 70-75 mph and from 55 mph to 60-65 mph.

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

Together, the companies are committing $2 million in funding plus mentors and other resources to support participating startups. The tech incubator is aiming to deliver innovative mobility and transportation solutions that help alleviate growing global challenges such as traffic congestion, parking availability and pollution.

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

Now, researchers at Imperial College London have shown that bioethanol production from bamboo in China is both technically and economically feasible, as well as cost-competitive with gasoline. An open access paper on their study is published in Biotechnology for Biofuels. —Littlewood et al. Littlewood et al. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2019

In London, motorists pay a flat fee of £11.50 (about $15) to enter the city center. Economists and environmentalists agree that congestion pricing effectively reduces congestion and pollution, but it’s a politically fraught strategy because it raises the ire of commuters. Singapore and Stockholm employ similar models. 2019.01.003.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

The report, Europe’s Parking U-Turn: From Accommodation to Regulation , examines European parking over the last half century, through the prism of ten European cities: Amsterdam, Antwerp, Barcelona, Copenhagen, London, Munich, Paris, Stockholm, Strasbourg and Zurich. The report found: Parking is increasingly linked to public transport.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The introduction of the low emission zone (LEZ) in London, UK, has only contributed to modest reductions in exposure to NO x from diesel vehicles, and these improvements appear to have little effect on the lung health of children, according to an open-access observational study published in the journal The Lancet Public Health.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

An international study of 10 global cities found that a balance of geophysical factors (climate, access to resources, and gateway status) and technical factors (power generation, urban design, and waste processing) determine the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) attributable to cities. Tonnes CO 2 e/capita. Credit: ACS, Kennedy et al.

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