Green Car Congress
APRIL 2, 2019
The paper, published in Nature Sustainability , presents how researchers have estimated for the first time the health damages caused by corn production using detailed information on pollution emissions, pollution transport by wind, and human exposure to increased air pollution levels. a, Absolute mortality.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 5, 2013
The Minnesota Departments of Agriculture, Commerce and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency announced the move to a B10 biodiesel mandate for the state for warm-weather months (April-October) in a letter published in the Minnesota State Register. State legislation ( Minnesota Statutes ยง 239.77, Subd.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 10, 2019
A new study by a team from the University of New Mexico, University of Washington and the University of Minnesota examines the health and economic impacts of PM 2.5 pollution (particulates and precursors) in the United States. Of these deaths, 57% were associated with pollution caused by energy consumption [e.g., Goodkind et al.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 30, 2017
Based on their findings in a new study, researchers from the University of Washington and the University of Minnesota suggest that modifying urban form—as a means of affecting motor vehicle usage—may be a strategy to mitigate urban air pollution. Their paper appears in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.
Green Car Congress
MAY 25, 2016
Long-term exposure to particulate air pollution has been linked to an increased risk of heart disease, but the biological process has not been understood. Participant-specific pollutant concentrations averaged over the years 2000โ10 ranged from 9.2โ22.6 The study is published in The Lancet. and NO x between 1999 and 2012. ฮผg PM 2.5 /m
Green Car Congress
MAY 31, 2019
Paul, Minnesota; Chicago; and Los Angeles. While the study finds an association between air pollution and atherosclerosis, researchers arenโt clear on why. For policy in the US, the focus should be on how to effectively control ozone concentration, which may be harder because itโs a secondary pollutant. —Meng Wang.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 8, 2016
However, argues a team from the University of Minnesota in an open-access paper published in the journal Energy Policy , once the โfuel market rebound effectโ is factored in, RFS2 actually increases GHG emissions when all fuel GHG intensity targets specified under the act are met. for its analysis. —Hill et al. 2016.07.035.
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