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MAY 17, 2020

Depletion of fossil energy resources [kg oil-eq.]. Depletion of metal resources [kg iron-eq.]. Deterioration of the ozone layer [kg CFC-11-eq.]. The system will graph lifecycle impact for a range of specified powertrains, for a large number of impact categories: Climate change [kg CO 2 -eq.].

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

On urban scales, annual estimates of asphalt-related SOA precursor emissions exceed those from motor vehicles and substantially increase existing estimates from noncombustion sources. Decades of research about and regulations of emissions from motor vehicles and other combustion-related sources have resulted in improved urban air quality.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2009

The proposed cause or contribute finding concludes that that the combined emissions of CO 2 , CH 4 , N 2 O, and HFCs from new motor vehicles and motor vehicle engines contribute to the atmospheric concentrations of these key greenhouse gases and hence to the threat of climate change.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The staff of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is proposing amendments to the Fill Pipes Specifications to help ensure new motor vehicle fill pipes continue to be compatible and to form a good seal with Phase II recovery nozzles that are certified for use at California gasoline stations, thereby reducing overpressure.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), USDepartment of Justice (DOJ), and California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced a proposed settlement with Daimler AG and its American subsidiary Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC resolving alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and California law associated with emissions cheating.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2013

22 kWh pack, 70 kW motor). Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (kg Ethene equivalent). Quantifies the production of pollutant ozone (? to ozone layer), the results of the reaction of sunlight on NO x and volatile organic compounds. Abiotic Resource Depletion Potential (kg Sb equivalent). Renault Fluence Models.

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MAY 29, 2014

lower ozone formation potential of the carbonyl compounds present than DF under the identical operating conditions. Kleeman (2008) “Carbonyl Emissions from Gasoline and Diesel Motor Vehicles,”. In addition, there was an 18.0–35.8% reduction in total carbonyls and a 3.4–100% CFT had 16.5–44.1% —Hao et al. 2014.05.025.

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Coal Diesel Emissions Fuel 210

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Among the findings of the report, “HFC-134a phase-out in the Chinese light-duty motor vehicle sector”, was that, considering the social cost of CO 2 e, up to 1 trillion RMB in costs (US$150 billion) required to address climate change could be avoided through 2050 by transitioning to low-GWP alternative MACs. Background.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2013

Chevron agreed to pay the penalties as part of three separate settlements it reached with the California Air Resources Board (ARB). In California, motor vehicles are the main source of smog-forming pollution and diesel exhaust accounts for 70% of Californians’ daily exposure to air toxics. Chevron USA Inc. In all, 15.9

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2019

The production of air pollution from motor vehicles, industrial power plants, and fossil fuel emissions are determined by complex chemical reactions. The researchers compared current techniques used to describe atmospheric chemical reactions against more historical techniques. Stockwell, Emily Saunders, Wendy S. Goliff & Rosa M.

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Emissions El Paso Pollution Ozone 170

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JULY 11, 2011

systems in areas classified “Serious,” “Severe,” or “Extreme” for nonattainment of the ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS). Vapor emissions from refueling, if allowed to escape, can contribute significantly to ground-level ozone, sometimes called smog, as well as to other types of harmful air pollution.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

In the EU exposure to fine particles and ozone claims 180,000 lives a year, including 35,000 in Germany. According to epidemiological studies, fine particulate matter leads to cerebrovascular, heart and pulmonary diseases and lung cancer, while ozone tends to cause pulmonary conditions such as chronic cough and shortness of breath.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2014

Compared to the 2010 “Business as Usual” scenario—which includes all adopted emission control measures for the South Coast—NO x levels must be reduced by 65% and by 75% to meet the 2023 and 2032 ozone standards, respectively. An 80% reduction of GHG emissions is targeted for 2050, relative to 1990 levels. Policy implications.

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JUNE 26, 2015

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) cited Dr. Wall for his leadership role in the development and implementation of all the major technology advancements ultimately leading to the near-zero levels of emissions of particulate matter and oxides of nitrogen from engines. The selection committee is comprised of past award winners.

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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. is attributable to motor vehicles. —Bechle et al. Bechle, Dylan B.

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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.

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APRIL 11, 2019

NO 2 is just one component of air pollution, which is made up of many pollutants (including particulate matter, ozone, carbon monoxide), which are known to have numerous adverse effects on health. NO 2 is a pollutant formed mainly from fossil fuel combustion, and traffic emissions can contribute up to 80% of ambient NO 2 in cities.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

The California Air Resources Board released the draft proposed first update to the AB 32 Scoping Plan, which guides development and implementation of California’s greenhouse gas emission reduction programs. The Air Resources Board is required to update the Scoping Plan every five years. Transportation.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

NO x is a precursor for both ground level ozone and secondary PM 2.5 which are regulated under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) because of their adverse effects on human health and the environment.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2009

Although black carbon from motor vehicles is already regulated under vehicle PM emission rules due to known PM health effects, such regulations still permit substantial BC emissions, and the climate effects of such emissions are significant. F, with about 40% due to ozone. C increased Arctic warming from 1890 to 2007. Earlier post.).

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Carbon EPA Pollution Ozone 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2011

Houston, with a mix of petrochemical facilities, sprawling suburbs, and traffic jams that stretch for miles, has some of the highest levels of ground-level ozone and other air pollutants in the United States.

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Houston Wind Pollution 2000 247

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2013

A team at Ford Motor Company’s Research and Innovation Center in Dearborn conducted a detailed study of the effect of ethanol blend level in emissions, using a 2006 model Mercury Grand Marquis flexible fuel vehicle (FFV) operating on E0, E10, E20, E30, E40, E55, and E80 on a chassis dynamometer. Credit: ACS, Hubbard et al. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

used a climate model to analyze the effects of a wide range of chemical species, including carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, organic carbon, black carbon, nitrate, sulfate, and ozone, from 13 sectors of the economy from 2000 to 2100. Unger et al. A hat-tip to Tom!). Menon, D.T. Shindell, and S. in press, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0906548107.

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Transportation Climate Change Power Powered 391

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APRIL 27, 2011

Typically, HEI receives half of its core funds from the US Environmental Protection Agency and half from the worldwide motor vehicle industry. Other public and private organizations periodically support special projects or certain research programs. Frank Kelly, H.

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London Charging Pollution Diesel 299

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

The global market for rocket launches may require more stringent regulation in order to prevent significant damage to Earth’s stratospheric ozone layer in the decades to come, according to a new study by researchers in California and Colorado. Darin Toohey.

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Ozone Los Angeles Colorado Corporation 150

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JULY 19, 2009

ozone, PM) problems may be less pressing. It is likely that the reduction in tailpipe emissions from use of B20 will occur in airsheds where air quality is a significant problem, whereas the emissions associated with the fuel cycle may occur in rural areas where air quality (e.g., Pang et al. Shih-Hao Pang, H. Christopher Frey and William J.

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Pollution Vehicles North Carolina Diesel 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2011

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is soliciting research suggestions for the Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Annual Research Plan in the form of brief conceptual descriptions that address specified research gaps and support the Board’s ongoing regulatory and policy priorities. The deadline to submit research concepts is 31 January 2012.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 19, 2009

It has been deemed by the EPA that the emissions from new motor vehicles and their engines contribute to these concentrations and threaten climate change. The analysis also looked at the impact of climate change on human health and suggests that it may lead to higher levels of ground-level ozone, a harmful pollutant.

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JANUARY 27, 2015

HEI is an independent, non-profit research institute funded jointly by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the worldwide motor vehicle industry. Earlier post.) These results have appeared in more than 260 comprehensive reports published by HEI, as well as more than 1,000 articles in the peer-reviewed literature.

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Exhaust Diesel Engine 2007 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Since the 1973 oil crisis, a plethora of books and instruction manuals have been published in the US on the subject of how to build small stills to produce inexpensive 192-proof alcohol (hydrous ethanol) to be used to blend with gasoline in motor vehicles. Until fairly recently, these US motor vehicles were non-FFVs. 40 CFR § 80.27

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2009

Mikhail Chester and Arpad Horvath inventoried on-road, rail, and air travel to determine energy consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and criteria air pollutant (CAP) emissions (excluding PM, lead, and ozone due to lack of data). 83% of rail passenger kilometers are performed by metropolitan systems (with Amtrak serving the remaining).

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Light Emissions Energy Boston 150

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MARCH 8, 2013

The announcement follows press reports from the Geneva Motor Show that Daimler, BMW and Volkswagen would pursue CO 2 (R744) as the refrigerant for MACs instead of R-1234yf (developed by Honeywell and DuPont). R134a replaced CFC-12 as the MAC refrigerant in the early 1990s due to the negative impact of CFCs on the Earth’s ozone layer.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

The use of petroleum-derived fuels is an important source of reactive gas-phase organic carbon that provides key precursors to the formation of secondary OA (SOA) and tropospheric ozone. The California Air Resources Board and the US Environmental Protection Agency helped support this research. —Gentner et al. Gasoline or diesel?

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Diesel Los Angeles Exhaust Gasoline 281

Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2010

A research team from Ford Motor Company and the University of Copenhagen has performed a systematic study of the vapor pressures of single and dual-blends of different alcohols with potential to be used as biofuels, including methanol; ethanol; 1- and 2-propanol; and 1-, 2-, i -, and t -butanol. Resources. Credit: ACS, Andersen et al.

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Alcohol Blend Gasoline Ozone Fuel 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

This report quantifies a subset of the global health impacts of motorized on-road vehicles in urban areas, focusing on direct emissions of the most damaging pollutant: particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 micrometers or less (PM 2.5 ). Baseline and Accelerated Policy timeline for light-duty vehicles. Chambliss et al. Click to enlarge.

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Emissions Global Fuel Vehicles 220

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

The damages the committee was able to quantify were an estimated $120 billion in the US in 2005, a number that reflects primarily health damages from air pollution associated with electricity generation and motor vehicle transportation. Damages from motor vehicles and fuels. of the estimated total.

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APRIL 20, 2009

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. Español HD Mobile Engadget Engadget Engadget Web Images Video News Local RSS Feed Contact us Tip us on news!

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