Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2013

US Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52) introduced the Super Pollutant Emissions Reduction Act (SUPER Act) of 2013, legislation aimed at combating short-lived climate pollutants, which are only somewhat addressed by disparate government programs. C in projected cumulative warming by 2050 and 1.1 °C

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NOVEMBER 30, 2018

A team at the University of Stirling in the UK has found new evidence of the link between air pollution and cancer as part of a new occupational health study. This new research indicates the role of traffic-related air pollution in contributing to the increasing incidence of breast cancer in the general population.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2018

The federal Clean Air Act and associated environmental regulations have driven steep declines in air pollution emissions over the past several decades, even as US manufacturers increased production, according to a study by two University of California, Berkeley, economists. Shapiro and Reed Walker (2018) “ Why is Pollution from U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2022

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will evaluate whether emissions from piston-engine aircraft operating on leaded fuel contribute to air pollution that endangers public health and welfare. The agency plans to issue a proposal for public review and comment in 2022 and take final action in 2023.

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

A new briefing paper from Imperial College London estimates that in 2021, 52% of all small particle pollution from road transport came from tires and brakes. Tire wear particles pollute the environment, the air we breathe, the water run-off from roads and has compounding effects on waterways and agriculture.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Reductions in air pollution yielded fast and significant impacts on health-outcomes, as well as decreases in all-cause morbidity, according to new open-access research published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society. It’s critical that governments adopt and enforce WHO guidelines for air pollution immediately.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Green automobile technology has a unique history that affects strategies for both navigating “patent pollution” (i.e. The first is “ inter partes review” (IPR), which will be available beginning on September 16, 2012 for any issued patent. A second validity challenge proceeding created by the new law is “post grant review” (PGR).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2015

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has released , for public review, a concept paper to initiate discussion on the development of a Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy. Short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) include methane, tropospheric ozone, black carbon, and fluorinated gases.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2014

EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) developed MOVES; the emission modeling system estimates emissions for mobile sources at the national, county, and project level for criteria pollutants, greenhouse gases, and air toxics. EPA has advised states to use MOVES2014 in SIP development as expeditiously as possible.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2017

The Health Effects Institute (HEI) will launch an intensive literature review to update its Special Report 17, Traffic-Related Air Pollution: A Critical Review of the Literature on Emissions, Exposure, and Health Effects ( earlier post ), in early 2018.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated air pollution standards to further control toxic air emissions from petroleum refineries. When fully implemented, the rule will result in a reduction of 5,200 tons per year of toxic air pollutants, and 50,000 tons per year of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2013

Renault also had a panel of experts review the report the ensure full compliance with ISO 14 030 norms related to LCA; the company also published that review report. Quantifies the production of pollutant ozone (? For the thermal engines, the impacts in the use phase come from: Pollutant emissions (CO 2 , NO x , HC, CO).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2022

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed determination that emissions of lead from aircraft that operate on leaded fuel cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health and welfare. Levels of airborne lead in the United States have declined 99% since 1980.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2011

In part it is difficult to identify significant air quality improvements from a specific program—especially one targeted at a small area within a large city—against the backdrop of broader regional pollutant and weather changes. Within the CCZ, the investigators projected a net decline of 1.7 µg/m 3. in PM 10.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2022

Taken from a 7 April 2021, online program review of the Heavy-Duty Diesel Demonstration Program hosted by CALSTART. In addition to CARB, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, and the Sacramento Metro Air Quality Management District provided funding for the project.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2017

This bill creates a framework for grading industrial facilities’ air quality performance and creating a uniform air pollution standard that facilities must meet to receive allocation of free allowances from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) beginning in 2021. CNR passed the proposal on Monday.

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EV Central

MAY 16, 2025

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 7, 2022

The GMC Hummer EV isn’t a truck for EV fans, but it’s even better than we expected off-road. Poorly timed traffic lights are adding to emissions. And Porsche invests more in synthetic fuels. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. We drove the 2022 GMC Hummer EV last week in Arizona. It drives a size smaller—provided.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2016

The researchers analyzed pollutant monitoring and pulmonary health effects information as well as multiple covariates that they had collected over more than 20 years from participants in several cohorts recruited into the Children’s Health Study (CHS) in Southern California. HEI typically receives balanced funding from the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2019

Emission-related field fixes must be reviewed and approved by CARB to ensure they don’t increase emissions. These illegal modifications may increase emissions of toxic and smog-forming pollution both on and off our roads and highways. —Todd Sax, CARB’s head of enforcement. The company will pay $2 million of its $6.4-million

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires EPA to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for wide-spread pollutants from numerous and diverse sources considered harmful to public health and the environment. The Clean Air Act requires periodic review of the science upon which the standards are based and the standards themselves.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2023

The proposed Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) would require notification to and review by EPA before these fuels could be made using plastic waste-derived feedstocks that contain impurities such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); heavy metals; dioxins; bisphenols; and flame retardants.

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Teslarati

MAY 7, 2025

The FAAs SpaceX approval is part of its ongoing license review. Basaldu highlighted potential harm to marine life, pollution risks to the nearby Rio Grande, and disruptions from noise and night operations coming from SpaceX launches. A lot of noise pollution.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2013

The results for 2012 mark six straight years of improving air quality in the harbor area due to the Port’s focused efforts to reduce air pollution caused by goods movement. Compared to 2005 emissions levels, all of the key air pollutants from port-related sources were reduced in 2012. Greenhouse gases were lowered by 24%.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2017

The Port of Long Beach has achieved clean air records in its latest study of air pollution emissions, including an 88% reduction in diesel particulate matter. The inventory, conducted by an independent consultant, found the Port’s aggressive actions to cut pollution have decreased diesel particulate matter a record 88% since 2005.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2013

Peer-reviewed data demonstrate that adding Honeywell Titan to asphalt can reduce paving-related emissions of sulfur dioxide by 82%, NO x by 43%, volatile organic compounds by 19%, and carbon dioxide by 18%.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2014

After a critical review of the literature on the air impacts of increased natural gas acquisition, processing, and use, a team of US researchers has determined that that actual measurement data on various individual segments of the natural gas life cycle are sparse or critically lacking. Moore et al. Christopher W. Branosky, E.; Stevens, A.;

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2021

An open-access paper on their work appears in the journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. The National Research Council has indicated that generating biofuels from feedstocks such as corn and soybeans can increase water pollution. The researchers used a depth-cycling approach—i.e., 2021.110747.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

A coalition of 11 states filed a lawsuit to compel the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promptly to revise national air quality standards for air pollution involving soot. In response to the court’s remand, the EPA stated that it would revise the soot standards as part of its next five-year review under the statute.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Under its pollution prevention treaty (MARPOL), the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted mandatory measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping: the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) and the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP). Regulatory background.

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EV Central

APRIL 12, 2025

They are sincere in the way they dont want their cars to pollute the environment. seconds The post 2025 Volvo EX30 Twin Performance Ultra Review: The fastest production Volvo ever comes with standard sincerity and a dash of devil appeared first on EV Central. The folks at Volvo have always seem so sincere. Good thing too. SCORE: 3.0/5

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2012

Air pollution emitted from sources such as traffic, industry and households is still above internationally agreed limits in 12 European countries, according to newly published data. These pollutants are harmful to both people and the environment, causing respiratory illnesses, acidifying soil and surface water, and damaging vegetation.

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2018

Using this type of measurement, the Port also posted its best year ever, lowering the average amount of emissions the port generates to move each container of cargo for all eight pollutants tracked by the Port’s emissions inventory, including greenhouse gases (GHG), which were down 30% per container on average since 2005. —Chris Cannon.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

The study will appear next month in the peer-reviewed journal Climatic Change Letters. 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. —Tom Wigley.

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APRIL 25, 2023

Community partners include California Air Resources Board, California Energy Commission, Southern California Association of Governments, and Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee.

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