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NOAA study finds reducing particulate air pollution in N America & Europe increases hurricanes in N Atlantic

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MAY 15, 2022

A new NOAA study covering four decades of tropical cyclones found that reducing particulate air pollution in Europe and North America has contributed to an increase in the number of tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic basin and a decrease in the number of these storms in the Southern Hemisphere. Credit: NOAA.

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Study: air pollution caused 1.1M deaths across Africa in 2019, toll from outdoor pollution rising

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

Air pollution was responsible for 1.1 Air pollution was responsible for 1.1 Deaths attributable to household air pollution and ambient particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) air pollution in Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, and overall in Africa, 1990–2019. The most disturbing finding was the increase in deaths from ambient air pollution.

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Surrey study investigates effect of group cycling on exposure to pollutants

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APRIL 25, 2023

In an open access paper in the Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics , researchers at the University of Surrey (UK) have investigated the effect of group riding on cyclists’ exposure to vehicle pollutants. With more wind, riding towards the back of the group can be a good strategy to minimize exposure.

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Study finds coal trains add significant amount of PM2.5 pollution in urban areas

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MAY 1, 2023

Coal trains and terminal operations add a significant amount of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) pollution to urban areas—more so than other freight or passenger trains— according to a study conducted in Richmond, California, by the University of California, Davis. The results indicate coal trains add on average 8.32

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Study: plant roadside hedges rather than trees to combat near-road pollution

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JANUARY 6, 2019

Urban planners should plant hedges—or a combination of trees with hedges—rather than just relying on roadside trees if they are most effectively to reduce pollution exposure from cars in near-road environments, according to a new study from the University of Surrey. The best way to tackle pollution is to control it at the source.

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MIT study: half of US deaths related to air pollution are linked to out-of-state emissions

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FEBRUARY 15, 2020

The study focuses on the period between 2005 and 2018 and tracks combustion emissions of various polluting compounds from various sectors, looking at every state in the contiguous United States, from season to season and year to year. Scientists have long known that pollution observes no boundaries, one of the prime examples being acid rain.

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Stanford study finds current carbon capture technology inefficient & increases air pollution

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OCTOBER 27, 2019

Jacobson, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University, suggests that carbon capture technologies are inefficient and increase air pollution. However, this research finds that it reduces only a small fraction of carbon emissions, and it usually increases air pollution. A study by Mark Z.

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China’s offshore wind growth soars with more than 300GW installed

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

China is the world’s biggest polluter – and it’s also the world’s leader in clean energy growth. China’s installed offshore wind capacity has now reached 302.2 more… The post China’s offshore wind growth soars with more than 300GW installed appeared first on Electrek.

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CARB approves 2022 Scoping Plan; aggressive targets for reductions in petroleum use, air pollution and greeenhouse gas emissions

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

The California Air Resources Board last week approved the final proposed 2022 Scoping Plan ( earlier post ), a roadmap to reduce demand for petroleum by 94%, cut air pollution by 71%, reduce greenhouse gas emissions 85%, and reach carbon neutrality by 2045.

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Study finds air pollution caused by corn production increases mortality rate in US

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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.

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China’s offshore wind growth drives more than 300GW wind capacity installed

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

China is the world’s biggest polluter – and it’s also the world’s leader in clean energy growth. China’s cumulative installed onshore and offshore wind capacity has now reached 302.2 more… The post China’s offshore wind growth drives more than 300GW wind capacity installed appeared first on Electrek.

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Study finds wind concentrates pollutants with unexpected order in an urban environment

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AUGUST 26, 2012

Cities—with their canyons, isolated greenery, and congested traffic—create seemingly chaotic and often powerful wind patterns known as urban flows. The researchers used Lagrangian measures, depicted by finite-time Lyapunov exponents, to characterize transport patterns of inertial pollutant particles formed in urban flows.

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Study: traffic density, wind and air stratification influence concentrations of NO2

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JUNE 29, 2020

In connection with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, satellite measurements made headlines showing how much the air pollutant nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) had decreased in China and northern Italy. The statistical analysis has also enabled the researchers to remove the influence of the weather from the time series of pollutant concentrations.

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Microplastics in Arctic snow suggest widespread air pollution

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AUGUST 19, 2019

Wind plays a role in carrying microplastics (MPs, shreds of plastic less than five millimeters long) to both the snowy streets of European cities and remote areas of the Arctic Ocean. For comparison, the researchers investigated samples from the remote Swiss Alps and the City of Bremen in northwest Germany.

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Study links PM2.5 pollution with millions of preterm births globally

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FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Recent research has suggested that exposure to air pollution could also be a risk factor. exposures, inclusion of provider-initiated preterm births, and exposure to indoor air pollution. There are many known risk factors for preterm birth—from the mother’s age, to illness, to poverty and other social factors. Malley et al.

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Blowing away dirty energy: Wind to pass hydro as top renewable in 2019

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JANUARY 28, 2019

For electric-car drivers looking to emit less pollution as the drive, 2019 could be a banner year. electric grid has been getting gradually greener as utilities replace coal fired powerplants with primarily wind and natural gas.

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Two-year study in Canada finds large trucks disproportionately contribute to higher levels of black carbon pollution

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Researchers found that air pollution levels right beside a major trucking route within a city were close to levels seen beside Highway 401, despite the road carrying less than one-tenth of the vehicle traffic. Jonathan M. Wang, Cheol-Heon Jeong, Nathan Hilker, Kerolyn K. Shairsingh, Robert M. 8b01914.

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EGEB: These 15 US retailers’ ship imports pollute as much as 3 coal plants annually

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JULY 20, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Walmart’s maritime shipping caused more pollution in 2019 than a coal-fired plant emits annually. A solar company sues the Department of the Interior over offshore wind farm approval. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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WUSTL study finds use of air conditioning reduces in-car pollution

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AUGUST 11, 2017

Traffic is a major source of harmful pollutants; daily peak exposures tend to occur near roadways or while traveling—or being stuck—on them. That gave them rare, real-world look at pollutant exposure. With windows closed, the pollutants took longer to enter the vehicle cabin, but also longer to exit it.

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Study first to quantify amount of US pollution resulting from Chinese manufacturing for exports

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JANUARY 21, 2014

Average annual percentage of black carbon pollution related to Chinese exports. China is responsible for only a small percentage of the annual pollution in the US, but powerful global winds known as “westerlies” can push airborne chemicals across the ocean in days, particularly during the spring, causing dangerous spikes in contaminants.

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Odfjell first to install suction sails on deep-sea chemical tanker; bound4blue’s eSAIL system

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AUGUST 21, 2023

In partnership with bound4blue , a developer of wind-assisted propulsion technology, Odfjell. The eSAIL is a type of Wind-Assisted Propulsion System (WAPS) based on active boundary layer control using suction. When exposed to wind, with the suction off, it only produces drag as with any other non-lifting structure.

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Study finds airplane traffic a major contributor to particle pollution in Los Angeles

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MAY 29, 2014

Inset shows wind direction. Scott Fruin, Neelakshi Hudda and colleagues noted that past research has measured pollution from air traffic before, but most of these studies only sampled air within a couple of miles, at most, from airports. Spatial pattern of PN concentration. Credit: ACS, Hudda et al. Click to enlarge.

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Chinese researchers develop self-powered system for recycling of LFP batteries via triboelectric nanogenerator

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AUGUST 7, 2023

Additionally, a TENG that utilizes discarded components from LIBs including casings, aluminum-plastic films and current collectors is designed to drastically minimize secondary pollutants. The TENG harvests wind energy, delivering an output of 0.21 W for powering the electrochemical recycling system and charging batteries.

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Li-ion Power Powered Chinese

Study finds pollution strengthens thunderclouds, warming the atmosphere

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MAY 19, 2012

Pollution warms the atmosphere through summer thunderstorm clouds, according to a computational study by a team of researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the University of Maryland published in Geophysical Research Letters. —Fan et al. —Jiwen Fan.

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NTNU study finds ships’ and spare parts’ contribution to offshore wind power lifecycle impacts has been underestimated

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MARCH 4, 2013

Components: WT = wind turbine; Fnd = foundation; EC = electrical connections, including substation; Inst = installation; IOo = input-output, other; Mnt = Maintenance, excluding replacement parts; RP = replacement parts; EOL = end-of-life. ships and spare parts”—to the total life cycle impacts of offshore wind power.

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ARPA-E to award up to $5M to investigate extracting rare earth and other critical minerals from macroalgae

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APRIL 29, 2023

Seaweeds accumulate trace metals in such an efficient way that this process is sometimes used to clean up polluted harbors. It would be transformative if we could harness that capability to harvest the critical rare earths we need for a net-zero economy in a low-impact way using this natural ability. Background.

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Energiepark Mainz comes online; hydrogen from wind power; Siemens 6MW electrolysis system

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JULY 3, 2015

The energy park will produce hydrogen using electricity from neighboring wind parks. If this technology is adopted on a wide enough scale, it has the potential to significantly reduce traffic-related environmental pollution. It is also linked to four neighboring wind parks that belong to the Stadtwerke group. Earlier post.)

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Study links air pollution and cyclone intensity in Arabian Sea; suggested solutions include diesel filters and two-stroke engines running on LPG fuel

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Pollution is making Arabian Sea cyclones more intense, according to a study in the journal Nature. Historically, prevailing wind shear patterns prohibit cyclones in the Arabian Sea from becoming major storms. Gonu produced category 5-strength winds in excess of 250 kilometers per hour (156 miles per hour).

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Cargill partners with Kotug to launch first electric pusher tug and barge

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JUNE 10, 2023

Cargill is the first company to put into operation fully electrified pusher and barges for inland shipping, eliminating both emissions and noise pollution. The boats will run on green energy from the wind farm that Cargill and Vattenfall operate in partnership with Windpark Hanze.

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U of Melbourne team demonstrates direct hydrogen production from air; direct air electrolysis (DAE)

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Researchers at the University of Melbourne (Australia) have demonstrated a method of direct hydrogen production from air— in situ capture of freshwater from the atmosphere using hygroscopic electrolyte and subsequent electrolysis powered by solar or wind with a current density up to 574 mA cm ?2.

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Xcel Energy, INL to use nuclear energy for clean hydrogen production; HTSE

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DECEMBER 13, 2020

Since nuclear power plants do not emit carbon or other air pollutants, hydrogen made by splitting water at nuclear plants can help lower the carbon footprint of industrial hydrogen customers. Industrial-grade hydrogen is commonly produced today by stripping it from natural gas molecules, emitting carbon monoxide in the process.

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Blue World Technologies launches next-generation methanol fuel cell system for stationary power generation

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

On the market for smaller gensets, we can make a significant difference now bringing down CO 2 emissions and air pollution. The system can be installed as a hybrid solution combined with renewable energy sources such as solar cells or wind turbines. So, this is where we start, one generator at a time.

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EPA finalizes Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (Transport Rule)

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JULY 7, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized the new Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) (also called the Transport Rule). Carried long distances across the country by wind and weather, power plant emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) and nitrogen oxide (NO x ) continually travel across state lines. Source: EPA.

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Hyundai Motor Group develops air-conditioning technologies to maintain clean air in vehicles

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JULY 28, 2020

‘Multi-Air Mode’ uses multiple vents for air conditioning and heating to create a more pleasant indoor environment with gentle wind. The overall wind volume remains the same, but the dispersion of wind reduces direct air contact and softens the air. This mode can be switched on and off based on the preference of the driver.

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Clean Cleaning Hyundai Motor

CMU study finds that coal retirement is needed for EVs to reduce air pollution

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FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Life cycle emissions by pollutant and life cycle stage for each vehicle type in the recent (a) and future (b) PJM grid. They then modeled the emissions from those power plants, the effects of emissions on air pollution in downwind counties, and the resulting implications for human health and the environment. Source: Weis et al.

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Study Finds Asian Monsoon Carries Pollution Into the Stratosphere

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MARCH 27, 2010

Arrows denote winds at this level derived from meteorological analysis, showing that the HCN maximum is linked with the upper tropospheric Asian monsoon anticyclone. The finding, published online 25 March in the journal Science , provides additional evidence of the global nature of air pollution and its effects far above Earth’s surface.

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EPA Proposes Transport Rule to Cut Pollution from Power Plants in 31 States and DC; New Approach for Pollution Reduction

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JULY 6, 2010

The proposed Transport Rule sets in place a new approach that can and will be applied again as further pollution reductions are needed to help areas meet air quality health standards, EPA says. This approach allows limited interstate trading among power plants but assures that each state will meet its pollution control obligations.

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Opinion: Reinventing fuel-based power for a more secure and resilient grid

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

It is, however, a challenge that is being made all the greater as we continue to decentralize power generation with more distributed, variable and inflexible sources, such as wind and solar. Increasingly, wind and solar are replacing fossil fuels as our principle source of energy. 100% wind and solar is not feasible on its own.

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IPG to demo Flameless Ceramic Turbine for clean, off-grid power in EV charging

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NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Grid access and capacity issues, as well as the infeasibility of on-site solar and wind, is a barrier for EV charging in many locations. Not only can IPG’s technology deliver low-emission, pollutant-free energy on today’s cleaner fuels.

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As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. On the two extremes, coal and oil result in about 176 times the emissions from hydro. Energy source. Proportional amount of emissions relative to hydro. Natural gas.

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Study measures the effect of regional change in clouds caused by ships’ emissions; masking GHG warming

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MARCH 25, 2020

This puffy line is not just exhaust from the engine, but a change in the clouds that’s caused by small airborne particles of pollution. Pollution from ships creates lines of clouds that can stretch hundreds of miles. The difference helps explain how much industrial pollution influences clouds. NASA Earth Observatory.

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Federal Appeals Court vacates EPA Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

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AUGUST 22, 2012

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia held in a 2-1 opinion that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had overstepped its authority with the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), and, as a result, vacated the regulation (USCA Case #11-1302). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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DOE awards $17M to FY 2014 SBIR Phase II projects; includes Si/graphene anodes, motor windings, exhaust treatments

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MARCH 31, 2014

Vehicle technologies span a range from new Si/graphene Li-ion anode materials and composites for motor windings to diesel aftertreatment and advanced lubricants. To further reduce harmful pollutants such as nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds and carbon monoxide from diesel engines, TDA Research, Inc. Lead organization.

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As states use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

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APRIL 13, 2020

These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. On the two extremes, coal and oil result in about 176 times the emissions from hydro.

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Coal Cleaner Electric Vehicles Alaska

NOAA study finds reducing particulate air pollution in N America & Europe increases hurricanes in N Atlantic

Study: air pollution caused 1.1M deaths across Africa in 2019, toll from outdoor pollution rising

Surrey study investigates effect of group cycling on exposure to pollutants

Study finds coal trains add significant amount of PM2.5 pollution in urban areas

Study: plant roadside hedges rather than trees to combat near-road pollution

MIT study: half of US deaths related to air pollution are linked to out-of-state emissions

Stanford study finds current carbon capture technology inefficient & increases air pollution

China’s offshore wind growth soars with more than 300GW installed

CARB approves 2022 Scoping Plan; aggressive targets for reductions in petroleum use, air pollution and greeenhouse gas emissions

Study finds air pollution caused by corn production increases mortality rate in US

China’s offshore wind growth drives more than 300GW wind capacity installed

Study finds wind concentrates pollutants with unexpected order in an urban environment

Study: traffic density, wind and air stratification influence concentrations of NO2

Microplastics in Arctic snow suggest widespread air pollution

Study links PM2.5 pollution with millions of preterm births globally

Blowing away dirty energy: Wind to pass hydro as top renewable in 2019

Two-year study in Canada finds large trucks disproportionately contribute to higher levels of black carbon pollution

EGEB: These 15 US retailers’ ship imports pollute as much as 3 coal plants annually

WUSTL study finds use of air conditioning reduces in-car pollution

Study first to quantify amount of US pollution resulting from Chinese manufacturing for exports

Odfjell first to install suction sails on deep-sea chemical tanker; bound4blue’s eSAIL system

Study finds airplane traffic a major contributor to particle pollution in Los Angeles

Chinese researchers develop self-powered system for recycling of LFP batteries via triboelectric nanogenerator

Study finds pollution strengthens thunderclouds, warming the atmosphere

NTNU study finds ships’ and spare parts’ contribution to offshore wind power lifecycle impacts has been underestimated

ARPA-E to award up to $5M to investigate extracting rare earth and other critical minerals from macroalgae

Energiepark Mainz comes online; hydrogen from wind power; Siemens 6MW electrolysis system

Study links air pollution and cyclone intensity in Arabian Sea; suggested solutions include diesel filters and two-stroke engines running on LPG fuel

Cargill partners with Kotug to launch first electric pusher tug and barge

U of Melbourne team demonstrates direct hydrogen production from air; direct air electrolysis (DAE)

Xcel Energy, INL to use nuclear energy for clean hydrogen production; HTSE

Blue World Technologies launches next-generation methanol fuel cell system for stationary power generation

EPA finalizes Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (Transport Rule)

Hyundai Motor Group develops air-conditioning technologies to maintain clean air in vehicles

CMU study finds that coal retirement is needed for EVs to reduce air pollution

Study Finds Asian Monsoon Carries Pollution Into the Stratosphere

EPA Proposes Transport Rule to Cut Pollution from Power Plants in 31 States and DC; New Approach for Pollution Reduction

Opinion: Reinventing fuel-based power for a more secure and resilient grid

IPG to demo Flameless Ceramic Turbine for clean, off-grid power in EV charging

As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

Study measures the effect of regional change in clouds caused by ships’ emissions; masking GHG warming

Federal Appeals Court vacates EPA Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

DOE awards $17M to FY 2014 SBIR Phase II projects; includes Si/graphene anodes, motor windings, exhaust treatments

As states use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

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