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Canadian Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced developments on three new regulatory initiatives to further support Canada’s efforts to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to provide cleaner air through lower air pollutant emissions from cars and trucks.
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GE and UCRI will analyze new methods for burning fuel more efficiently and cleaner. GE and UCRI will test and evaluate these advanced materials properties in a realistic environment. Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs). Aircraft Energy and Thermal Management.
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He and Qiu estimate the overall demand of Chinese residents’ travel transport, and explore the effects on health outcomes and the economic costs by replacing a proportion of transport with cleaner travel modes. Among their findings: With an estimated population of 1.31 μg/m 3 and reduce the annual average NO 2 , PM 2.5 μg/m 3 ; 42.59 - 85.18
Cleaner cookstoves can help improve air quality within homes. M Winker (2016) “Global Estimates of Fine Particulate Matter using a Combined Geophysical-Statistical Method with Information from Satellites, Models, and Monitors”, Environ. Better waste management can reduce the amount of waste that is burned within communities.
million deaths in 2016, while household air pollution from cooking with polluting fuels and technologies caused an estimated 3.8 Since 2016, more than 1000 additional cities have been added to WHO’s database which shows that more countries are measuring and taking action to reduce air pollution than ever before.
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