Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2022

This is an important study to inform and encourage climate action. This study expands upon previous studies that have focused on comparing battery-electric vehicle sedans to their internal-combustion-engine or hybrid counterparts. —Woody et al. Maxwell Woody et al. 17 034031 doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac5142.

Light 435

Light Gas Ford Vehicles 435

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2021

in outdoor air comes from anthropogenic fuel combustion, suggesting that integrating air quality, energy, and climate policies is likely to bring substantial health benefits. The study team, led by Dr. Erin McDuffie and Dr. Randall Martin of Washington University in St. Overall, the report indicates that a majority of PM 2.5

Global 472

Global St. Louis Fuel Pollution 472

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

The same study also concluded an overall lower consumption of tobacco worldwide is statistically linked to less people contracting lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC)—another type of NSCLC. The results of the study were published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. LSCC is often linked to a history of smoking.

Pollution 305

Pollution Carbon South Korea Asia 305

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Researchers at MIT have determined that growth in aviation causes twice as much damage to air quality as to the climate. Aviation emissions are an increasingly significant contributor to anthropogenic climate change. Aviation emissions are an increasingly significant contributor to anthropogenic climate change.

MIT 265

MIT Climate Emissions Climate Change 265

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2021

Due to the rapid economic growth in the study period, China invested a large amount of resources into infrastructure construction for advancing the urban living environment. Of the 841 cities studied, 325 showed significant greening with more than 10% of greening BUAs. billion and the urban population was 4.2

Global 433

Global 2001 2018 Green 433

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2021

Maize and other annual crops are easier to manage with traditional farming, but they are tougher on the environment. The question, before this study, was whether energy sorghum behaved more like miscanthus or maize, and what that meant for the ecosystem. Moore, C.E., von Haden, A.C., Burnham, M.B., Kantola, I.B., Gibson, C.D.,

Energy 321

Energy Water Illinois Carbon 321

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Freight transportation is a pillar of the US national economy, but while long-haul trucks account for less than 6% of the vehicle miles traveled over US highways, they account for about 40% of the emissions of air polluting particulate matter and about 55% of nitrogen oxides, the precursor to ozone in the atmosphere, the study said.

Emissions 286

Emissions Diesel Ozone United States 286

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2021

But a new study led by Sujay Kaushal of the University of Maryland warns that introducing salt into the environment—whether it's for de-icing roads, fertilizing farmland or other purposes—releases toxic chemical cocktails that create a serious and growing global threat to our freshwater supply and human health.

Supplies 195

Supplies Water Environment Maryland 195

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2021

A new study by a team from Environmental Health & Engineering (EH&E) has found that greenhouse gas emissions from corn ethanol are 46% lower than those from gasoline—a decrease in emissions from the estimated 39% done by previous modeling. 2021) “Carbon intensity of corn ethanol in the United States: state of the science” Environ.

Gasoline 493

Gasoline Emissions Gasoline-Electric Gas-Electric 493

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2023

The world is undergoing an energy transition to reduce CO 2 emissions and mitigate climate change. An open-access paper on the work is published in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

Hydrogen 273

Hydrogen Supplies Climate Change Economy 273

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

One view advanced in some studies attempting to model future climate is that cleaning up fossil-fuel air pollution rapidly will unintentionally lead to a near-term rise in atmospheric warming of about a half-degree Celsius, which might take up to a century to reverse. Shindell and Smith published their study in Nature.

Emissions 191

Emissions Climate Change Fuel Climate 191

Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2021

If a ban were introduced on the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars, and they were replaced by electric cars, the result would be a significant reduction in lifecycle carbon dioxide emissions primarily due to reduced tailpipe CO 2 emissions, according to a new lifecycle study by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

Emissions 259

Emissions Carbon Manufacturer Sale 259

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2012

A new study has found that pollutant particles carried by these flows prefer to accumulate in specific regions of the urban environment and even form coherent structures, rather than scattering randomly. In previous studies, the existence of these patterns in fluid flows was only verified with idealized “theoretical” flows.

Pollution 231

Pollution Environment Wind Arizona 231

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

The study will appear next month in the peer-reviewed journal Climatic Change Letters. The study will appear next month in the peer-reviewed journal Climatic Change Letters. Relying more on natural gas would reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, but it would do little to help solve the climate problem. degrees F (0.1-0.2

Coal 334

Coal Climate Gas Global 334

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2021

From the researchers’ point of view, this underlines the need to further reduce emissions of soot that is harmful to health and the climate, as the carbon-containing particles still contribute to health hazards and climate warming even over distances of several hundred kilometers.

Transportation 243

Transportation Germany Climate Change Climate 243

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2021

The open-access paper on the study is published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science. Key results from the study were: For both baseline scenarios, the GHG emission intensity is around a quarter that of H 2 produced from SMR. Process flow diagram and construction phase boundary. Palmer et al. doi: 10.1039/D1EE01288F.

Solar 459

Solar Hydrogen Emissions Production 459

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted its final Report to Congress on Black Carbon , in response to an October 2009 request from Congress to advance efforts to understand the role of black carbon (BC) in climate change. —Report to Congress on Black Carbon. Source: EPA. Click to enlarge.

Congress 252

Congress EPA Carbon Emissions 252

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2018

An open-access paper on the work is published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. From there, BC can be transported over long distances and exert impact on climate and composition of remote southern hemisphere. Therefore, air pollution in this region has a particularly strong impact on the atmosphere and the global climate.

Bolivia 247

Bolivia Transportation Global Climate Change 247

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2018

The open-access study, which focused on the four major components of PM 2.5 species, was recently published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. This study is the first attempt to use the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) aerosol sensors aboard NASA’s Terra satellite to predict PM 2.5 to predict PM 2.5

Los Angeles 250

Los Angeles California Cleaning Clean 250

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

A two-year study led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found large trucks to be the greatest contributors to black carbon emissions close to major roadways. The study is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.

Pollution 231

Pollution Canada Carbon Climate Change 231

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2023

Europe’s growing use of animal fats to power its cars and planes is becoming increasingly unsustainable, according to a new study by Cerulogy funded by European NGO Transport & Environment (T&E). The green group calls for greater transparency so that consumers know what is going into their tanks and fueling their flights.

Fuel 397

Fuel Oil Waste Transportation 397

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2019

A study by Mark Z. Jacobson, who is also a senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, examined public data from a coal with carbon capture and use (CCU) plant and a synthetic direct air carbon capture and use (SDACCU) plant for the equipment’s ability, alone, to reduce CO 2. —Mark Jacobson.

Pollution 271

Pollution Carbon Coal Wind 271

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2020

billion (US) in economic losses, according to a new study led by researchers from the Global Observatory on Pollution and Health at Boston College, the Indian Council of Medical Research, and the Public Health Foundation of India. billion people, according to Landrigan, whose research was funded in part by UN Environment Programme.

Pollution 321

Pollution India 2019 Boston 321

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

The finding could further complicate attempts to model climate change. The team showed that the effect of aerosols on the climate since industrialisation depends strongly on what the atmosphere was like before pollution, when aerosols were produced only from natural emissions. —Professor Carslaw. Resources. Carslaw, L.

Climate 220

Climate Emissions Climate Change Pollution 220

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

A new study, led by a team from The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) at the University of York, has found that in 2010, about 2.7 The open-access study is published in the journal. Environment International. The study did not quantify the risk in specific locations, but rather used the average ambient PM 2.5

Pollution 283

Pollution Global Africa 2010 283

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2018

vehicles) and industrial air pollution—fuel powerful storms and influence weather much more than has been appreciated, according to a study published in the journal Science. Aerosol impacts are a key uncertainty in understanding the current and future climate as well as extreme weather. —Jiwen Fan.

International 210

International Brazil Climate Pollution 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

Electric cars are becoming an attractive business proposition for high-mileage vehicle operators such as ride-sharer Uber in key EU capitals such as Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Lisbon, a new study by research and campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) has found. This is a win-win-win situation for drivers, citizens and the planet.

Diesel 243

Diesel Taxi Re-Charge London 243

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The company’s membership in the Mobility Systems Center builds on its participation as a sponsor of MITEI’s Mobility of the Future study , which will be released in November. Other members of the study consortium are Alfa, Aramco, BP, Chevron, Equinor, Ferrovial, General Motors, Shell, and the Toyota Mobility Foundation.

MIT 150

MIT Carbon Future Energy 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2019

In a paper published in the journal Atmospheric Environment , they report on the findings from a suite of scenarios designed to quantify the effect of both the magnitude of EV market penetration and the source of electricity generation used to power them. coal, oil, natural gas, and biomass). —Schnell et al. 2019.04.003.

Conversion 281

Conversion Jordan Ozone Coal 281

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Their open-access study is published in the journal Obesity , the flagship journal of The Obesity Society. Accordingly, reducing obesity may have considerable benefits for both public health and the environment. This study makes it clear that we pay a steep price for making it difficult to access care for obesity. Resources.

Emissions 210

Emissions Global Climate Change Carbon 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2011

Scientists from the US, Norway, Russia, Germany, Italy and China are participating in a study examining the potential role of black carbon, or soot, on the rapidly changing Arctic climate. The Arctic climate is changing faster than some scientists expected. The study will run through 15 May out of Svalbard, Norway.

Climate 199

Climate International Ozone Norway 199

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2011

How people choose to consume resources and use contraception influences their responses to climate change, according to a new study by a team of psychologists. Swim and her colleagues reported that peoples’ perceptions of how their behavior affects the environment influences how they act. —Janet Swim. Swim, Janet K.;

Climate Change 186

Climate Change Climate Nepal Environment 186

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2011

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) released a new report evaluating how climate change may affect the environmental conditions measured and used in mathematical modeling for oil-spill trajectory analysis in the Arctic region. Study area used in the Oil Spill Risk Analysis for the Alaskan Arctic region.

Climate 199

Climate Oil Climate Change Alaska 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2014

While natural gas can reduce greenhouse emissions when it is substituted for higher-emission energy sources, abundant shale gas is not likely to substantially alter total emissions without policies targeted at greenhouse gas reduction, according to a new study by two researchers at Duke University. —Newell and Raimi.

Climate 199

Climate Gas Coal Gas-Electric 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2020

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.]. Eutrophication of non-marine aquatic environments [kg N-eq.]. Eutrophication of non-marine aquatic environments [kg P-eq.]. Land occupation in an urban environment [m 2 / year].

Mariner 435

Mariner Climate Change DC Cars 435

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Long-term residential exposure to locally emitted black carbon (BC) from traffic exhaust increases the risk of stroke even in low-pollution environments, according to a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and other universities in Sweden. In the studied cities, the annual averages of PM 2.5 ranged from 5.8

Exhaust 170

Exhaust Carbon Pollution Universal 170

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2022

Using new analytical methods, the research group “CritMET: Critical Metals for Enabling Technologies” led by Michael Bau, Professor of Geochemistry at Jacobs University in Bremen has studied the distribution of germanium and gallium in iron-manganese crusts from the deep sea.

Mariner 343

Mariner Environment Universal Water 343