Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

PAHs are chemicals released into the air from the burning of coal, diesel, oil and gas, or other organic substances such as tobacco. The study found that children exposed to high levels of PAHs in New York City had full scale and verbal IQ scores that were 4.31 In urban areas motor vehicles are a major source of PAHs.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2012

A study by an international team of researchers, led by Drew Shindell of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City, has identified 14 measures targeting methane and black carbon (BC) emissions that could reduce projected global mean warming ~0.5°C Source: Shindell et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

If you needed another reason why we should reduce fossil fuel-related pollution, then this may be it. According to a new study, pregnant women exposed to air pollutants tend to give birth to lower IQ babies. In urban areas motor vehicles are a major source of PAHs and harmful air pollution.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

Will Electric Cars Give New York a Charge? Imagine it is 2013 in New York City. Instead, while you recharge your battery after a long day at work, your new electric car could be recharging as well. Others, however, think the city should focus more in getting people out of cars altogether.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Although electric vehicles have been identified as a way to increase energy security and reduce air pollution, fleet operators may not see electric trucks as an attractive alternative to conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) trucks if electric trucks are not cost-effective. MJ/t·km and 0.63 kgCO 2 e/t·km).

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 17, 2009

The same sea level rise that will be coming to our Southern California beaches, to the bays of San Francisco, to New York City, to Miami, to the Gulf Coast states, has already arrived in Tonga and has already forced some of Tonga’s South Pacific neighbors to abandon their homeland of the past three centuries.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 15, 2021

Originally published on RMI.org. By Christian Roselund, Ali Rotatori, Ben Holland With the promise of vaccines curtailing the spread of COVID, states and economies are beginning to open up again, and we find ourselves getting back not only the good but also some of the negative aspects of pre-pandemic life.

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