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HEI study in Europe finds evidence of health effects at lower levels of air pollution

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

A major new Health Effects Institute (HEI) report presents a study examining associations between exposures to relatively low levels of air pollution and several health outcomes among participants in 22 European cohorts. particle composition. particle composition. Brunekreef B, Strak M, Chen J, Andersen ZJ, Atkinson R, Bauwelinck M, et al.

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Pollution Europe Ozone Boston

10-year study shows how air pollution fosters heart disease; accelerated plaque build-up in arteries

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MAY 25, 2016

Long-term exposure to particulate air pollution has been linked to an increased risk of heart disease, but the biological process has not been understood. Participant-specific pollutant concentrations averaged over the years 2000–10 ranged from 9.2–22.6 The study is published in The Lancet. and NO x between 1999 and 2012. μg PM 2.5 /m

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Pollution Los Angeles Building Universal

New exhaust catalyst features thermal durability and high reactivity at low operating temperatures

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MARCH 26, 2019

Catalytic converters have been used in the US since the 1970s as a way to clean up pollutants from vehicle exhaust. In the catalytic process, rare metals such as platinum, are used in a chemical reaction to convert carbon monoxide and other pollutants to non-toxic carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and water. —Yong Wang.

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Exhaust Pollution Convert New Mexico

UMD-led study finds China’s SO2 emissions down 75% since 2007, India’s up 50%; India may now be the top SO2 emitter

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NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Although China and India remain the world’s largest consumers of coal, a new University of Maryland-led study found that China’s sulfur dioxide emissions fell by 75% since 2007, while India’s emissions increased by 50%. Sulfur dioxide is an air pollutant that causes acid rain, haze and many health-related problems.

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India 2007 Emissions Aura

Crowdsourcing air pollution measurements: iSPEX-EU 2015

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

A collaboration led by researchers at Leiden University in The Netherlands has launched a Europe-wide citizen campaign— iSPEX-EU 2015 —to use a smartphone add-on and app to measure atmospheric aerosols (tiny particles), resulting in a broad-based data set with high spatio-temporal resolution. iSPEX add-on. Click to enlarge.

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2015 Pollution Netherlands Light

Satellite method provides insight into ozone-NOx-VOCs sensitivity for different locations

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Ozone pollution near Earth’s surface is one of the main ingredients of summertime smog. These observations may also assist air quality managers in assessing the most effective approaches to emission reduction programs that will improve air quality.

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Ozone Insight Netherlands North America

New study shows that inhaled nanoparticles can travel into the blood and accumulate

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APRIL 26, 2017

A study by researchers from the University of Edinburgh and the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment in the Netherlands has found that nanoparticles, such as those found in air pollution, can travel into the blood and accumulate in diseased blood vessels.

Pollution

Pollution Netherlands 2017 Building

EU research project IDEALFUEL seeks to develop marine low-sulfur heavy fuel oils from biomass; Bio-HFO

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JUNE 26, 2020

The use of heavy fuel oils (HFOs) contributes to global warming due to the fossil origin of these fuels and, moreover, generating non-negligible emissions of pollutants such as sulfur oxides. IDEALFUEL is coordinated by Eindhoven University of Technology and involves participants from four countries.

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Mariner Oil Fuel Cleaner

Global Mobility Report finds world not on track to achieving sustainable mobility

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

The GMR is the first study to assess the global performance of the transport sector and the progress made toward four main objectives: universal access, efficiency, safety, and green mobility. The GMR report focuses on two primary impacts: climate change and air and noise pollution.

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Global Climate Change Pollution Climate

IEA: improving efficiency of road-freight transport critical to reduce oil-demand growth; three areas of focus

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JULY 3, 2017

Improving the efficiency of road-freight transport is critical to reducing the growth in oil demand, carbon emissions and air pollution over the next decades, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest report, The Future of Trucks: Implications for energy and the environment. Modern Truck Scenario.

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Oil Transportation Alternative Fuels Fuel Economy

Study projects thermoelectric power in Europe and US vulnerable to climate change due to lower summer river flows and higher river water temperatures

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JUNE 3, 2012

Projected changes in summer mean usable capacity of power plants in the US and Europe for the SRES A2 emissions scenario for the 2040s (2031–2060) relative to the control period (1971–2000). This causes downstream thermal pollution affecting, for example, life cycles of aquatic organisms. Source: van Vliet et al. Click to enlarge.

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Climate Change Water Climate Europe

Lifecycle study explores production of NdFeB rare-earth magnets from primary production and recycling pathways

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MARCH 19, 2014

The choice of recycling technology is also important with respect to resource recovery, the study by a team from the Netherland and the UK found. The main differences between the scenarios are efficiencies of various processes along the production chain and differing emission controls. Most indicators also increase in this range.

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Production Emissions Chinese Water

Mayor of London proposes $1.4B cycling plan for the city; “Crossrail for the bike”

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MARCH 7, 2013

If just 14 percent of journeys in central London were cycled, emissions there of the greatest vehicle pollutant, NO x , would fall by almost a third and over the years literally thousands of lives could be saved. It means more seats on the Tube, less competition for a parking place and fewer cars in front of yours at the lights.

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London Transportation Grid All-Electric

Study Finds Water Footprint for Bioenergy Larger Than Other Forms of Energy; Bioelectricity the Smallest, Biodiesel the Largest

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JUNE 6, 2009

Researchers at the University of Twente, Netherlands have calculated the water footprints (WFs) of bioenergy from 12 crops that currently contribute the most to global agricultural production: barley, cassava, maize, potato, rapeseed, rice, rye, sorghum, soybean, sugar beet, sugar cane, and wheat. Data: Gerbens-Leenes et al.

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Water Energy Paraguay Climate

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HEI study in Europe finds evidence of health effects at lower levels of air pollution

10-year study shows how air pollution fosters heart disease; accelerated plaque build-up in arteries

New exhaust catalyst features thermal durability and high reactivity at low operating temperatures

UMD-led study finds China’s SO2 emissions down 75% since 2007, India’s up 50%; India may now be the top SO2 emitter

Crowdsourcing air pollution measurements: iSPEX-EU 2015

Satellite method provides insight into ozone-NOx-VOCs sensitivity for different locations

New study shows that inhaled nanoparticles can travel into the blood and accumulate

EU research project IDEALFUEL seeks to develop marine low-sulfur heavy fuel oils from biomass; Bio-HFO

Global Mobility Report finds world not on track to achieving sustainable mobility

IEA: improving efficiency of road-freight transport critical to reduce oil-demand growth; three areas of focus

Study projects thermoelectric power in Europe and US vulnerable to climate change due to lower summer river flows and higher river water temperatures

Lifecycle study explores production of NdFeB rare-earth magnets from primary production and recycling pathways

Mayor of London proposes $1.4B cycling plan for the city; “Crossrail for the bike”

Study Finds Water Footprint for Bioenergy Larger Than Other Forms of Energy; Bioelectricity the Smallest, Biodiesel the Largest

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