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Study confirms €1T green hydrogen potential for Africa

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

Africa can produce 50 million tons of green hydrogen a year by 2035, according to a new study by the European Investment Bank (EIB), International Solar Alliance and the African Union, with the support of the Government of Mauritania, HyDeal and UCLG Africa.

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CICERO-led study finds global warming effect of leaked hydrogen almost 12x stronger than CO2

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JUNE 12, 2023

A study led by Norwegian climate center CICERO has found that the global warming effect of leaked hydrogen is almost 12 times stronger than that of CO 2. The open-access paper is published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment. The study is the most comprehensive assessment of the climate effect of hydrogen to date.

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U-M researchers challenge USPS EV environmental study

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AUGUST 29, 2022

A new University of Michigan study finds that making the switch to all-electric mail-delivery vehicles would lead to far greater reductions in greenhouse gas emissions than previously estimated by the US Postal Service (USPS). The Postal Service has not commented on the U-M study. Earlier post.). The USPS estimate was 10.3

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Study finds high-density, low-rise cities such as Paris may be optimal urban form for reducing life cycle GHG emissions

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AUGUST 15, 2021

A study by researchers at CU Boulder and Edinburgh Napier University finds that high-density, low-rise environments such as those found in Paris are the optimal urban form when looking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over their whole life cycle. There is a growing belief that building taller and denser is better. Pomponi et al.

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Study: 2/3 of aviation climate impact due to emissions other than CO2

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

of the human-made climate impact; two-thirds of this impact are caused by emissions other than CO 2 , according to a new study by researchers in Europe and the US. The study was published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. This new study is based on a thorough review of a decade of research on aviation emissions.

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Study finds reduction of low-frequency noise from transition to electric buses improved residents’ health

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MAY 2, 2022

Accompanying the lower noise levels from bus traffic was a reduction of fatigue, day time sleepiness and low mood, a study at the University of Gothenburg shows. Previous noise-level measurements had indicated that disturbance from low-frequency noise in indoor environments was present in the residential area.

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Study finds GHG emissions from corn ethanol now 46% lower than gasoline

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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.

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USC study shows promising potential for giant-kelp-based biofuel with depth-cycling approach

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MARCH 3, 2021

Scientists at the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies on Santa Catalina Island, working with private industry, report that a new aquaculture technique on the California coast significantly increases kelp growth, yielding four times more biomass than natural processes. The study authors include Ignacio A. Ginsburg et al.

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NTT to study hydrogen transportation through existing pipelines

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JULY 26, 2022

NTT Anode Energy Corporation announced a joint research and development project to study safety measures for the mass transportation of hydrogen through existing pipeline infrastructure. Utilizing existing pipeline infrastructure can solve these issues, and this new study represents the next step in this model’s proof-of-concept process.

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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. Atmospheric Environment doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.12.036.

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PG&E launches comprehensive study on hydrogen’s feasibility within gas pipelines; H2?

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MAY 3, 2022

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is launching the US’ most comprehensive end-to-end hydrogen study and demonstration facility, which will examine the future potential of the zero-carbon fuel hydrogen as a renewable energy source for not only PG&E customers but the entire global natural gas industry. Market development.

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Ipsos Auto Global Study: interest in battery electric vehicles growing in the US

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

Ipsos’ new 2020 Global Mobility Navigator Study, focusing on Electrification, found global interest remained on par with the numbers from 2019. However, the study reveals there has been an increase in interest in the US and Chinese markets. Source: Ipsos. However, what drives someone to make the purchase is beyond these benefits.

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Study finds twice as many cellulose fibers as microplastics in the Atlantic Ocean

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APRIL 4, 2022

A study by three French institutes—Ifremer, the University of Bordeaux and the IRD (a public research institution)—has found that the surface water of the Atlantic Ocean is twice as polluted by cellulose fibers as it is by microplastics. —Catherine Dreanno.

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Ford, U Mich study finds greater greenhouse gas reductions for pickup truck electrification than for other light-duty vehicles

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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.

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Global study shows uneven urbanization among large cities in the last two decades

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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

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Study links air pollution to increased emergency department visits for heart and lung disease

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NOVEMBER 11, 2018

The study is published in the journal Environment International. While most past studies were conducted on a single-city level, this study looked at pollution across five cities: Atlanta, Birmingham, Dallas, Pittsburgh, and St. We estimated associations between twelve ambient air pollutants of both primary (e.g.

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Keliber says studies show its lithium hydroxide will have smaller carbon footprint than most of the competition

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MARCH 10, 2022

Keliber, a Finnish mining and battery chemical company that aims to start the sustainable production of battery-grade lithium hydroxide, has analyzed the CO 2 emissions generated by its future production using two studies. The assessment has been prepared by Vahanen Environment Oy, a Finnish environmental consultant.

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New study finds gasoline stations vent up to 10x more benzene fumes than previously thought

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OCTOBER 6, 2018

A study led by environmental health scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health examined the release of vapors from gasoline station vent pipes, and found benzene emissions were 10 times higher than estimates used in setback regulations that determine how close schools, playgrounds, and parks can be to the facilities.

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Study finds direct seawater splitting has substantial drawbacks to conventional water splitting, offers almost no advantage

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JUNE 16, 2021

A study by a team of researchers from Technische Universität Berlin (TUB) and Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft has found that direct seawater splitting for hydrogen production has substantial drawbacks compared to conventional water splitting and offers almost no advantage. Energy Environ. doi: 10.1039/D0EE03659E.

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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

The team studied trends in air pollution in Africa to determine impacts on human health and economic development in 54 African countries. In addition to the toll on human health, air pollution imposes economic costs, the study found. Air pollution was responsible for 1.1 billion IQ points across the continent.

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Study: annual climate impact of wild pigs could be greater than 1.1M cars

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JULY 20, 2021

million cars, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from The University of Queensland and The University of Canterbury. Their study appears in Global Change Biology. By uprooting carbon trapped in soil, wild pigs (feral swine), are releasing around 4.9

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Study finds ethanol blends reduce GDI tailpipe PM

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JUNE 7, 2019

A new study finds that ethanol blends reduce particulate matter (PM) coming out of the tailpipe, which in turn reduces overall toxic emissions. The study was conducted by the University of California Riverside and the University of Wisconsin, Madison and commissioned by the Urban Air Initiative. 2019.05.279.

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Study finds EV buyers want rebates, not tax credits; government could have saved $2B

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JULY 9, 2022

A study by a team from the George Washington University finds that not all financial incentives are created equal in the eyes of prospective car buyers, and the current federal incentive—a tax credit—is, in fact, valued the least by car buyers. The current federal electric vehicle tax scheme is a pain. —John Helveston.

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Green NCAP LCA study shows detrimental climate and energy impact of increasing vehicle weight, including EVs

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MARCH 24, 2023

Green NCAP said that these calculations show the considerable differences between each car’s impact on the environment, but they also reveal the significant influence of mass on greenhouse gas emissions and primary energy demand.

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MIT, Scripps study examines behavior of midwater sediment plumes from deep-sea nodule mining

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JULY 28, 2021

In April, the BMW Group, WWF and other companies—including the Volvo Group—undertook, as a precautionary measure, not to use deep-ocean minerals or finance deep-sea mining until comprehensive scientific research into the impact of deep-sea mining can be conducted and the consequences for the environment are clearly assessed.

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Woodside joins Japanese consortium to study exporting carbon-neutral hydrogen as ammonia

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APRIL 7, 2020

Australia-based Woodside has signed an agreement with Japanese companies JERA Inc, Marubeni Corporation and IHI Corporation to undertake a joint study examining the large-scale export of hydrogen as ammonia for use decarbonizing coal-fired power generation in Japan. Green hydrogen is produced from renewable energy using electrolysis.

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Study: Taking Uber or Lyft costs society and environment more than driving yourself

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

Using ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft leads to higher levels of greenhouse gas emissions and traffic congestion than driving personal cars, according to a new study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Study finds association between air pollution, coronary atherosclerosis in Chinese population

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JULY 13, 2019

The study was conducted on 8,867 Chinese adults aged 25 to 92. The findings, published in an open-access paper in JAMA Network Open , are significant because, while similar studies have been conducted in the US and Europe, this one is the first to investigate the connection between air pollution and coronary artery calcium in China.

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Monash study on solar-driven electrolysis for green hydrogen production cautions on life-cycle emissions and EROI

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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.

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Study links increased black carbon pollution to increase in cases of lung adenocarcinoma worldwide

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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.

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Rice study suggests stress among misaligned particles in LiFePO4 cathodes limits flow

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APRIL 19, 2022

Their paper, published in the journal ACS Energy Letters , supports theories Tang and his colleagues formed several years ago that foresaw how lithium travels in the dynamic environment inside a typical commercial cathode. It was kind of weird, but it matched what we saw in our models. —Ming Tang.

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Study: Energy sorghum may combine best of annual, perennial bioenergy crops

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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.,

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Study finds lead from leaded gasoline persists in London air despite ‘90s ban

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JUNE 22, 2021

The study, led by researchers from Imperial College London, found that up to 40% of lead in airborne particles today comes from the legacy of leaded gasoline. The researchers say this highlights the long-term persistence of contaminants introduced by human activities in the environment. —Senior author Professor Dominik Weiss.

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Study finds babies in strollers, regardless of type, exposed to up to 44% higher fine particle concentrations than adults

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APRIL 12, 2020

The study looked at three different stroller types—single facing the road, single facing the adult and double facing the road—and assessed the difference in concentration of pollutants compared to those experienced by the adults pushing the strollers. An open-access paper on their work is published in Environment International.

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Study: curbing diesel emissions could reduce mortality rates in big cities

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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.

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Study finds longer commutes associated with increased human exposure to TDCIPP, a known carcinogen

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The paper is published in the journal Environment International. The study shows that not only is your car a source of TDCIPP exposure, but that less than a week of commuting results in elevated exposure to it. Over the past decade, Volz has studied how various chemicals affect the trajectory of early development.

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Study finds solid-state batteries could reduce the carbon footprint of an EV battery by up to 39%

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JULY 21, 2022

Solid-state batteries could reduce the carbon footprint of electric vehicle batteries by up to 39%, according to a study commissioned by European environmental NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) from Minviro , a company specializing in raw material life-cycle analysis, which compared emerging solid-state technology to current battery chemistries.

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T&E study finds cruise ships emitting 10x more SOx in Europe port cities than all Europe’s 260M cars

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JUNE 9, 2019

An in-house study by environmental NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) has found that the luxury cruise brands owned by Carnival Corporation & PLC emitted in 2017 in European seas alone 10 times more SO x than all of Europe’s 260+ million passenger vehicles.

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Baker Institute report: China has positioned itself as a gatekeeper to the energy transition; nickel case study

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APRIL 21, 2022

Batteries currently comprise about 7% of nickel demand, but this could increase to one-third of nickel consumption by 2040, which could create a disruptive supply chain environment for the US, according to the report. This surge occurred mostly in China, driven by steel manufacturing. Global Nickel Trade and Chinese Dominance.

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Juniper Research forecasts on-road hydrogen vehicles to exceed 1M globally by 2027

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JUNE 21, 2022

A new study from Juniper Research forecasts that the number of hydrogen vehicles in service globally will exceed 1 million in 2027, from just over 60,000 in 2022—substantial growth of more than 1,500%—with the bulk of the deployed vehicles in China and the Far East. —study co-author Olivia Williams.

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NREL: adoption of shared micromobility in US could save 2.3B gasoline-equivalent gallons per year

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NOVEMBER 16, 2021

billion gasoline-equivalent gallons per year nationwide, according to a new study by a team at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The paper is published in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. High adoption of shared micromobility in the US coud save 2.3 —Sun et al. 2021.103012.

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Expleo develops closed-loop, e-methanol fuel cell solution for global shipping

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AUGUST 11, 2022

The solution was defined during Expleo’s feasibility study into clean power propulsion systems, funded through the UK Department for Transport’s (DfT) Clean Marine Demonstration Competition (CMDC). Expleo’s innovation also delivers significant operational savings, with the study showing OPEX reductions of £1.4 million (US$1.7

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PNNL-led team designs highly active cobalt-based PGM-free catalyst for fuel cells

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

When compared to a similarly structured catalyst made from iron—another promising, well-studied platinum substitute—the team found that the cobalt catalyst achieved a similar reaction but with four times the durability. Previous studies had shown that cobalt is far less active than iron-based catalysts.

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Study suggests particulates from brake dust may have same harmful effects on immune cells as diesel exhaust

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JANUARY 13, 2020

Metal particles from the abrasion of brake pads (brake abrasion dust, BAD) may cause inflammation and reduce the ability of immune cells to kill bacteria, similarly to particles derived from diesel exhaust particles (DEP), according to a new study led by researchers at King’s College London. Selley et al.

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Study confirms €1T green hydrogen potential for Africa

CICERO-led study finds global warming effect of leaked hydrogen almost 12x stronger than CO2

U-M researchers challenge USPS EV environmental study

Study finds high-density, low-rise cities such as Paris may be optimal urban form for reducing life cycle GHG emissions

Study: 2/3 of aviation climate impact due to emissions other than CO2

Study finds reduction of low-frequency noise from transition to electric buses improved residents’ health

Study finds GHG emissions from corn ethanol now 46% lower than gasoline

USC study shows promising potential for giant-kelp-based biofuel with depth-cycling approach

NTT to study hydrogen transportation through existing pipelines

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

PG&E launches comprehensive study on hydrogen’s feasibility within gas pipelines; H2?

Ipsos Auto Global Study: interest in battery electric vehicles growing in the US

Study finds twice as many cellulose fibers as microplastics in the Atlantic Ocean

Ford, U Mich study finds greater greenhouse gas reductions for pickup truck electrification than for other light-duty vehicles

Global study shows uneven urbanization among large cities in the last two decades

Study links air pollution to increased emergency department visits for heart and lung disease

Keliber says studies show its lithium hydroxide will have smaller carbon footprint than most of the competition

New study finds gasoline stations vent up to 10x more benzene fumes than previously thought

Study finds direct seawater splitting has substantial drawbacks to conventional water splitting, offers almost no advantage

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

Study: annual climate impact of wild pigs could be greater than 1.1M cars

Study finds ethanol blends reduce GDI tailpipe PM

Study finds EV buyers want rebates, not tax credits; government could have saved $2B

Green NCAP LCA study shows detrimental climate and energy impact of increasing vehicle weight, including EVs

MIT, Scripps study examines behavior of midwater sediment plumes from deep-sea nodule mining

Woodside joins Japanese consortium to study exporting carbon-neutral hydrogen as ammonia

Study: Taking Uber or Lyft costs society and environment more than driving yourself

Study finds association between air pollution, coronary atherosclerosis in Chinese population

Monash study on solar-driven electrolysis for green hydrogen production cautions on life-cycle emissions and EROI

Study links increased black carbon pollution to increase in cases of lung adenocarcinoma worldwide

Rice study suggests stress among misaligned particles in LiFePO4 cathodes limits flow

Study: Energy sorghum may combine best of annual, perennial bioenergy crops

Study finds lead from leaded gasoline persists in London air despite ‘90s ban

Study finds babies in strollers, regardless of type, exposed to up to 44% higher fine particle concentrations than adults

Study: curbing diesel emissions could reduce mortality rates in big cities

Study finds longer commutes associated with increased human exposure to TDCIPP, a known carcinogen

Study finds solid-state batteries could reduce the carbon footprint of an EV battery by up to 39%

T&E study finds cruise ships emitting 10x more SOx in Europe port cities than all Europe’s 260M cars

Baker Institute report: China has positioned itself as a gatekeeper to the energy transition; nickel case study

Juniper Research forecasts on-road hydrogen vehicles to exceed 1M globally by 2027

NREL: adoption of shared micromobility in US could save 2.3B gasoline-equivalent gallons per year

Expleo develops closed-loop, e-methanol fuel cell solution for global shipping

PNNL-led team designs highly active cobalt-based PGM-free catalyst for fuel cells

Study suggests particulates from brake dust may have same harmful effects on immune cells as diesel exhaust

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