Miles and Pollution

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

Green Car Congress

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. The best way to tackle pollution is to control it at the source.

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NOAA study finds reducing particulate air pollution in N America & Europe increases hurricanes in N Atlantic

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MAY 15, 2022

A new NOAA study covering four decades of tropical cyclones found that reducing particulate air pollution in Europe and North America has contributed to an increase in the number of tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic basin and a decrease in the number of these storms in the Southern Hemisphere. Credit: NOAA.

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India’s Shoonya campaign aims to boost electric last-mile deliveries

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

NITI Aayog, the Government of India’s official think tank, with support from RMI and RMI India, has launched a campaign to transform last-mile deliveries and eliminate pollution through consumer engagement. We will promote awareness about health, environmental and economic benefits of electric vehicles through the Shoonya campaign.

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Miles India Pollution Electric

MIT study: half of US deaths related to air pollution are linked to out-of-state emissions

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FEBRUARY 15, 2020

The study focuses on the period between 2005 and 2018 and tracks combustion emissions of various polluting compounds from various sectors, looking at every state in the contiguous United States, from season to season and year to year. Scientists have long known that pollution observes no boundaries, one of the prime examples being acid rain.

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California ARB developing Clean Miles Standard for ridesharing companies

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JANUARY 30, 2019

With the enactment of SB 1014 ( earlier post )—the Clean Miles Standard and Incentive Program—the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is to develop and to implement new requirements for transportation network companies (TNCs)—i.e.,

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Clean Cleaning California Standards

King County Metro to begin testing electric buses that can travel more than 140 miles on a single charge

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

King County Metro, the public transit authority of King County, Washington, which includes the city of Seattle, will soon begin testing long-range battery-powered buses that can travel more than 140 miles on a single charge, the latest milestone toward a zero-emission fleet.

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New Emissions Analytics study suggests pollution from tire wear now 1,850 times worse than exhaust emissions

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MAY 13, 2022

To measure tire wear mass emissions, Emissions Analytics uses high-precision scales to weigh all four wheels—tires and rims together, without detaching—over at least 1,000 miles on real roads.

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Study finds US air pollution deaths nearly halved between 1990 and 2010

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OCTOBER 20, 2018

A new study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that deaths related to air pollution in the US were nearly halved between 1990 and 2010. This study demonstrates that those changes have had a real impact with fewer people dying each year due to exposure to outdoor air pollution.

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Study finds association of pollution with increased risk of psychiatric disorders

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AUGUST 26, 2019

A new study led by University of Chicago researchers finds an association between exposure to environmental pollution and an increase in the prevalence of neuropsychiatric disorders. Our studies in the United States and Denmark show that living in polluted areas, especially early in life, is predictive of mental disorders.

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IKEA Canada partners with Second Closet & Lion Electric for last-mile delivery; 15 Lion6 electric trucks

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APRIL 16, 2021

IKEA Canada has partnered with technology-enabled logistics and last-mile delivery provider, Second Closet, which will begin integrating zero-emission trucks into its fleet for IKEA home deliveries in several markets across Canada. It also increases the challenge this poses in terms of pollution, congestion, and noise levels in our cities.

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Study finds farms a major source of fine-particulate air pollution

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MAY 16, 2016

Emissions from farms outweigh all other human sources of fine-particulate air pollution in much of the United States, Europe, Russia and China, according a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters , a journal of the American Geophysical Union. Pollutants other than ammonia should probably be targeted for abatement, Paulot said.

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Study finds NYC Clean Air Taxi rules successful in cutting pollution

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MAY 30, 2019

New York City Clean Air Taxi rules are successful in cutting emissions and reducing air pollution, [link] to a new study by researchers at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Drexel University. They also found these emission reductions were associated with decreases in concentrations of pollutants in the city’s air.

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Taxi Pollution Clean Cleaning

CARB approves 2022 Scoping Plan; aggressive targets for reductions in petroleum use, air pollution and greeenhouse gas emissions

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

The California Air Resources Board last week approved the final proposed 2022 Scoping Plan ( earlier post ), a roadmap to reduce demand for petroleum by 94%, cut air pollution by 71%, reduce greenhouse gas emissions 85%, and reach carbon neutrality by 2045.

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Tesco launching UK’s first commercial electric heavy-duty tractor-trailer trucks

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DECEMBER 30, 2021

The tractor configuration of the DAF CF Electric features a VDL 210 kW nominal / 240 kW (peak) motor that delivers 2,000 N·m of torque and a 350 kWh (315 kWh effective) battery pack that supports a range of up to 220 km / 137 miles and can fast charge at 250 kW. tonnes of CO 2 e per year.

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Commercial Electric Electrical Transportation

Study finds air pollution and GHG costs of crude-by-rail nearly 2x pipeline costs; much larger than spill and accidents costs

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh have found that the air pollution and greenhouse gas costs of shipping crude by rail are nearly twice as large as those for oil pipelines. Air pollution and greenhouse gas damages for transportation by railroad and pipelines to the gulf coast. Clay et al.

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Cornell team develops computationally efficient machine learning models for hyperlocal models of PM2.5 concentrations

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JANUARY 17, 2023

Cornell engineers have developed machine learning models to simplify and reinforce models to calculate the fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) contained in urban air pollution. Previous methods to gauge air pollution were cumbersome and reliant on extraordinary amounts of data points. —Desai et al.

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I-5 electric truck charging sites mapped out by electric utilities; West Coast Clean Transit Corridor

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JUNE 18, 2020

The West Coast Clean Transit Corridor Initiative , a study commissioned by a collaboration among nine electric utilities and two agencies representing more than two dozen municipal utilities, recommends adding electric vehicle charging for freight haulers and delivery trucks at 50-mile intervals along Interstate 5 and adjoining highways.

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Clean Cleaning Oregon Charging

CARB approves Clean Miles Standard for TNCs

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MAY 21, 2021

The Clean Miles Standard (CMS) ( earlier post ) sets electrification and greenhouse gas emission targets for transportation network companies (TNCs)—e.g., Reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT). billion miles—was associated with TNCS in 2018. Uber and Lyft. The goals of the CMS are to: Reduce GHG emissions.

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Miles Standards Clean Cleaning

UCS: ride-hailing trips can produce nearly 70% greater emissions compared to private car trips

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

This significant increase in emissions comes in part from “deadheading”—the miles a driver travels waiting for a ride request or picking up a passenger. Car and ride-hailing emissions are per trip-mile, regardless of how many people are in the vehicle on the same trip, but emissions are adjusted for pooled trips.

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UPS deploys 100 commercial EVs in California

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The vehicles have a range of up to 75 miles and primarily will deliver packages to customers in Sacramento, San Bernardino, Ceres, Fresno and Bakersfield. These UPS electric trucks will reduce the consumption of conventional motor fuel by approximately 126,000 gallons per year.

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Irizar manufactures LNG long-distance coach with range of more than 1000km

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Irizar has manufactured a liquid natural gas (LNG) i4 model coach with a range of more than 1000 kilometers (621 miles) for intercity or short distance routes. They comply with regulation R66.02 and the components and the installation meet all the safety protocols according to regulation 110.

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Manufacturer Range Gas-Electric Pollution

SoCalGas contributing $500K to Sierra Northern Railway-led hydrogen fuel-cell switcher locomotive project

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JULY 29, 2021

Creating a fuel cell engine for these trains would potentially eliminate their emissions and provide a much-needed reduction in air pollution from the railways that serve California’s warehouses and ports. Switcher locomotives are a type of engine for trains that carry goods from ports to nearby warehouses.

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Sierra Hydrogen Sacramento Fuel

MPCA to expand EV charging network by more than 2,500 miles in Greater Minnesota; 38 additional fast chargers

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

As the electric vehicle (EV) market continues to expand throughout the state, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) announced it will fund the installation of up to 38 additional fast charging stations in Greater Minnesota, extending the existing EV highway corridor network by more than 2,500 miles. The new $2.6-million

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Consumer Reports analysis finds EV owners spending half as much on maintenance compared to owners of gas-powered vehicles

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

In addition to being easier and cheaper to maintain, many EVs deliver better acceleration compared to gas-powered vehicles, and don’t pump harmful pollution into our air. For this report, ‘vehicle lifetime’ was defined as 200,000 miles. Average maintenance/repair costs over vehicle lifetime.

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Hyundai Motor puts XCIENT Fuel Cell electric trucks into commercial fleet operation in California with $3.5M from EPA

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The tractor’s hydrogen tank can hold 67 kg of hydrogen with the battery providing 72 kWh for a gross combined weight of 37,200 kg to deliver an average range of more than 450 miles per tank. This project is led by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD), which applied for the TAG funding.

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EPA Hyundai Commercial California

Trane bringing electric E-200 refrigeration unit for small trucks to US

Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2021

Ideal for last mile delivery of foods, medicines, vaccines and other perishables, this solution was first launched in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Trane Technologies is bringing Thermo King’s fully electric E-200 refrigeration unit for small trucks to the United States.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Climate Change Africa

SANY developing hydrogen fuel cell construction vehicles

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2021

According to the R&D engineer of this project, hydrogen fuel cell construction vehicles have five important advantages: The realization of zero pollution with only water and heat being discharged. A set of hydrogen cylinders with a combined capacity of 1,680 L ensures a driving distance of more than 500 kilometers (311 miles).

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Hydrogen Fuel Vehicles Climate Change

Achates near-zero heavy-duty opposed-piston diesel enters fleet service; compliant with 2027 NOx levels

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APRIL 7, 2022

In addition to CARB, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, and the Sacramento Metro Air Quality Management District provided funding for the project. It does not require any additional emissions control devices and has a reduced part count compared to conventional engines.

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Toyota moves closer to production with next-generation fuel cell technology for heavy-duty trucks; new Mirai system

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In this configuration, the second-generation fuel cell system delivers more than 300 miles of range at a full load weight of 80,000 lbs., Reducing airborne pollution at the Ports of L.A. all while demonstrating exceptional drivability, quiet operation, and zero harmful emissions. and Long Beach is an important driver of this program.

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Los Angeles Kenworth Long Beach Toyota

U-M study: Induced driving miles could overwhelm potential energy-saving benefits of connected, self-driving cars

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APRIL 18, 2019

The benefits of connected, self-driving cars (CAVs) will likely induce vehicle owners to drive more, and those extra miles could partially or completely offset the potential energy-saving benefits that automation may provide, according to a new University of Michigan study. —Taiebat et al.

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Study finds São Paulo switch from ethanol to gasoline dropped local ozone levels by 20%, increased CO and nitric oxide concentrations

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APRIL 29, 2014

Geiger and Alberto Salvo, formerly with Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and now an associate professor of economics at the National University of Singapore, is the first real-world trial looking at the effects of human behavior at the pump on urban air pollution. Their paper appears in the journal Nature Geoscience.

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Ozone Gasoline Pollution Gasoline-Electric

Renewable energy generation operations begin at 75MW Electrify America Solar Glow 1

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AUGUST 16, 2023

These sessions delivered roughly 173 GWh of electricity, enabling an estimated 493 million miles of electric driving and avoided consumption of roughly 21 million gallons of gasoline. In 2022, Electrify America powered more than 5 million customer charging sessions—3.5 times the sessions in 2021.

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Solar America Renewable Energy

Hyundai Motor introduces electric double-decker bus

Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2019

In Seoul, Hyundai Motor unveiled an electric double-decker bus—a first of its kind for Hyundai, and part of the company’s effort to help reduce traffic congestion and air pollution. A full charge can be completed in 72 minutes. The large electric double-decker bus is 12,990 mm long and 3,995 mm high.

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CARB adopts electric truck rule: Advanced Clean Trucks

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JUNE 26, 2020

This new rule directly addresses disproportionate risks and health and pollution burdens affecting these communities and puts California on the path for an all zero-emission short-haul drayage fleet in ports and railyards by 2035, and zero-emission “last-mile” delivery trucks and vans by 2040.

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Clean Cleaning Los Angeles Pollution

Wabtec’s battery-electric locomotive lowered full train fuel consumption by more than 11% in BNSF California pilot

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MAY 18, 2021

illion grant from the California Air Resource Board (CARB) awarded to Wabtec, BNSF and the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. The region is classified as a non-attainment area, where the air quality is worse than the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. —Eric Gebhardt, Wabtec Chief Technology Officer.

California

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California ARB selects nonprofit administrator to implement new statewide, income-based Electric Bicycle Incentive Project

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AUGUST 26, 2022

In 2020, Pedal Ahead piloted a program in San Diego County that prioritized e-bike distributions to low-income individuals and tracked average daily miles used to ensure benefits to individual physical health, as well as reduced car trips which lead to air pollution emissions reductions, and less traffic and congestion.

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Two Volvo Trucks carriers, Producers Dairy order VNR electric trucks

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

The Volvo VNR Electric’s 264-kWh lithium-ion batteries have an operating range of up to 150 miles. Watsontown Trucking Company operates a fleet of 425 trucks that perform over-the-road transport, as well as regional haul and last-mile delivery—two applications that the Volvo VNR Electric model was designed to support.

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Port of Los Angeles surpasses 2023 pollution reduction targets five years ahead of schedule; NOx down 60% from 2005

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2018

Using this type of measurement, the Port also posted its best year ever, lowering the average amount of emissions the port generates to move each container of cargo for all eight pollutants tracked by the Port’s emissions inventory, including greenhouse gases (GHG), which were down 30% per container on average since 2005.

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Los Angeles 2005 Pollution 2017

California “gasoline superuser” bill advances; focusing ZEV incentives on reducing gasoline use

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APRIL 20, 2022

As currently written, the bill requires CARB, on or before 1 January 2024, to develop a tool to calculate the average annual gallons of gasoline or diesel that a particular vehicle has used by using both: Publicly available data on the miles per gallon rating of the make, model, and year of the vehicle; and.

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PA Governor Wolf announces $8.5M from Volkswagen Settlement to reduce transportation pollution

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2019

By replacing older, polluting engines with new technologies, the projects over their lifetimes are expected to prevent emission of 503 tons of nitrogen oxides (NO x ), 130 tons of carbon monoxide, 238 tons of carbon dioxide, 59 tons of hydrocarbons, 30 tons of fine particulate matter, and a half-ton of coarse particulate matter.

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Study finds solo hybrid drivers in California HOV lanes amplify congestion, create up to $4,500 per car in adverse social costs annually

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

on weekdays to an already congested road such as Interstate 10 in the Los Angeles area appends $4,500 per car in annual costs (in pollution and time) to society. Policymakers could ration HOV access via congestion pricing, which could relieve congestion and improve air pollution. While adding a single hybrid to any HOV lane at 2 a.m.

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EPA finalizes greenhouse gas standards for LDVs MY 2023-2026

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

EPA is planning to initiate a separate rulemaking to establish multi-pollutant emission standards under the Clean Air Act for MY 2027 and later. CO 2 , Compared to the Proposal and 2012 and 2020 Rules, grams/mile, 2021-2026. By MY2026 the final emissions targets are 47 grams of CO 2 /mile lower than the standards they replace.

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EPA Standards Gas Pollution

A Reminder On Electric Cars, Climate, and Air Pollution

Green Energy Consumers

JULY 8, 2024

greatly understates the value that electric vehicles bring to us in terms of reducing pollution causing both global warming and severe health problems. Much of the article is about how we need to support public transportation and reduce the total vehicle miles traveled (VMT) by individual cars. We agree heartily on that point.

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Climate Pollution Boston Electric Cars

Researchers identify new nitrated PAH compounds from combustion that are hundreds of times more mutagenic than parent PAHs

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2014

These new compounds were not previously known to exist, and raise additional concerns about the health impacts of heavily-polluted urban air or dietary exposure. PAHs are one of the types of pollutants found on particulate matter in air pollution that are of special concern. Staci Simonich.

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Pollution Oregon Los Angeles Universal

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

NOAA study finds reducing particulate air pollution in N America & Europe increases hurricanes in N Atlantic

India’s Shoonya campaign aims to boost electric last-mile deliveries

MIT study: half of US deaths related to air pollution are linked to out-of-state emissions

California ARB developing Clean Miles Standard for ridesharing companies

King County Metro to begin testing electric buses that can travel more than 140 miles on a single charge

New Emissions Analytics study suggests pollution from tire wear now 1,850 times worse than exhaust emissions

Study finds US air pollution deaths nearly halved between 1990 and 2010

Study finds association of pollution with increased risk of psychiatric disorders

IKEA Canada partners with Second Closet & Lion Electric for last-mile delivery; 15 Lion6 electric trucks

Study finds farms a major source of fine-particulate air pollution

Study finds NYC Clean Air Taxi rules successful in cutting pollution

CARB approves 2022 Scoping Plan; aggressive targets for reductions in petroleum use, air pollution and greeenhouse gas emissions

Tesco launching UK’s first commercial electric heavy-duty tractor-trailer trucks

Study finds air pollution and GHG costs of crude-by-rail nearly 2x pipeline costs; much larger than spill and accidents costs

Cornell team develops computationally efficient machine learning models for hyperlocal models of PM2.5 concentrations

I-5 electric truck charging sites mapped out by electric utilities; West Coast Clean Transit Corridor

CARB approves Clean Miles Standard for TNCs

UCS: ride-hailing trips can produce nearly 70% greater emissions compared to private car trips

UPS deploys 100 commercial EVs in California

Irizar manufactures LNG long-distance coach with range of more than 1000km

SoCalGas contributing $500K to Sierra Northern Railway-led hydrogen fuel-cell switcher locomotive project

MPCA to expand EV charging network by more than 2,500 miles in Greater Minnesota; 38 additional fast chargers

Consumer Reports analysis finds EV owners spending half as much on maintenance compared to owners of gas-powered vehicles

Hyundai Motor puts XCIENT Fuel Cell electric trucks into commercial fleet operation in California with $3.5M from EPA

Trane bringing electric E-200 refrigeration unit for small trucks to US

SANY developing hydrogen fuel cell construction vehicles

Achates near-zero heavy-duty opposed-piston diesel enters fleet service; compliant with 2027 NOx levels

Toyota moves closer to production with next-generation fuel cell technology for heavy-duty trucks; new Mirai system

U-M study: Induced driving miles could overwhelm potential energy-saving benefits of connected, self-driving cars

Study finds São Paulo switch from ethanol to gasoline dropped local ozone levels by 20%, increased CO and nitric oxide concentrations

Renewable energy generation operations begin at 75MW Electrify America Solar Glow 1

Hyundai Motor introduces electric double-decker bus

CARB adopts electric truck rule: Advanced Clean Trucks

Wabtec’s battery-electric locomotive lowered full train fuel consumption by more than 11% in BNSF California pilot

California ARB selects nonprofit administrator to implement new statewide, income-based Electric Bicycle Incentive Project

Two Volvo Trucks carriers, Producers Dairy order VNR electric trucks

Port of Los Angeles surpasses 2023 pollution reduction targets five years ahead of schedule; NOx down 60% from 2005

California “gasoline superuser” bill advances; focusing ZEV incentives on reducing gasoline use

PA Governor Wolf announces $8.5M from Volkswagen Settlement to reduce transportation pollution

Study finds solo hybrid drivers in California HOV lanes amplify congestion, create up to $4,500 per car in adverse social costs annually

EPA finalizes greenhouse gas standards for LDVs MY 2023-2026

A Reminder On Electric Cars, Climate, and Air Pollution

Researchers identify new nitrated PAH compounds from combustion that are hundreds of times more mutagenic than parent PAHs

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