carbon pollution Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 18:49:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 EPA’s Misleading Emissions Estimate for CAFE Standards https://www.greenoptimistic.com/epas-misleading-emissions-estimate-cafe-standards-20160728/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/epas-misleading-emissions-estimate-cafe-standards-20160728/#respond Thu, 28 Jul 2016 18:49:53 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=60297 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are under attack for “abandoning” their Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for passenger cars, light-duty trucks, and medium-duty passenger vehicles. Citizens blindly trusted in the 163 grams/ mile or 54.5 miles per gallon (mpg) estimate of carbon […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/epas-misleading-emissions-estimate-cafe-standards-20160728/feed/ 0 60297 Newly Identified Source of Black Carbon: Kerosene Lamps https://www.greenoptimistic.com/newly-identified-source-of-black-carbon-kerosene-lamps-20121129/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/newly-identified-source-of-black-carbon-kerosene-lamps-20121129/#respond Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:08:37 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=29012 Kerosene lamps are known to be the main source of light for many households in most developing nations. A study conducted by researchers at UC Barkeley and University of Illinois, however, found that these lamps, although very much needed, are also a major emitter of black carbon. The lab and field results indicated 7-9% of […]

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