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Ford Exposes Its First-Ever Range Extended Hybrid Transit Van

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 20:37:04 +0000

Aiming for a lower NOx and particulates emission of delivery vans in London’s central cities, Ford will be releasing in 2019 its first ever range-extender hybrid transit van. In its electric mode, zero emission is achieved, while with its petrol range-extender mode has 25% lesser NOx emission than that of a diesel. Prior its mass […]

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Clean Air Act Reduced Smog-Forming Emissions Steadily for Over 20 Years

Leigh Hutchens — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:16:20 +0000

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released data proving that the Clean Air Act regulations have had a tremendous impact and are hugely successful at reducing pollutants and greenhouse gases. In 1990, the Clean Air Act was amended to combat ozone depletion, acid rain, and to combat 189 toxic pollutants, sulfur dioxide (SO2) and […]

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Earthworms Found Guilty of Increased Greenhouse Gas Pollution

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:58:07 +0000

If it’s not cows, it’s earthworms destroying our planet and its frail ecosystem. That’s what a team of researchers from the Netherlands, U.S. and Canada has decided by studying the results of 237 experiments involving earthworms – all of them. What they got was that (more or less) 20% of the global CO2 emissions and […]

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Photo-catalytically Active Coatings Reduce Nitrogen Oxides and May Lower Pollution Rates

Leigh Hutchens — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 06:32:18 +0000

Currently, people in the urban areas of Germany’s Bavarian Forest suffer from high levels of air pollution caused by automobiles, and, in particular, nitrogen oxides (NOx). To combat this issue, the European Union has made the upper limit values more stringent than ever, but many communities still are far exceeding these parameters. Areas of high […]

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America’s Greenest Street Knocks Out NOx Gases

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:52:28 +0000

In the midst of a city where air pollutants are lingering, along the Cermak Road and the Blue Island Avenue, stands the two-mile stretch of a street paved with photocatalytic cement that removes nitrogen oxide from surrounding air. It is the greenest street in America, as publicly announced by the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT). […]

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Lightnings Found to Produce 10% of Atmospheric NOx Greenhouse Gas

Cristi — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:49:26 +0000

Every year, scientists learn something new about the power of lightning. With the helps of the satellites they have created a lightning map for the globe, which shows that Rwanda has the most flashes per square kilometer, while the flashes at the polar regions occur rarely. Every year, 1,2 million flashes occur around the world.

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Cheap New Electrochemical Flue Gas Purificaton for Diesel Engines

Florin — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:37:28 +0000

In Europe half of the cars sold are using diesel engines. The pollution from these cars (carbon particles, nitrogen oxides NOX and unburned hydrocarbons) is to be more strictly restricted by the EU regulations.

RisÃƒÆ’¸ Danish Technical University has started a new project to develop an effective method for making diesel engines cleaner.

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