Sentences with phrase «effects of diesel»

We set out the evidence on health effects of diesel from Australia and overseas in a submission to the Senate inquiry that we prepared jointly with the Australian Medical Association and the Australian Conservation Foundation.

In the first quarter, we once again managed to limit the economic effects of the diesel issue and achieve respectable results under difficult conditions,» VW Group boss Matthias Muller said in a statement.

Now that it has been revealed German carmakers BMW, Volkswagen and Daimler had an organization test the effects of diesel fumes on monkeys, and in a separate test nitrogen dioxide on humans, Germany's politicians and media are all falling over themselves feigning outrage and moral indignation.

Previous work in 2013 found that bees in the lab could be confused by the effects of diesel pollution.

Earlier this year, the company suspended a top executive after news broke that the company was involved in tests of the effects of diesel fumes on humans and monkeys.

Not exact matches

In fact, the license renewal process is limited, focusing on environmental effects, such as endangered species, the effects of cooling water systems on fish and ground water quality; and, physical plant safety, such as the long term maintenance of coolant system piping or steam generators, as well as motors, diesel generators, and batteries.

«The Management in an effort to cushion the effect of the incident on the Power and Water supply made an arrangement with Kaduna State Water Board to be supplying the hostels with water in Tankers as well as diesel for the generators as a temporary measure until the situation is restored back to normalcy.

These mines do not expose miners to potential carcinogens like asbestos, radon, and silica, which therefore allowed DEMS to better isolate the effects of working near diesel - fueled machinery in enclosed spaces.

In August that hole was plugged: The fuel Appel makes, known officially as renewable diesel, received a subsidy of $ 1 per gallon from the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which took effect in January.

You need look no farther than your local car dealership to find proof; every new carmaker offers a plug - in electric, fuel / electric hybrid, or clean diesel solution to the resource robbing effects of the gasoline powered combustion engine.

In effect, the SD4 models are an addition to the range, with the existing Freelander 2 carrying on with a slightly de-tuned version of the 2.2 diesel offering 148bhp — down 10bhp from the old model.

The presence of its 3.0 - liter turbocharged diesel V6, however, goes a long way towards mitigating the efficiency - sapping effects of those particular characteristics.

All models are now better equipped now, thanks to the standard fitment of electronic stability control, which was mandated for all new vehicles sold in Australia earlier this year, as well as an upgraded 4.5 - litre turbo - diesel V8 that meets the Euro 5 emissions standard in effect from November 1.

The increase in output has an immediate effect on the performance of the car, not only is the new B - Class diesel faster in outright acceleration (0 - 100 km / hr takes 9.06 seconds as per our VBOX tests), it also feels more eager right from get - go.

And because of the natural canceling effect of the cylinders being horizontally opposed, Subaru tells us there is no need for a balance shaft to dampen the noise and vibration typically associated with high - compression diesel engines.

It's good old fashioned black carbon soot — a visible pollutant with measurable effects on human health both in poor places, where it comes from cooking or heating using coal, firewood or dung, and rich countries, where it is produced mainly through the combustion of diesel and similar fuels and from some industries.

Photo: Flickr, CC This is a Big Deal A Californian regulation mandating that all ocean - going vessels within 24 miles of the state's coast must use cleaner burning low - sulfur diesel fuel is now in effect.

This endless supply of new oil can be used for many products such as diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, plastics and solvents without the global warming effects of petroleum.

- Diesel Vehicle Regulation The Tokyo government introduced the Diesel Vehicle Regulation in 1999, concerning the health effects of the PM contained in gas emissions from diesel vehicles.

Aside from largely ignoring the issue of electrification of trucks, which is happening far more slowly than passenger cars, Hulot's plans also appear to disregard second and third - order effects if the 2040 ban on gasoline and diesel - engined cars proceeds as planned.

The tax package would provide a substantial incentive to people to use more environmentally polluting modes of transport... International studies clearly demonstrate that taxes on fuel should be increased... and the biggest increase ought to apply to diesel fuel because, at least in urban areas, it has the most damaging effect on human health.

The authors of the study calculated the health effects for current and future levels of this excess diesel NOx by running a global atmospheric chemistry model that simulates the distribution of PM2.5 and O3.

In doing so we'll also prevent some 1.5 million premature deaths annually due to improved air quality.Soot Comes Out of the Atmosphere in Weeks, Not Decades Since soot — which in this context comes from older diesel engines and burning other fossil fuels, industrial sources, inefficient biomass cookstoves used in many developing nations — comes out of the atmosphere in a matter of weeks, not decades or centuries like carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases, removing the source of pollution is highly effective in both stopping the warming effects as well as improving air quality.

Another unsettling development is the effect of atmospheric brown clouds (ABCs) consisting of soot particles from burning coal, diesel fuel, or wood.

You talked about a report that showed that cellulosic ethanol could actually be worse than gasoline / diesel in terms of CO2 emissions, but that's only if you consider the effects of the land no linger being a carbon sink.

Based on her studies, Koch argues it is important to target «pure» black carbon from diesel, which does not have as much of an effect on cloud cooling.