Sentences with phrase «of diesel pollution»

Faced with a new garbage incinerator, a new source of diesel pollution or a fracking proposal, community activists could demand a precautionary approach to protect people and their local environment.

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

David King, who served Labour and Tory governments, says he was misled by car industry over levels of diesel pollution

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Dieselgate (as it became known) exposed the extent of the pollution problems caused by diesel vehicles, which until recently accounted for half of new car registrations in the EU.

The following are some facts about diesel car engines, the tailpipe pollution they emit and the «defeat device» software that federal regulators say VW used to circumvent emissions standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of California.

In fact, diesel has both higher carbon emissions and carcinogenic fine particles, the form of invisible pollution from which France is currently suffering a major spike.

In mid-August, on the day before Enck was to meet with residents concerned that the state had not done enough to address the issue of oil trains and industrial pollution at public housing near the Port of Albany, the state announced it would devote hundreds of thousands of dollars in investment for the area and step up enforcement of rules regulating diesel trucks.

, but not one research includes production of the batteries to pollution, while they happily add the refinement of crude oil and cost of it's extraction and transport for Petrols and Diesels.

New analysis shows the number of diesel cars on London's roads has increased by over 170,000 since 2012, despite serious public health warnings about the risks of cancer and air pollution.

GM's earlier attempt faltered To improve air quality and cut down pollution from the nation's existing fleet of 11 million diesel engines, U.S. EPA announced $ 20 million in grant funding yesterday to support clean diesel projects and another $ 9 billion through direct state allocations.

It added: «These results challenge the existing paradigm that diesel cars are associated, in general, with far higher PM emission rates, reflecting the effectiveness» of engine add - ons like DPFs to stem pollution.

And much of the technology needed to cut the world's black carbon output already exists, including pollution traps that can be installed on diesel engines and solar cookstoves that replace models powered by burning wood or dung.

The UK government's plan to ban the sale of diesel and petrol cars in two decades» time is no help for those affected by air pollution

Off the record, one of the government's own advisers on air pollution will tell you he has estimated that the deaths of 3000 people a year in England and Wales can be laid at the door of emissions from diesel lorries, cars and buses.

New York City's Clean Heat Program was launched in 2010 to eliminate the use of residual diesel fuel oils — diesel - based fuels that remain after gasoline and distillate fuels have been removed from crude — in residential buildings, in order to help address city air pollution levels that historically failed to meet the minimum criteria for federal Clean Air Act standards.

Daniel Cohn, leader of the MIT project, says his team's «plasmatron» fuel reformer could clean up the diesel engines in commercial trucks and buses, which are a leading source of transportation pollution in the United States.

Exposure to common air pollutants found in diesel exhaust pollution can affect the ability of honeybees to recognise floral odours.

Our results suggest that that diesel exhaust pollution alters the components of a synthetic floral odour blend, which affects the honeybee's recognition of the odour.

In Europe, where diesel - passenger cars are common, 28,500 deaths annually are attributed to diesel NOx pollution, with 11,500 of those deaths linked to excess emissions.

Since the Columbia team started tracking air pollution levels in 1998, PAHs have declined, which Perera attributes to stricter anti-idling laws and phaseout of older diesel buses in New York City.

A 2009 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that efforts to reduce fine particle pollution from automobiles, diesel engines, steel mills and coal - fired power plants have added between four and eight months to the average American's life expectancy in recent years.

The models suggested that levels of air pollution would fall without the government having to do much as older diesel vehicles are replaced by newer ones that emit less nitrogen dioxide.

«With all this oil exploration, diesel trucks and new oil wells, people wondered: Is there a huge amount of air pollution making the snowpack darker?»

The research, funded by the British Heart Foundation and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that inhalation of diesel exhaust caused changes in the heart's electrical activity, suggesting that air pollution reduces the amount of oxygen available to the heart during exercise.

Every diesel and petrol vehicle driven into the centre of Oxford is contributing to the problem; everyone can do their bit to tackle Oxford's toxic air pollution.»

Autocar also cites a report quoting Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo condemning diesel vehicles, saying that the older ones emit the most pollution, but that the filters in modern diesel cars aren't even able to remove all of the harmful particles.

Also you're talking about petrol cars causing pollution and acting like you're making some incredible noble sacrifice by rejecting them, when it's diesel cars & diesel commercial vehicles we need to take care of before we start throwing away sports cars.

Wanting to have clean air to breathe for ouselves and our kids doesn't have anything to do with Greenpeace and to be honest it doesn't have anything to do with 6.2 V8s either, the amount of pollution in the UK from V8s is miniscule, it's cancerous DIEsels that we need to get off the roads ASAP.

Compression - release («Jake») braking, a form of engine braking used almost exclusively on diesel engines, produces extreme amounts of noise pollution if there is no muffler on the intake manifold of the engine.

It's a little surprising that Mercedes can sell the E320 Bluetec for this price, as there's a lot of sophisticated technology in the engine controlling the smoke and pollution that we associate with last - generation diesels.

Volkswagen's worldwide repair of 11 million diesel vehicles to bring their emissions systems into compliance with pollution regulations is shaping up to be one of the most complex...

The rising levels of air pollution in the national capital forced the government to ban diesel vehicles, throwing automakers and the auto market into chaos.

For this reason Zermatt is a haven for skiers, climbers, mountaineers and hikers but, thanks to a law prohibiting petrol and diesel - fuelled vehicles the town is mercifully free of traffic noise - any vehicles are electrically powered - and air pollution.

Jody Craig, a member of the audience, described how a single Girl Scout troop in January sought to curb harmful air pollution from diesel engines by requiring buses to stop idling outside of a local school.

But this will prevent blackouts at times of peak demand during the coming summer, without the pollution that will be caused by the 250 MW of temporary diesel generators that are also going to be used.

Most of their materials can be recycled, but the fossil fuel that they burn and the pollution that people breathe in can never be taken back (especially now that the World Health Organization has confirmed that diesel fumes cause lung cancer).

But this year's crop of masters (I was a reader of one, which I signed gladly) addressed many key problems — wind instead of diesel gen sets in C. America, biofuels (the real kind) for cars, exposure of people in large cities to air pollution.

It'll take some time before residents of areas experiencing that extra pollution pulse from those «clean» diesels will see their compensation.

Mexico, with its serious air pollution, slow progress towards minimizing the sulfur content in its diesel fuel, and burgeoning fleet of cars, is in dire need of some clean fuels.

In fact the Metrobus rolling stock consists of ordinary articulated diesel buses — their fuel and emissions savings come not so much from fancy expensive tech as from a systems approach to solving one of the world's most vexing transportation and air pollution messes.

The primary source of NO2 pollution is the burning of fossil fuels, especially by coal - fired power plants and diesel engine cars, like those in the Volkswagen emissions-gate scandal.

Apart from the obvious and major disadvantage of pollution, diesel powered generators, that will only be needed a small percentage of the time, will be ideal for the needed rare peaking power in exceptionally high demand times in the short - to medium - term.

The gasoline and diesel we use to fuel our vehicles is also the largest source of climate - wrecking carbon pollution in the region — emitting roughly twice as much as power plants.

In the EU, vehicle carbon reduction has lead to increased diesel use which planned on a good bit of Palm oil based bio-diesel which has created air pollution problems and tropical deforestation.

VOLKSWAGEN SCANDAL: The former CEO of Volkswagen is charged with conspiracy for his role in the company's rigging of diesel vehicles to comply with U.S. pollution standards.

The Governor said that coal exports could clog barge and train routes, increase diesel and coal dust pollution and boost amounts of toxic mercury drifting back to Oregon when Asian countries burn the coal.

With contacts in Curacao's utilities and government, including former Prime Minister Gerrit Schotte, Garvin is encouraging retrofits of the country's diesel - fueled vehicles and power stations to boost efficiency and cut pollution, using «hydrogen hybrid» technology from Canadian firm dynaCERT.

Areas of Expertise: national policy, grassroots organizing, environmental justice, advocacy, diesel pollution, fossil fuels

The refineries, cargo ships, diesel trucks and factories clustered near the ports generate enough toxic air pollution to put the risk of cancer near Melissa and Mary's house 20 percent higher than the average for the south coast of California.

With IdleAir, truck stop communities enjoy cleaner air with the reduction of black carbon and soot that emit from diesel engines, reduced noise pollution, local job creation, and an increased tax base for the local economy.