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Diesel trucks produce 40 times the Fine Particulate Matter pollution produced by a car. But none ... Diesel trucks produce 80% of all vehicle NOx (ozone precursor pollution). 3. US 27 and the area surrounding the proposed site experience frequent sink hole formation. Renewed mining, dynamiting, factory vibrations and rumbling trucks ...
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Plain English Guide To The Clean Air Act
Buses and trucks, which produce a lot of pollution, haven't had to clean ... pollution from cars. Cleaner trucks and buses Starting with model year 1994, engines for new big diesel trucks will have to be built to reduce particulate (dust, soot) releases by 90 percent. Buses will have to reduce particulate releases even more than trucks ...
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David Suzuki Foundation: Climate Change : Transportation
The popularity of sports utility vehicles, trucks and minivans, which now account for ... air pollution. Gradually introduce tax increases on gasoline and diesel to reflect their real environmental and health costs. European ... cell processes (i.e. those that use fossil fuels to produce hydrogen) result in greenhouse gas emissions. Fuel cells have ...
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EnviroZine - Frequently Asked Questions
Issue 38 December 4, 2003 Why are the salt trucks going out before the snow falls? Issue 37 November 13, 2003 ... human health than incandescent bulbs? Issue 32 May 22, 2003 Is diesel fuel more or less polluting than regular gasoline? Do motorcycles and ... 18, 2000 How much carbon dioxide does a litre of gasoline produce? Issue 01 December 18, 2000 What is climate and how is ...
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Governors Award Winners 2001
Health Science Express. The engines produce 60 to 80 percent fewer exhaust emissions, 20 percent less nitrogen dioxide (a greenhouse ... percent fewer particulates. In addition, there is a “no idling” policy for UW buses and diesel trucks operating on campus. Holly Campbell, Ralph Castellino,Tom Fitzsimmons, Diana Perey, David Carr Home ...
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Habitat Media - interview transcript
Our goal is to be able to produce for the consumer an organic type of product. One of the issues in organics is ... that we're using and the oil in the past used to be used in diesel trucks. So we're seeing a higher and better use of both the oil and the ...
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Friends of Red Hill Valley
The provincial government assumes that heavy trucks make up 15% of the traffic on expressways. The current levels on the 403 and the QEW are even higher than this. Heavy trucks produce ... hydrocarbons). Vehicle exhaust is known to be a major source of various types of PAHs. Diesel trucks are a particular problem. Their exhaust contains over 40 different toxics. Underestimated existing air ...
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Friends of Red Hill Valley
Obviously the largest trees produce the greatest benefit. I pointed out that the removal of 40,000 to 47,000 ... filtering equipment (trees) and increasing dangerous particulates in the air due to the attraction of diesel trucks and other traffic. Dr. James S. Quinn is associate professor of biology at McMaster University ...
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Nonroad Diesel Equipment | US EPA
Exhaust emissions from these ... ,900 hospitalizations, and one million work days lost. Related Topics Clean Diesel Diesel Boats and Ships Locomotives Diesel Fuel The following page links help you to: Basic Information: ...
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NoiseOFF - The Citizens Coalition Against Noise Pollution - Engine Brakes
It is a deafening bellowing noise that trucks produce when they slow down. Engine brakes are primarily used as a means to reduce the ... be heard hundreds of feet away. Originally designed for semi-trailer diesel trucks, engine brakes have been adapted for use in tow trucks, utility and emergency vehicles, buses, and recreational vehicles. Without a ...
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