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Mitigating Air Pollution: Overview Dr. Alan Lloyd India-California Air Pollution Mitigation Program Oakland, CA 22 October 2013

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Mitigating Air Pollution: Overview. Dr. Alan Lloyd. India-California Air Pollution Mitigation Program Oakland, CA 22 October 2013. Los Angeles: October 1968. Examiner Collection photo courtesy of The Los Angeles Public Library. Overview: What has worked in California. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Mitigating Air Pollution: Overview

Mitigating Air Pollution: Overview

Dr. Alan Lloyd

India-California Air Pollution Mitigation ProgramOakland, CA 22 October 2013

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Slide 2Los Angeles: October 1968

Examiner Collection photo courtesy of The Los Angeles Public Library

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Strong public health interest Strong research base Strong civil society interest Technology-forcing standards

Slide 3Overview: What has worked in California

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Slide 4Strong Public Push for Clean Air

Health Effects Children’s Health Study Los Angeles Field

Studies Crop damage Visibility Property damage

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Key Institutions CalTech Stanford University University of California USC Cal State Universities National labs

Strong Government Research Programs ARB Research Division OEHHA

Slide 5Strong Public Research Interest

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Slide 6Strong Civil Society Interest

American Lung Association: Annual State of the Air Report

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OEHHA Risk Assessment 1998: California Air Resources Board classified

diesel particulate matter as a toxic air contaminant ARB Risk Management

2000: Diesel Risk Reduction Plan

Slide 7Diesel Toxicity Finding

California Air Resources Board: Particulate Emissions from Diesel-Fueled Engines as a Toxic Air Contaminant. http://www.arb.ca.gov/toxics/dieseltac/dieseltac.htm

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Slide 8Major Shifts in Technologies

Technological Strategies for BC Control

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Slide 9Risk of Cancer in Los Angeles from Diesels (2005)

http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2005/08/02/national/20050803_angeles.html

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Slide 10Diesel Particulate Matter in Los Angeles

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Slide 11Performance-Based Standards

Standards forced fuel-neutral changes in technologies

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Slide 12Improvements in Nitrogen Oxides

1973 1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 20090

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3.5Grams/KilometerNOx Emissions Standards

USA EU China Beijing

Trends in Passenger Car Exhaust Emissions Standards

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Links between land use planning and vehicle emissions

Strategies that shift human behavior toward efficient travel

Investments in non-motorized transport Investments in public transport Etc.

Slide 13What still needs improvement in California

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Comparison of passenger vehicle fuel economy standards

http://www.theicct.org/passenger-vehicles/global-pv-standards-update/

India

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Developing Regions will Experience Large Growth in Health Risk From Vehicle Emissions

International Council on Clean Transportation (2013). The Impact of Stringent Fuel and Vehicle Standards on Premature Mortality and Emissions. In Press.

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Accelerated adoption of fuel/vehicle standards will Protect Future Health Gains

International Council on Clean Transportation (2013). The Impact of Stringent Fuel and Vehicle Standards on Premature Mortality and Emissions. In Press.

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Slide 17Cleaner Air and Economic Growth

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Policies based on sound science Systems approach works Monitor ambient air Ability to recall vehicles and enforce fuel quality

standards Legal framework should exist for implementing

regulations Judicial framework should exist for citizen lawsuits See ICCT India Retrospective Report

http://www.theicct.org

Slide 18Suggestions for India Going Forward

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Thank You