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Cleaning Up Diesel: A Regional Effort

Cleaning Up Diesel: A Regional Effort. SE Diesel Collaborative Kick-off Atlanta, GA April 26, 2006. Who We Are. Protect our air and water: public health and global warming Shape and influence energy policy in the Southeast Educate and inform citizens

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Cleaning Up Diesel: A Regional Effort

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  1. Cleaning Up Diesel: A Regional Effort SE Diesel Collaborative Kick-off Atlanta, GA April 26, 2006

  2. Who We Are • Protect our air and water: public health and global warming • Shape and influence energy policy in the Southeast • Educate and inform citizens • Promote safe, clean, affordable energy

  3. What We Do Education and outreach on clean energy solutions to meet our energy needs.Local, State, and Federal Policy that furthers a common purpose to protect air, water, and human health affected by energy use and production.Engage indemonstration and research projects that further promote renewables, emissions reductions and petroleum conservation

  4. Our Concerns • Fine particulate matter: • non-attainment implications • Public Health Impacts • Nitrogen oxides: ozone • Over 40 “Hazardous Air Pollutants” or toxic substances • Regional Haze • Soil and Water Contamination • Black Carbon Soot  Global Warming

  5. Diesel and Health in America: The Lingering Threat • Clean Air Task Force analysis: report and website launch; • 21,000 premature deaths per year nationally; • Cancer risk is 8X greater than all 133 other air toxics combined; • Local risk can be found at www.catf.us/goto/SACEdieselhealth

  6. Warming Effects of Diesel Emissions are Significant • Black carbon rivals the warming impact from carbon dioxide. NASA study: diesel soot is twice as potent as carbon dioxide in contributing to global warming. • In the US, diesel emissions account for half of all human-caused black carbon emissions. Approximately ninety-four percent of diesel exhaust is made up of organic and elemental carbon • Eliminating BC emissions depositing on arctic snow and ice packs could significantly delay potential for rapid arctic ice melting (Hansen).

  7. The Role of Retrofits • The Target: Legacy Fleets • New Federal rules don’t address emissions from the 11-13 million existing diesel engines on the road today! • 28 years is the median age of a heavy duty diesel truck. • Local, state, and regional programs will need to be established to meet smog and soot standards by 2010

  8. Diesel Initiatives • GA and TN Diesel Working Groups • Retrofit Advocacy: Monitoring studies and reports, Atlanta and Charlotte; GA Adopt A bus advisory group • Reports: Media • National Partnership to Reduce Diesel Pollution • Report and Web (CATF)-Lingering Threat • Federal diesel emissions reduction initiatives • Diesel Emissions Reduction Act

  9. School Bus Monitoring Projects • Monitor in-cabin air quality on school buses • Demonstrate use and effectiveness of pollution control devices and fuels • Engage the community • Build awareness

  10. Ultrafine Particles conventional retrofit

  11. School Bus Monitoring Studies • Levels of ultrafines in the lead car when driving behind the tailpipe of the conventional uncontrolled bus were very high, and in many instances were off the monitor scale. With the DPF and ULSD, the air measured in a car directly behind the bus detected no diesel emissions. • The DPF with ULSD did not eliminate PM2.5 in the bus cabin as the PM2.5 is believed to be coming largely from the engine crankcase. • The DPF/Spiracle (with ULSD) is the only retrofit combination tested that eliminated ultrafines, PM2.5 and black carbon inside the cabin of the bus.

  12. Opportunity to Save Lives • EPA new engine rules will mean significant improvement • Due to durability of diesel fleet, full benefits won’t be achieved before 2030. • Need a combination of EPA new engine rules, fleet turnover, and aggressive state and local retrofit policies • Will save tens of thousands of lives by 2030 beyond those saved by EPA new engine rules alone.

  13. Diesel Initiatives • Biodiesel and Bioenergy Advocacy: GA bills, Agri-fuels group, FL and GA Energy Plans, and others • Southeast Alternative Fuels Task Force • 25x25 Vision and Ag Energy Work Group • SACE Atlanta ReFuel Project • Tennessee Alternative Fuels Working Group • Biofuels funding opportunities-9006 and Value-Added • SAUBR

  14. Conclusions and Opportunities The SE Diesel Collaborative makes our region stronger and better positioned for federal dollars and support. But, to be effective, we need to: • Build greater awareness among our decision-makers, media, public, and our families. • Build connections between producers and users • Learn from each other Anne Gilliam, 404-659-5675 anne@cleanenergy.org www.cleanenergy.org

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