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SUMMARY:Earthx Green Speaker Series: Responsible Freight - From Manufacturer to Final Mile\, Delivery in a Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:Presented by\nPressure Systems International (P.S.I.)\nand\nNorth American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) \nModerator:\nCraig Smith – Marketing Manager / P.S.I. \nPanelists:\nRick Mihelic – Director of Emerging Technologies / NACFE\nJim Sharkey – V.P. Global Slaes & Marketing / P.S.I.\nAl Cohn –  Director – New Market Development & Engineering Support / P.S.I. \nTransportation is the backbone of the world economy. In times past\, it has gone mostly unnoticed by the general public.  However\, during this unprecedented time in the fight against COVID-19\, transportation; air cargo\, rail\, interstate trucking\, intrastate trucking\, and final mile delivery have been on the front lines and in our hearts and minds. These fleets\, selfless drivers and transportation workers have taken great risks to move essential goods/products/services to where they are needed. \nEnvironmentally\, the world transportation industry is a large consumer of fossil fuel. What we plan to exhibit during this Earth X virtual panel discussion is\, the lengths and expense many of the transportation companies are going in order to minimize carbon footprints.  This includes managing tire pressure for maximum fuel economy and tire longevity resulting in fewer replacements\, exploring the use of electric vehicles\, managing drive times\, weight capacity\, and balance.
URL:https://nhcleancities.org/event/earthxgreen-speaker-series-responsible-freight/
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SUMMARY:National Conference on Sustainable Development 2020: Electric School Bus Toolkit
DESCRIPTION:Live Green and CT Southwestern Area Clean Cities Coalition in partnership with Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition and Capitol Clean Cities Coalition present the National Conference on Sustainable Development 2020: Electric School Bus Toolkit\, on Wednesday\, May 27\, from 10am – 1pm. \nThis virtual conference illustrates how the Global Sustainable Development Goals integrate into local communities through metric driven programs and initiatives and will provide the opportunity to share resources and learn from others from around the block\, throughout the region and across the country. \nNCSD 2020: Electric School Bus Toolkit Objective: To hasten the adoption of electric school buses across the country through education\, outreach\, metric-driven programs\, collaboration\, and resource sharing. \nHighlights Include: \n\nElectric School Bus Toolkit 6 Week Program – Outcomes\nRecognition of local change agents and Community Champions\nDemonstration of how the right legislation can have a profound impact on electric school bus procurement\nThe important role that utilities play in electric school bus adoption\nRegional approaches to EV and electric school bus implementation\nSuccess stores from around the nation\nImmediate actions communities can take to hasten electric school bus procurement\n\nThe NCSD 2020: Electric School Bus Toolkit features panelists and presenters from boards of education\, electric school bus manufacturers\, school districts\, utilities and legislators. \nThe program will include a brief presentation on the Electric School Bus Toolkit 6 week program\, which will be followed by three panels and closing remarks. \nPanel 1: Local efforts and participants’ outcomes from the Electric School Bus Toolkit 6 week program. \nPanel 2: Legislation that supports electric school buses and will feature legislators\, including Delegate Kaye Kory from Virginia. \nPanel 3: Showcases electric school bus success stories and will shine the light on New York\, Vermont\, and California. \nIntended Audience: \nUtilities\, boards of education\, school district superintendents\, school district directors of finance\, school district transportation/fleet directors\, school bus fleet operators\, legislators\, Mayors\, First Selectmen/women\, Councils of Governments\, charging infrastructure and V2G providers\, air quality bureaus\, environmental groups\, health agencies\, PTAs\, parents\, community leaders\, Clean Cities Coalitions\, and anyone interested in learning how their community can take a step towards electric school buses. \nBackground \nEach day\, nearly 600\,000 school buses transport 24 million students to schools in the U.S. powered by diesel fuel. The time spent on buses by individual students varies between 20 minutes and several hours per day. For one child\, a half-hour ride to school\, and a half-hour ride home each day amounts to 180 hours per school year—90 full 24- hour-days over 12 years of school. Annually\, U.S. children spend 3 billion hours on school buses. \nWhy electric school buses? \n\nDiesel exhaust is classified as a probable human carcinogen by many governmental authorities\, including the International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO)\, the U.S. National Toxicology Program\, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\, and as a known carcinogen by the State of California.\nThe California South Coast Air Quality Management District recently estimated that nearly 71% of the cancer risk from air pollutants in the area is associated with diesel emissions.\nDiesel exhaust includes benzene\, 1\,3-butadiene\, and soot\, all classified as known human carcinogens.\nNearly 33 studies have explored the association between diesel exhaust exposure and bladder cancer.\nDiesel exhaust contains both carbon particulates and 40 chemicals that are classified as “hazardous air pollutants” under the Clean Air Act.\nExposure to particulates has been associated with: increased mortality among those with cardiopulmonary diseases; exacerbation of symptoms for asthma\, bronchitis\, and pneumonia; decreased lung function; and retarded lung development. It has also been correlated with increased hospital admissions and emergency room visits for respiratory illnesses.\nChildren may be especially susceptible to adverse respiratory effects following exposure to fine-diameter particulate matter (PM2.5) emitted from diesel engines.\nSmaller particles are able to penetrate children’s narrower airways reaching deeply within the lung\, where they are more likely to be retained.\nHigher rates of respiration among children may lead to their higher exposure\, when measured per unit of their body weight.\nThere is no known safe exposure to diesel exhaust for children\, especially those with asthma or other chronic respiratory disease. Nationally\, 4.8 million children have asthma.\nAsthma costs an average of $500 per child per year for medications\, physician care\, and hospital treatment. This estimate does not account for other costs that often include school absenteeism\, lost parental work while caring for ill children\, psychological effects\, and abnormal social development.\nChildren are exposed to airborne particulate concentrations inside buses that are sometimes 5-15 times higher than background levels.\n\nRegister for the event. \nInformational event flyer (PDF) \n 
URL:https://nhcleancities.org/event/national-conference-on-sustainable-development-2020-electric-school-bus-toolkit/
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