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Sara Malmheden
Press officer
Phone: +46(0) 10-788 65 10
E-mail: sara.malmheden@ivl.se
Press releases and news
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2017-07-04Press release
Continued high emissions from new diesel cars
Diesel cars adhering to the latest environmental class legislation, Euro 6, release about five times as much nitrogen oxides in real mileage as is required by law. This according to a survey conducte...
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2017-07-03News
IVL comments to reactions in media on battery study
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute recently carried out a study estimating CO2 emissions from lithium-ion battery production and their recycling, aiming to provide a better understanding of...
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2017-06-26Press release
Volcanic eruptions caused 25-fold increase in sulphur content in northern Sweden
From August 31, 2014 to February 27, 2015, a volcanic eruption in Iceland discharged twice as much sulphur dioxide as is emitted by all human activity in a single year. The eruption impacted air qual...
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2017-06-25Press release
Locally produced biofuels will reduce the climate impact of aviation
IVL Swedish Environment Research Institute will, together with the Fly Green Fund association, launch a project to leverage large-scale production of biofuel in Sweden. At present, biofuel is only pr...
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2017-06-22News
“Reports about harmful effects of microplastic have opened many people’s eyes”
The first UN Ocean Conference, hosted by Sweden and Fiji, took place in New York. Issues with microplastic in the sea and marine littering were high on the agenda. These questions were also taken up ...
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2017-06-21Press release
New report highlights climate footprint of electric car battery production
In the quest for greater mileage per charge, electric car batteries are getting much bigger. But since battery production is energy consuming and to some extent cancels out climate benefit, it is vit...
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2017-06-13News
“There is more to biofuels than CO2 reduction”
Researchers from IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Luleå University of Technology, Bio4Energy and Lund University have evaluated Swedish biofuels production. The result indicates that the...
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2017-06-07News
Chemical pollutants in preschool dust
Researchers from the City of Stockholm “Chemical-Smart Preschool” project have examined levels of plasticisers and bisphenols in the dust collected from 100 Stockholm preschools. The researchers also...
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