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New analysis suggests Uber adding significantly to pollution and traffic in European cities

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Uber is adding more polluting car trips to already-clogged European cities such as London and Paris, new analysis by European NGOs suggests —contributing to air pollution and climate change and exploding the company’s sustainability claims. Source: “Europe’s giant ‘taxi’ company: is Uber part of the problem or the solution?”.

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Frost Sullivan Projects That About 80% of European Vehicle Sales Will Be in the 150 g/km CO2 Band by 2015; EVs as a Strategy of Premium Automakers

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A new report from Frost & Sullivan, Implementation Roadmap of CO 2 Tax Banding in European Countries and Impact Analysis on Powertrain and Green Technology Adoption , finds that about 80% of the European vehicle sales is expected to be in the less than 150 g/km CO 2 emission band by 2015. Hariher Balasubramanian.

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A Young Professional on the Power of Mentorship

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She left after about a year to take a similar position at the European Commission ’s Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy. In 2015 she began managing the Nokia Bell Labs booth at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE), an annual Irish science fair. in Atsugi, Japan. After earning her Ph.D.

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Crowdsourcing air pollution measurements: iSPEX-EU 2015

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A collaboration led by researchers at Leiden University in The Netherlands has launched a Europe-wide citizen campaign— iSPEX-EU 2015 —to use a smartphone add-on and app to measure atmospheric aerosols (tiny particles), resulting in a broad-based data set with high spatio-temporal resolution.

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What is COP26?

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The annual event brings together almost two-hundred world leaders to discuss the world’s commitment to climate change. Historically members of COP have offered to host the event and this year, the UK are hosting the event, alongside our partner Italy, right here in Glasgow. When and where is it? degrees Celsius.

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What is COP26?

My Energi

The annual event brings together almost two-hundred world leaders to discuss the world’s commitment to climate change. Historically members of COP have offered to host the event and this year, the UK are hosting the event, alongside our partner Italy, right here in Glasgow. When and where is it? degrees Celsius.