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Euro Parliament Environment Committee votes to include shipping CO2 in EU ETS; shipping industry to contribute to climate neutrality

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The Environment Committee of the European Parliament voted to include CO 2 emissions from the maritime sector in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). In 2015 in the EU, 13% of the overall EU greenhouse gas emissions came from the transport sector. This is more than the emissions of any EU member state.

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BMW Group founds company to develop and distribute innovative robots and management software for logistics solutions

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The name “IDEAL” stands for Industry-Driven Engineering for Autonomous Logistics. We are becoming a provider of logistics robotics beyond the automotive industry. Since 2015, the innovations team from BMW Group Logistics has been working on future-focused industry 4.0 —Jimmy Nassif, CTO IDEALworks GmbH.

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GM sees connectivity, autonomy and transport-as-service fundamentally changing automotive industry

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Three emerging and converging factors—connectivity, autonomy and transport-as-a-service—will fundamentally change the automotive industry over the next few decades, according to Mike Abelson, GM’s VP of Strategy and Global Portfolio Planning. US ridesharing company Lyft had 85 million rides in 2015; China’s DiDi had 1.5

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DOT awards U-M-led hub $15M for connected and automated transportation

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Since that time, the center, which originally included six institutions, has produced a broad range of research that includes: The creation of an augmented reality testing environment to help train autonomous vehicles on how to respond to dangerous traffic incidents. In September 2022, the National Science Foundation awarded $5.1

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BMW Group increasing use of digitalization and Industry 4.0 in production logistics

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The BMW Group is increasingly relying on innovations from the fields of digitalization and Industry 4.0 We are already working with tomorrow’s Industry 4.0 In a virtual environment, planners can quickly and efficiently lay out future logistics areas completely and assess how much space is needed, for instance.

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WHO attributes more than 1 in 4 deaths annually of children under 5 years to unhealthy environment

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In 2015, 5.9 Most of these diseases and conditions are at least partially caused by the environment, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports. The impact of the environment on children’s health , provides a comprehensive overview of the environment’s impact on children’s health, illustrating the scale of the challenge.

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Chalmers team develops method to reduce levels of mercury in sulfuric acid

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Sulfuric acid is an important reagent used in many industries and it is used in the manufacture of everything from paper, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics to batteries, detergents and fertilizers. Such pure high quality sulfuric acid is in high demand in industrial applications and an important step in reducing environmental impact.

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