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International travelers experience adverse cardiopulmonary health effects even after short stay in polluted cities

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Most were visiting family in cities with consistently high levels of air pollution, including Ahmedabad and New Delhi, India; Rawalpindi, Pakistan; and Xian, China. For the study, researchers analyzed 6 measurements of lung and heart health in 34 men and women traveling abroad for at least a week from the metropolitan New York City area.

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Russia’s KAMAZ to create artificial city as autonomous driving testing ground

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Amendments to the law are planned for 2017, the same time when the pilot program should be launched on the roads of Tatarstan. It has assemblers in Vietnam, Iran, India, Kazakhstan, and Pakistan. It is being developed in cooperation with the Russian software developer Cognitive Technologies.

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Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro 4-door hatchback

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You could buy versions of this car all the way through 2017 in Pakistan. The Metro was based on the second-generation Suzuki Cultus, and it was the successor to the 1985-1988 Chevrolet Sprint (which was based on the first -generation Cultus).

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IEA finds CO2 emissions flat for third straight year even as global economy grew in 2016

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The overall increase in the world’s nuclear net capacity last year was the highest since 1993, with new reactors coming online in China, the United States, South Korea, India, Russia and Pakistan. IEA will explore US and natural gas prospects in details in the next World Energy Outlook 2017.

Economy 199
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HEI: 95%+ of world’s population live in areas of unhealthy air

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China has made initial progress, beginning to achieve air pollution declines; in contrast, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India have experienced the steepest increases in air pollution levels since 2010. Transportation was a distant 7 th.

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Saudis Expand Price War Downstream

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Along with acquiring a controlling stake in Korea’s S-Oil, the desert kingdom is commissioning a new refinery in Jizan which would have a capacity of around 400,000 barrels per day when it begins operations in 2017. So, who will reap the benefits of the low prices?

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UN Environment report says national GHG pledges only bring one-third of reductions needed for Paris Agreement

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In early 2017, an additional 273 GW of coal-fired capacity was under construction and 570 GW in pre-construction. Ten countries make up approximately 85% of the entire coal pipeline: China, India, Turkey, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, Egypt, Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Republic of Korea.