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WHO: 9 out of 10 people worldwide breathe polluted air; 7M deaths per year

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New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that 9 out of 10 people breathe air containing high levels of pollutants. Updated estimations reveal a death toll of 7 million people every year caused by ambient (outdoor) and household air pollution. Ambient air pollution alone caused some 4.2 g/m 3 (for PM 10 ) and 10 ?g/m

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Carnegie study finds climate impact of particulates varies greatly depending on where the pollution originated

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Yet, aerosol emissions from Europe, the United States, and China are declining, while aerosol emissions from India and Africa are increasing. For example, their models show that aerosol emissions from Western Europe have 14 times the global cooling effect that aerosol emissions from India do. This work is part of a larger $1.5-million

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Study: IMO low-sulfur fuel standards will decrease childhood asthma cases, premature deaths; climate tradeoffs

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pollution impacts in 2020 with and without the use of low-sulphur fuels. Ship air pollution effects are greatest in areas where heavily travelled ship routes exist in, and next to, densely populated communities. Some key regions include China, Singapore, Panama, Brazil and coastlines of Asia, Africa and South America.

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WHO data: global annual PM10 increased by 6% during recent 3-year period; based on data from 851 cities

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Air quality in most cities worldwide that monitor outdoor (ambient) air pollution fails to meet World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for safe levels, putting people at additional risk of respiratory disease and other health problems, according to WHO’s expanded ambient (outdoor) air pollution (AAP) in cities database 2014.

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Climate Expert: Don't Call It Geoengineering

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by spewing pollution into the air. The largest blue bar is the effect of pollution particles on clouds. [[The It's a cooling effect and it's happening all over the world as a result of pollution from factories, ships, and cars. We're planning to remove that pollution, so it would be wise for us to understand that effect.

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Noco-Noco and Greenfuel sign MoU for Li-Ion battery longevity technology – ET Auto

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Greenfuel will also spearhead marketing and sales activities in India and Africa, catering to a diverse range of applications including Drone as a Service (DaaS) and Battery as a Service (BaaS) for solutions such as battery swapping.

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Gravity Batteries, Green Hydrogen, and a Thorium Reactor for China

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This article, by researchers at PARC and the University of Washington, is one possible answer. Most of the world’s hydrogen comes from deeply polluting methods. The pumps tap into vast stores of groundwater that lie not too far underground and cover much of sub-Saharan Africa.

Hydrogen 101