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Study warns on possible air pollution link to neuroinflammatory, Alzheimer and Parkinson’s pathologies in megacity children

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Children living in polluted megacities are at increased risk for brain inflammation and neurodegenerative changes, including Alzheimer or Parkinson’s disease, according to a study led by University of Montana Professor Dr. Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas and her colleagues.

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Researchers discover new enzyme paradigm for critical reaction in converting lignin to useful products

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Now, an international research team has discovered and characterized a new family of cytochrome P450 enzymes critical to improving the conversion of lignin. McGeehan (2018) “A promiscuous cytochrome P450 aromatic O-demethylase for lignin bioconversion” Nature Communications volume 9, Article number: 2487 doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04878-2.

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The EV Transition Explained: Converting Gasoline Superusers

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Both recently traded their respective SUVs for electric vehicles (EVs), and happily swore off every buying another internal combustion engine (ICE) powered vehicle. Wyoming gasoline superusers and others in states like Idaho, Montana, and South Dakota are likely to have additional concerns about buying EVs.

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Former EPA exec Margo Oge explains the new federal emissions rules

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Some states like Montana, for example, it’s less populous, but a big state, so how do you put that infrastructure in place? I personally believe that there should be 60% EVs in 2030, because a recent study by the International Energy Agency [found] that we need 60% EVs globally by 2030. Margo Oge: Yes. I would suspect so.

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