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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

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and its environs. Delaine Access to fresh produce is challenging in many low-income neighborhoods. A robot that removes litter Trash is often found in and near bodies of water, threatening wildlife, community members, and the overall environment. Their Project DIANA uses a drone to detect gas concentrations in the air.

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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

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Cleveland, Ohio, has approved new zoning and transportation policies that are angling to transform it into the next “fifteen-minute city,” The City Planning Commission voted to move forward with changes to building codes in several pilot neighborhoods it wants to make more pedestrian friendly.

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Charging/rideshare provider Revel hires former Tesla Supercharger exec – Charged EVs

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Revel’s public fast charging hubs are designed for rideshare drivers, and are located in the neighborhoods where those drivers live and work. Source: Revel The post Charging/rideshare provider Revel hires former Tesla Supercharger exec – Charged EVs appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Tesla makes quick work of water-polluting leak at Giga Berlin, authorities give all-clear

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But according to experts and the State Environment Agency, there is no danger to the environment as Tesla followed the necessary protocols to ensure that the substance was properly handled. There was no danger to the environment or the neighborhood,” the spokesman said. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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Chacarita Is Buenos Aires’s Quirkiest Neighborhood. Get There Soon.

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To become a city’s coolest new neighborhood, there are certain prerequisites: a crop of cafes that toe the line between cozy and snobbish, chefs combining the innovative with the Instagrammable, and shops so sincere that they are doomed to close when rents rise, which they inevitably will. But then it must also have quirks.

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South Bay Bicycle Coalition Scores $240,000 Grant! Huge Grassroots Victory for Brand New Bike Group

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But it’s even better news for the health of our South Bay communities – not just for the obesity-fighting exercise that people on bicycles are going to be getting, but just as importantly, for the cleaner air we’re going to get to breathe thanks to people using pollution-free bicycle transportation instead of driving their cars.

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Environmental groups look to halt Tesla’s battery plant permits at Gigafactory Texas

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million square foot car factory – a toxic battery cathode plant along the Colorado River, near neighborhoods that do not have access to satisfactory, affordable water, while the company is planning to receive vast amounts of water from the City of Austin for its industrial operations. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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