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EEA report finds most Europeans in cities still exposed to levels of air pollution exceeding WHO guidelines

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The European Environment Agency’s (EEA’s) “ Air quality in Europe — 2019 report ” shows that almost all Europeans living in cities are still exposed to air pollution levels that exceed the health-based air quality guidelines (AQGs) set by the World Health Organization (WHO). The long-term WHO AQG for PM 2.5 17 % of the EU?28

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Study finds significant proportion of childhood asthma cases may be attributable to air pollution

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They investigated two exposure reduction scenarios: first, the recommended annual World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guideline values; and second, the minimum air pollution levels recorded across 41 studies in the underlying meta-analysis. NO 2 ranged from 1.4 3 , with a mean of 11.8? ranged from 2.0 3 , with a mean of 11.6?µg·m

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European Commission approves up to €5.4B of public support for IPCEI Hy2Tech; 41 hydrogen projects

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The project, called “IPCEI Hy2Tech” was jointly prepared and notified by fifteen Member States: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain. The Member States will provide up to €5.4 billion in public funding, which is expected to unlock additional €8.8

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Honda targets new Guinness World Records title for fuel efficiency with 8,500-mile diesel drive across Europe

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Based on strict and rigorous guidelines, the record attempt requires the car to enter each of the 24 countries specified, collecting a range of evidence including a fuel/mileage logbook, GPS readings, video, photographs and independent witness signatures to prove that it has done so.

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Satellite Signal Jamming Reaches New Lows

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They are very purpose-specific,” says Ijaz Ahmed , a telecoms security researcher at the VTT Technical Research Centre in Espoo, Finland. That may be because one of the temptations of LEO is the ability of relatively cheap new hardware to do smaller jobs. Satellites are becoming smaller.

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OMV says it will stop oil and gas production by 2050 in transformation to net-zero

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Important strategic guidelines include expanding the business in attractive markets, particularly in North America and Asia, as well as building sustainable polyolefin production, representing up to 40%of total polyolefin production in Europe. OMV’s goal is to become a leading global supplier of specialty polyolefin solutions.

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New graphene-nanoflake/CNT catalyst shows high ORR, OER electrocatalytic activity for fuel cells, electrolyzers

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Researchers at Aalto University (Finland), with colleagues at the University of Vienna (Austria), CNRS (France) and Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry (Russia), have developed a highly graphitized graphene nanoflake (GF)–carbon nanotube (CNT) hybrid catalyst doped simultaneously with single atoms of N, Co, and Mo (N-Co-Mo-GF/CNT).

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