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USDOT announces $84.9M through Lo-No program to expand advanced bus technologies

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Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon. Milwaukee County. Milwaukee County will receive funds to purchase battery-electric buses to replace diesel buses purchased near the end of their useful life. Port Authority of Allegheny County. King County Metro Transit. 1,700,000.

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Study estimates ~4M children worldwide develop asthma each year because of NO2 air pollution

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The problem affects cities in the United States as well: Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Las Vegas and Milwaukee were the top five cities in the US with the highest percentage of pediatric asthma cases linked to polluted air. This study was funded by George Washington University.

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$112.5M awarded to research consortia studying effects of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf of Mexico

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Member Institutions: The Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Minnesota, SINTEF Norway, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Research Applied Technology Education Services (Rates)/Coastal Oil Spill Simulation System (COSS). Lead Institution: Texas A&M University at College Station.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Lane Transit District, Oregon: $3,000,000. Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon, Oregon: $750,000. Milwaukee County Department of Transportation and Public Works, Wisconsin: $210,000. This project will upgrade the replacement buses to hybrid technology.

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Cupcake A.T.M.s and Fire Pits: What You Love at the Airport

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At Portland International Airport, in Oregon, there’s a movie theater screening short films by creators from the Pacific Northwest ( located after security in Concourse C). At Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, there’s a branch of Renaissance Books , a beloved local used-book store ( located in the main terminal before security).