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Study finds link between sleep apnea and increases in PM2.5, NO2

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Similarly, air pollution has been linked with cerebrovascular disease, cancer and cardiovascular morbidity and overall mortality, attributed in part to an increased systemic inflammatory response to fine particles. Martha Billings, lead study author and associate professor of medicine at the University of Washington.

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Where to Start with EV Charging for Convenience Stores & Truck Stops

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National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program The NEVI program makes funding available to all 50 states, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico for EV charging projects along AFCs. Let’s look at some of the available funding for businesses. Any projects funded via CFI must meet the EV Charging Minimum Standards Rule.

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Researchers use Google Street View cars for high-resolution air pollution mapping

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demonstrated a measurement approach to for urban air pollution mapping at 4–5 orders of magnitude greater spatial precision than possible with current central-site ambient monitoring. Air pollution varies very finely in space, and we can’t capture that variation with other existing measurement techniques. —Apte et al.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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New vehicles to be deployed include 55 CNG vehicles, 363 propane vehicles, 89 hybrid electric vehicles, and 56 neighborhood electric vehicles. The initiative includes 17 new propane fueling stations along high traffic roadways from Washington, D.C. Total DOE award: $12,975,388. Total DOE award: $8,605,100. Southern CA Assoc.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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One of the keys to TOD is to desegregate commercial and residential land use so people live near where they work and even if they have to commute to work the distributed nature housing and commercial avoids the overcrowding in one direction you experience with dedicated residential neighborhoods. Washington, D.C.: Thornes, B.

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Nissan plans to start selling electric car in Seattle next year

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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