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Study estimates global black carbon emissions up 72% from 1960-2007; BC emissions intensity down 52%

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Black carbon emissions and BC emissions intensity per year. A study led by a team from Peking University has estimated that global black carbon (BC) emissions increased from 5.3 teragrams per year in 2007 (+72%). Among their findings: The residential sector is the most important anthropogenic BC emission source.

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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Richards-Kortum is a professor of bioengineering at Rice University , in Houston, and codirector of the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies , which is developing affordable medical equipment for underresourced hospitals. in 1990, she joined the University of Texas at Austin as a professor of biomedical engineering.

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UMTRI: average new vehicle fuel economy decreased in 2015 from 2014

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mpg from the value for the vehicles sold in 2014, according to the latest monthly report from Dr. Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). mpg from the peak reached in August 2014, but still up 4.8 mpg since October 2007 (the first month of their monitoring).

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US new-vehicle fuel economy drops again in September

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Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) This decline likely reflects the increased proportion of light trucks among the vehicles sold, they suggested. mpg from the peak reached in August 2014, but still up 5.1 mpg since October 2007 (the first month of their monitoring).

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UMTRI: average new vehicle fuel economy in US dropped in August

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Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). mpg since October 2007 (the first month of their monitoring), but still down 0.2 mpg reached in August 2014. The value for August is up 5.2 mpg from the peak of 25.5 in June 2017, up from 0.82 in June 2017, up from 0.82

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UMTRI: average US new vehicle fuel economy drops in October

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Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). mpg since October 2007 (the first month of their monitoring), but down 0.3 mpg reached in August 2014. The value for October is up 5.1 mpg from the peak of 25.5 in August 2017, up from 0.81 in August 2017, up from 0.81

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Purdue and Duke Energy to explore potential for SMR nuclear power source for campus

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Purdue University and Duke Energy plan to explore the feasibility of using advanced nuclear energy to meet the campus community’s long-term energy needs. No other option holds as much potential to provide reliable, adequate electric power with zero carbon emissions. Approximately 50% of campus electricity is purchased from Duke Energy.

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