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UMD-led study finds China’s SO2 emissions down 75% since 2007, India’s up 50%; India may now be the top SO2 emitter

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Although China and India remain the world’s largest consumers of coal, a new University of Maryland-led study found that China’s sulfur dioxide emissions fell by 75% since 2007, while India’s emissions increased by 50%. This work was supported by the NASA Earth Science Division Aura Science Team (Award No.

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GM Suspending 2010 Malibu Hybrid Production; Next-Generation Li-Ion Mild Hybrid Expected for 2011

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The Malibu hybrid shares components with two other GM mild hybrids: the Saturn Aura and Vue hybrids. Hitachi Automotive Products produced the integrated starter-generators and the power electronics for GM’s 2007-2009 mild hybrids. Jack Rosebro.

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NASA satellite images highlight US air quality improvement with reduction of NO2

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After ten years in orbit, the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on NASA’s Aura satellite has been in orbit sufficiently long to show that people in major US cities are breathing less nitrogen dioxide. They show how nitrogen dioxide concentrations during spring and summer months, averaged from 2005-2007, compare to the average from 2009-2011.

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Top BLDC Motor Manufacturers in India

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MRS ELECTRO POWER PVT LTD MRS ELECTRO POWER PVT LTD PROMOTING BRAND AURA, TRUSTED SINCE 1991, A BRAND FOR LAST 20 YEARS IS PIONEER IN OFFERING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT LEVERAGES NATURAL ENERGY AS WELL AS BATTERY-POWERED ENERGY TO MINIMIZE THE RELIANCE AND ALSO THE ONUS ON ELECTRICITY.

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Study finds power law scaling relationship between urban population and NO2 pollution

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The researchers used tropospheric NO 2 columns retrieved from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on NASA’s Aura satellite, which measures NO 2 throughout the atmosphere in the afternoon around the world. The variation is a reflection of regional differences such as industrial development, per capita emissions and geography. ppb (India).

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

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I was able to spend 10 minutes driving a Saturn Aura sedan with an (HCCI) engine system. These 4 th Generation vehicles are modified Chevy Equinoxes and have been on the street since the fall of 2007 as part of Project Driveway. GM has 24 models available with VVT in 2010. Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI). Earlier post.).

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