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

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They show how nitrogen dioxide concentrations during spring and summer months, averaged from 2005-2007, compare to the average from 2009-2011. The mission flew previously in 2011 over Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, DC; in 2013 over the San Joaquin Valley, California; and in 2013 over Houston, Texas.

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US Public Transit Ridership in 2008 At Highest Level in 52 years; 10.7B Trips

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increase over the number of trips taken in 2007 on public transportation, while at the same time, vehicle miles traveled (VMT) declined by 3.6% The light rail system that started in November 2007 in Charlotte, NC showed the highest percentage of increase with an annual 862% increase. Louis (8.9%); Baltimore (8.7%); and Denver (8.6%).

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10-year study shows how air pollution fosters heart disease; accelerated plaque build-up in arteries

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Repeated scans were done for nearly all participants between 2002 and 2005; for a subset of participants between 2005 and 2007; and for half of all participants between 2010 and 2012. The clinics were in Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, St. The condition, also called hardening of the arteries, can cause heart attacks.

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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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CATS’ fleet and financial plans call for the replacement 1998, 1999 and 2007 year diesel buses with new diesel buses in fiscal year 2012. Halon 1301 Replacement: The MTA currently has approximately 5 metric tons of Halon 1301 deployed at 24 MTA facilities in and surrounding Baltimore City. Lane Transit District, Oregon: $3,000,000.

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The Do-or-Die Moments That Determined the Fate of the Internet

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New technologies often are introduced through spectacle: Think of the historic demonstrations carried out by Faraday, Edison, Morse, and Bell, or, more recently, by Steve Jobs onstage in his black turtleneck at Macworld 2007, holding the first iPhone.

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