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PM2.5, O3 pollution associated with development of Alzheimer’s disease; new study identifies evolving axonal damage

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A 2015 study found a 138% risk of increase of AD per increase of 4.34 ?g/m Exposures to concentrations of PM 2.5 and ozone at or above the current standards have been linked to neuroinflammation and high risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). g/m 3 in PM 2.5 g/m 3 in PM 2.5

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Study warns on possible air pollution link to neuroinflammatory, Alzheimer and Parkinson’s pathologies in megacity children

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Children living in polluted megacities are at increased risk for brain inflammation and neurodegenerative changes, including Alzheimer or Parkinson’s disease, according to a study led by University of Montana Professor Dr. Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas and her colleagues. Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas et al.

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Coulomb Racks Up Series of Charging Infrastructure Wins

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The City of Amsterdam plans to deploy 200 charging stations before 2012, and expects the charging stations to fuel 10,000 electric cars in 2015. Leading energy company Nuon will provide renewable energy for the charging stations and Coulomb’s international partner 365-Energy will manage the ChargePoint Network for subscribers.

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Harvard Kennedy School researcher forecasts sharp increase in world oil production capacity and risk of price collapse

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The findings by Leonardo Maugeri, a former senior executive vice president of the oil company Eni, and now a fellow in the Geopolitics of Energy Project in the Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, are based on an original field-by-field analysis of the world’s major oil formations and exploration projects.

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DOE selects 16 research projects for more than $19M in funding to advance Solid Oxide Fuel Cell technology

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In Fiscal Year (FY) 2015, NETL issued two funding opportunities announcements (FOAs) to support programs that enable the development and deployment of this energy technology. Montana State University. The projects selected under the two FOAs will receive funding through NETL’s Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Program. West Virginia University.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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states (Arizona, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington) and four Canadian provinces (British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec). In 2015–expanded to emissions from residential, commercial, and other industrial combustion, and transportation fuels. In 2015–nearly 90% of emissions. Another six U.S.

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