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Large-scale study associates even brief exposure to PM2.5 with childhood lung infections

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The research was undertaken by a team from Intermountain Healthcare, Brigham Young University, and the University of Utah. Kent Korgenski, Natalie Torosyan, Grant I Hansen, David Kartchner, C. The study is the largest to date on this health concern, involving more than 100,000 patients. Benjamin D. 201709-1883OC.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $55 million in grant selections through the Low or No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle program, which funds the development of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced fuel technologies. AVTA is committed to having an all electric fleet by 2018.

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How PostScript Kickstarted Desktop Publishing

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By treating everything to be printed the same, in a common mathematical description, PostScript granted abilities offered nowhere else. Warnock, the architect for PostScript, launched his computing career as a graduate student at the University of Utah at the close of the 1960s. 2018, doi: 10.1109/MAHC.2018.033841112.

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

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percent per year over the next four years so that in 2018 there is a ten percent reduction from the baseline. states (Arizona, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington) and four Canadian provinces (British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec). The program then reduces the cap by 2.5 WCI covers seven U.S.

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