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Study: air pollution caused 1.1M deaths across Africa in 2019, toll from outdoor pollution rising

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Deaths attributable to household air pollution and ambient particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) air pollution in Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, and overall in Africa, 1990–2019. —Philip Landrigan, director of Boston College’s Global Observatory on Pollution and Health. Air pollution was responsible for 1.1 Fisher et al. billion by 2100.

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Imperium3 consortium forms to establish Li-ion battery gigafactory in NY state; 3 GWh by Q4 2019 to grow to 15 GWh

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Imperium3 New York will commercialize an innovative technology for making more efficient and less expensive lithium ion batteries while operating the state’s first giga-factory producing lithium ion batteries, producing 3GWh of batteries by Q4 2019, growing to 15 GWh. The Imperium3NY consortium was formed by nearly 10 companies.

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GAC Group begins construction of $6.5B industrial park for electric and intelligent vehicles

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It is also plays a significant role in pushing forward GAC Motor’s global branding strategy. According to figures compiled by the US Department of Energy (DOE) ( earlier post ), China alone accounted for 42% of global plug-in vehicle sales (316,800 of 756,000 units) in 2016.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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DOE received more than 160 applications for 2019 TCF funding, with project teams engaging more than 90 different partners across multiple diverse disciplines. Fusion Joining of Thermoplastic Composites Using Energy Efficient Processes, $150,000 GE Global Research, U.S., MetalTek International, Watertown, Wis. Niskayuna, N.Y.

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How EV Charging Boosts Your Workplace Benefits Package

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Between the fourth quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2021, Statista writes that the number of workplace EV chargers in the United States grew by 28%. The International Council on Clean Transportation predicts that in order to support the upcoming 26 million EVs on US roads in 2030, 1.3 minutes in 2019.

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How EV Charging Boosts Your Workplace Benefits Package

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Between the fourth quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2021, Statista writes that the number of workplace EV chargers in the United States grew by 28%. The International Council on Clean Transportation predicts that in order to support the upcoming 26 million EVs on US roads in 2030, 1.3 minutes in 2019.

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Test of Planet-Cooling Scheme Could Start in 2022

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If global warming continues unabated, and if the world veers toward catastrophe, it would be better to have tools ready to avoid the most dire outcomes, he says. There were nearly 40 million such flights in 2019. Scientists warn that global warming is likely to hit 1.5 °C Concentrations of greenhouse gases are at.

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