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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 Air pollution was responsible for 1.1

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New study puts air-pollution related deaths in India in 2019 at 1.67 million

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million deaths in 2019—the largest pollution-related death toll in any country in the world—and also accounted for $36.8 million deaths in 2019—the largest pollution-related death toll in any country in the world—and also accounted for $36.8 —lead researcher Boston College Professor of Biology Philip J.

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Tesla could start selling Optimus robots by the end of next year, Musk says – ET Auto

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Humanoid robots have been in development for several years by Japan’s Honda and Hyundai Motor’s Boston Dynamics. Humanoid robots have been in development for several years by Japan’s Honda and Hyundai Motor ‘s Boston Dynamics. Musk has a history of failing to fulfill bold promises to Wall Street.

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New analysis suggests Uber adding significantly to pollution and traffic in European cities

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Source: “Europe’s giant ‘taxi’ company: is Uber part of the problem or the solution?”. In France, which liberalized the taxi market in 2015, the number of reported PHV drivers doubled in three years (from more than 15,000 in 2016 to 30,000 in 2019). million users in London in 2019 and with 2.7 million users in France in 2017.

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Boston Dynamics’ Robert Playter on the New Atlas

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Boston Dynamics has just introduced a new Atlas humanoid robot , replacing the legendary hydraulic Atlas and intended to be a commercial product. Playter became the CEO in 2019, helping the company make the difficult transition from R&D to commercial products with Spot , Stretch , and now (or very soon) Atlas.

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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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Amtrak invests $2.4B for next-gen Alstom Avelia high-speed trainsets and infrastructure upgrades

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The contract is part of $2.45 billion that will be invested on the heavily traveled Northeast Corridor (NEC) as part of a multifaceted modernization program to renew and expand the Acela Express service. The first prototype of the new trainsets will be ready in 2019, with the first trainset entering revenue service in 2021.