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NA steel industry has recycled more than 1B tons of steel since 1988; 16.3M tons of automotive scrap in 2012

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The North American steel industry has recycled more than one billion tons of steel since 1988, according to the Steel Recycling Institute (SRI), a business unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI). million automobiles. For 2012, the overall recycling rate for steel was 88% with nearly 84 million tons of steel recycled.

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Researchers find ammonium concentration in PM2.5 leading to higher risk of death

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Particulate matter is a complex mixture of extremely small particles and liquid droplets which can be directly emitted from natural sources, such as forest fires, or when gases emitted from power plants, industries and automobiles react in the air. is airborne particulate matter smaller than 2.5 µm in diameter. components.

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3 business teams say pact reaffirms right-to-repair loyalty. Critics name it a farce.

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“Large manufacturers and industry groups like to flaunt these MOUs as a way of saying, ‘No need to regulate us. “They are purely public relations gestures, almost always intended to head off regulation that the industry in question would rather not see passed.” No need for new laws.

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CRC study finds some adverse results from use of mid-level ethanol blends in MY 2001-2009 engines; DOE and ethanol industry say study significantly flawed

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The Sustaining Members of CRC are the American Petroleum Institute (API) and a group of automobile manufacturer members (Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Toyota, and Volkswagen). million of research sponsored by the auto and oil industries, and $40 million of testing sponsored by the federal government.

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ICL, CMU study associates PM2.5 air pollution in US with >30,000 deaths and reduced life expectancy

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These particles are mainly emitted from automobiles, power plants and industry, and known to be hazardous to health. The team then combined this with death counts from the National Center for Health Statistics. The study, published in the journal PLOS Medicine , analyzed concentrations of PM 2.5 There were a total of 41.9

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Cybersecurity survey finds automakers and suppliers ill-prepared for in-vehicle software security

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Among the key findings: Developers are not familiar enough with their company’s program to secure software for automobiles. Automakers are not as knowledgeable about secure software development as other industries. Security is not built into the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) in the automotive industry.

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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The outbreak of COVID-19 has already impacted the automotive industry significantly, according to JATO Dynamics, a leading provider of global automotive data and insight. The industry is being impacted largely by the uncertainty for the future, and this issue started to arise even before the pandemic took hold.

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