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The Boring Company’s updated projects page no longer lists D.C.-Baltimore tunnel

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Baltimore tunnel and the Dugout Loop in Los Angeles. Baltimore project, a spokesperson from the Federal Highway Administration has stated that The Boring Company has not given the agency any indications that it intends to move forward with the project. Baltimore tunnel’s status as “In environmental review and permitting.”

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Amazon begins deploying its Rivian electric delivery vehicles

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Amazon has begun deploying its custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian for package delivery, with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.

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Electrify America releases $300M Cycle 2 national ZEV investment plan; metro charging, autonomous charging, renewable generation

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The $300-million investment will build on Electrify America’s initial priorities and expand into new areas, where the need for electric vehicle charging stations and technology are greatest or are most likely to be used regularly.

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10-year study shows how air pollution fosters heart disease; accelerated plaque build-up in arteries

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This was the most in-depth study of air pollution exposures ever applied to a large study group specifically designed to examine influences on cardiovascular health. The clinics were in Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, St. For each 5 μg PM 2.5 /m m 3 increase, coronary calcium progressed by 4.1 Paul and Winston-Salem.

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DOE selects 15 projects for $32M to advance lower-cost fusion concepts; ARPA-E BETHE

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BETHE teams will build on recent progress in fusion research and the growing fusion community to lower costs and further foster viable commercial opportunities for the next generation of fusion technology. University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Centrifugal Mirror Fusion Experiment - $4,000,000. Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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Video-Game Engineer Sushama Chakraverty Answered the Call of Duty

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Patil College of Engineering; Master’s degree in computer science, The University of Maryland, Baltimore County In addition to Atari, she’s worked at smaller gaming companies, as well as the leading development studio Ubisoft in Montreal and Toronto, where she contributed to major titles like Assassin’s Creed 2 , Watchdogs Legion , and Far Cry 4.

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Eaton to supply EV charging stations to federal EV Pilot Program

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The contract is an element of the federal government’s Electric Vehicle Pilot Program , a GSA initiative launched in 2011 ( earlier post ) to incorporate EVs and charging infrastructure into federal vehicle and building portfolios. GSA will work with agencies to install charging infrastructure in federal buildings in the five pilot cities.

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