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Researchers map CO2 emissions for entire Los Angeles Megacity to help improve environmental policymaking

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For example, about 60 percent of roadway emissions come from 10 percent of the roads. We can identify the ones with the highest emissions and track how well efforts to reduce those emissions are working. Other cities Gurney has mapped to this degree are Indianapolis, Salt Lake City and Baltimore. million people.

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MIT study says combustion emissions cause ~200,000 premature deaths/year in US; vehicles and power generation top sources

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Annual average concentrations of fine particulates from US sources of combustion emissions from (a) electric power generation; (b) industry; (c) commercial and residential sources; (d) road transportation; (e) marine transportation; (f) rail transportation; (g) sum of all combustion sources; (h) all sources. Source: MIT. Click to enlarge.

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

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parts per billion (ppb) NO x. The effects were seen even in the United States where efforts to reduce exposure have been notably successful compared with many other parts of the world, Dr. Kaufman noted. The clinics were in Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, St. μg PM 2.5 /m For each 5 μg PM 2.5 /m µg/m 3.). (As

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Hyundai and Kia license Paice’s hybrid vehicle technology, ending litigation

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Paice has now licensed all or part of its hybrid vehicle technology portfolio to Toyota, Hyundai/Kia, and Ford. Paice and the Abell Foundation, a Baltimore-based non-profit organization that invested in Paice, filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Hyundai and Kia in US District Court in 2012.

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DISCOVER-AQ project to begin flights to enhance measurement of ground-level air-quality from space

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This summer two NASA research airplanes will fly over the Baltimore-Washington region and northeast Maryland as part of a mission to enhance the capability of satellites to measure ground-level air quality from space. A third aircraft, a Cessna operated by the University of Maryland, will also participate in the campaign.

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Campaign Begins

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Such a vehicle could reduce gasoline consumption for the average American by 50 percent to 70 percent and reduce automobile emissions well in excess of emissions that might result from the additional use of power plants. They point to plug-ins as a critical part of the answer to a looming crisis. Last year, U.S.