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A Bamboo Carbon Filter for Diesels Could Reduce Emissions

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Looking to make replacement filters more environmentally friendly and affordable, a team of engineering students from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology , in Dhaka, designed a carbon-based version with bamboo. Shakhawat recently graduated from the university with a degree in electrical engineering.

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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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He left there in 1966 to join the University of Cambridge as an assistant director of research. He earned his bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering in 1958 from the University of Bristol , in England. He worked at the university at the time of his death. where he continued his networking work.

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HEI: 95%+ of world’s population live in areas of unhealthy air

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China has made initial progress, beginning to achieve air pollution declines; in contrast, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India have experienced the steepest increases in air pollution levels since 2010. Its results are published each year in the international medical journal, The Lancet.

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Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

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Toyota Motor Corporation has begun accepting applications today for this year’s Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program , which is designed to support environmental revitalization and conservation activities aimed at sustainable development both in Japan and overseas. Environment-Education seminar of Energy in Yokkaichi University.

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Study of emissions from CNG- and gasoline-fueled autorickshaws suggests measurements and data, not assumptions, should drive policy

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Auto-rickshaws from Delhi were chosen for the study because (a) they operate on CNG, (b) they are “for-hire” vehicles, and are hence readily recruited, and (c) they all have the same basic chassis design and function (manufactured by one company, but available with different engine types and a wide range of model years). g kg -1 (6.2-26.7))

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