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HEI study links fossil fuel combustion with more than 1 million deaths globally

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across the industrialized nations of the global north, windblown dust was a major source of PM 2.5 The study team, led by Dr. Erin McDuffie and Dr. Randall Martin of Washington University in St. The new report noted that major sources of PM 2.5 While fossil fuel combustion made up most of the PM 2.5 in African countries.

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8 Toyota manufacturing facilities recognized by US EPA for reduction in energy intensity

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized eight Toyota manufacturing sites in North America for achieving a 10% reduction in energy intensity through its ENERGY STAR Challenge For Industry program. The ENERGY STAR Challenge For Industry program is only awarded to individual industrial sites.

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7 Scholarships Exclusively for Women Studying Engineering

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The 2U Scholarship program is available only to students at George Washington University , American University , Syracuse University , Washington University in St. Louis , and the University of California, Berkeley. One industry that was ahead of its time in female inclusion was aviation. Amelia Earhart Fellowship.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. Commercializing 3D Printable Feedstocks for the Advanced Manufacturing of Energy Products, $300,000 MilliporeSigma, St. Louis , Mo. Madison, Wis. Amesbury, Mass. Tempe, Ariz.

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Ford hires Whirlpool government Liz Door as well-known provide chain officer

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Two executives are retiring: Kiersten Robinson, common supervisor of nation cars and president of Mexico and Canada for Ford Blue, on July 1; and Jonathan Jennings, vice chairman of provide chain, as of Aug. operating at a Chrysler meeting plant in St. Door began her occupation as a resident feature engineer with Prince Corp.,

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The Tailwinds Behind Massive Growth of EV Charging

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The electric vehicle industry is officially supercharged. I have watched the EV industry expand and grow at a modest rate over the past 10 years. The momentum is building and the industry is about to have massive growth — more than ever before. Louis and Boston to Florida and Illinois. Already, the U.S.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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When the center opened in 1970, it was unlike other major industrial research laboratories; its work wasn’t tied, even loosely, to its corporate parent’s current product lines. Pake was executive vice chancellor, provost, and professor of physics at Washington University in St. and Toronto, Ont., Pake, a longtime friend, to run it.

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