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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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Source: MIT. Researchers from MIT’s Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment have concluded that ground-level PM 2.5 Researchers from MIT’s Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment have concluded that ground-level PM 2.5 1,000 to 21,000) deaths due to changes in ozone concentrations. Click to enlarge. related and ?2,000

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The New Supersonic Boom

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Piloting the bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane in 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first person to exceed the speed of sound while in horizontal flight. What these aircraft manufacturers are contending is that their eventual customers are going to be willing to pay to prevent net carbon emissions. Everett Collection/Alamy.