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Study finds that current approach to limiting wintertime pollution may initially backfire

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This is contrary to what is typically assumed and suggests a new way to mitigate this type of pollution in Salt Lake City, Denver and beyond. Regulations and cleaner technologies have steadily improved air quality in the United States. Denver often has the same problem in winter, when brown clouds hang over the city. Womack, C.

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University of Texas at Austin study measuring methane emissions released from natural gas production

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A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin, and including engineering and environmental testing firms URS and Aerodyne Research, is conducting a major field study to measure methane emissions from natural gas production, about which little empirical data exist.

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How Engineers Can Help Protect Earth From Worsening Climate Change

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About 95 percent of food production relies on topsoil. Engineers and computer professionals can use them to help make buildings, energy production, farms, health care, and manufacturing greener. It also can lower energy consumption through smart operations and improve resource utilization. Let’s treat every day as Earth Day.

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Pilot program to provide e-bikes to low-income workers in Durango, CO; NREL/CEO study on use patterns, efficiency benefits

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Supported by a $50,000-grant from the Colorado Energy Office, 16 low-income workers in Durango, Colorado will receive e-bikes through a pilot program of the 4 Corners Office of Resource Efficiency ( 4CORE ). The initial three-month pilot program provided e-bikes to 13 low-income essential workers in the Denver area. Shankari, K.,

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AI-Guided Robots Are Ready to Sort Your Recyclables

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Most of the material will head off for processing and eventual use in new products. That’s a lot of material made from finite resources that needlessly goes to waste. Programmable optical sorters were also developed to separate paper products, distinguishing, say, newspaper from junk mail. We have to do better than that.

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