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WHO: 9 out of 10 people worldwide breathe polluted air; 7M deaths per year

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New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that 9 out of 10 people breathe air containing high levels of pollutants. Updated estimations reveal a death toll of 7 million people every year caused by ambient (outdoor) and household air pollution. Ambient air pollution alone caused some 4.2 g/m 3 (for PM 10 ) and 10 ?g/m

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Portable sensors enable monitoring of pollution on smart phones; inferring pollution maps with greater granularity

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Boxes represent pollution reading locations during that window. Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego have built a portable pollution sensors that transmit transmit their air quality readings to smart phones, allowing users to monitor air quality in real time. Nikzad et al. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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UN Environment report says national GHG pledges only bring one-third of reductions needed for Paris Agreement

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The report also covers an assessment of the potential contribution from reductions in short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs). The 1 Gigaton Coalition is supported by UN Environment and the Norwegian Government. These six present a combined poten al of up to 22 GtCO 2 e per annum.

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Two Crore Electric Vehicles By 2030 In India: Nitin Gadkari

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On the second day of the three-day “Global Investors Summit,” the session on e-mobility cars & future mobility, Gadkari said e-mobility has enormous potential and urged investors to invest in this industry to save ecology and the environment.

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Thordon Bearings Retrofitting Ocean-Going Vessels With Seawater-Lubricated Propeller Shaft Bearings To Reduce Stern-Tube Oil Pollution; Annual Leaks Estimated at About 2x Exxon Valdez Spill

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At last week’s Ocean Innovation 2009 conference in Victoria, British Columbia, Craig Carter, Director of Marketing and Customer Service at Thordon Bearings detailed the company’s progress in the retrofitting of large ocean-going vessels with seawater-lubricated propeller shaft bearings to reduce waterborne pollution.

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WHO report urges greater attention to improved land use, rapid transit, cycling and walking to achieve health co-benefits from transport GHG emissions mitigation

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Carlos Dora of WHO’s Department of Public Health and Environment. For example, WHO estimates that urban air pollution (much of it transport-generated) kills some 1.3 Transport-related health risks now cause the deaths of millions of people annually. million people annually. Additionally, traffic injuries kill another 1.3

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President’s Note: Forging Partnerships will Sharpen IEEE’s Edge

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I spoke at the UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP27) last year and will be speaking at COP28 in the United Arab Emirates in December. EU Green Week, which is organized by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Environment , promotes environmental policies on biodiversity, the circular economy, and eliminating pollution.