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Aclima partnering with Google to map outdoor air quality with Street View vehicles

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As a pilot, in August 2014, Aclima instrumented three Google Street View vehicles to perform a month-long system test in the Denver metro area during the DISCOVER-AQ study conducted by NASA and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Sample output from the Denver pilot. Click to enlarge. —Dan Costa, Sc.D.,

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Study on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Cities Highlights Importance of Geophysical and Technical Factors

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Within the overall trends there are differences between cities with more or less public transit; while personal income also impacts heating and industrial fuel use. Whereas Denver, having the highest per capita emissions for electricity, heating/industrial fuels, and ground transportation is, not surprisingly, the top emitter.

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Study suggests high-mileage light-duty fleets contribute higher emissions and emissions share than expected

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A study by researchers from the University of Denver and the University of Puget Sound indicates that high-mileage light-duty fleets contribute higher emissions and emissions share than expected based on their actual numbers in the fleet.

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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. The main obstacles will be regulatory and, especially, environmental: Supersonic airliners could be hugely more polluting than their subsonic counterparts. Everett Collection/Alamy.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

They join Founding Members from these cities: Arlington, TX, Baltimore, Boulder, Dallas, Denver, Fort Worth, Irvine, CA, Los Angeles, Memphis, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, and Wenatchee, WA. The list of supporters/partners now includes links to the members’ web sites along with a contact person. Keene, N.H., Santa Barbara, CA.,