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New analysis suggests Uber adding significantly to pollution and traffic in European cities

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Uber is adding more polluting car trips to already-clogged European cities such as London and Paris, new analysis by European NGOs suggests —contributing to air pollution and climate change and exploding the company’s sustainability claims. million users in London in 2019 and with 2.7 million users in France in 2017.

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Ford of Europe piloting geofencing and blockchain technology to ensure PHEVs operate efficiently in city center low-emission zones

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The study, which is also testing Ford PHEVs on the streets of London and Valencia, Spain, aims to better analyse and show the real-world benefits of such vehicles for the environment and for commercial vehicle owners and operators. Ford is extending its European plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) trial to Cologne.

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Aqua Metals is building a more sustainable battery recycling ecosystem

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Q&A with Aqua Metals execs Steve Cotton and David Regan Regardless of the claims made in Facebook memes, Li-ion batteries are eminently recyclable, and current recycling methods cause far less environmental damage than the well-documented depredations of the petroleum industry. The more collection we do, the better for the environment.

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Aqua Metals is building a more sustainable battery recycling ecosystem – Charged EVs

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Q&A with Aqua Metals execs Steve Cotton and David Regan Regardless of the claims made in Facebook memes, Li-ion batteries are eminently recyclable, and current recycling methods cause far less environmental damage than the well-documented depredations of the petroleum industry. The more collection we do, the better for the environment.

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US study of miners links heavy exposure to diesel exhaust to increased risk of lung cancer death; researchers suggest implications for urban areas with high exhaust concentrations

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documented the risk of dying from any cause, with an emphasis on lung cancer, using data from the full study population (the cohort study). In an Editorial in JNCI accompanying the two papers there, Dr. Lesley Rushton, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, noted that: These studies in. Reduction in the.

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The Vacuum Tube’s Forgotten Rival

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V-2 rockets it used to rain destruction on London. Four hundred experts sifted through billions of pages of documents and shipped 3.5 Mag amps thus found many applications in demanding environments, especially military, space, and industrial control. What did the Third Reich’s engineers know that had eluded the Americans?

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Video Friday: May the Fourth be With You

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Indoor Capture is the newest Skydio 3D Scan mode that is specifically tailored for autonomously scanning large, complex, indoor environments. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. SkyMul ] Thanks, Eohan!