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Monitoring shows plumes of carcinogenic formaldehyde in neighborhoods along Houston’s Ship Channel

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Air pollution monitoring by the Houston Health Department in 2019 and 2020 recorded levels of formaldehyde, a known carcinogen, along the Houston Ship Channel that pose potential health risks to surrounding neighborhoods. The Health Department’s highest measurements were in the Cloverleaf neighborhood, where monitoring averaged 2.28

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International collaboration develops progressive vision for urban production at the BMW Group; OMA and 3XN

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Urban Production is an international architecture competition organized by the BMW Group in close cooperation with the City of Munich. The aim is to realize outstanding, future-ready production in the urban setting of the company’s home plant in Munich. BMW Group Plant Munich future Vision Urban Production with neighborhood.

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TEAM Industries licenses NuVinci continuously variable transmission technology for light vehicle applications

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and TEAM Industries, Inc. TEAM and Fallbrook began working together in 2011 to validate the benefits of the NuVinci technology for TEAM’s products. Fallbrook Technologies Inc. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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DOE announces $187M to support electrification of transportation sector

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In partnership with industry, VTO has established aggressive targets to focus research, demonstration and deployment on costreduction, efficiency, and emissions reduction that improve air quality and improved mobility. The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a new $99.5-million The selected projects will support the $2.5

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Hey Google! Lets Reinvent Detroit Together Using Our Creative Greenius Before The Opportunivors Scavenge It

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One of the houses Power House Productions is transforming in Detroit – and none too soon. I went to Detroit last month and found myself in neighborhoods that looked like they had been attacked by enemy forces, had lost their battle and had now surrendered and in most part been abandoned. photo by Galliani (c). Now is the moment.

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Toyota to build prototype city of the future, powered by hydrogen fuel cells

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The city is planned to be fully sustainable, with buildings made mostly of wood to minimize the carbon footprint, using traditional Japanese wood joinery, combined with robotic production methods. The rooftops will be covered in photo-voltaic panels to generate solar power in addition to power generated by hydrogen fuel cells.

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Beyond Pizza and Yale: What to See, Eat and Do in New Haven

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Over the centuries, New Haven has had chapters devoted to maritime trade, railroads, industrial manufacturing and — as home to Yale University and other institutions of higher learning — education and health care. Long Wharf Theater has its own legacy of plays and world premieres, with more than 30 productions making their way to New York.