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Two new studies of road air pollution in London find detrimental effects on over-60s and unborn babies

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Exposure to air pollution on city streets is enough to counter the beneficial health effects of exercise in adults over 60, according to new research led by Imperial College London and Duke University. Environmental measurements were also collected, to track pollution levels and volunteers’ exposure.

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Driving Dystopia: New York City Pushes Through Congestion Pricing Scheme

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Citing London as its blueprint, the scheme was limited to traffic making its way downtown below 60th Street. However, it probably won’t be New Yorkers taking the hardest hits. These are issues that are already being confronted by New York City and one wonders how imposing additional travel taxes might influence the trends.

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BMW Group and Vattenfall Europe begin second phase of MINI E fleet test in Berlin

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The MINI E Fleet trials began in 2009 in the USA (New York, Los Angeles and in the state of New Jersey), UK (Oxford / London) and Germany (Munich and Berlin). Three out of four Berlin MINI E users advocated an exclusive use of renewable energy sources for electric vehicles in the future.

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HVDC Networks Come to Europe

Cars That Think

plans to push its growing wind harvest south toward London via six more offshore HVDC cables, running shore-to-shore like patch cords in an old-time telephone switchboard. In addition, the U.K. Meshed HVDC grids seem like science fiction in a U.S. grid context—home to just 3 percent of modern HVDC installations, according to Plet’s report.

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BMW and UC Davis Partner on MINI E Study

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A global research methodology, developed jointly by UC Davis and Germany’s Technische Universität Chemnitz (TU Chemnitz), will form the basis for the study and will ensure consistency across the US and European markets, where similar MINI E studies are planned for Berlin, Munich, and London.

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When You See Something, Say Something: Climate Emergency Alarm Bells Ringing While Local Electeds Pretend Not To Hear

Creative Greenius

So did Hoboken, New Jersey; New Britain, Connecticut; and Montgomery County, Maryland here in the USA. Across the pond, so too have London, Bristol, Cornwall and 17 other United Kingdom cities and eight more cities in Australia. And that list is growing.

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