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HEI study links fossil fuel combustion with more than 1 million deaths globally

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The study team, led by Dr. Erin McDuffie and Dr. Randall Martin of Washington University in St. Louis, USA, and Dr. Michael Brauer at The University of British Columbia in Canada, provide a first comprehensive global analysis estimating major sources of air pollution for every country in the world.

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Modeling study suggests 1.8M excess deaths attributable to urban air pollution in 2019

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A new modeling study led by researchers from George Washington Universit (GWU) finds that 86% of people living in cities worldwide (~2.5 A second study, also led by the GWU researchers, finds that nearly 2 million cases of asthma in children are linked to traffic-related nitrogen dioxide air pollution, with two in three occurring in cities.

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Study links PM2.5 pollution to increased risk of diabetes; even low levels pose risk

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A study by a team from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Health Care System links PM 2.5 —Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, the study’s senior author and an assistant professor of medicine at Washington University. Previous studies have found that PM 2.5

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Coltura: Federal & state EV policy & incentives must target gasoline superusers to achieve carbon emissions goals

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This is the first published study identifying the demographic characteristics of gasoline superusers and calling for EV incentive programs and other policies to focus on maximizing gasoline displacement. Louisiana, Wyoming, and Mississippi are the states with the highest concentration of superusers, while Houston, Detroit, St.

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WUSTL researchers demonstrate solar-panel-powered microbial electrosynthesis to produce n-butanol from light, CO2 and power

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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered a new way to train microbes to make n -butanol. —Arpita Bose, associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, and leader of the study. Bai worked as a research assistant in the Bose lab in Arts & Sciences from 2015-2020.

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Onto Orders 1,050 Renault Zoe E-Tech, EV Subscription Interest Soars, Study Reveals the USA is the 6th Worst Country for Commuting

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EVs Onto orders 1,050 Renault Zoe E-Tech as EV subscription interest soars Demand surges for Electric Vehicle information from Autovia media sites ahead of COP26 climate talks St.

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7 Scholarships Exclusively for Women Studying Engineering

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It awards US $2,500 to an IEEE student member who has completed two years of undergraduate study at an ABET-accredited school in the United States. The 2U Scholarship program is available only to students at George Washington University , American University , Syracuse University , Washington University in St.

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