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Paris and London will Regulate Vehicle Emissions in Joint Project

Ece Polat — Sun, 02 Apr 2017 18:37:01 +0000

The Paris and London mayors announced that they will be using a new system to regulate vehicle emissions. This system will help them improve the air quality in the two cities. Anne Hidalgo and Sadiq Khan will support the system that will make real-time emissions visible. This way consumers will reach more accurate information about […]

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6 Worst Sports for the Environment

Annika Tostengard — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 10:15:06 +0000

Modern life is hard. Without exercise, health suffers, but what do you do if your favorite physical activity hurts the environment as well? Luckily, most of these sports are only harmful at the professional level, or in places where lots of people are participating at once. The following six sports are some of the most […]

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Air Quality in China – Government to Scrap 5.3 Million Cars

Benji Jerew — Fri, 30 May 2014 02:40:59 +0000

China is home to one of the world’s fastest-growing economies and, much like other countries who developed before her, air quality is a serious problem. China’s economic growth hasn’t been without its growing pains. The need for power and transportation has been filled by quick and easy solutions, coal-fired power plants and millions of barely-functional […]

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Paris Public Transportation Free for Three Days to Combat Air Pollution

Benji Jerew — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 21:08:10 +0000

Automobile density in Paris, France, like many cities, has many leaning toward public transportation as a better option, but not enough, apparently. Because there are so many vehicles in such a crowded space, great cities around the world struggle against air pollution, and the City of Light, Paris, is no different. Unfortunately, these days, the […]

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Whose Autonomous Vehicle Would You Buy? KPMG Study

Benji Jerew — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 20:05:51 +0000

Practically every major automaker, some technology companies, and even university researchers, are working on what could change the automobile experience forever: autonomous vehicles. Autonomous vehicles could be the solution to the ever-present problems of traffic fatalities, traffic congestion, and possibly automobile emissions. The highway is an ever-changing place, with myriad hazards, including various road surfaces, […]

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New Model Estimates On-Road Vehicle Emissions

Mila Luleva — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:06:38 +0000

Measuring emissions from vehicles is now possible using a new bottom-up model, which integrates road-level traffic data. Scientists from the Earth and Environment department at Boston University were able to integrate large temporal dataset provided by the High Performance Monitoring System into a model, which estimates on-road emissions in space and time. Their model is […]

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