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Study finds link between sleep apnea and increases in PM2.5, NO2

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Ambient air pollution consists of fine particulate matter as well as gaseous products of combustion (oxides of nitrogen), produced through burning fossil fuels from automobiles emissions to power plants. —Billings et al. Nearly half (48%) of the participants had sleep apnea. —Billings et al.

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NYU-BMW i report explores future urban mobility; sustainability and resilience

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These changes may include an increased emphasis on creating “walkable” city neighborhoods and an overall decrease in car ownership, though not necessarily car usage, as car sharing and other alternatives to ownership increase in popularity. Clearly, cities will continue to depend on a multiplicity of modes in the twenty-first century.

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Honda announces second plug-in vehicle testing program; Japan joins US, China may follow

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The Saitama program will focus on motorcycles, automobiles and power products. Study the low noise impact of electric vehicles in residential neighborhoods.

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New DARPA Grand Challenge to focus on wireless spectrum collaboration; first collaborative machine-learning competition

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SC2 will reward teams for developing smart systems that collaboratively, rather than competitively, adapt in real time to today’s fast-changing, congested spectrum environment—redefining the conventional spectrum management roles of humans and machines in order to maximize the flow of radio frequency (RF) signals.

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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

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Cleveland, Ohio, has approved new zoning and transportation policies that are angling to transform it into the next “fifteen-minute city,” The City Planning Commission voted to move forward with changes to building codes in several pilot neighborhoods it wants to make more pedestrian friendly.

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Dude! What Part of Fires, Flood, Drought & Record Temps Didn’t You Understand?

Creative Greenius

Who’d have ever guessed HE’D get hisself terminated by automobile? on us when the hell and high water (as Joe Romm’s great book of 2006 called it) arrives in your neighborhood and becomes impossible to ignore any longer at your house. . Who could have possibly seen that coming down the road?…

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Dude! What Part of Fires, Flood, Drought & Record Temps Didn’t You Understand?

Creative Greenius

Who’d have ever guessed HE’D get hisself terminated by automobile? ” on us when the hell and high water (as Joe Romm’s great book of 2006 called it) arrives in your neighborhood and becomes impossible to ignore any longer at your house. . Who could have possibly seen that coming down the road?…

Parts 150