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Air pollution now major contributor to stroke, global study finds
2016-06-10 00:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Air pollution has become a major contributor to stroke for the first time, with unclean air now blamed for nearly one third of the years of healthy life lost to the condition worldwide. In an unprecedented survey of global risk factors for stroke, air pollution in the form of fine particulate matter ranked seventh in terms of its impact on healthy lifespan, while household air pollution from burning solid fuels ranked eighth. Valery Feigin, director of the National Institute for Stroke and...
MIT Energy Initiative and AVANGRID to Study Future of Electricity Industry
2016-06-09 16:25:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Today, the wholesale price of electricity is largely driven by the availability and operating cost of large power plants as well as congestion in the high-voltage transmission system. read more
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Water conservation has saved energy, cut greenhouse gas emissions, study finds
2016-06-08 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: As debate continues in San Diego County and around the state over how aggressively to conserve water amid a historic drought, a new study finds that reductions in urban water use have saved significant amounts of electricity and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The analysis, published by UC Davis, capitalized on the unique circumstances created by California`s drought. It culled statistics that electric utilities and water districts statewide were required to submit because of Gov. Jerry Brown`s...
Canada's North Is Going Green Because Of Climate Change: NASA Study
2016-06-07 23:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Climate change has caused almost a third of the land cover in Canada and Alaska to go green, according to a NASA study. Using 87,000 satellite images, researchers found there was extensive greening, or vegetation growth, between 1984 and 2012 in the western Alaska tundra and along the north and northeastern coast of Canada. In the April report, NASA researchers say the most intensive greening was observed in Quebec and Labrador. It's an "unmistakable" trend, researchers wrote. In this...
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LCE Offers SMRP Body Of Knowledge Guided Study
2016-06-07 06:33:00| Chemical Processing
Life Cycle Engineering offers a Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals Body of Knowledge Guided Study through its education entity, Life Cycle Institute.
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