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American Startup Forays Into Driverless Taxis
Apr 5, 2016American startup nuTonomy has entered into driverless electric taxis. The company has now started trials on the roads of Singapore to reduce the city-state's traffic and pollution problems. nuTonomy has been formed from MIT alumni ...
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Chinese Textile Mills Save $14.7 Mn Year on Year
Apr 16, 2015Over 30 Chinese textile mills, many of which create clothing for major high-volume apparel brands and retailers are saving $14.7 million annually by adopting simple efficiency measures in their production processes, according to a new ...
Tags: textile mills, high-volume apparel
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Scania Manufactures Biogas for Automotive Use in India
Apr 2, 2015Swedish automaker Scania has teamed up with Swedfund to produce biogas at a plant in Nagpur, India which will be used as an automotive fuel. The gas will be made from digested sludge from one of the Nagpur city's wastewater treatment ...
Tags: Scania, pollution problems, Auto Parts
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EV Charging Stations in Beijing to Be Doubled
Feb 15, 2015The number of electric-vehicle charging stations in Beijing will be doubled by the end of 2015 to encourage the use of new-energy vehicles, local authorities said on Wednesday. Beijing currently has 1,425 public charging stations at 188 ...
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A Citizens Group Has Opposed The Move of The Central Government to Set up a Textile Park
Jan 20, 2015A citizens group has opposed the move of the Central Government to set up a Textile Park in Tamil Nadu saying that the Park would aggravate the serious pollution problems faced by Tirupur and its surrounding regions. In a statement, the ...
Tags: water bodies, toxic effluents, Textile
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A New Set of Pollution Limits for Trash for Portions of The Patapsco River
Jan 7, 2015The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state of Maryland today announced a new set of pollution limits for trash for portions of the Patapsco River. These limits, also known as a Total Maximum Daily Load or TMDL, require the ...
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The Air Pollution Is More of an Inconvenience Than an Impediment
Oct 23, 2014China's air pollution problems are more severe and widespread and it has caused a jump in chronic lung diseases usually associated with the elderly among people in their 30s, state media said. However, there are tips for coping with ...
Tags: air pollution, face mask, air fliter
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Two New York Community Groups Begun Their Weeks of Summer Water Pollution Monitoring
Aug 18, 2014(New York, N.Y.) With support of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "citizen science" grants, two New York community groups have begun their final weeks of summer water pollution monitoring. The Bronx River Alliance and the Sparkill Creek ...
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New Jersey Community Groups Began Their Final Weeks of Summer Water Pollution Monitoring
Aug 18, 2014(New York, N.Y.) With support of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "citizen science" grants, two New Jersey community groups have begun their final weeks of summer water pollution monitoring. The New York/New Jersey Baykeeper and Friends ...
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China Has Issued an Emergency Decree Ordering to Halt The Cement Development
Aug 15, 2014China has issued an emergency decree ordering officials to halt the development of new cement and plate glass capacity, as it struggles to overcome entrenched local government resistance to halting wasteful investment in glutted industries. ...
Tags: Cement, Glass, plate glass
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EPA Today Announced That It Is Awarding Over $179,000 to Three Organizations
Aug 14, 2014ATLANTA - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it is awarding over $179,000 to three organizations for the restoration of the Proctor Creek Watershed in Atlanta, Ga. Nationally, $2.1 million was awarded to 36 ...
Tags: EPA, three organizations, Protection
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Wildlife Still Still in Danger Despite New Policy
Aug 14, 2014When changes to China's environmental law saw the light of day last year the resulting din was so loud it was felt even in the National People's Congress. China's oldest non-governmental organization focused on the environment, Friends of ...
Tags: Environmental Policy, Wildlife
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The Market Combines Areas Where Business Is Reasonably Good
May 8, 2014According to the short-range outlook report issued by IREPAS, the global association of producers and exporters of long steel products, the global long steel products market is still characterized by uncertainty amid the adverse effects of ...
Tags: Long Steel Demand, steel products
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Chinese Car Sales Return to Double-Digit Growth
Dec 18, 2013After slowdown growth in 2012, China - as the world's largest car market, the growth reached double digits once again. LMC Automotive estimates that, the Chinese passenger car sales rose by 15% from Jan to Sep this year, to around 12 ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts, car, auto, vehicles, passenger car
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The Benefit to The Environment of Recycling Oil Is Massive
Dec 10, 2013When it comes down to it, clean water may be the most precious resource on the plant. All life forms depend on water for their very survival and, as a human being, you can only go about three days without drinking water before dehydration ...
Tags: oil, oil recycling, pollution