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 Stories About: energy AND placemaking AND pollution and waste AND United States
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Dozing Off
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11 Jun 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Dozing Off More than 8,500 premature deaths are caused every year by pollution from off-road diesel-fueled equipment not regulated by the federal government, according to a new study by state air pollution control officials. Earthmovers, bulldozers, agricultural equipment, and other such vehicles emit extraordinarily high levels of pollution that have been linked ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, energy, placemaking, politics, pollution and waste, United States, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Car Talk
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Josh Sevin |
19 Jan 2000 |
Counter Culture |
| 70 million motor vehicles were on the world's roads in 1950 630 million motor vehicles were on the world's roads in 1994 1 billion motor vehicles are expected to be on the world's roads by 2025, if the current growth rate continues 12,000 pounds of carbon dioxide are emitted by the average car each year 5 percent of a car's fuel can be wasted by underinflated tires 2 billion gallons of gasoline could be saved annually if 65 million car owners kept their tires p ... |
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| Topics: energy, placemaking, pollution and waste, United States (all these topics) |
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