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Researchers map CO2 emissions for entire Los Angeles Megacity to help improve environmental policymaking
2019-08-30 12:55:47| Green Car Congress
Study finds megacity traffic soot can reach high altitudes and be transported over long distances, contributing to global warming
2018-12-16 12:56:56| Green Car Congress
What's the annual value of trees? $500 million per megacity, study Says
2017-08-22 06:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] In the megacities that are home to nearly 10 percent of the world's 7.5 billion people, trees provide each city with more than $500 million each year in services that make urban environments cleaner, more affordable and more pleasant places to live. In a recent study published in the online journal Ecological Modelling, an international team of researchers reported that in the 10 megacities they studied, tree-based ecosystem benefits had a median annual value of $505 million, which is e…
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Sadiq Khan and megacity mayors urge G20 climate change action
2016-09-02 07:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: London Mayor Sadiq Khan has joined forces with city leaders from around the world to call on governments to take urgent action on climate change. Ahead of a meeting of the G20 group of leading nations in Hangzhou, China, 30 mayors from cities including London, Paris, Tokyo, Sydney, New York, Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro called on national leaders to work with them to build a low carbon, climate safe world. They welcomed government moves to secure the Paris Agreement, the worlds first comprehensive...
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Powering Up: FR3-Fluid Filled Transformer Supplies Power to Megacity
2016-08-25 17:56:00| Power Technology
Supplying power to a rapidly developing megacity isn't easy.
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