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...study focused on exposure to substances called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), a by-product of the incomplete burning of gas, diesel, oil and coal. PAHs are released as a vapor and also cling to fine, breathable particles emitted from car and truck engines and coal-fired plants. This kind of pollution is common in urban areas and tends to be particularly bad in poor neighborhoods with heavy car and truck traffic and idling. But, Perera notes, these pollutants are widespread enough to affect populations other than those living in poor, urban areas...
...President, in the Grand Foyer, hailed stimulus jobs "building wind turbines and solar panels." Biden announced plans to fly to Pennsylvania, where he will "highlight Recovery Act broadband investments," while other agencies rolled out press releases regarding new dump-truck engines in Montana, North Dakota school grants and diesel tractors in Utah. (See pictures of Michelle Obama behind the scenes...
...Suppliers also hope that Fiat will transfer some of its well-honed diesel technology to Chrysler. Chrysler buys diesel engines for vehicles it sells in Europe, but it withdrew a diesel-powered Jeep Liberty from the U.S. market last year because the European-made engine didn't seem to meet the expectations of American consumers. Also, Chrysler needs a new diesel engine for export markets in Latin America and the Middle East...
...hope is that a Chrysler-Fiat alliance will make small, fuel-efficient diesel more acceptable to American consumers, according to a major European-based supplier of engine technology that works with Fiat. Fiat's new diesel, a generation ahead, is quieter and cleaner and burns low-sulfur fuel that would enable it to meet stringent new emissions regulations, he says...
...hang out with Tupac, who is still living, but in the infinite that is no time or space. 18. Jam with someone who rocks professionally. 19. Be the man (or woman), just for one day. 20. Take it to the max not because you have to, but because Vin Diesel tells you to. Concurrently, meet Vin Diesel. —H. Max Huber ’09, Jake D. Segal ’09, Andrew R. Granoff ’09, and Clem D. Wright ’09 contributed to the reporting of this story while watching Stepbrothers...