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Mountain of Petroleum Coke From Oil Sands Rises in Detroit

Photograph of a large truck carrying oil sand. Dave Olecko/Bloomberg News<Originally Published by The NY Times - Refining Canada’s petroleum-soaked oil sands produces petroleum coke, which an environmentalist calls “the dirtiest residue from the dirtiest oil on earth.”

Terrafugia Develops Plug-in Hybrid Flying Car

Terrafugia’s TF-X hybrid electric car airborne (Photo courtesy Terrafugia)OOriginally Published by ENS - An American company on a mission to build practical flying cars has begun feasibility studies of a vertical takeoff and landing plug-in hybrid electric flying car, t

Ubiquitous engineered nanomaterials can cause lung inflammation: Substances are used in everything from paint to sporting equipment

Originally Published by ScienceDaily<

– Scientists have found that breathing ultrafine particles from a large family of materials that increasingly are found in a host of household and commercial products, from sunscreens to the ink in copy machines to super-strong but lightweight sporting equipment, can cause lung inflammation and damage.

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