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MIT News | May 02, 2017
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University of Bristol | Apr 18, 2017
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AAAS | Apr 05, 2017
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MIT News | Mar 03, 2017
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![Photo: Ozone exacts a particularly heavy toll on people living in economically disadvantaged areas, where industrial and power plants tend to cluster. While policies have been implemented to reduce ozone emissions across the country, they have not yet addressed built-in inequities in the U.S. economy, leaving low-income Americans at greatest risk for health and economic damages. (Source: raymondclarkeimages) Selin_ES&T_Photo.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/news/Selin_ES%26T_Photo.jpg?itok=VsMmPeQe)
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Jan 01, 2017
The European Union could meet its climate goals and save billions of Euro by extending its emissions trading system to include the private transportation sector.