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Empa and partners exploring DME as fuel with new heavy-duty test engine

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The research project is co-financed by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (FOEN). The platform for these discussions is the “International DME Association” founded in 2001, which currently has 50 members from science and industry. Water is formed as a by-product. The project still in the pre-competitive phase, Soltic said.

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The Real Story of Pixar

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Philips, partnering with GM to share the financing load, was interested in our rendering technology that yielded three-dimensional internal views of human beings from CAT scans. Lucasfilm did go for it, and Steve Jobs became the venture capitalist who financed Pixar. Ross Perot. Pixar Image Computer. Note that Jobs did not buy Pixar.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Taking legal action over the ZEV mandates would be a repeat of the late 1990s: automakers filed a federal lawsuit that led California to water down its ZEV requirements beginning in 2001, thus effectively ending most automakers electric vehicle (EV) programs for more than a decade.

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Greentech Media | Japan Accounts for 70% of Electric Vehicle Patents

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According to the survey, 16,670 patents concerning electric propulsion vehicles were filed around the world in 2001 to 2006. Of these patent applications, Japanese applicants filed more applications than applicants in any other region, accounting for 6,869 (76 percent) in 1995 to 2000 and 11,553 (69 percent) in 2001 to 2006.

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The Greenius Goes Into Overdrive

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In Manhattan Beach I’ve been watching the four committees of the ETF present their recommendations for the city council on water, waste, building and climate change. The EPN has been around since 2001 and to be honest, I should have gotten involved with them a long time ago. Geoff Dolan, City Manager of Manhattan Beach.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

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The new reality is a much more challenging future in terms of planning, financing and predictability. Sectors dependent on food, water, energy or ecosystem services need to scrutinise the resilience and viability of their supply chains. Governments and businesses can no longer assume that a 2 °C warming world is the default scenario.