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EPA blocks Pebble copper mine in Alaska to protect Bristol Bay salmon ecosystem

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The ruling also prohibits future proposals to construct and operate a mine to develop the Pebble deposit that would result in the same or greater levels of loss or change to aquatic resources. This action does not apply to any current or future resource development projects in the state of Alaska. The estimate also include 4.5

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California ARB: GHG emissions fell below 1990 levels for first time in 2016; down 13% from 2004 peak; transportation emissions up 2%

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that greenhouse gas emissions in California in 2016 fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004—a reduction roughly equivalent to taking 12 million cars off the road or saving 6 billion gallons of gasoline a year.

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California greenhouse gas inventory shows state is tracking to achieve 2020 AB 32 target

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The California Air Resources Board released the latest edition of the state’s Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory , which shows that emissions fell by 1.5 The drop in hydropower has now been completely replaced by in-state wind and solar power. Carbon intensity has dropped 23% from the peak in 2001, and declined an average of 1.9%

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Berkeley Lab releases 8th edition of databook on China’s energy and environment; finding the “missing” energy consumption

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The China Energy Group of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) recently released the eighth edition of the China Energy Databook —the most comprehensive publicly available resource known to exist covering China’s energy and environmental statistics. Click to enlarge.

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Audi and TTTech present prototype advanced ECU for piloted driving at CES; computing capacity superior to entire current A4

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Audi and TTTech Group have been cooperating very closely in the field of time-triggered systems since 2001. Delivering piloted driving or parking requires ECU management of a complex combination of sensors and actuators. Source: TTTech. Click to enlarge. — Dr. Stefan Poledna, member of TTTech’s executive board and co-founder.

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Researchers Finds Lake Tanganyika Has Experienced Unprecedented Warming Over Last Century

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The research grew out of two coring expeditions sponsored by the Nyanza Project in 2001 and 2004. Up to 200,000 tons of sardines and four other fish species are harvested annually from Lake Tanganyika, a haul that makes up a significant portion of local residents’ diets, according to a 2001 report by the Lake Tanganyika Biodiversity Project.

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Aura System’s Generator Incorporated into Azure’s Balance Hybrid for USPS

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The stators are made from a steel ribbon with copper windings. s vertical wind turbines. Starting in 1999, Aura Systems focused all of its resources on the AuraGen (all other operations were sold and or discontinued) and in early 2001 the first AC-only, 5kW commercial units became available. Aura Systems.

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