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Water Vapor In Mid-Troposphere May Double Warming Effect

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to installation in the Aqua satellite, launched in 2002. Although scientists have long believed that water vapor. dioxide, producing water vapor which in turn would store more heat. surface, and is an important transport layer for greenhouse gases, including CO 2 , methane, and water vapor. Source: NASA. Click to enlarge.

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Nissan cut CO2 emissions 22.4% over past decade

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The Sustainability Report details achievements in Nissan’s strategies that cover environment, safety, philanthropy, quality, value chain, employees, economic contribution, corporate governance and internal controls. Progress on sustainability at Nissan has accelerated due to the success of the Nissan Green Program, first introduced in 2002.

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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In a new study, KPMG International has identified 10 “megaforces” that will significantly affect corporate growth globally over the next two decades. Total environmental cost 2010 vs growth in environmental cost since 2002 vs environmental intensity improvement. Click to enlarge. Source: KPMG. Click to enlarge. billion by 2032.

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Report: Toyota to begin sales of fuel cell sedan in Japan this December

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Since 2002, when Toyota began renting Highlander SUV-based fuel cell vehicles to Japanese and North American customers, technology has advanced considerably. The humidity required for its operation is derived directly from the production of water inherent in the chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen.

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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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In 2002 Fraser retired and founded Fraser Research , in Princeton, N.J., While a student at Staffordshire University , in England, he was an intern at electrical equipment manufacturer English Electric in Stafford. In 1965 he went to work for consulting firm Acres International in Montreal.

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NRC approves rule to certify amended AP1000 reactor design; Chu: “an important milestone”

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The AP1000 is a 1,100 megawatt electric pressurized-water reactor that includes passive safety features that would cool down the reactor after an accident without the need for human intervention. additional waste-water monitor tanks. reactor internal changes (flow skirt addition). protection system instrumentation update.

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IPCC Chairman To Head Climate and Energy Institute At Yale

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Speaking at the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change (ISCCC), which opened today in Copenhagen, Yale University president Richard Levin announced that the university’s new Yale Climate and Energy Institute (YCEI) will be led by Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, who has headed the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 2002.

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