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New study finds GHG emissions from palm oil production significantly underestimated; palm oil biofuels could be more climate-damaging than oil sands fuels

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The majority (62%) of the plantations were located on the island of Sumatra, and more than two-thirds (69%) of all industrial plantations were developed for oil palm cultivation, with the remainder mostly being Acacia plantations for paper pulp production. There is a variance based on production method, etc.). —Miettinen et al.

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The influencer

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2003 Washington Post article on crushing of EV1s. I kept asking GM people when the car was going into production. I spread the word as far and wide as I could… until the lease was over in 2003 and GM said they were taking the car away.” Impacting the EV scene for 3 decades. It was just a great car,” Earl said. “I

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The Cheesy Charm of the Clapper

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Pedott test-marketed the Great American Turn-On at People’s Drug in Washington, D.C. Adman Joe Pedott had a genius for picking products that would sell. The Clapper wasn’t the first product to attempt to automate home appliances, but it definitely sparked consumers to think more was possible. It was a rough start to life.

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Paying Tribute to Former IEEE President Richard Gowen

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The device is now on display in Washington, D.C., After he retired from the school in 2003 he was appointed as a member of the South Dakota Department of Education. into a scientific laboratory in 2003 at the request of the U.S. at the Smithsonian National Space and Air Museum. Gowen served as a consultant for the U.S.

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New NASA Satellite Survey Reveals Dramatic Arctic Sea Ice Thinning

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Scientists from NASA and the University of Washington in Seattle conducted the most comprehensive survey to date using observations from NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite ( ICESat ) to make the first basin-wide estimate of the thickness and volume of the Arctic Ocean’s ice cover. Click to enlarge. . Credit: Ron Kwok, NASA/JPL.

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Study Concludes A Second Hydrocarbon Boom Threatens the Peruvian Amazon

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A rapid proliferation of oil and gas concessions threatens the Peruvian Amazon, according to a study by a pair of researchers from the Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA) of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), and the Washington DC-based NGO Save America’s Forests (SAF).

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Federal-Mogul introduces new range of low- and zero-copper brake pad materials to meet new legislation

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the San Francisco Bay watershed in 2003, according to a source inventory by the Brake Pad Partnership. Also in 2010, Washington State passed a law similar to the California law, reducing the use of toxic material in automotive brake pads and shoes, and providing for a phase out of copper over the next 15-20 years. temperature range.