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DECEMBER 19, 2013

Volkswagen will accept the Gold Medal Award on 15 May 2014 during the Gold Medal Presentation Ceremony in Washington, DC. Recent recipients of the WEC Gold Medal Award are: Unilever (2013), IBM (2012), Nestlé (2011), Wal-Mart Stores (2010), The Coca-Cola Company (2009), and Marks & Spencer (2008).

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

Since the first year of the DERA program in 2008, EPA has competitively awarded more than 790 grants and 420 rebates across the country. Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington) will accept proposals requesting up to $1,000,000 in grant funds. Background.

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JUNE 8, 2018

Satellite data was able to identify locations that could be directly linked to programs that reduced measured pollutants: Coastal Cities: Concentrations of sulfates in coastal cities decreased significantly, the result of CARB’s 2006 ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel standard, 2007 Drayage Truck Rule, and 2008 Ocean-Going Vessel Fuel Regulation.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Naval Research Laboratory , in Washington, D.C., Two years later he left to join the Tactical Electronic Warfare Division of the Naval Research Laboratory , in Washington, D.C., He retired in 2008. From 2008 to 2022, he served as an adjunct professor at Anne Arundel Community College , in Arnold, Md.,

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MAY 11, 2009

When Google asked for submissions of a 90 second video on the benefits of plug in cars to show at a 2008 Washington DC Brookings-Google Electric Car conference, Alexandra Paul and Stefano Paris decided to rise to the challenge! Stefano’s archive of the 2008 Brookings-Google Plug-In Conference Webcast.

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But these ships have been in short supply in recent years, with older vessels being retired and new ship orders down due to both the 2008 financial crisis and the industry upgrade to less-polluting fuels, reports MIT Technology Review. So companies have turned to just buying the ship themselves.

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JANUARY 23, 2015

A new study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) and E4tech finds that the targets adopted or proposed by British Columbia, California, Oregon, and Washington to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels can be met with a range of low-carbon fuel options. Washington, D.C. Source: ICCT. Galarza, S.,

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JANUARY 28, 2011

A new Carnegie Mellon University study released at the Washington Auto Show finds that for passenger cars, aadvanced vehicles with higher fuel economy—i.e, in the summer of 2008 as gasoline and diesel prices rose to record levels; when gasoline and diesel prices fell sharply in 2009, the differences fell to less than +0.1.

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APRIL 3, 2009

Summers in the Arctic may be nearly ice-free in as few as 30 years or even earlier, not at the end of the century as previously expected, according to a new study by a pair of researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the University of Washington. Credit: University of Washington / NOAA.

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

Despite a slight recovery in summer Arctic sea ice in 2009 from record-setting low years in 2007 and 2008, the sea ice extent remains significantly below previous years and remains on a trend leading toward ice-free Arctic summers, according to the University of Colorado at Boulder’s National Snow and Ice Data Center. Earlier post.).

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JULY 24, 2011

This will be followed by a final public meeting in Washington, DC. The application for a permit for the pipeline, which the State Department has to issue because it crosses an international border, was filed back at the end of 2008. The State Department filed a draft Environmental Impact Statement in April of 2010.

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

This report was written and compiled by Sandra Curtin and Jennifer Gangi of Fuel Cells 2000, an activity of Breakthrough Technologies Institute in Washington, DC. in Washington, D.C. This is roughly a 34% increase over total shipments in 2011 and a 321% increase over total shipments in 2008.

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APRIL 19, 2009

Bright Automotive will unveil its IDEA plug-in hybrid concept on Tuesday in Washington, DC. Bright Automotive launched in January 2008 from Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) with the goal of building on the work of a consortium of organizations, including Alcoa, Google.org, Johnson Controls and the Turner Foundation.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Fast forward to 2008 and Wallace started taking advantage of the internet’s ability to reach vast amounts of people simultaneously. As the story goes , its origins go back all the way to the 1980s when graphic designer Ken Wallace was walking outside of his Nova Scotia home with his daughter and noticed idling vehicles.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington): EPA is requesting proposals between $300,000 and $800,000. Since the first year of the DERA program in 2008, EPA has awarded nearly 700 grants across the US.

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JUNE 28, 2010

Since early 2008 the two companies have been working together to develop sustainable fermentative technology to produce bio-based succinic acid. The formation of the joint venture is a new step following the successful cooperation between DSM and Roquette pursuant to a joint development agreement (“JDA”).

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JUNE 9, 2010

Smart will be launching a test fleet of 250 electric cars in selected areas, including: Portland, San Jose, Indianapolis, Orlando, and the Washington, D.C. and the Washington, D.C.-Boston After a fast start in which sales outstripped supply in 2008, Smart has fallen on hard times. in 2008, but its sales fell to 14,595 in 2009.

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JULY 8, 2009

ICESat measurements of winter multi-year ice cover in the Arctic Ocean between 2004 and 2008, along with the corresponding downward trend in overall winter sea ice volume, and switch in dominant ice type from multi-year ice to first-year ice. Courtesy of Norbert Untersteiner, University of Washington. Credit: Ron Kwok, NASA/JPL.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

The request was denied by then-EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson on 6 March 2008. There will also be a public hearing to be held 5 March 2009 in Washington, DC. The waiver request was made by California on 21 December 2005, to allow the state the right to control greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles. Earlier post.).

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MAY 24, 2011

responded to the mandates received from successive G8 Summits in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Committee held in Washington DC and jointly hosted by the US and the. In reaching international consensus on the sustainability indicators, GBEP has successfully. Deauville, France, on 26-27 May. United Nations Foundation.

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JULY 14, 2009

A station has been operating in the City of White Plains, New York, since April 2008. These are in Tokyo, Reykjavik, Shanghai, Washington DC, Los Angeles and New York. Others, namely Washington DC and Los Angeles, are on every-day filling stations at busy intersections, where drivers can also buy gasoline and diesel.

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DECEMBER 15, 2012

Washington State University, $349,993. AFRI is NIFA’s flagship competitive grant program and was established under the 2008 Farm Bill. Texas AgriLife Extension, $499,619. West Virginia University, $349,952. University of Wisconsin, Madison $496,109. University of Wisconsin, Madison, $345,327.

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APRIL 5, 2023

The IEEE Fellow was awarded the 2008 IEEE Medal of Honor for “pioneering technical roles in integrated-circuit processing, and leadership in the development of MOS memory, the microprocessor computer, and the semiconductor industry.” Intel cofounder Gordon E. Moore , the man behind Moore’s Law, died on 24 March at the age of 94.

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SEE below for December 2008 contents from Las Vegas EVA Watts Happening -- space that was reserved for Stan & Marianne, Bill and Amanda, Bill, Lloyd, Daniel, John, Michelle, et Las Vegas EVA'rs al for webblogging plus posting pixs of the "Spirit of DC" shining & showing on the 2nd level of the Texas Station Casino parking garage.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Washington. At the high end, that would be enough baseload power to supply about 20% of California's total electric power in 2008—or enough generating capacity to supply the power needs of about 7.2 unspecified. The report found a total of 144 projects under development that could add between 4,699.9 and 7,109.9 million people.

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JULY 5, 2009

To study recent changes in freshwater content of the Arctic, a team from McPhee Research; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute; the Polar Science Center at the University of Washington, Seattle; and Oregon State University analyzed data from an extensive aerial hydrographic survey carried out in March and April 2008.

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced a set of proposals to transition Washington to cleaner sources of energy and to meet greenhouse gas (GHG) emission limits adopted by the state Legislature in 2008. The proposals build on a comprehensive executive order issued by the governor in April. Cap-and-trade. M, capital budget).

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JANUARY 21, 2010

Springtime ozone distributions for 1984, 1995–2008 in the mid-troposphere (3.0–8.0 The bulk of the data was collected between 1995 and 2008, but the team also included a large ozone dataset from 1984. The analysis shows an overall significant increase in springtime ozone of 14% from 1995 to 2008. Credit: Nature, Cooper et al.

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MARCH 27, 2013

EnerG2’s proprietary freeze-drying process to make its specialized carbon material was developed at the University of Washington. The company’s ISO 9001:2008-certified facility in Albany is already producing advanced carbon materials at a multi-ton scale and is supplying commercial quantities to a growing, global customer base.

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MARCH 2, 2011

SB LiMotive was established in September 2008 as a joint venture between Bosch and Samsung SDI. The focus of the project is to produce high-energy density cells and packs for electric vehicle applications to increase the current state-of-the-art battery-pack density by 50% in a three-year period. Cobasys, with two sites in Orion, Mich.,

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

Doing so will decrease the industry’s current dependence on foreign oil and help stabilize fuel costs in the long run, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack during a speech to the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Under the BCAP final rule, USDA will resume making payments to eligible producers.

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JULY 31, 2008

Coming on the heels of the Google/Brookings event in Washington, D.C., Plug-in 2008 in San Jose, California witnessed a noon-time address by new heavy-weight convert, Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel. Once again, a conference on plug-in cars. Grove brings some needed high-profile gravitas to the community of electrification advocates.

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JULY 1, 2009

Company records show that ExxonMobil handed over hundreds of thousands of pounds to such lobby groups in 2008. These include the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) in Dallas, Texas, which received $75,000 (£45,500), and the Heritage Foundation in Washington DC, which received $50,000.

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JUNE 13, 2012

BCAP, created in the 2008 Farm Bill, helps farmers and forest land owners with start-up costs of planting new energy crops that can take several years to reach maturity until harvest, a timeline designed to parallel the construction schedule of commercial-scale energy facilities that will use these crops.

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MAY 12, 2009

By the end of 2008, EnerFuel had successfully integrated a prototype high-temperature PEM fuel cell range extender into an EV, Betts said. Betts said that EnerFuel is aggressively pursuing funding from the federal government, and will be meeting in Washington today with the Department of Energy.

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AUGUST 7, 2015

mb/d of spare capacity , the lowest level since before the 2008 financial crisis. Nick Cunningham is a Washington DC-based writer on energy and environmental issues. That is no longer the case. Today OPEC has only 1.6 That could cause oil prices to spike. Source: [link].

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JANUARY 14, 2011

The most accurate value of total solar irradiance during the 2008 solar minimum period is 1360.8 ± 0.5 Kopp, who led the study, and Judith Lean of the Naval Research Laboratory, in Washington, DC, published their findings in Geophysical Research Letters , a journal of the American Geophysical Union.

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