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JRC: Increased use of renewables results in growing GHG emission savings in the EU; transport contribution only 5%

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Renewable energy use in this sector developed following a different trend in 2010-11, decreasing by 4% (3,513 ktoe). Due to the requirements of Article 17 of the RED relating to sustainability criteria for biofuels and bioliquids, some Member States did not report on the use in transport of biofuels that did not fulfil the criteria.

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New Award Recognizes IEEE Society’s Work in DEI

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Between 2010 and 2021 the society had between six and nine female voting members in leadership positions, including Ruth Dyer. Ferdinanda Ponci was elected in 2010 as the IEEE Women in Engineering liaison. Wendy Van Moer in 2015 became the first female editor in chief of the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement.

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HEI ACES study of lifetime animal exposure to New Technology Diesel Engine exhaust finds no lung cancer

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A few mild changes were seen in the lungs, consistent with long-term exposure to NO 2 , a component of NTDE that has been further substantially reduced in 2010- and later model year engines compliant with US EPA rules. —ACES Review Panel. ACES background. This phase was conducted at SwRI in 2012.

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Study finds EV deployment in China to increase Environmental Justice challenge there

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The primary focus of the article is EVs, but the results are generalizable and would apply broadly to other examples of urban electricity consumption. From 2010 to 2014, the percentage of total electricity generated by non-fossil sources increased from 17% to 20% for wind and hydro power and from 1.8% for nuclear power. 5b04927.

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Being More Inclusive is Paying Off for This IEEE Society

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And more articles are now submitted from authors in China, India, and Italy than from North America. “We Between 2010 and 2021, the society has had between six and nine female voting members, Ponci says. That number increased to three from 2010 to this year. We tackled one diversity factor at a time,”. From 2017 on, IEEE Fellow.

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Being More Inclusive is Paying Off for This IEEE Society

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And more articles are now submitted from authors in China, India, and Italy than from North America. “We Between 2010 and 2021, the society has had between six and nine female voting members, Ponci says. That number increased to three from 2010 to this year. We tackled one diversity factor at a time,”. From 2017 on, IEEE Fellow.

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

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This Christian Science Monitor article takes an in-depth look at an age. Read more in the article: Can electric cars break out of niche status in US, China market? Quote from the article: “Investors, too, are excited. worldwide in the first quarter of 2010, according to a study by the. percent of $1.9

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