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Summary of decisions from Durban climate conference

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Governments at the COP17 meeting decided to adopt some form of a universal legal agreement on climate change as soon. Governments, including 35 industrialized countries, also agreed to a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol—due to expire next year— from 1 January 2013. existing climate change.

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SAE project update on R-1234yf refrigerant

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The group has been regularly meeting to review and share test information completed since the close of the original CRP1234-3 in 2009. To date, the majority of the OEMs involved in the new CRP do not believe that any of the new information reviewed will lead to a change in the overall risk assessment. Earlier post.)

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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UT Austin researcher awarded $15M for switchgrass traits studies

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Juenger and fellow researchers have examined biofuel applications for switchgrass for years, but the new research will provide much more information about the role of rainfall, genes, soil and other factors in the effectiveness of this common plant as an energy source. Interest in developing genomic resources for P. hallii var. Kathrine D.

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Governors of 8 states sign MoU to put 3.3M zero-emission vehicles on roads by 2025; 15% of new vehicle sales

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million ZEVs would represent a new vehicle market penetration for the group of states of about 15%, said Mary Nichols, Chairman of the California Air Resources Board (ARB), during a conference call announcing the agreement. Motorists bought more than 40,000 plug-in cars in the first and second quarters of 2013. This has not been easy.

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U Chicago, MIT study suggests ongoing use of fossil fuels absent new carbon taxes

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The probability of an exploratory oil well being successful was 20% in 1949 and just 16% in the late 1960s, but by 2007 that figure had risen to 69%; today it’s around 50%, according to the US Energy Information Administration. For example, our calculations are based on total carbon emissions ranging from 12,744 to 17,407 gigatons of CO 2.

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A Young Professional on the Power of Mentorship

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Their radio was about the size of a microwave oven, she says, and she believed there were little people living inside whose job was to entertain and inform listeners. in 2013, she joined Nokia Bell Labs in Dublin as a research scientist working in wireless communications and self-organizing networks. After earning her Ph.D.

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