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Report finds road transportation sector in Canada likely to fall far short of 2050 GHG emissions reduction target

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A new Conference Board of Canada report finds that Canada is unlikely to achieve an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels by 2050. Canada’s road transport emissions were 40% higher in 2013 than in 1990. Meeting the 80% reduction would entail a reduction of approximately 117 Mt CO 2 e from 2013 levels.

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UC Berkeley leading project investigating partial fuel stratification and microwave-assisted sparkplugs for LTC engines

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One focus of the project will be centered on light- and heavy-duty vehicles running on gasoline/ethanol blends in order to improve engine efficiency and lower emissions. Credit: Saxena and Bedoya (2013). —Saxena and Bedoya (2013). Samveg Saxena of UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Prof.

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California ARB considering amendments to Low Carbon Fuel Standard; handling high carbon-intensity crude oil (HCICO)

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To reflect this market evolution, staff is proposing amendments that would better define the potential regulated parties for electricity and the order of priority in which that status would be conferred. A crude oil that does not satisfy both of these conditions is referred to as non-basket HCICO. gCO 2 e/MJ to a higher value of 9.72

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Ford showcasing vehicle-to-vehicle communication for crash avoidance; potential for leveraging WiFi and smartphones to extend quickly the number of participating vehicles

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The US DOT’s is preparing NHTSA for a decision in 2013 that will determine whether the agency proceeds with regulatory activities that could require DSRC technology on new vehicles, consumer information programs that help new car buyers understand the effectiveness of this technology, or the need for further research and development.

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This Nobel Laureate Paved the Way for High-Intensity Lasers

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Mourou led the development of the Extreme Light Infrastructure network of physics laboratories built to generate and study intense laser light. Pulsed lasers can concentrate light onto a small area for a short time to produce power. From 2007 to 2013, she served as associate chair of the department.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

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The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Click to enlarge.

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Speech Processing Pioneer Sadaoki Furui Dies at 77

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He left Tokyo in 2013 to become president of the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago and served in that position until 2019. Furui was a member of several IEEE committees and served as general co-chair of this year’s IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing , held in May in Singapore.