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Summary of decisions from Durban climate conference

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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. will be led by the climate science in the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report and the global Review from 2013-2015. and to assist the Conference of the Parties.

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Douglas-Westwood: oil & gas industry need to push High-Pressure - High Temperature envelope

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HP / Extreme HP typically refers to borehole pressures between 10,000 - 20,000 psi; HT / Extreme HT refers to borehole temperatures between 300-400 ?F Pressures and temperatures outside these ranges are referred to as “Ultra-HPHT”, which represents the absolute limits of current technology. F (149-204 ?C).

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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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Volunteer Training Program Sees Record Growth As it Marks 10 Years

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IEEE depends on volunteer members for many things, including organizing conferences, coordinating regional and local activities, writing standards, and deciding on IEEE’s future. That’s why in 2013, the IEEE Member and Geographic Activities board established its Volunteer Leadership Program.

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

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Credit: Saxena and Bedoya (2013). Ringing refers to high amplitude pressure oscillations from within the combustion chamber due to high heat release rates, and is a constraint governing high output power limits. —Saxena and Bedoya (2013). Operating principle behind an engine using PFS. Click to enlarge. 2013.05.002.

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Hyperion Unveils Design of its Small Modular Nuclear Reactor, the Hyperion Power Module

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At the recent Annual Winter Conference of the American Nuclear Society in Washington, and simultaneously at the “Powering Toward 2020” conference in London, England, Hyperion Power Generation Inc. Each module will cost $50 million; initial deliveries, slated to begin in the second half of 2013, are being scheduled, the company says.

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A Young Professional on the Power of Mentorship

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in 2013, she joined Nokia Bell Labs in Dublin as a research scientist working in wireless communications and self-organizing networks. She signed up, she says, so she could publish a paper in one of IEEE’s conference proceedings. After earning her Ph.D. She has been granted several patents, which have been commercialized.

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