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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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Jervois begins commissioning at Idaho Cobalt Operations; only cobalt mine in US

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Jervois has commenced infill and expansion drilling at ICO from both surface and underground platforms to improve ICO’s resource model to be used for short and medium-term mining operations. The historical Sunshine cobalt resource is located a short traverse to the ICO mill and concentrator. Across 2022, Jervois has announced a US$4.8-million,

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BMW Group pushes low-emission transport logistics; joins Getting to Zero Coalition

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Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 25) in Madrid and as part of the Group’s commitment to further reduce carbon emissions along the entire value chain, the BMW Group has joined the “ Getting to Zero Coalition ”. The BMW i3 has been the global leader in its segment since 2013.

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Government’s Role in Further Developing 5G Technologies and Future Networks

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Finally, it will look at how these resources can continue to be leveraged in the further development of 5G technologies and beyond for future networks. He has served as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, from 2008 to 2013. Register now for this webinar!

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ORNL researcher proposes more efficient control strategy for series hybrids

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Malikopoulos 2013. —Malikopoulos (2013). —Malikopoulos (2013). —Malikopoulos (2013). 2013) “Stochastic Optimal Control for Series Hybrid Electric Vehicles,” Proceedings of the 2013 American Control Conference (ACC), Washington D.C. Click to enlarge. Malikopoulos A. Malikopoulos, A.,

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Univ. of Regina researchers propose new enhanced heavy oil recovery process for Western Canada

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A paper on their work is published in the journal Fuel ; the team had earlier presented their work at 2013 SPE Heavy Oil Conference in Calgary in June. Canada, as is well known, has massive untapped heavy oil and bitumen resources, much of it located in Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. 2013.07.043. Meyer, R.F., Attanasi, E.D.,

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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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