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California ARB: GHG emissions fell below 1990 levels for first time in 2016; down 13% from 2004 peak; transportation emissions up 2%

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that greenhouse gas emissions in California in 2016 fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004—a reduction roughly equivalent to taking 12 million cars off the road or saving 6 billion gallons of gasoline a year.

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Roombas at the End of the World

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That quote comes from Amy Lowitz , a member of the South Pole Telescope team, who overwintered at the pole in 2016 and has spent many summers there. “I I even ended up writing a parody of the song “5,000 Candles in the Wind” from “Parks and Recreation” for Ernie, and singing it at an open-mic night. SPT But Ernie did come back.

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Study: California will hit climate targets >100 years too late at current pace of reductions; transportation, wildfires & landfills

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This year’s Index finds that 2017 marked the first time that a greater portion of California’s power mix came from renewable sources such as wind and solar than it did from fossil fuels. percent, respectively, from 2016 to 2017. vehicles per 100 persons in 2018. vehicles per 100 persons. from 2016 to 2017.

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Will Human Soldiers Ever Trust Their Robot Comrades?

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The blistering late-afternoon wind ripped across Camp Taji , a sprawling U.S. In an online discussion about EOD support robots, one soldier wrote, “Those little bastards can develop a personality, and they save so many lives.” military base just north of Baghdad. An infantryman responded by admitting, “We liked those EOD robots.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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If you ask the average person what the company 3M does, odds are if they have a few gray hairs hanging out on their scalp, they might say that the company makes floppy disks. This was around the same period that AT&T, still smarting from misadventures like the EO Personal Communicator , spun off Bell Labs as Lucent Technologies.

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A Novel IEEE Workshop Showcases Jamaica’s Engineering Community

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The students have fared well, placing third in the hardware competition in 2016 and 2018, winning the 2017 student paper competition, and garnering third place in the 2019 open hardware contest. Bonanza Producciones How can students channel their talents and personal interests into satisfying and impactful careers?

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LeMond Composites licenses ORNL low-cost carbon fiber manufacturing process; transportation, renewable energy, & infrastructure

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ORNL began accepting license applications in March 2016. Jackson and several of her ORNL teammates joined LeMond Composites in 2016. For the wind power industry, carbon fiber can be used to make turbine blades lighter and stiffer, thereby increasing the efficiency of the system. —Greg LeMond. —Greg LeMond.