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Alberta publishes report assessing non-combustion uses for bitumen, opens $2M call for projects

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Alberta Innovates, in partnership with industry, government and other organizations, recently released the results of a study that investigates the best opportunities for “Bitumen Beyond Combustion” (BBC). Validating technical, logistical, environmental, and market solutions to accelerate the commercialization of BBC products.

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Self-driving vehicles may hit UK roads as soon as 2026: minister

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. “Probably by as early as 2026 people will start seeing some elements of these cars that have full self-driving capabilities being rolled out,” Harper said in an interview with BBC Radio. “It’ll be gradual…so there’ll be companies rolling it out to be used in certain places.”

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Blink Charging Celebrates Women in the Electric Vehicle Industry

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Chelsea Sexton Chelsea Sexton, the co-founder of EV advocacy group Plug In America , has been involved with EVs since the 1990s when General Motors was developing their first modern EV. The group’s membership includes individuals from the U.S., Japan, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, and various other countries.

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President Obama announces nearly $4B public-private investment in energy upgrades to buildings; $2B government commitment

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This announcement builds on a commitment made by 14 partners at the Clinton Global Initiative America meeting in June to make energy upgrades across 300 million square feet, and to invest $500 million in private sector financing in energy efficiency projects. —President Obama. —President Clinton.

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Peterbilt Launches Model 320 Hydraulic Hybrid, Full Lineup of Natural Gas Powered Vehicles

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Among its other product introductions at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky, Peterbilt announced the limited production availability of the Model 320 Hybrid Class 8 refuse truck, equipped with Eaton’s Hydraulic Launch Assist ( HLA ) technology ( earlier post ). The Model 320 Hybrid. Click to enlarge.

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RCA’s Lucite Phantom Teleceiver Introduced the Idea of TV

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On 20 April 1939, David Sarnoff, president of the Radio Corporation of America, addressed a small crowd outside the RCA pavilion at the New York World’s Fair. Today we are on the eve of launching a new industry, based on imagination, on scientific research and accomplishment,” he proclaimed. That industry was television.

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

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Britain will do so, the rest of Europe will do so and I believe America will do so as well. 7 ] BBC Radio 4 World At One: Transcript of Connie Hedegaard and John Prescott on Climate Change , 16 November 2009. [ We have got to provide some money to help that. ” —UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

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