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Nations agree on global, legally binding treaty on mercury emissions: Minamata Convention on Mercury

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At the conclusion of the International Negotiating Committee on Mercury ( INC5 ) meeting in Geneva ( earlier post ), nations agreed on a global, legally-binding treaty to prevent mercury emissions and releases. Waste incineration and cement clinker facilities are also on the list.

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Tesla allowed to sell early Model Y production units from Giga Berlin

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The cars produced during this period were initially expected to be either used internally or scrapped, but a recent document from Tesla has revealed that the EV maker is looking to sell some early Model Ys to customers , provided that they are of “good” quality. . ” Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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Velocys establishes strategic alliance with TRI for gasification systems for BTL plants

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Velocys plc, the developer of smaller scale gas-to-liquids (GTL), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ThermoChem Recovery International, Inc. lowest-cost, most readily-available waste biomass). The company expects the terms of the MoU to be reflected in legally-binding documentation within the coming months.

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Utah Water Quality Board upholds issuance of permit for oil sands mine in Utah

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For this type of resource, USOS says, the Clark process is not effective; left-over bitumen sticks to the sand, resulting in low recovery and oil sand waste. At specific issue in the WQB decision was a 2008 permit-by-rule granted by DWQ to USOS for the project on the Tavaputs Plateau near PR Spring. Allen presiding.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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Donovan is an engineer and attorney with more than thirty-four years of international business experience. On 24 February 2009, the US EPA granted Renergie a first-of-its-kind waiver for the purpose of testing hydrous E10, E20, E30 & E85 ethanol blends in non-flex-fuel vehicles and flex-fuel vehicles in Louisiana. About the Author.

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Finding The Wisest Ways To Global AI Regulation

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And do you also worry about algorithmic bias and automated decision-making systems that may be used in judicial systems, or legal systems, or medical contexts, things like that? At the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, we are a grant-making organization internally for our faculty. Wald: Absolutely.

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Mumbai - Kalaburagi - Mumbai : 1200 km trip in the MG ZS EV

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I have been on exactly one ICE (dinasour juice* consuming Internal Combustion Engine vehicles) roadtrip prior to this. This time, the MG’s MapMyIndia inbuilt maps could alert me whenever there was an upcoming speed camera in a 1km range, giving me enough time to have ‘barely legal’* speeds. Let’s go plan!