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GECF: more than a quarter of 2050 natural gas supply untapped

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Senturin made his remarks during the 25 th Oil & Gas of Turkmenistan Conference. average economic growth rate between 2000 and 2019, continuously expanding domestic gas production, attracting investors, and enhancing knowledge and technologies exchange. —Secretary General Sentyurin.

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Report Finds Rate of Growth of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Sharply Increased Between 2000 and 2005

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Anthropogenic global greenhouse gas emissions increased by 15% between 2000 and 2005, a sharp increase in the expected rate of growth, according to a new report from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC).

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. But Trek 2000 hardly became a household name. This was granted to Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan in November 2000.

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Radar Technology Pioneer Merrill Skolnik Dies at 94

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Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications , in 2000. He was IEEE secretary in 2000. He taught at the university until he retired in 2000. After helping to found the International Conference on Electrical Machines in 1974, he served on ICEM’s steering committee from 1974 to 2000.

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General Motors Kicks Off National Electric Vehicle Training Tour For First Responders

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during a demonstration at the 2010 Fire-Rescue Conference. International in Chicago. spreader to perform a “dash roll” of a pre-production Chevrolet Volt, as part of a demonstration at the 2010 Fire-Rescue Conference. International in Chicago. A Chicago Fire Department firefighter using a hydraulic. Click to enlarge.

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IEA estimates energy-related CO2 emissions in 2010 highest in history; 80% of projected 2020 emissions from the power sector are already locked in

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Energy-related carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2010 were the highest in history, according to the latest estimates by the International Energy Agency (IEA). Governments are meeting next week in Bonn to prepare for the next major international climate conference to be held in Durban at the end of the year. Earlier post.).

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How MIT’s Muriel Medard Pioneered the Universal Decoder

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She returned to MIT as a faculty member in 2000. and international patents , most of which have been licensed or acquired. She has presented at numerous IEEE conferences, and many of her research articles are available in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Having conferences at which we exchange information is key,” she says.