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President-Elect Candidates On Their Plans for the Future

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Senior Member Kathleen Kramer JT MacMillan Nominated by the IEEE Board of Directors Kramer is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of San Diego, where she served as director of engineering from 2004 to 2013. As director she provided academic leadership over its engineering programs. Build a resilient organization.

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

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The last official UNFCCC meeting prior to the 15 th Congress ended 6 November in Barcelona, and environment ministers have been shuttling in and out of Copenhagen since then to conduct ad hoc negotiations prior to the summit. by Jack Rosebro. Backlash against Rasmussen’s plan was swift and severe.

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USGS study concludes plausible California megastorm could result in 3x more damage than severe SoCal earthquake

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As examples, the authors noted, the storm largely cuts off traffic from Los Angeles to the north and east for 1-2 weeks, with gradual recovery. An Atmospheric River originating over the central Pacific on 16 February 2004. Source: USGS. Click to enlarge. These impacts, the authors noted, are not exhaustive.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Several dozen prototypes on 15-passenger van since 2004; now in second generation development; no production plans. Cischke, Ford senior vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering. "By Does it make good business sense, and how does it affect the environment?" By partnering with these two industries.

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PPIC Survey Finds Californianss Support for Policies to Curb Warming Slips With Economy and Budget Crisis; Partisan Split Widens

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But in a year that has seen both a worsening recession and state budget crisis, residents’ support for urgent action on climate change has slipped and a partisan divide on the issue has widened. Californians clearly support policies to improve the environment. Mark Baldassare, president and CEO of PPIC.

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