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A Critical Look at AI-Generated Software

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In 2005, faulty software for the US $176 million baggage-handling system at Denver International Airport forced the whole thing to be scrapped. An influential 2005 article in IEEE Spectrum identified several factors, which are still quite relevant. Consider just a few of the more well-known software failures of the past two decades.

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

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At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% “ We are not aiming to let anyone off the hook.

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Cutting Non-CO2 Pollutants Can Delay Abrupt Climate Change; The Fast Action Climate Agenda

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Probability distribution for the committed warming by GHGs between 1750 and 2005. A binding legal agreement exists that can cut HFCs now—the Montreal Protocol ozone treaty—and many alternatives to HFCs have already been developed and are waiting for the right regulatory incentive from the Montreal Protocol to be deployed.

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Volkswagen AG timeline on diesel emissions scandal

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The starting point of the diesel matter was, Volkswagen said, its strategic decision in 2005 to start a major diesel campaign in the United States and to facilitate a breakthrough for this technology which at the time was already very popular in Europe. Timeline and events.

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

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In 2005, Earth Energy Resources (now USOS) initiated the mine licensing process through the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining (DOGM) for a pilot project at PR Spring. DOGM referred the project to DWQ to determine if the project required a ground water permit. The mine would be designed to extract oil sands to a depth of 150 feet.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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Since 2005, when major greenhouse-gas emitters among the Kyoto signatories were issued caps on their emissions and permitted to buy credits to meet those caps, there has been more than $300 billion worth of carbon transactions. REFERENCES. Perspective by Brian J. Donovan, CEO of Renergie, Inc. INTRODUCTION.

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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reforestation); Limiting deforestation by purchasing forested property and preserving the forests with legal and enforcement mechanisms; Setting aside croplands from agricultural production to rebuild carbon in the soil and vegetation; and. Transaction costs generally refer to the costs associated with an exchange of goods or services.