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FROM THE HOT TUB TIME MACHINE: FEBRUARY 11, 2015 – Time To Give Burke The Boot at SCAQMD

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We went to the SCAQMD hearing out in Diamond Bar last Friday, February 6, 2015, to testify on the big, new storage tanks Phillips 66 wants to build in Wilmington at its refinery so they can receive more of the super explosive, super dirty crude from the Bakkens.

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Sandia Labs project team building fuel cell cold ironing system for deployment at Port of Honolulu in 2015

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A Sandia National Laboratories project team, including a number of industry partners, is designing and building a cold-ironing fuel cell system that will be deployed in the Port of Honolulu in 2015. As ports have begun to expand and their impact on the environment has become more apparent, port operators face a variety of regulations.

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WHO attributes more than 1 in 4 deaths annually of children under 5 years to unhealthy environment

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In 2015, 5.9 Most of these diseases and conditions are at least partially caused by the environment, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports. The impact of the environment on children’s health , provides a comprehensive overview of the environment’s impact on children’s health, illustrating the scale of the challenge.

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BMW Group founds company to develop and distribute innovative robots and management software for logistics solutions

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Since 2015, the innovations team from BMW Group Logistics has been working on future-focused industry 4.0 The Smart Transport Robot, STR, was developed in 2015 in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute. We are becoming a provider of logistics robotics beyond the automotive industry. —Jimmy Nassif, CTO IDEALworks GmbH.

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ITER beginning assembly of fusion reactor tokamak

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The soup-bowl-shaped base of the ITER cryostat was gradually lifted from its frame, carried across the Assembly Hall to the Tokamak Building and eventually lowered into the Tokamak assembly pit. The elements for the base section were delivered to ITER in December 2015 and the 1,250-tonne component was finalized in July of last year.

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How Eddie Custovic Is Building His Legacy

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And if that isn’t enough, he is working to combat impending food shortages by developing imaging technology to determine how to grow plants in inhabitable environments. I grew up in a healthy environment and had the opportunity to pursue the career I wanted. Hissey Outstanding Young Professional Award.

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SAIC-GM-Wuling to build third manufacturing base in Chongqing; first phase capacity of 400,000 vehicles and engines

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SAIC-GM-Wuling will build a third manufacturing base in Chongqing Municipality to keep pace with the rising demand for its vehicles. billion (US$1 billion) first phase is scheduled to open in 2015. billion (US$1 billion) first phase is scheduled to open in 2015. It will adopt GM’s global manufacturing processes and standards.

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