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How Engineers Can Help Protect Earth From Worsening Climate Change

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To create a sustainable environment, we need to contain air pollution. Deforestation has caused the Amazon rainforest and similar areas to lose their ability to recover from disturbances such as drought, wildfires, and human development, according to a recent article published in Scientific American. Let’s treat every day as Earth Day.

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E-Waste is a Cybersecurity Problem, Too

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John Shegerian People might say, how is that possible given that we’re talking more about environment and there are more companies like yours? Five years of banging the drum, and thanks to this article, we were finally off to the races…comparatively. The truth is, the magnitude of the problem grossly outstrips the amount of solutions.

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How Do EVs Compare To Gas Cars?

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In fact, as our ‘ How COVID-19 Is Changing Our Environmentarticle shows, with governments currently looking to rebuild economies following the COVID-19 outbreak, there is a huge opportunity to reinforce the EV charging landscape and create a more sustainable planet. Are EVs really cleaner & greener choices?

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Former EPA exec surveys the road ahead for US emissions standards

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Federal emissions and fuel economy regulations have been instrumental in encouraging (or coercing) automakers to produce EVs, and to make their legacy vehicles cleaner. Under President Obama, we set the first set of standards [for model years] 2012 to 2016, and the second set for 2017 to 2025. Q&A with former EPA exec Margo Oge.

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