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UN Environment report says national GHG pledges only bring one-third of reductions needed for Paris Agreement

Green Car Congress

A large part of this potential comes from six relatively standardized categories: solar and wind energy; efficient appliances; efficient passenger cars; afforestation and stopping deforestation. In early 2017, an additional 273 GW of coal-fired capacity was under construction and 570 GW in pre-construction.

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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

Cars That Think

He was honored for his contributions with the 2017 IEEE Canada Presidents’ Make-a-Difference Award. He wrote six lessons, which cover transformers, AC and DC motors, magnetism, binary basics, and solar power. He served as vice chair of the program’s committee. He and his family lived there for two years.

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