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IEEE’s Plan To Help Combat Climate Change

Cars That Think

The IEEE Board of Directors formed an ad hoc committee on climate change in February to coordinate its response to the global threat. Rahman: Its charter is to develop a cross-IEEE strategy to synchronize and guide the organization’s response to changes in the global climate. Why should IEEE be involved in combating climate change?

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ECOtality to Provide Blink EV Charging Stations at Select US Best Buy Stores

Green Car Congress

will provide electric vehicle (EV) charging stations ( earlier post ) at select US stores of electronics retailer Best Buy Co., Under the terms of the agreement, the Level 2, J1772-compliant charging stations will be installed at 12 Best Buy stores in Tucson, Ariz.; ECOtality, Inc. Phoenix, Ariz.; Los Angeles, Calif.; San Diego, Calif.

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Tesla drivers have smoke blown in their faces | Opinion

EV Central

But first I wanted to talk about climate change deniers, and how remarkable it is that they still exist. A few years ago, climate change deniers were annoying, unscientific troll turds, the kind of people who choose their feelings over facts. Ladies and gentlemen, the climate cult will eventually be discredited.”

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Australia unveiled its new EV policy

Electric Vehicles India

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced the federal government’s new electric vehicle strategy to encourage people to buy electric vehicles. However before the last election in 2019, Morrison denied his support for electric vehicles at a press conference in Melbourne. Australia unveiled its new EV policy.

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Eliminate fuel vehicles in the UK to enlarge the move

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“We will require new homes and buildings to have electric vehicle charging points,” Johnson told the annual conference of the Confederation of Commerce and Industry (CBI). In 2019, the UK revised the Climate Change Act and formally established the carbon neutrality goal of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

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ECOtality Outlines EV Infrastructure Plans for Phoenix Area; ~920 Level 2 Chargers, 40 Fast Chargers

Green Car Congress

outlined the company’s electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure plans for the metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona area at a press conference featuring key regional stakeholders. ECOtality, Inc. Additionally, approximately 40 commercial Blink DC Fast Chargers will be installed in the area.

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Measuring AI’s Carbon Footprint

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As the AI community grapples with its environmental impact, some conferences now ask paper submitters to include information on CO 2 emissions. Given such information, users might decide to train at different times or in different places, buy carbon offsets, or train a different model or no model at all.

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