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

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The last official UNFCCC meeting prior to the 15 th Congress ended 6 November in Barcelona, and environment ministers have been shuttling in and out of Copenhagen since then to conduct ad hoc negotiations prior to the summit. by Jack Rosebro. as compared to 1990 emissions, to be achieved between 2008 and 2012. ” [ 1 ].

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FTA awards almost $16.6M to coordinate fuel cell bus research

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million to the Center for Transportation and the Environment in Atlanta and $10.17 This project will demonstrate a fuel cell bus in a large transit agency, with the potential for larger fleets of cell bus procurements, as well as develop and demonstrate new technology that enables operation of fuel cell buses in cold climates.

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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“People were really interested in clean air and clean water, so I decided there would always be interest in the environment,” Crawford says. You study many areas in civil engineering, including structures, soils, transportation, and the environment,” she says. She switched her major to civil and environmental engineering.

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Why Hotels should think about EV charging

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Best of all… it’s GREAT for the environment! Especially in our current climate crisis, demonstrating that you are doing something for cleaner air and a greener future has no cons. Written by Charlotte Dautzenberg In these cases, the summer months may well make up for the ‘loss’ in the winter.

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Riding the tide

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Charlotte chapter meets new challenges from the increase in EV demand. Since the recent rise in interest in electric vehicles (EVs), Charlotte Electric Vehicle Association (CEVA) President Jess Montgomery has become the go-to EV expert in the Charlotte, North Carolina area. CEVA President Jess Montgomery.

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Recycling Expanded Polystyrene becomes a reality with Styroloop

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It’s almost mid-April, which means that it’s time we spoke to someone new who is making a positive difference to our environment. It’s hard to realise all the waste we don’t even think about - let alone the harm it’s causing our environment. Interview by Charlotte Dautzenberg New Month, new interview! Meet Katie-May Boyd.

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