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IEEE Young Professionals Take On Climate Change

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Developing technology to address the causes of climate change, mitigate its impact, and adapt to the crisis is one of IEEE’s top priorities. To assist with that effort, the IEEE Young Professionals group this year launched its Climate and Sustainability Task Force. On 12 September, CSTF and IRENA presented a Youth Day event.

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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Congress has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the deployment of clean-energy technologies. Thousands of Washington insiders and climate activists have had a hand in these legislative breakthroughs. clean-tech legislation. clean-tech legislation. In the past two years, the U.S. C in this century.

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Discovery of mechanism for atmospheric particle formation suggests need for ammonia emission regulations

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Ammonia is convected upward during events like the Asian monsoon. What we found is that the nitric acid and ammonia are susceptible to temperature changes. This is important, especially in the relatively clean upper troposphere. The group uncovered that the ammonia is convected upward during events such as the Asian monsoon.

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Toyota’s greenwashing AI ‘eco-copilot’ is fake, but the prank makes a real point

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The announcement involved a press event at the National Press Club, along with official-looking press release and even a whole website. For example, in 2004 they posed as representatives of Dow Chemical and promised that the company would clean up after the Bhopal Disaster, leading to a temporary $2 billion drop in the company’s market cap.

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GM awarded two EPA ENERGY STAR Partner of Year awards

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GM earned ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year - Climate Communications for its commitment to educating employees, customers and other stakeholders about the importance of energy efficiency and the impacts of climate change.

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One EV enthusiast leads to anothe

Electric Auto Association

They are all connected in common cause to accelerate the adoption of EVs, either due to the belief that EVs are simply better than internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, or because EV adoption would, on balance, reduce carbon emissions and help tackle climate change. I named the chapter “Drive Electric Dayton (DED).”

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EV Standouts at the 2021 LA Auto Show

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It’s an awesome conversation starter, as well as the chariot that transports me and my family to work, school, playdates, and everything in between. Although EVmatch staff were unable to attend the event in person this year, many on our team were following the event closely, and wanted to share some things that stood out: Mullen Automotive.

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