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APRIL 7, 2010

Ford Motor Company is the first automaker and one of several companies taking a leadership position in joining the Water Disclosure Project , which will establish a water disclosure protocol for companies around the world and promote conservation and stewardship. For the past decade, Ford has made it a priority to conserve water.

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AUGUST 27, 2009

Representation of damage from climate change avoided by adaptation, and damage not be adapted to (‘residual damage’) over the longer term. Parry co-chaired the IPCC working group on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation between 2002 and 2008. Source: “Assessing the costs.” In Click to enlarge. Professor Parry.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Significant climate anomalies 2008/2009. Source: Climate Change Compendium. Losses of tropical and temperate mountain glaciers affecting perhaps 20-25% of the human population in terms of drinking water, irrigation and hydro-power. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2009

The European Commission has published a white paper—“ Adapting to climate change: Towards a European framework for action ”—outlining the framework of a two-phase strategic approach to help the EU cope with the impacts of climate change. European Commissioner for the Environment Stavros Dimas.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The hot, humid environment of tropical marine areas such as Australia’s Great Barrier Reef can wreak havoc on the marine autonomous systems. AIMS offered me an opportunity to apply these skills to the challenges facing the tropical marine environment.” “We This article appears in the October 2022 print issue as “Melanie Olsen.”.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Participants in this coordinated global effort agree that zero-emission trucks and buses are essential to reducing transport emissions, mitigating climate change, improving air quality, reducing the use of fossil fuels and energy costs. The effort is a headline announcement at COP26’s “Transport Day” in Glasgow.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

South Bay 350 Climate Action Group Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden Enviroscape.

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MAY 9, 2017

Toyota established the annual program in 2000 in commemoration of Toyota’s receipt of the Global 500 Award in 1999 from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); this year marks the program’s 18 th year. This year’s theme will be “Biodiversity Conservation” or “Climate Change”. Climate Change. Organization.

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DECEMBER 10, 2011

The review is the latest product of WHO’s Health in the Green Economy initiative, which is considering available evidence on health impacts from climate mitigation strategies for key economic sectors, as reviewed by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2010

trillion by 2050, according to a new report, “An Initial Estimate of the Cost of Lost Climate Services Due to Changes in the Arctic Cryosphere”, released by the Pew Environment Group. Scott Highleyman, international Arctic director for the Pew Environment Group.

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OCTOBER 18, 2013

And so it is that I resigned from my position as Director of Strategic Partnerships and Public Affairs for CBS EcoMedia effective the first of this month and I will now be devoting my full time to working on climate change response with the South Bay 350 Climate Action Group, the South Bay Bicycle Coalition and 350.org.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

City Council, board members of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Commission and long term colleagues from the climate justice action community to be part of a historic announcement. At 9am on Tuesday morning this week I stood with Los Angeles Mayor, Eric Garcetti, members of the L.A.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

E&B won’t tell you, nor will their paid shills at the American Petroleum Institute or the other dirty fuel groups they belong to, but the climate science dictates that they will have to keep 60%-80% of their reserves unburned and not used as fuel. I’m talking about heroes like climate scientist Michael E.

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APRIL 26, 2016

To their great credit, our members of Congress, Representatives Maxine Waters and Ted Lieu have been stronger than anyone on this issue, but even they aren’t saying the obvious – that we need to #breakfree from fossil fuels – and an exploding refinery owned by lying racketeers is as good a place to #breakfree as any.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The leaders of the world have just returned from the UN's latest climate change summit, COP26 , in which the countries that have signed on to the Paris Agreement upped their commitments to fight climate change. IEEE Spectrum : What role does Silver Lining play in climate research or advocacy? In 2015, the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2016

ExxonMobil will invest $15 million as a leadership member of the University of Texas at Austin Energy Institute to pursue technologies to help meet growing energy demand while reducing environmental impacts and the risk of climate change. E-ffiliates fosters collaboration with industry in pursuing energy and environmental innovation.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 31, 2009

We’ve always planned on retiring and spending the rest of our lives right here, but these days we’re worried about what climate change is already doing – and about the far more serious consequences headed our way. We’re already getting used to the fires, smoke and related air hazards here in the L.A.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2010

The X PRIZE Foundation (XPF) is expanding its vision to address worldwide challenges in the areas of Energy & Environment; Exploration of the Oceans and Space; Life Sciences; and Education & Global Development with $100 million in prizes over the next 10 years. Energy & Environment. Exploration (Oceans and Space). Life Sciences.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2012

A complete overhaul of global environmental governance is urgently needed if the challenges of global sustainability are to be met for seven billion people, according to a wide-ranging Foresight Process conducted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). New Insights on Water-Land Interactions: Shift in the Management Paradigm?

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AUGUST 5, 2023

These great masses store enough water to raise global sea level by 65 meters should they melt entirely. Although neither ice sheet is expected to melt completely anytime soon, their incredible scale makes even small changes consequential for the future of our planet. Thomas Teisberg, an electrical engineering Ph.D.

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Creative Greenius

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Here’s the version I remember hearing in New Jersey: A man goes on vacation and his brother agrees to housesit for him — feeding the cat, picking up the newspapers and mail, watering the plants, etc. Let me help you with the perspective here… that terrorist threat from Al Queda and all the other terrorist groups in the world?

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JANUARY 7, 2009

The Creative Greenius says you can now expect a bold United States policy on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, a rapid shift away from carbon-based fuels to renewables and a science-based approach to water policy and other critical resources. Change is but mere weeks away. There’s no good news anywhere on the water horizon.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2014

Separately, Audi of America, also part of the larger Volkswagen Group, also announced its own carbon offset program for the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid (PHEV) ( earlier post ) with 3Degrees, as well as SunPower and Bosch partnerships. Climate Change Electric (Battery) Emissions Hybrids Plug-ins Solar Sustainability'

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JANUARY 27, 2023

As the leader of the Modeling Group in the Section of Glaciology at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany, Humbert works to extract broader lessons from Nioghalvfjerdsbræ’s ongoing decline. (Fig.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

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. Backlash against Rasmussen’s plan was swift and severe.

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JULY 26, 2012

We may well be as doomed as doomed can be already – as I frequently tell my friends that we are, and the “ Hell and High Water ” may already have arrived earlier then even Joe Romm’s dire predictions, but I’m not quite ready to cash in my chips and give up the ghost.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2022

At this week's COP27 climate conference in Egypt , attendees will have a new group to contend with: an alliance of more than 60 companies involved in the electronics supply chain. We look forward to setting meaningful sustainability goals and helping ensure a healthy environment for future generations."

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2012

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners have launched a new initiative that aims to reduce pollution levels, improve resource efficiency and reduce infrastructure costs in cities across the world. Up to 80% of the world population is expected to reside in cities by 2050.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Even less is understood about the potential risks to people and the environment—could the particles deplete the ozone layer, for example, or significantly alter the weather? He says the group hopes to launch the balloon in mid-2022. based indigenous group emailed the council, informing them of the planned launch. about 0.6 °C.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2023

But we have demonstrated that by directly using power generated by the cold universe, we can chill water to cool buildings by as much as 5 ºC during the day without electricity and light the night without wires or batteries. In the case of moving water, a turbine harvests the energy in the flow to generate hydroelectricity.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2010

Mackenzie Valley Aboriginal Pipeline Limited Partnership, generally referred to as the Aboriginal Pipeline Group (APG). It could thaw frozen ground and freeze unfrozen ground, destabilizing terrain and disrupting water courses. Rather, these matters must be addressed by governments through comprehensive climate change strategies.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2012

After capturing carbon dioxide, the materials give it up easily so that the CO 2 can be used in making other substances, or permanently isolated from the environment. It is now widely accepted that anthropogenic CO 2 , due to its role as a greenhouse gas, is the major contributor to climate change. —Goeppert et al.

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JULY 26, 2012

We may well be as doomed as doomed can be already – as I frequently tell my friends that we are, and the “ Hell and High Water ” may already have arrived earlier then even Joe Romm’s dire predictions, but I’m not quite ready to cash in my chips and give up the ghost.

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APRIL 12, 2009

As the climate change crisis goes from bad to worse (while the deniers get nuttier and more cult-like with each passing day) and Australia gives Californians an advanced sneak preview at what is without a doubt headed our way sooner than you expect , your Creative Greenius has only gotten more Fired Up, Ready to Go!

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2009

Green areas indicate waters supersaturated with aragonite carbonate and favoring shell formation, with darker color indicating more favorable conditions. Red areas are those where waters are under-saturated in aragonite and so hostile to shell formation by marine organisms, with darker color indicating greater under-saturation.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 28, 2023

“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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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2009

Worden of MBARI and published in the 10 April edition of the journal Science , offers insights into ecological differentiation and the dynamic nature of early plant evolution with relevance for work on climate change and cellular processes related to algae-derived biofuels being pursued by DOE scientists. Worden et al.

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