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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.

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IEEE’s Plan To Help Combat Climate Change

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The IEEE Board of Directors formed an ad hoc committee on climate change in February to coordinate its response to the global threat. Why should IEEE be involved in combating climate change? Why should members care about climate change? Rahman: Climate change is an existential threat to humanity.

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American Chemical Society Posts Online Collection of New Resources on Climate Change

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The American Chemical Society (ACS) has posted a new online collection of resources related to climate change, including audio and visual presentations from a recent ACS forum on the science of climate change and video from an ACS press briefing on this forum. Topic: Climate change science.

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How Engineers Can Help Protect Earth From Worsening Climate Change

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Fortunately, we still have a narrow window of opportunity to alter the Earth’s climate path, and I believe we can do it. Climate change is a global societal crisis that is causing devastating consequences. Deforestation is contributing to climate change. We need to address the crisis now in a sustainable way.

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How billionaires’ quest for key EV resources under melting ice caps can boost industry

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The world’s richest billionaires, including Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Michael Bloomberg, are funding a campaign to search for resources critical to the EV industry and climate change. The post How billionaires’ quest for key EV resources under melting ice caps can boost industry appeared first on Electrek.

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Tesla Model S Plaid goes up for grabs in fight for climate change policies

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Our friends at the Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) Action Fund continue to make remarkable progress in public climate change policies at the local, state, and national levels thanks to the help of its supporters through fund-raising efforts. . EST on the same day. . Make a difference.

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EVs like Tesla are cutting pollution levels and reducing health problems: study

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Erika Garcia, PhD, MPH , an assistant professor of population and public health sciences at the Keck School of Medicine and the study’s lead author, noted that the study shows that changes made at the local level could already improve the health of a community. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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