Cars That Think

JULY 22, 2022

We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Tevel ] My favorite RoboCup event, where the world championship robots take on the RoboCup trustees! And here's an overview of the wider event, from Tech United Eindhoven. Tech United ] One copter?

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Madagascar Los Angeles New Zealand Portugal 138

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

Among the many climate-related vulnerabilities that can impact its mission, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cites a likely increase in tropospheric ozone pollution as potentially making it more difficult to attain National Ambient Air Quality Standards ( NAAQS ) in many areas with existing ozone problems.

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Climate Change Ozone Climate EPA 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Scaling up the production of algal biofuels to meet at least 5%—approximately 39 billion liters—of US transportation fuel needs would place unsustainable demands on energy, water, and nutrients, according to a new report from the National Research Council. Potential effects on local climate.

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Production Water Fuel Emissions 257

Electric Auto Association

AUGUST 9, 2021

There’s no doubt that driving electric helps the environment, as does installing home solar panels. The benefits of electrifying construction sites would be substantial The use of electric equipment in place of traditional diesel engines would reduce not only carbon output, but nearby air pollution and ambient noise as well.

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Green Norway Diesel Pollution 59

Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Water covers 72 percent of the Earth’s surface, its volumes host 80 percent of biodiversity and play a pivotal role in global phenomena, such as climate change. WSense has designed its platform first for shallow water (up to 300 m depth), but now it asserts that it is operational up to -3000 m, opening the door wider to the oceans.

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Building Climate Change Italy Climate 96

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2013

The new solar park is an integral part of Volkswagen’s worldwide sustainability strategy, which includes generating more power within the Group from renewable energy sources, said Volkswagen Group Officer for the Environment, Energy and New Business Areas, Wolfram Thomas. —Wolfram Thomas, at the solar park launch event.

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Solar Phoenix 2012 Power 268

Cars That Think

MAY 19, 2023

I attended this year’s events, held on 4 and 5 May in Atlanta. Because sea levels and temperatures are rising, more than 80 percent of marine life is migrating toward the Earth’s poles and away from warmer water, he said. The event kicked off with a “fireside chat” between Vint Cerf and Katie Hafner , a technology journalist.

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Engine Atlanta Climate Change Climate 83

Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2020

The results appear in the journal Atmospheric Environment. Such information could help researchers identify hidden hotspots of dangerous pollution, greatly improve studies of pollution on human health, or potentially tease out the effects of unpredictable events on air quality, such as the breakout of an airborne global pandemic.

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Pollution Environment India Standards 221

Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2013

Focus on national preparedness for climate change, which can help decrease damage from extreme weather events now and speed recovery from future damage. The first component aims to reduce the damage resulting from changes in climate (“adaptation”), while the last five aim to reduce the pace and magnitude of these changes (“mitigation”).

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Climate Change Climate Obama Clean 252

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2012

The solution leverages IBM's Intelligent Operations Center (IOC) ( earlier post ) designed to give cities a holistic view of city operations—such as water, transportation and public safety—through one central point of command, facilitating faster and more efficient decision-making. —Jerome Gallot, CEO of the Veolia Transdev Group.

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Transportation France Pollution Building 199

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In almost all previous projections for climate, tipping events like these were far in the future. by spewing pollution into the air. The largest blue bar is the effect of pollution particles on clouds. [[The It's a cooling effect and it's happening all over the world as a result of pollution from factories, ships, and cars.

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Climate Climate Change Mariner Pollution 144

Creative Greenius

AUGUST 31, 2009

Meanwhile our long term drought, now its its third year with no end in sight, means less available water to fight the fires with. And this summer it also means we’re experiencing mandatory water rationing that restricts our landscape watering to two days a week and forces other cutbacks in water use across the board.

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Climate Change Los Angeles Climate Water 170

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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Monaco Mariner Climate Change Montenegro 150

Creative Greenius

APRIL 12, 2009

In Manhattan Beach I’ve been watching the four committees of the ETF present their recommendations for the city council on water, waste, building and climate change. The biggest attribute of this glorious South Bay is our environment. It’s the environment – the sun, the air, the water, the land.

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Al Gore Solar Climate Change Gore 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Coastal waters account for just 7% of the total area of the ocean. These include filtering water, reducing effects of coastal pollution, nutrient loading, sedimentation, protecting the coast from erosion and buffering the effects of extreme weather events. Wider Benefits.

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Mariner Carbon Emissions Climate Change 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

Based on the work of the multidisciplinary team, with advice from a board of 18 leaders from industry, government and environmental groups, the report examined the future of natural gas through 2050 from the perspectives of technology, economics, politics, national security and the environment.

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MIT Gas Climate Gas-Electric 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2012

The findings have implications for the availability, management and use of water resources in regions around the world, say the researchers. Rain increases with aerosol concentration in deep clouds that have a high liquid-water content, but declines in clouds that have a low liquid-water content.

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Pollution Water Universal United States 257

Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Battery Recycling: A Crucial Step Toward Curbing Global Warming The Circular Economy Needs to Add Batteries In the fight against global warming and the protection of our environment—and as countries across the world implement mandates for zero-emission vehicles to promote sustainability—battery recycling has emerged as a crucial solution.

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Global Batteries Battery Pollution 77

Green Car Congress

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. ” —British Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, summing up the historical significance of COP 15. ºF) increase.

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Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions 236

Cars That Think

MARCH 4, 2023

The first robot I built from scratch was SS MAPR , an autonomous boat for water departments to collect multidepth water-quality data. They use this data to monitor river pollution and rein in pollution sources. I want to build more robots that improve the environment we live in.

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Climate Change Climate Wind Renewable 94

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2015

EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention sponsors the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards in partnership with the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute and other members of the chemical community including industry, trade associations, academic institutions, and other government agencies.

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EPA Green Polymer Water 150

Creative Greenius

AUGUST 17, 2009

As my friends at the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme put it: Pacific islands are extremely vulnerable to climate change. When you read about ocean acidification, the destruction of coral habitats, dead zones and ocean pollution you’re reading about the big problems right in the backyard of my fellow Tongans.

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Tonga Climate Change San Francisco Climate 256

MyEVOnline

JULY 29, 2020

Undoubtedly, each one of us wants to live in a greener environment and breathe pure air free of toxins. The worth-noting feature of the entire process is zero toxic emissions, with by-products as heat and water. The event happened in June 2019 that made car manufacturers alert and highly concerned about the hydrogen car users’ safety.

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Hydrogen Future Electric Cars Cars 52

Cars That Think

JUNE 17, 2022

Wijffels: They spend 90 percent of their time at 1,000 meters below the surface of the ocean—an environment where it's dark and it's cold. As the then lighter-than-water automaton floats back up toward the surface, it takes a series of measurements in a single column. A float will drift there for about nine and a half days.

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Climate Climate Change Global Wind 145

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2011

Three out of four global consumers rated air pollution (77%) and water pollution (75%) as top concerns, both increasing six percentage points compared to 2009. Portugal and Mexico were also the world’s most concerned countries about water shortages and air and water pollution.

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Climate Change Climate Water Pollution 246

Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Colleen, for instance, serves the communities of Greater Los Angeles with an emphasis in reducing toxic air pollution from the transportation sector. At community events Hampel runs a free hands-on bike tune-up workshop. Tags: carbon producers GHG bicycles emissions Environment L.A.

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Green Climate Change Climate Los Angeles 150

Creative Greenius

APRIL 22, 2012

Today is Earth Day 2012, a day filled with celebrations of the environment and all the things being done to try and improve it and make it more sustainable. You can go to events where you recycle your old paper tax records, your motor oil, your cellphone, computers and other electronics. .

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Climate Change Coal Los Angeles Solar 255

My Energi

APRIL 13, 2021

With World Earth Day only a week away (22/04/2021), we have decided what better way to embrace this event than for everyone to get involved in some new ‘ green habits’ for 1 month in the spirit of myenergi’s very own Green Reset. It’s no secret that our modern lifestyles put significant pressure on the environment.

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Green Mariner Buy Waste 98

Creative Greenius

APRIL 22, 2012

Today is Earth Day 2012, a day filled with celebrations of the environment and all the things being done to try and improve it and make it more sustainable. You can go to events where you recycle your old paper tax records, your motor oil, your cellphone, computers and other electronics. .

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Climate Change Coal Los Angeles Solar 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2015

A study by researchers in Israel and the US has found that single (“sub-clinical”) exposure to extracts from particulate material (PM) collected in a near roadway environment can induce a transient oxidative stress and inflammation in mice’ lungs. The paper appears in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. —Pardo et al.

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Pollution Wisconsin Emissions 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. At a press event on Monday, Oregon’s governor, Ted Kulongoski, was talking up Nissan’s previously announced partnership with the state. So why don’t journalist ever write the full story?

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Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58