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Masdar running blogging contest tackling smart cities and sustainable development

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Masdar, the UAE’s sustainable city, is running a blogging contest ; the 500-600 word entries must address the following question: “How can cities contribute to the advancement of sustainable development and address issues including water, energy and waste?” The International Water Summit (IWS) 2014. World Future Energy Summit 2014.

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British Airways challenges UK universities to develop a new generation of sustainable aviation fuel; part of $400M investment from parent

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The winners will also be invited to present their pathway at sustainability events in Miami and Montreal, as well as to the executive team at British Airways and IAG, the airline’s parent company. The runners up will also receive cash sums.

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Henkel wins Surcar Global environmental footprint impact award for automotive paint pre-treatment process

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Henkel is the first winner of the Surcar International Award for Environmental Footprint with its Bonderite Thin Film 1800 Series zirconium oxide pre-treatment process for car bodies. In addition, it produces far less solid waste. In 2014, for the first time, the event was held Shanghai. —Mark Hyde.

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Canada bans shipments of lithium metal batteries on passenger flights

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In 2014, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) adopted a ban on the shipment of lithium metal batteries as cargo aboard passenger aircraft. New United Nations (UN) product numbers for petroleum sour crude oil and biomedical waste.

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Video Friday: Penguins and Huskies

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We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Pixy ] This is pretty awesome- it's a RoboCup standard platform event where the robots are operating fully autonomously. GITAI ] Things that I want robots to do so that I don't have to: Waste sorting.

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Will Fukushima’s Water Dump Set a Risky Precedent?

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From that opposition and from scientists' critiques of the process, the ongoing events at Fukushima leave an unprecedented example that other nuclear power facilities can watch and learn from. This month, observers from the International Atomic Energy Agency have arrived in the country to inspect the process. That leaves the release.

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Ricardo to host conference on energy generation and management in low carbon vehicles

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Ricardo will host a conference on the challenges and potential solutions for auxiliary power units (APUs), waste energy recovery, and parasitic loss reduction in electric and other low carbon vehicles. The conference will conclude with a comparison of range extended electric vehicles to other low carbon powertrain architectures.

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