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World Engineering Day Focuses on Shaping a Sustainable Future

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The global initiative celebrates engineering achievements and recognizes engineers contributions to progress. Air pollution kills about 7 million people annually, with 99 percent of the global population breathing unhealthy air, according to the World Health Organization. Adopting sustainable practices is an essential imperative.

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Navigating the Dual-Use Dilemma

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Establishing clear guidelines and community oversight to ensure transparency and prevent misuse of these moderation mechanisms. Efforts to define red lines have already been made in that direction, notably in the context of the IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems.

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SAE International publishes new J2954 wireless charging standard

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SAE International has published the first global standard that specifies, in a single document, both the electric vehicle and supply equipment (EVSE) ground-system requirements for wireless charging of electric vehicles (EV). The new standard was more than a decade in the making. of Energy (DoE), the U.S. —Jesse Schneider.

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IEEE Makes Strides to Improve Online Safety for Kids

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To help developers build age-appropriate websites, the IEEE Standards Association has released two guidelines: one for the process of designing age-appropriate sites for children and the other for systems to verify the user’s age online. IEEE SA also launched a related certification program. Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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14 global automakers reach agreement on standards for suppliers on key responsibility issues

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For this reason, we are working together to attain the highest standard in business integrity and in the social and environmental performance of our supply chain. We expect that suppliers will uphold these standards and cascade them down their supply chain. Together with AIAG, the initial guidelines were further elaborated.

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CSA group and IPAC-CO2 propose bi-national standard for geologic storage of CO2

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CSA Group, a leading developer of standards, codes and training programs, and the International Performance Assessment Centre for Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide (IPAC-CO 2 Research Inc.), The genesis of the standard was a seed document developed by IPAC-CO 2 based on their research. This represents an increase of 1.0

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EPA proposes new standards to reduce methane and VOCs emissions from oil and gas industry

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its latest set of proposed standards to reduce emissions of methane and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the oil and natural gas industry. EPA did not conduct an RIA for the Control Techniques Guidelines, because CTGs are not regulations; they are RACT recommendations for states.

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