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Nations agree on global, legally binding treaty on mercury emissions: Minamata Convention on Mercury

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At the conclusion of the International Negotiating Committee on Mercury ( INC5 ) meeting in Geneva ( earlier post ), nations agreed on a global, legally-binding treaty to prevent mercury emissions and releases. Victims can suffer memory loss and language impairment alongside many other well documented problems.

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Member of Swiss National Councils fills up with sunfire solar diesel to call attention to need for regulatory reform

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In an event in Bern, Switzerland, Swiss National Council member and president of the Clean Fuel Now initiative Thomas Böhni filled up his Audi A2 with 100% synthetic diesel (Audi e-diesel) produced by sunfire GmbH to draw attention to the need to remove what he terms unjustified Swiss restrictions on synthetic fuels. Earlier post.).

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Big Data Could Accelerate Drug Approvals

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The way in which quality is assured hasn’t changed much in about 25 years, says Timothé Ménard , head of quality data science at pharmaceutical company Roche in Basel, Switzerland. The shift must happen across the entire industry—which is why a consortium is necessary. An overview of the findings is now available.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% ” [ 1 ].

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“Energiewende” in a tank; Audi e-fuels targeting carbon-neutral driving with synthetic fuels from renewables, H2O and CO2; Swiss policy test case

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—Rupert Stadler, Audi CEO, at the International Vienna Motor Symposium in 2014. The pilot plant is also demonstrating that industrialization of liquid Audi e‑fuels is also possible. Audi is the exclusive partner in the automotive industry. The policy side; test case in Switzerland. Audi e-gas. Earlier post.)

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Electric cars back on track?

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It is going to be a tough year for the whole industry. nk of Norway has begun producing cars again, and sales are slated to begin soon in Scandinavia, Switzerland and France. Still, with all the activity, showrooms remain devoid of a highway-legal electric car. The luxury electric sedan codenamed Whitestar is slated for 2010.

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China bets on open-source chips as US export controls mount – ET Auto

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RISC-V chips made by Chinese firms and research institutes can now power self-driving cars, artificial-intelligence models and data-storage centres, according to two industry figures and the previously unreported documents. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry Security declined to comment. billion to that point.

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