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New Analysis Shows Truck Manufacturers’ Scare Tactic Just a Bunch of Hot Air

Union of Concerned Scientists

Primarily, these have focused on the 2007 EPA regulations, which were the first step in the phase-in of diesel engine standards meant to cut particulate emissions by more than 80 percent and smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NO X ) emissions by 90 percent. Source: ERM 2022 ). <mic drop> So, is industry just full of it?

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Progress Continues for US Residential Solar: Reviewing the Latest Numbers

Union of Concerned Scientists

Part of that progress is due to the increasing dominance of more-efficient mono-crystalline technologies (the ones with smooth-looking single-crystal cells). LBNL also mentions the increasing use of passivated emitter rear-cell technology, or PERC. . Source: LBNL 2022. LBNL found additional drops from 2020 to 2021 of 3.4,

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The Stream, October 19, 2022: California City Approaches Water Supply Peril in Next Two Months

Circle of Blue

Taylor, a professor at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. It is Syria’s first outbreak of the waterborne pathogen since 2007. The destruction from Hurricane Ian may push the price of home insurance – and thus home ownership – out of reach for many in Florida.

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Source of fast radio bursts surprises astronomers

Physics World

The source of fast radio bursts (FRBs) first detected in 2020 is likely to be located within a dense cluster of ancient stars, according to astronomers led by Franz Kirsten at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. First observed in 2007, FRBs are short, intense pulses of radio waves of unknown origin.

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Oil Companies Plan to Take the Road Already Traveled

Union of Concerned Scientists

The oil and gas industry continues to cite such technologies as the answer to removing heat-trapping emissions far in the future, a solution it sees as justification for increasing fossil fuel production, as a recent Congressional investigation showed. Fighting climate disclosure, especially Scope 3 emissions The U.S.

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Frontiers wins coveted ‘Special Jury Prize’ at Vaud International Business Awards 

Frontiers

Founded by Kamila and Henry Markram in 2007 while at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Frontiers is now the ninth largest and the third most cited academic publishing house in the world. Headquartered in Lausanne, Frontiers now has more than 1,000 staff in offices across Europe, North America, and Asia.

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Former MDPI CEO Dr. Franck Vazquez joins Frontiers

Frontiers

Founded in 2007, Frontiers is an award-winning open science publishing platform. Using the latest technology, platforms, and services, Frontiers’ team of more than 750 employees aims to unlock science through open-access. ABOUT FRONTIERS. For more information, visit www.frontiersin.org.

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