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Cautious hopes as UN adopts draft climate change deal

2015-12-06 03:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: Negotiators from 195 nations agreed on a draft Saturday for a pact to save mankind from disastrous global warming, raising hopes that decades of arguments will finally end with a historic deal in Paris. The planned pact would aim to break the worlds dependence on fossil fuels, slashing the greenhouse gas emissions from burning oil, coal and gas that are causing temperatures to rise dangerously. UN negotiations dating back to the early 1990s have failed to forge unity between rich and poor nations,...

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ICAO adopts first aviation-related Clean Development Mechanism methodology

2015-12-01 01:00:00| Airport Technology

International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Secretary General Dr Fang Liu has pledged the adoption of the first aviation-related Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in the wake of the Paris climate conference.

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No More Sleepless in Seattle? District adopts later starting times for high schools

2015-11-19 17:50:00| American School & University

Board approves revised schedule designed to let teenagers sleep later read more

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ASABE Adopts ISO Standard for testing auto-guidance systems.

2015-11-06 14:31:07| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) announced publication of ASABE/ISO 12188-2:2012, Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry — Test procedures for positioning and guidance systems in agriculture — Part 2: Testing of satellite-based auto-guidance systems during straight and level travel. Facilitating manufacturing, safety advancements, and product marketing worldwide, this adoption further harmonizes national and international standardization.

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