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Brussels moves to limit coal lobby's influence on pollution standards

2015-05-28 17:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: European countries must not allow industry experts in their national delegations to lobby for weaker coal standards, the European commissions top environment official has said. The move follows revelations by the Guardian that big energy lobbyists included in British delegations to Brussels mounted a sustained and aggressive drive for weaker limits on toxic pollutants that are responsible for over 20,000 deaths a year in the UK alone. The new instruction by the commissions director-general...

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Safety Limit Switches provide position monitoring.

2015-05-27 14:31:07| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

Configured with positive-opening design of normally closed contacts, per IEC 60947-5-1 standards, SI Series monitors position of guards, gates, covers, and other movable machine fixtures and tooling. Units provide reliable monitoring regardless of environmental conditions and withstand any attempt to override switch and defeat system. Available with plastic or die-cast aluminum housing, switches offer multiple actuating systems, including plunger, roller, spindle-mount lever, and 2 lever styles.

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What take to limit climate change 1.5°C by 2100?

2015-05-21 17:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Limiting temperature rise by 2100 to less than 1.5°C is feasible, at least from a purely technological standpoint, according to the study published in the journal Nature Climate Change by researchers at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), and others. The new study examines scenarios for the energy, economy, and environment that are consistent with limiting climate change to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, and...

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New Thomson Video Shows Best Practice Tips on How to Set Up a Limit Switch With Thomson Linear Units

2015-05-12 12:31:10| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

WOOD DALE, IL Thomson Industries, Inc., a leading manufacturer of mechanical motion control solutions, has released a new educational video to help design engineers to setup a limit switch correctly with a Thomson linear unit. Kyle Thompson, Global Product Line Manager, Systems at Thomson, explains in the video...

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