°C increase in water temperature increased coral calcification rate at the site they studied by fully 4.5%. Then they found that “instead of a 6-14% decline in calcification over the past 100 years [as] computed by the Kleypas group, the calcification has increased, in accordance with [what] Australian scientists Lough and Barnes [found].”.”
There seems a variation from other results in the field.>>
Through improving our processes, in 2015 Toshiba America expects to:
Here are some examples in North America:
The Toshiba facility in Irvine, California turned on 105 kilowatts of solar power generated from an array of solar panels placed on a canopy structure in the parking lot. Thanks to technological improvements in the server room, this installation will provide more than enough power to meet the needs of that server room. The heart of the solar energy system is Toshiba's photovoltaic inverter. TIC was the system integrator for the project.
The solar array now helps reduce the carbon footprint of several companies who share the Toshiba campus: Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (TAIS), Toshiba Americas Business Solutions, Inc. (TABS), Toshiba America Electronics Systems (TAEC) and Toshiba America, Inc. (TAI), along with several employees of Toshiba Americas Medical Systems, Inc. (TAMS) and Toshiba Logistics America, Inc. (TLGA).
Solar Installation at Toshiba Campus- Irvine CA
When New York's prestigious 1251 Avenue of the Americas office building sought help to become ENERGY STAR-qualified, TAI's corporate office in New York oversaw installation of nearly 1,923 Toshiba LED lamps in its most used common areas, such as the lobby, elevator banks, management offices and concourse. The retrofit resulted in an exceptional savings of 445,192.60 kWh and $80,135 annually over the former incandescent lighting —paying for itself in a single year. In addition to the LED lighting, the building installed 46 new Toshiba motors and 17 Toshiba variable frequency drives to replace most of the outdated motor controllers for its HVAC fan systems to reduce the building's overall energy consumption. As a result of these improvements, the building was awarded its silver LEED certification.
In other energy-saving initiatives, TIC's Power Systems Division's Milwaukee Service Center reduced CO2 emissions by 180.8 tons annually by replacing 124 overhead halide lights with high-efficiency LED lighting. Likewise, the Westinghouse Specialty Metals Plant is reducing annual electricity consumption by 573,889 kWh and cutting costs by $57,389 per year by upgrading lighting in eight areas of its Blairsville, Pennsylvania facility.
From FY 2011 to FY 2012, Toshiba Americas Medical Systems, Inc. (TAMS) reduced fleet CO2 emissions by 550,302 pounds using a mix of hybrid and fuel-efficient vehicles in its corporate fleet. North of the border, our employees in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area are working to ease traffic gridlock, improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions through carpooling. As a result, Toshiba received a Special Recognition certificate at the 2012 Smart Commute Awards for being among area employers with the most carpoolers (workplace category size 200-500 employees).
In other efforts to reduce our environmental impact, our facilities continued to focus on reducing hazardous waste. In Houston, TIC eliminated one hazardous waste stream by purchasing red insulator paint in recyclable one-gallon pails, instead of 55-gallon drums. Previously the drums had to be disposed of as hazardous waste because several inches of unusable paint remained at the bottom of the drum; whereas all of the paint from the pails can be used. TIC also reduced inverter packaging material weight by 24% in FY 2012.You know it’s all turning to custard for Tony Abbott when his own supporters voice their sense of betrayal over plans to increase taxes for virtually all Australians.
With support for the Abbott Government plummeting in recent polls, you could be hard pressed to find something else they could possibly cock up unless of course the Education Minister felt compelled to say something stupid like university students can afford to pay more for their education and the like, oh wait.
Pensioners, the traditional stalwarts of the Liberal party are already reeling from the Abbott’s looming changes to the Aged Pension, and they too feel betrayed.
Heck, even other supporters like the Business Spectator’s Robert Gottliebsen are also spewing.
“I have never seen so much anger with a Coalition prime minister [amongst staunch Liberal supporters in several States]” writes Gottliebsen in today’s Business Spectator.
“And it was that message of trust and predictability that Liberals delivered around the country.
The anger among staunch Liberal supporters is intensified by the fact that the Prime Minister and Treasurer and other senior ministers in private briefings made it clear, in the year before the election, that they knew the budget had deep problems.
Higher income taxes were ruled out.
Last week, in indicating an income tax levy might be coming, Tony Abbott claimed that a five-year levy was not a tax. 
Both Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey have been accused of refusing to share information with their party room colleagues and are basically announcing policy on the run.
With Tony Abbott’s credibility already in tatters, news today that the avuncular Joe Hockey has been charging business leaders an “”annual subscription fee” in return confidential briefings, is yet another unwelcome body blow.
Hockey is allegedly accepting tens of thousands of dollars in Liberal Party donations from a select group of business people and industry lobbyists in return for access.
The donors are alleged to be members of a fundraising body run by the Treasurer’s North Sydney Federal Electoral Conference (FEC), known as the North Sydney Forum.
Tony Abbott has today ruled out a “Federal” ICAC investigation to examine allegations of financial impropriety.
This is the only government I know of that has now pissed off Indonesia and Australia in its first 12 month of office … who’s next China? USA? Pommieland??
Actually, no. The Indonesians became pissed-off when allegations of spying against their President were made public. Spying carried out under the Rudd Labor government.
I’m quite surprised at the Polls. The LNP are doing a whole lot better than when the ALP’s support went over a cliff when Gillard announced the Carbon Tax.
There is no rise in ALP support but a big rise for PUP from what I’ve seen. Once the PUP implodes that support should come back to the LNP.
Joe Hockey: Accusations made in Fairfax…are both offensive and repugnant.
The upper middle class can’t believe the monk has the gall to tax the rich. My plumber is pissed off, reckons he’s going to have to give up another 5% of his income.
He’ll run for his life away from that one.
joe is spending a lot of time being offended these days, first wind farms and now seeing his ‘cash for access’ in print. He needs to calm down a bit.
There was a time when meeting with business and community leaders was just part of their job.
 C’mon joe, you wanted this.
wasn’t there a multimillion ad campaign from the miners? remember gina on the back of a truck in pearls and diamonds screaming through a megaphone. Abbott ran the ‘juliar’ campaign throughout her term with daily media stunts, ably assisted by newscorp.
 Not a statesman among them.
It’s a total embarrassment, both sides of the house.
We need a parliament full of Tony Windsors, just to get us back on track.

Whoops wrong thread but.. then again..
The questions Joe Hockey and the NSW Liberals didn’t answer….
Spying carried out under the Rudd Labor government.
Clive Palmer has described allegations that Joe Hockey is offering privileged personal access to wealthy business people as “corruption” and called on the Treasurer to explain himself.
…“The right of access to someone to meet a politician of any party cannot involve a pre-payment or a payment of any kind, if it does, if that’s knowingly received by the politician that’s just corruption, there’s nothing else for it,” Mr Palmer said.

Wally, its akin to insider trading!
Hope the budget is that succinct!
So apparently Joe Hockey is so “offended” by what he read in Fairfax that he’s called in the lawyers… But I thought Brandis was the champion of free speech and people’s right to offend others?
Nah, kneel`s fine, totally calm.
So the test, according to Clive, is whether or not “dinner” is served. What about sandwiches at lunchtime? Or cheese and crackers in the afternoon? Tea and scones?
What did he say you disagreed with??
The most basic premise like the methodology of how they arrived at these significant recommendations sees him befuddled, ill prepared and reveals that this Con Mission is steeped in ideology rather than economics.
This commission of audit is farcical and Tony Shepard’s answers seem to based on assumptions and conversations with people who are neither experts nor people he cares to reveal….. 
His performance before the senate committee revealed his ineptitude to