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  • Leakage occurs when a current leaks through transistors into the surrounding chip as a path to ground.

    EE Times-Asia 2009

  • Leakage occurs when consumers switch to goods produced in countries that do not have carbon prices, or when producers move country to avoid these extra costs.

    ScreenTalk 2009

  • Activity Shifting (also called "Leakage") -- Emissions allegedly reduced by the project may simply be shifted elsewhere and there is no feasible way to track this.

    Steve Valk: As Cap and Trade Dies, It's Time To Bury Offsets With It 2010

  • Activity Shifting (also called "Leakage") -- Emissions allegedly reduced by the project may simply be shifted elsewhere and there is no feasible way to track this.

    Steve Valk: As Cap and Trade Dies, It's Time To Bury Offsets With It 2010

  • Activity Shifting (also called "Leakage") -- Emissions allegedly reduced by the project may simply be shifted elsewhere and there is no feasible way to track this.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2010

  • "Leakage" and other methodological problems Logging corporations, agro-industrial corporations simply move from a 'protected forest' to another side If consumption patterns are not changed there will always be leakage Tree plantations established on peat are a major source of carbon emissions Trees are per definition non-permanent

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2010

  • "Leakage" will always be a real concern when the spatial coverage of a PES program is smaller than the potential service area.

    Grist - the Latest from Grist 2008

  • "Leakage of oil has been considerably reduced," said Shell.

    Shell Says Oil Spill Is 'Under Control' Alexis Flynn 2011

  • Leakage of the drug through the crack could result in a lower-than-intended therapeutic dose if the product is administered.

    J Peter Loftus 2011

  • The Senate bill, called the Savings Enhancement by Alleviating Leakage in 401k Savings, or SEAL, Act, would:

    Public Schools Are Charging for Frills and Basics Cristina Lourosa-Ricardo 2011

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