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Volkswagen of America retains Ken Feinberg to design and administer claims program for TDI emissions compliance issue

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Feinberg is perhaps best known for serving as the Special Master of the Federal September 11 th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001, in which he reached out to all who qualified to file a claim, evaluated applications, determined appropriate compensation, and disseminated awards. TDI vehicles affected by the emissions compliance issue.

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Canada files to define outer limits of expanded Atlantic continental shelf; preliminary filing on Arctic, targeting North Pole

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Legal context. The Convention also recognizes that coastal states have sovereign rights over the natural resources of the seabed and subsoil of the continental shelf as well as jurisdiction over certain activities like marine scientific research. —Joe Oliver, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resource.

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An Engineer Who Keeps Meta’s AI infrastructure Humming

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She enrolled at Andrés Bello Catholic University in Caracas in 2001 to study telecommunications engineering. In 2010, partway through the program, she left for a job as a support engineer at the Madrid-based law firm Ecija , which provides legal advice to technology, media, and telecommunications companies.

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NOx emissions exceeded limits in 12 European countries in 2010

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Since 2001, Member States have been working towards meeting these ceilings. Today’s publication of official 2010 data from Member States is the first time that those efforts can be measured against the legally binding targets. —EEA Executive Director Jacqueline McGlade. State of the environment report No 6/2012.

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ICCT study concludes no technical barriers to use of higher blends of ethanol

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The consumption scenarios are technically achievable but do not reflect significant barriers such as cost, regulation, legality, and consumer acceptance. As with metals, studies on legacy vehicles (model years 1994–2001) did not observe any degradation of elastomers, polymers, or any other materials with E15 or E20. Source: ICCT.

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TfL To Begin Testing of Intelligent Speed Adaptation Technology

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The unit can be disabled at the touch of a button, at which point it reverts to an advisory status where the current, legal speed limit is simply displayed as a driver aid. There is also a complete over-ride switch with disables the system entirely.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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Though this was before Apple’s 2001 iPod made these devices popular worldwide, a number of MP3 players of varied quality were already on the market in the late 1990s. Had Trek been a larger company with more resources and more patent experience, the story might have had a different ending. Tan fought them hard and sometimes won.

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