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What Happens When a Happening Place Becomes Too Hot

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“Living in Milan has become really difficult,” she said, adding that it was only after a decade of pleading with unresponsive local administrators that she and the other residents had decided to go down the legal route. Still, she and others doubted that the new ordinance would change much, and that enforcement would be a problem.

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EPA Grants California Vehicle GHG Regulations Waiver

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In September 2004 the California Air Resources Board (ARB) passed regulations to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) from new passenger vehicles starting in 2009. EPA also found that the California program meets legal requirements regarding the protectiveness of public health and welfare as well as technological feasibility. Earlier post.)

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Study: California will hit climate targets >100 years too late at current pace of reductions; transportation, wildfires & landfills

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percent, respectively, from 2016 to 2017. Landfill emissions are also emerging as a policy challenge, having risen every single year since 2004 in California, and shooting up 7.4% from 2016 to 2017. At the same time, the recycling rate in 2017 was 42%, even lower than it was in 2016. compared to 2016.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

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As such, there are many reasons to be concerned about its use in the criminal legal system. Even something as simple as putting in an order at a McDonald’s drive-through in Illinois has raised legal questions about collecting biometric data without consent. In 2004, Singh fielded her first query about hoax callers from the Coast Guard.

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Audi highlights its range of electrification efforts; Q7 diesel PHEV, A7 fuel cell PHEV, BEV, 48V and more; 750 Wh/l by 2025

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The Q7 PHEV will arrive in dealerships in Germany in 2016, and will likely come to the US, although perhaps with a gasoline-engine variant. The first technology demonstrator was the compact A2H2 in 2004, which was already equipped with a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEM). Audi e-tron quattro concept SUV.

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