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Regulatory & Legal Alerts – Dec. 2017

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7, 2017, a law in New York State makes it possible for individuals convicted of certain criminal offenses to have up to two convictions sealed. The Arizona Governor signed an executive order instructing all state agencies to adopt new hiring practices that don’t discriminate against people who have been arrested or been in prison.

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Arizona now permits sale of isobutanol-blended gasoline for on-road vehicles

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Arizona Governor Doug Ducey recently signed bill HB2368 , enabling the retail sale of isobutanol-blended gasoline for on-road vehicles. The bill permits isobutanol to be used as an oxygenate in gasoline for on-road vehicles in Arizona. The new law takes effect in August 2017. The new law takes effect in August 2017.

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Bridgestone awarded $35M USDA Climate-Smart Grant to advance guayule natural rubber production

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Joining Bridgestone, additional partners in the $35-million guayule climate-smart grant include the University of Arizona, Colorado State University, OpenET, Environmental Defense Fund, Tohono O’odham Nation and Colorado River Indian Tribes, and eight regional growers.

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Junkyard Find: 1982 Mercedes-Benz 300 D With 417k Miles

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Here's a very solid Mercedes-Benz W123 oil-burner that now languishes in a self-service boneyard in Phoenix, Arizona. The sticker from Heinz Geitz's repair shop in La Jolla led me to a lot of interesting tales of the life and career of Herr Geitz (who passed away in 2017 at the age of 97 ).

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GM has built 130 Bolt EVs with next-generation autonomous technology

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The vehicles will join the more than 50 current-generation self-driving Bolt EVs already deployed in testing fleets in San Francisco; Scottsdale, Arizona; and metro Detroit.

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Study finds Colorado River Basin’s worst known megadrought was 1,800 years ago

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Living Blended Drought Atlas grid points are shown; 122 with Palmer Drought Severity Index data, 1–2017 CE (red filled circles), and three with missing data for 1–209 CE (black filled circles). —Connie Woodhouse, a professor at the University of Arizona and a study co-author. Gangopadhyay et al.

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FCA delivers 100 uniquely built Chrysler Pacifica PHEVs to Waymo for autonomous driving test fleet

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The plug-in hybrid (PHEV) vehicles are currently being outfitted with Waymo’s fully self-driving technology, including a purpose-built computer and a suite of sensors, telematics and other systems, and will join Waymo’s self-driving test fleet in early 2017. —John Krafcik, Chief Executive Officer, Waymo.

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