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GHSA projects 17% jump in pedestrian fatalities in Q1 2021

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deaths per billion vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the first six months of 2021. which remained steady in 2017-2019. Pedestrian Fatalities per 1 Billion Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT), Jan-June, 2017-2021. The data also shows that the rate of drivers striking and killing pedestrians rose to 2.3 of research firm Westat.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Florida Power and Light Company. NextGen Climate America. Alone, the federal government plans to purchase more than 500 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) or EVs in fiscal year 2017. A 350 kW charging system could charge a 200-mile range battery in less than 10 minutes. Duke Energy Florida. Con Edison.

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Lotfi Zadeh and the Birth of Fuzzy Logic

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No doubt professor Zadeh’s enthusiasm for fuzziness has been reinforced by the prevailing political climate in the United States—one of unprecedented permissiveness,” said R. Kalman in 1972, who is now a professor at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Editor’s note: Lotfi Zadeh died in 2017 at the age of 96.

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Watery, Peaceful, Wild: The Call of the Mangroves

Baua Electric

Instead, on a kayak tour with Serlon St Jago, a guide from the Curaçao Rif Mangrove Park , we were learning about the country’s mangrove restoration, and the vital role mangrove habitats play in coastal resilience, protection for marine and bird species, and fighting the effects of climate change. Coral reefs get all the attention.

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