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DOE, General Motors and MathWorks launch EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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SAE Level 2 automation refers to a vehicle that combines automated functions, like acceleration and steering, but the driver must remain engaged with the driving task and monitor the environment at all times. University of Washington. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Georgia Tech. McMaster University. University of Alabama.

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Study finds association between air pollution, coronary atherosclerosis in Chinese population

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Wang is assistant professor of epidemiology and environmental health in UB’s School of Public Health and Health Professions and is also a faculty member in the UB RENEW (Research and Education in eNergy, Environment and Water) Institute. This can cause a blood clot resulting in a heart attack or stroke. —Meng Wang.

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Auto business crew to argue towards AM radio mandate at Area listening to

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WASHINGTON — A bipartisan invoice that may stop automakers from getting rid of AM broadcast radio in untouched cars isn’t important, an trade business crew representing automakers is predicted to inform a Area panel Tuesday. Ford Motor Co. “Mandating audio features in a vehicle isn’t necessary. ” Two eyewitnesses — Lt.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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On 20 April, the opening day of the SAE 2009 World Congress, the AVL Technology Leadership Theater presented a forum on “Green Mobility—The Long View”. Masdar is a multi-billion dollar project to create a mile-square city in a desert environment where “ nothing grows ” today. Washington, D.C.: by Bill Cooke. Still, Prof.

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Study Presents Evidence for Cultural Cognition of Scientific Consensus

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The “cultural cognition of risk” refers to the tendency of individuals to form risk perceptions that are congenial to their values. —Dan Kahan.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% by Jack Rosebro.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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the Environment. Greater Washington. use; produce a technical reference manual for utilities and policy makers to. The California Fleets and Workplace Alternative Fuels Project is a statewide. effort to develop templates and best practices for permitting AFV refueling. petroleum reduction strategies. Center for. Coalition, Inc.

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