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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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If Congress establishes a GHG emission cap-and-trade program, only sources not covered by the cap could generate offsets. Although Congress could address GHG emissions with alternative policies—e.g., In addition, the nation, in which the wind farm is located, would likely see an emissions reduction due to the wind farm.

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Finding The Wisest Ways To Global AI Regulation

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And do you also worry about algorithmic bias and automated decision-making systems that may be used in judicial systems, or legal systems, or medical contexts, things like that? And I think it refers back to that last point on the recommender systems and the ability for human redress or a human audit of that. Wald: Absolutely.

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BMW unveils the production i3 in New York, London and Beijing; efficiency, dynamics and a supporting ecosystem of services

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In addition to being extremely fuel-efficient, the 118d is produced on the next line over to the i3 in Leipzig, making it a good reference baseline, Dr. Weber said.). All the electricity used to produce the BMW i models at the Leipzig plant is wind-generated. The SGL carbon fiber plant at Moses Lake, Washington, uses 100% hydropower.

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

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The EDISON (Electric Vehicles in a Distributed and Integrated Market using Sustainable Energy and Open Networks) research consortium will seek to match power generation from wind turbines on the island of Bornholm, Denmark, with the power consumption of charging plug-in electric cars. The project is partly funded by the government of Denmark.

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The Net Neutrality Debate Is Back!

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In the United States, net neutrality has come to broadly refer to the idea that Internet service providers (ISPs) should not be able to prioritize or throttle data depending on the data’s source, or charge (either content providers or ISP customers) extra for faster service.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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The legislation would also provide new incentives for domestic oil and gas drilling, nuclear power plant construction, carbon capture and storage, and renewable energy sources like wind and solar. nationals and legal residents. GHG emissions leakage generally refers to a situation in which an emissions decrease from a regulated (i.e.,

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