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Pennsylvania invests $7.9M in 21 alt-fuel projects

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Pennsylvania recently announced the investment of $7.9 —$750,000—to purchase 29 compressed natural gas ( CNG ) and electric/plug-in vehicles , and to install 10 public electric vehicle charging stations—the first of their kind in Pennsylvania. Waste Management of Pennsylvania Inc. International Battery Inc.

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Default Passwords Jeopardize Water Infrastructure

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Last November, for instance, hackers linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard broke into a water system in the western Pennsylvania town of Aliquippa. and is often criticized for insufficient investment in basic maintenance, let alone cybersecurity,” Hazell says. “In He says the U.S.’s In contrast, the U.S. and internationally.”

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Alcoa to roll out lightest heavy-duty truck wheel in Europe, offering increased fuel efficiency, payload

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Announced at the 65 th International Motor Show (IAA) Commercial Vehicles tradeshow in Hannover, Germany, Alcoa is now selecting fleet partners for the European launch of the Ultra ONE with MagnaForce alloy. The Ultra ONE Wheel is made with the strongest wheel alloy on the market, Alcoa’s MagnaForce alloy.

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Pressing recollects have an effect on greater than 2.5M U.S. cars, Carfax says

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California leads at 245,000, adopted via Texas, Florida, Unused York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. For the ones eager about going with out their automobile presen it undergoes maintenance, Olsen recommended they succeed in out to sellers or automakers to peer if a non permanent loaner automobile can also be equipped.

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Clean Energy signs deals for more than 20M gallons of renewable natural gas in past 45 days

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Clean Energy has been awarded a contract to build a fueling station that will accommodate both fast- and time-filling for the City of Sacramento, along with a long-term operations and maintenance (O&M) agreement, to fuel more than 100 natural gas refuse trucks with an anticipated 8 million gallons of RNG for the next 10 years.

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USDA providing $9.6M to create 9,000 acres of BCAP project areas for non-food energy crop production

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One of the two new BCAP project areas is sponsored by Chemtex International Inc., MFA Oil Biomass and Aloterra Energy are predominantly locally owned and have sponsored three additional BCAP projects in Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania, investing more than $6 million in the operation.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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For his discoveries, Rao received the 2023 International Prize in Statistics. He left Pittsburgh eight years later to teach at Pennsylvania State University in State College, where in 2001 he became director of its multivariate analysis center. Last year he was named an honorary member of IEEE.

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