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Study: tightening vehicle emissions standards resulted in higher rates of automaker non-compliance; unintended effects of threshold-based regulations

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The main issue here is that the EU is using a straightforward cutoff standard.

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Study finds road conditions in US states worsening in important categories

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It’s not just urban Interstates with the rougher pavement, however, the Annual Highway Report finds the percentage of rural arterial principal roads in poor condition at its worst levels since 2000. Massachusetts ranks low in the overall rankings but shows the nation’s lowest traffic fatality rate, while South Carolina reports the highest.

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NOAA: US Experienced Above-Normal Temperatures and Below-Normal Precipitation in April

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C) above the long-term (1901-2000) average (14 th warmest April on record). cm) below the 1901-2000 average. Conversely, Florida had its coolest, while South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas’ average temperature ranked among their 10 coolest. C), which is 2.3 °F inches (5.5 inch (0.64

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DOE releases three reports showing strong growth in US fuel cell and hydrogen market

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This report was written and compiled by Sandra Curtin and Jennifer Gangi of Fuel Cells 2000, an activity of Breakthrough Technologies Institute in Washington, DC. From 2000 – 2006, one to three commercial technologies entered the market per year. 2012 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report.

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