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Tesla’s Elon Musk cites popular Eminem rap song in latest response to SEC

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s legal skirmish with the US Securities and Exchange Commission continues, with the executive invoking popular rapper Eminem in a filing submitted to a Manhattan federal court on Tuesday. ’) with Citadel Broad.

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Toyota to pay $180M penalty for Clean Air Act reporting violations

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Rather than follow this legally required standard, Toyota unilaterally decided to file EDIRs principally when Toyota was independently required to file distinct reports with California regulators under a less strict standard—a standard that EPA had rejected as too lenient when Toyota had previously proposed to rely on it for federal reporting.

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Upwards of 90% of EU city dwellers exposed to PM2.5 and O3 pollution at levels deemed harmful by WHO

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Despite a decline in emissions of the main air pollutants in Europe in the period 2002–2011, around 90% of city dwellers in the European Union (EU) are exposed to PM 2.5 decreased by 14% and 16% respectively in the EU between 2002 and 2011. PM precursor emissions also decreased between 2002 and 2011.

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EPA orders rare earth mine in California to correct hazardous waste violations

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A majority of the impacted stormwater was treated prior to legal disposal into on-site surface impoundments. The facility suspended operations in 2002 and re-opened in 2012. In addition, EPA investigators found several containers holding hazardous lead filter cake were improperly closed or labeled.

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Ford now holds 461 patents on hybrid technology, up from 10 in 2000

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In the last three years, the number of inventions submitted to Ford’s legal team to be considered for patents has increased more than 25%. Still, by 2002 Ford only had approximately 30 hybrid patents.

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Study finds rising emissions of ozone-depleting CFC-11, banned by Montreal Protocol

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Precise measurements of global atmospheric concentrations of CFC-11 made by NOAA and CIRES scientists at 12 remote sites around the globe show that CFC-11 concentrations declined at an accelerating rate prior to 2002 as expected. Then, surprisingly, the rate of decline hardly changed over the decade that followed.

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NHTSA calculates US motor vehicle crashes in 2010 cost $871B in economic loss and societal harm

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Factors contributing to the price tag include productivity losses, property damage, medical and rehabilitation costs, congestion costs, legal and court costs, emergency services, insurance administration costs, and the costs to employers, among others. The economic cost of motor vehicle crashes in the US is the equivalent of 1.9% of the $14.96

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