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President’s Budget for FY 2013 boosts discretionary funds for DOE, cuts fossil fuel subsidies

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The President’s Budget for FY 2013 provides $27.2 Total outlays for FY 2013 are estimated to be $34,963 billion, compared to the estimated $40,561 billion in outlays for FY 2012. of recommendations put forward by the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future. increase above the 2012 enacted. billion). rail network.

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Quimera, IMSA and ALMS aim to launch international Electric Vehicle motorsport series in 2013

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Beginning this year, the partners will take steps to prepare investors, the general public, media, sponsors and other interested parties for the impending series, with the goal of being ready to launch the EV series by 2013. More important than the act of car racing is how we actively evolve and prepare the future for coming generations.

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EC fines automakers $1B for colluding on technical development of NOx aftertreatment systems

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They thereby removed the uncertainty about their future market conduct concerning NO x emissions cleaning beyond and above the legal requirements (“over-fulfilment”) and AdBlue-refill ranges. The automakers also exchanged commercially sensitive information on these elements.

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EPA blocks Pebble copper mine in Alaska to protect Bristol Bay salmon ecosystem

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The ruling also prohibits future proposals to construct and operate a mine to develop the Pebble deposit that would result in the same or greater levels of loss or change to aquatic resources. This action does not apply to any current or future resource development projects in the state of Alaska.

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Industry study finds lead-acid to remain most wide-spread automotive energy storage for foreseeable future; new chemistries continue to grow

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The study, which provides a joint industry analysis of how different types of batteries are used in different automotive applications, concludes that lead-based batteries will by necessity remain the most wide-spread energy storage system in automotive applications for the foreseeable future. Click to enlarge. Lead-based batteries.

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The Dutch Tax Authority Was Felled by AI—What Comes Next?

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Those claims passed through the gauntlet of a self-learning algorithm, initially deployed in 2013. So, what might stop future wayward AI implementations from causing harm? When a family in the Netherlands sought to claim their government childcare allowance, they needed to file a claim with the Dutch tax authority.

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An Engineer Who Keeps Meta’s AI infrastructure Humming

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They were always telling me how technology was going to be a game changer in the future, and how a career in engineering could open many doors,” she says. Contrera says she didn’t see a future for herself in the country, so she decided to leave for Europe. That gave me a lot of freedom to put my knowledge into practice.”

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