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GHSA projects 17% jump in pedestrian fatalities in Q1 2021

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which remained steady in 2017-2019. Pedestrian Fatalities per 1 Billion Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT), Jan-June, 2017-2021. The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) is a nonprofit association representing the highway safety offices of states, territories, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Source: GHSA.

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

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In September 2017 , Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. Several factors combine to make Puerto Rico an ideal place for solar power and microgrids. And it is vulnerable to precisely the kind of destructive storms that microgrids are designed to ride out with minimal interruption in electric service.

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Volkswagen AG agrees to plead guilty and pay $4.3B in criminal and civil penalties; 6 execs and employees indicted

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2017, in Miami during a visit to the United States and appeared in federal court there on Monday. From 2006 until 2013, Dorenkamp led a team of engineers that developed the first diesel engine that was designed to meet the new, tougher emissions standards in the United States. This case has been assigned to US District Judge Sean F.

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MAN Diesel & Turbo to convert 3 more coastal container ships to LNG

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The three ships are sisters to the Wes Amelie, a 1,036-TEU feeder container ship with an MAN 8L48/60B main engine that was retrofitted to a multi-fuel, four-stroke MAN 51/60DF unit earlier in 2017. million) for 10 such LNG-retrofits at the international Our Ocean 2017 conference in Malta recently. Earlier post.)

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Toyota to establish new North American headquarters in Texas; consolidating from California, Kentucky and New York

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The majority of these employees will not move until construction of Toyota’s new headquarters is completed in late 2016 or early 2017. until 2017, which will affect around 1,000 employees. Operating units in Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Calty Design Research facilities. Toyota InfoTechnology Center.

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President Obama, DOT Secretary Foxx announce $600M for 6th round of TIGER funding for transportation projects

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billion to 270 projects in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico—including 100 projects to support rural communities. Congress provided the most recent funding as part of the bipartisan Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014, signed by President Obama on 17 January 2017. 2014 TIGER NOFA.

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