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Regulatory & Legal Alerts – Dec. 2017

Green Car Congress

Peopletrail actively tracks the regulatory and legal environment that surrounds employment and criminal background screening. Effective January 1, 2018, California will become the tenth state to pass the “ban-the-box” law which removes the conviction history question on job applications for private employers with five or more employees.

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The Cheesy Charm of the Clapper

Cars That Think

Pedott test-marketed the Great American Turn-On at People’s Drug in Washington, D.C. In the 1990s, he became known for his long-running legal battle against Universal Manufacturing Corp. In 1985, Peter Liljequist and Kou Chen filed a Canadian patent for an acoustic switch for turning lights and other appliances on and off.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

We could take an Oslo taxi and charge it in a bus terminal in Wenatchee, Washington or vice versa. And the more they do that, the vehicles are actually not road-legal—they’re violating the axle weight limits. Charged : We saw the case study video of the system you installed for Link Transit in Washington in 2018.

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EPA Administrator broadly outlines Trump Administration thinking on fuel economy standards and California

Green Car Congress

In a speech on Tuesday at the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in Washington, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler outlined the Trump Administration’s thinking on national fuel economy standards and California. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). —Andrew Wheeler. —Andrew Wheeler.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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A limit was imposed on emissions from the power plants, and utilities were allowed to buy and sell permits to comply. percent per year over the next four years so that in 2018 there is a ten percent reduction from the baseline. percent per year over four years for a total reduction of ten percent by 2018. WCI covers seven U.S.

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