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Coltura: Supreme Court precedent means states can require all new vehicles sold be electric

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Recent US Supreme Court precedent has opened the door for states to enact laws requiring all new cars sold in the state to be electric as of a certain date, according to a paper by the nonprofit Coltura published in the University of Michigan Journal of Environmental and Administrative Law. Its vision is a gasoline-free US by 2040 or sooner.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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He wouldn't show up at product-development review meetings or return phone calls. Unlike the original PC, the XT, and the AT, the PCjr was the sorry product of IBM's multilayered development and review process. But it took more than a year and scores of meetings for IBM's contract and legal teams to authorize the terms.

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Obama Announces Steps to Boost Biofuels, Clean Coal; RFS2, BCAP, BIWG and Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force

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We’re also going to be talking about some developments we’re making on biofuels, so that more folks can start filling up their cars and trucks with cleaner, American-grown fuels. Feedstock Supply Chain Workforce Development – USDA (REE, FS, and RD) and universities.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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The other goal, of course, is the system’s ultimate purpose: to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by channeling funds into cleaner technologies. and (b) Could emissions credits based on faulty assumptions or inadequate review be revoked? The two central questions are: (a) Who is liable if credits are found to have been contrived?;

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Why N.Y.C. Hotel Rooms Are So Expensive Right Now

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About 65,000 migrants are being sheltered in hotels, tent dormitories and other shelters, in large part because of the city’s legal obligation to provide a bed to anyone who needs one. New York City is safer, cleaner and, as the numbers show, continues to be one of the most popular destinations in the United States.”

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

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Each and every allowance auction under RGGI undergoes a rigorous third party verification process that reviews the administration of the auctions and monitors the conduct of market players. nationals and legal residents. The federal American Clean Energy and Security Act proposes to disburse dividends via tax refunds to all U.S.

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