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Junkyard Find: 1982 Mercedes-Benz 300 D With 417k Miles

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417,046 miles is about the same as traveling 16-¾ times around Earth (using a great circle route, of course), and that distance is impressive even by Mercedes-Benz diesel standards. Remember that 1985 W123 with 411,448 miles we saw in a Denver car graveyard a few years back? That car has been pushed down to 16th in the MMJO list.

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EPA proposes rule for nationwide 30% cut in GHG from existing power plants by 2030 relative to 2005

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EPA calculated the climate benefits resulting from the proposal using the estimated values of marginal climate impacts presented in the Technical Support Document: Technical Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis under Executive Order 12866 (2013 SCC TSD).

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The New Supersonic Boom

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The 1964 Oklahoma City tests involved more than 1,000 flights, which sparked more than 15,000 complaints, as documented in a 1971 report prepared by the National Bureau of Standards. The best-funded of this group is Denver-based Boom Technology (which also goes by the trade name Boom Supersonic). Environmental Protection Agency.

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Study finds vehicles more important source of urban atmospheric ammonia than farms

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Except for the Euro VI standard on heavy duty diesel vehicles, there are no vehicle emission standards to regulate NH 3 worldwide. The researchers outfitted vehicles with sensors to detect ammonia levels and focused on six cities: Philadelphia, Denver and Houston in the United States, and Beijing, Shijiazhuang and Baoding in China.

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Audi announces A3 e-tron battery electric vehicle pilot program in US

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The A3 e-tron BEV pilot program will run in the San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington DC, and Denver markets throughout the year and provide actionable feedback and telematics data to Audi engineering teams in the US and Germany. This marks Audi’s first foray into the rapidly developing US electric vehicle landscape.

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Study: Johns Hopkins Says Shrinking Streets Could Improve Safety

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p][cuttext][/cuttext][p][br][/p][p]Researchers examined 7,670 sections of pavement in Dallas, New York City, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, Miami, Denver, and Washington D.C. It also recommended setting the standard lane width at 10 feet in low-speed urban settings, asking cit leaders to provide justification for wider lanes.[/p][p][br][/p][p]The

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Study finds cities can reduce CO2 more easily from residential conservation than transportation

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In terms of implementation, residential conservation standards were found to be goal-effective, cost-effective, scale-effective, and in the case of new construction standards, reasonably resistant to local political pushback. Local compact growth programs do not perform as well. a rapid electrification of the automobile fleet.