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California Seabed Mining Prevention Act passes on the Assembly Floor

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Existing law also makes a local trustee of granted public trust lands, as defined, a trustee of state lands and confers upon that trustee specified powers regarding the leasing or granting of rights or privileges in relation to those lands. —AB 1832.

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Wood to jet fuel alliance to hold first annual meeting

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13-14 September, at the Hilton Garden Inn Missoula Conference Center. Additional supply-chain coalition communities will be established in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance ( NARA ) will hold its first annual meeting in Missoula, Mont.,

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Analysis finds annual running cost of EVs less than ICE; but with purchase price factored in, it flips

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Other findings of the study: Oregon is the cheapest state to run an electric vehicle at an average of $1,810 each year. The risk of upside-down car loans is that if the car gets totalled or you sell it, you may still have to pay money on the vehicle. —Lauren Bringle, Accredited Financial Counselor at Self Financial.

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Video Friday: No Time to Dance

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Caltech ] On May 17th, the Furhat Conference on Social Robotics returns with a new lineup of experts who will share their latest cutting edge research and innovation projects using social robots and conversational AI. Registration for the conference is free and now open. Furhat Conference ] Thanks, Chris!

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PNNL solar thermochemical reaction system can reduce fuel consumption in natural gas power plants by about 20%; future potential for transportation fuels

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that is jointly managed by PNNL and Oregon State University. The manufacturing methods will be developed by PNNL staff at the Microproducts Breakthrough Institute, a research and development facility in Corvallis, Ore., Our system will enable power plants to use less natural gas to produce the same amount of electricity they already make.

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Visiting Synkromotive and Learning about Deka 9A31s

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It turns out that, up until last year, all the public buses for Oregon and Washington used four Deka group 31 batteries in them. I took notes on the conference in case people want to see a huge list of factoids. The bus companies were very frustrated because the batteries kept dying after 10-12 months of operation. I love this town.

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Governors of 8 states sign MoU to put 3.3M zero-emission vehicles on roads by 2025; 15% of new vehicle sales

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The governors of 8 states—California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont—have signed a memorandum of understanding ( MoU ) to take specific actions to put 3.3 This multi-state effort is intended to expand consumer awareness and demand for zero-emission vehicles.

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