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EPA finalizes MY 2027 heavy-duty truck NOx standards; first step in Clean Trucks Plan

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Relative to current rules, the new standards are more than 80% stronger, increase useful life of governed vehicles by 1.5–2.5 Setting stronger emissions standards for medium-duty commercial vehicles for MY 2027 and later. times, and will yield emissions warranties that are 2.8–4.5 times longer.

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Next generation electric Volvo flagship SUV to come standard with Luminar LiDAR and NVIDIA DRIVE Orin

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Volvo Cars’ forthcoming fully electric flagship SUV will have industry-leading safety technology as standard. By having this hardware as standard, we can continuously improve safety features over the air and introduce advanced autonomous drive systems, reinforcing our leadership in safety. —Håkan Samuelsson, chief executive.

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Regulatory & Legal Alerts – Dec. 2017

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Peopletrail actively tracks the regulatory and legal environment that surrounds employment and criminal background screening. This helps you remain compliant with the FCRA, EEOC, and other regulatory standards or agencies. The post Regulatory & Legal Alerts – Dec. California. 2017 appeared first on Peopletrail.

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Canada refuses to permit seabed mining absent regulatory regime

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In April 2019, Fisheries and Oceans Canada announced its new protection standard for new federal Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). The MPA Protection Standard is a federal baseline of a common set of activities that are prohibited or further restricted. Further prohibitions may apply according to each MPA law.

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SpaceX’s NASA Starship contract safe for now as Blue Origin looks to Congress

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Fresh off of a major contract loss during a competition to build NASA’s next crewed Moon lander, Blue Origin has begun aggressively lobbying Congress for the contract NASA didn’t give it. In memos to Congress, SpaceX says a proposed amendment on the HLS contract would award “Jeff Bezos with a $10 billion sole-source hand-out.”

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EPA delays issuing 2014 RVO standards for RFS until sometime in 2015

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will not finalize the 2014 applicable percentage standards (the 2014 Renewable Volume Obligations, RVOs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program until sometime next year. billion gallons; the final 2013 overall volumes and standards required 16.55 Background. Earlier post.).

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Daimler denies DUH charges of emissions data rigging, says evaluating legal options

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that it had rigged emissions data, Daimler “ sharply ” denied the allegations and said that it was evaluating legal options pertaining to the approach taken and the public assertions made by the DUH. Our engines meet and adhere to every legal requirement. The technical programming of our engines adheres to all legal requirements.

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