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Air pollutant emission 2010 limits exceeded in twelve EU Member States; road transport NOx a main factor

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The ceilings set in the NEC directive were designed to reduce such adverse impacts by an agreed amount. Preliminary analysis shows eleven Member States exceeding their respective NO x ceilings (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Spain and Sweden). could be introduced.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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Instead, Maltese authorities told the ship’s captain to wait for vessels from Malta to pick up the migrants. The private, Malta-based vessels picked up the survivors, steamed about 237 kilometers south, and handed over the migrants to authorities in Libya, which was and is in the midst of a civil war, rather than return to Malta, 160 km away.

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The Chip Shortage, Giant Chips, and the Future of Moore’s Law

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You also found that the future of Moore's Law depends as much on where you put the wires as on how small the transistors are, among many other things. At a gathering of stakeholders in the automotive electronics supply chain this summer at GlobalFoundries Fab 8 in Malta, N.Y., A mark never before reached. The result?

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U.S. Passes Landmark Law to Fund Semiconductor Manufacturing

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It’s part of a $280 billion package aimed at improving the United States’ ability to compete in future technologies. GlobalFoundries is doing a $1-billion addition in Malta , N.Y. Big chip manufacturers have been planning to add and expand fabs in anticipation of government incentives.