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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. According to a litigation statistics report issued by WebRecon LLC, consumer lawsuits alleging a violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act increased by nearly 60% in September from the prior month.

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Fraunhofer ISI/ICCT analysis of PHEV data finds real-world CO2 emissions 2-4x higher than official values

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For their statistical analyses, the researchers made use of anonymized data that vehicle drivers had voluntarily reported to online portals such as Spritmonitor in Germany and MyMPG in the United States. Statistically, private users of vehicles in Germany re-charge their plug-in hybrid vehicle only on three out of four days.

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Self sustaining using prison park ‘a scorching mess,’ panel says

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Upload to these problems the truth that many of the litigation within the department thus far has been settled out of court docket, mentioned Jennifer Dukarski, a legal professional and “recovering engineer” in Butzel’s Ann Arbor, Mich., place of work, working towards within the boxes of highbrow constituent, media and era.

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European Parliament votes to phase out conformity factor for new car emissions under real driving conditions by Sep 2022

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times over the legal NO x limit of 80 mg/km (hence up to 168 mg/km) until the end of 2020, and 43% more (up to 114 mg/km) with no set end date. With these exemptions, cars were allowed to emit 2.1 The conformity factor was particularly useful for diesels. Today’s outcome is based on a broad agreement between the political groups.

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Study: traffic density, wind and air stratification influence concentrations of NO2

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In order to determine the influence of various weather factors on air quality, the team used a statistical method that allows meteorological fluctuations to be mathematically removed from long-term measurements. The air quality fluctuates, in some cases very strongly, due to different emissions and the influence of the weather.

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UC Davis study: roadkill declines as COVID-19 continues

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There is a statistically significant decline in wildlife deaths on highways in all three states following reductions in traffic this spring. The report, published on the UC Davis Road Ecology Center website, is the first evidence that wildlife-vehicle conflict decreased along with reduced travel during the COVID-19 response.

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Independent using prison ground ‘a scorching mess,’ panel says

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“And let’s be honest — all of them have settled, so we really have no idea where [legal precedent is] ultimately headed.” Pronouncing that self-driving vehicles are statistically more secure, [does that mean] we’re going to provide them a number of detached kills? “They’re nonetheless negligent.

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