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Twitter and Elon Musk head to court for $44bn buyout in trial starting Oct. 17

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Twitter then decided it would sue Musk for the $1 billion termination fee, attempting to prove that Musk has no grounds to terminate the deal without paying the clause’s hefty price tag. A date has officially been set for the first day of trial, which is Monday, October 17.

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NHTSA calculates US motor vehicle crashes in 2010 cost $871B in economic loss and societal harm

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The US Department of Transportation''s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a new study that finds the price tag for motor vehicle crashes in the US in 2010 carried a cost of $871 billion in economic loss and societal harm. The economic cost of motor vehicle crashes in the US is the equivalent of 1.9%

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Developing Countries Torpedo Plans for Cutting Carbon Emissions from Ships

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The IMO will hold a special session to consider these issues further but discussions at last week’s meeting suggest developing countries will continue to frustrate progress by debating at length legal and political issues already studied by the experts, such as compatibility with the UNFCCC process and world trade rules.

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New Study Suggests Sustainability Principles for California Low Carbon Fuel Standard

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At the time of adoption, ARB agreed to continue its study of indirect effects, including indirect land use change as well as the indirect effects of all other transportation fuels. Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, Research Report UCD-ITS-RR-09-42. Tags: Fuels Policy Sustainability.

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Denbury Undertakes Midwest CO2 Pipeline Feasibility Study

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has initiated a comprehensive feasibility study of a possible long-term CO 2 pipeline project which would connect proposed gasification plants in the Midwest to Denbury’s existing CO 2 pipeline infrastructure in Mississippi or Louisiana. Tags: Brief. Denbury Resources Inc. Denbury Resources Inc. Denbury Resources Inc.

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Researchers Say Growth of Cellulosic Biofuel Industry Hurt by GMO Regulations

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The current environment poses enormous legal risks that can and have cost some companies millions of dollars in civil lawsuits, the scientists said, sometimes for damages that were more of perception and market issues, than of safety or environmental impact. Tags: Brief. Redick, Huimin Tan, Roger A. BioScience Vol. 2010.60.9.10.

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Study Concludes That Higher Speed Limits in US Have Resulted in a 3.2% Increase in Road Fatalities

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It is the first long-term study to evaluate the impact of repealing the National Maximum Speed Law on road fatalities and injuries in fatal crashes between 1995 and 2005. Lee Friedman, assistant research professor of environmental and occupational health sciences at UIC and lead author of the study. Tags: Policy. 2008.153726.