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Study: 15% of US alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities involve alcohol under the legal limit

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A new open-access study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that motor vehicle crashes involving drivers with blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) below the legal limit of 0.08% accounted for 15% of alcohol-involved crash deaths in the United States. In 2018, Utah became the first state to do so. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2019.12.015.

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Law firm Akerman launches EV infrastructure-oriented legal team – Charged EVs

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One of these new units is the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Team, which “provides its clients, including businesses, municipalities and universities, with the diverse legal services needed to further the transportation transformation for automated, connected and electric vehicles.”

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IEA report finds “avoid, shift and improve” policies for urban transport could deliver up to $70T in savings through 2050

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Policies that improve the energy efficiency of urban transport systems could help save as much as US$70 trillion in spending on vehicles, fuel and transportation infrastructure between now and 2050, according to a recently released report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Source: IEA. Click to enlarge.

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UC Davis study: roadkill declines as COVID-19 continues

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Photo courtesy Orange County Transportation Authority). At a time when the state is considering permanent legal protection for the animals throughout California, 56% fewer mountain lions were killed between the 10 weeks before stay-at-home orders compared to the 10 weeks after. Before stay-at-home orders, 8.4

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Berkeley Law’s CLEE report provides policy options for phasing out oil and gas production in California

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Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE) released a new report “ Legal Grounds: Law and Policy Options to Facilitate a Phase-Out of Fossil Fuel Production in California.”. In addition, oil produced in the state contributes to California’s total transportation emissions. —“Legal Grounds”.

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Electric Pedicabs - future for London's transport

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It's transport also belongs to the one of the most developed. It was all fine for about two years until police found out that these are not legal on the public road. If these would be classified as a motor vehicles then there would be a requirement of actually having the MOT and car tax disc displayed.

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Senators Sanders, Boxer propose legislation to institute GHG price on large stationary sources and remove support for fossil fuel industries

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The proposal was drafted as two measures, the Climate Protection Act —which sets the carbon price and finance programs for sustainable technologies—and the Sustainable Energy Act —which ends federal support for fossil fuel companies and research and extends tax incentives for renewables. per year over a 10-year period.