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US EPA settles with three trucking companies over California diesel rule; $201K in penalties

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The rule requires trucking companies to upgrade vehicles they own to meet specific NO x and particulate matter performance standards and also requires trucking companies to verify compliance of vehicles they hire or dispatch. The company, headquartered in Omaha, Neb., Earlier post.) Werner Enterprises, Inc.

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Burns & McDonnell develops bi-directional fast chargers for SPIDERS program

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The project is managed by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Omaha District, and includes technical guidance from CERL and TARDEC.

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400 propane school buses ordered for Omaha, Nebraska

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The Metropolitan Omaha Education Consortium and Student Transportation, Inc., (STI) The buses meet Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board certification standards. STI) are collaborating to deploy more than 400 Blue Bird Propane-Powered Vision school buses.

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12 Exciting Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2022

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The course will start in Omaha and end four days later in Manteo, N.C., Right now, 5-nm chips are the standard. FASER won’t attempt to detect the particles directly; instead, it will search for the more strongly interacting Standard Model particles created when dark matter interacts with something else.

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More Electric Cars in Las Vegas with Stan Hanel's Story on the RAR'ster. with EVJerr Back to Webblogging, Sunday, 13 September 2009

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Mr. Moore made available his Papillion home’s historic dryer outlet as a recharging site when the roadtrip reached the vicinity of Omaha, Nebraska. Note: Recharging from a standard 110 VAC, 12-Amp source would take 27 to 30 hours to replenish the battery pack and significantly slow the progress of the roadtrip.