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California Dump Truck Owners Association sues ARB to overturn Truck Bus emissions rule

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The California Dump Truck Owners Association (CDTOA) is suing the California Air Resources Board (ARB), challenging the legality of ARB’s Truck and Bus Regulation. Thus, argues CDTOA, the rule is preempted by federal law pursuant to the supremacy clause of Article VI of the United States Constitution. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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When Can Trucking Companies Be Held Liable for Truck Accidents

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The Paths To Justice Often Go Through Company Failures This article may contain affiliate links. Failing to Follow Federal and State Regulations The trucking industry is heavily regulated for safety reasons. Companies that cut corners or skip legal requirements put lives at risk.

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MIT study attributes > 50% of Li-ion rapid cost decline to investment in materials & chemistry R&D

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The researchers looked at academic articles, industry and government reports, press releases, specification sheets and legal filings, says MIT postdoc Micah Ziegler. The analysis required digging through a variety of sources, since much of the relevant information consists of closely held proprietary business data.

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Willie Hobbs Moore: STEM Trailblazer

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She conducted physics research at the University of Michigan and held several positions in industry before joining Ford Motor Co. According to a Physics Today article that delved into her background, her father was a plumber and her mother worked part time as a hotel chambermaid. In that same 2022 Physics Today article , Ronald E.

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Federal Judge rules California Low Carbon Fuel Standard violates Commerce Clause of US Constitution

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The Supremacy Clause (Article VI, Paragraph 2) establishes the Constitution, Federal Statutes, and treaties as “the supreme Law of the Land”, mandating that state judges be bound by them, even if state constitutions or laws conflict. Supremacy and Commerce clauses.

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The Creepy New Digital Afterlife Industry

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This article is adapted from the author’s new book , We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age (MIT Press, 2023). What is the digital afterlife industry? T oday, a “digital afterlife industry” is already making it possible to create reconstructions of dead people based on the data they’ve left behind. Your father appears.

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EU representatives meeting to discuss situation with Daimler and 1234yf

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Although industry has lined up behing HFO 1234yf to fulfill the obligations of this directive; Daimler has balked at its use ( earlier post ) based on its internal safety testing and has continued to use the old refrigerant with a much higher air polluting potential.

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