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New Analysis Shows Truck Manufacturers’ Scare Tactic Just a Bunch of Hot Air

Union of Concerned Scientists

Though manufacturers largely didn’t adopt the necessary emissions control technology to meet the NO X requirement until 2010, the 2007 standard did require new technologies to be deployed, at an increased upfront cost. <mic drop> So, is industry just full of it? It’s not clear whether such late-breaking support will be enough.

2007 257
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How Bad Ballot Design Can Impact Election Outcomes—And What We Can Do 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Standing in the voting booth, I asked myself how it was possible that someone like me, who has devoted my career to studying political science and elections and who does research ahead of time, was encountering such difficulties just trying to cast my vote? Several judicial races hadn’t been listed on the online sample ballot.

2008 189
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China’s premier particle collider set for major upgrade

Physics World

The proposal to build the BEPC, which lies in the west of Beijing, was approved in the early 1980s when China emerged from the Cultural Revolution – a nationwide political movement that had disrupted research and education. Facing competition from similar colliders elsewhere in the world, IHEP began an upgrade of the BEPC in 2004.

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Predictions of IRA’s Success Solidify

Legal Planet

Rhodium reported that “the most rapid investment growth has been in clean technology manufacturing—with annual investment growing 125% year-on-year to $39 billion—and particularly within electric vehicle and solar manufacturing. By 2035, those emissions reductions will be 43-45% below 2004 levels.

2005 297
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Friend or foe? Machine learning and how it is shaping our lives

Physics World

So asks Will Smith’s Detective Del Spooner of the artificial being Sonny, in a memorable scene from the 2004 film I, Robot. The book’s scope is primarily political, rather than technical. Students of technology and of ethics will find it particularly valuable. “Can a robot write a symphony? 2021 MIT Press $40hb 232pp.

2004 95
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'Badly Broken' Bayer postpones split to improve performance

Corp Watch

Total Penalties $794,315,508 (April 6, 2021) Number of Records 131 Books A Growing Concern: Protecting the Food Supply in an Era of Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crops (Union of Concerned Scientists, December, 2004). The Fight Against Monsanto's Roundup: The Politics of Pesticides by Mitchel Cohen (Skyhorse, January 2019).

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Roundup lawsuit: Bayer ordered to pay Pa. man $2.25B after jury finds weed killer caused cancer

Corp Watch

Total Penalties $794,315,508 (April 6, 2021) Number of Records 131 Books A Growing Concern: Protecting the Food Supply in an Era of Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crops (Union of Concerned Scientists ,December, 2004). The Fight Against Monsanto's Roundup: The Politics of Pesticides by Mitchel Cohen (Skyhorse, January 2019).